How To Work From Home During A Pandemic & Keep The Peace

Also: managing your coronavirus anxiety; Trump's failure to protect America ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  [View in Browser]( | [Donate [WBUR]]( [WBUR](  [WBUR]( March 15, 2020 Get coronavirus alerts and updates in your inbox. [Sign up.]( Dear Cog reader, It was a sobering week, to say the least. The intensifying spread of coronavirus has touched virtually every inch of American life. Losses in the stock market reverberated across the globe. Schools shuttered. Workers ordered to stay home. Campaign events going online. And "social distancing" becomes common parlance. Our work tells the story. All but one Cog essay this week is a direct reaction to some aspect of the global pandemic. We have [criticism]( of the Trump administration's [crisis management](. We have pieces to help you cope with [creeping anxiety]( and [being cooped up]( at home. We have [an essay]( from a member of the Mass. congressional delegation on the need to prioritize our most vulnerable residents. And [much]( [much]( [more](. Cloe mentioned this in the midweek newsletter, but I think it bears repeating: We’re eager to be as useful to our audience as we can be during this time -- and we will continue to seek out the stories and essays that put the pandemic in context, help readers think about our world differently or offer suggestions about the way forward. If you have a particular interest you’d like to see covered -- or a story to tell -- please email us. We want to hear from you. — Frannie Carr Toth Co-editor, Cognoscenti newsletters@wbur.org Must Reads url[11 Things You Can Do To Manage Your Coronavirus Anxiety]( You’re doing the best you can to protect yourself, your loved ones and your community by making wise, considered choices. And yet you’re still a nervous wreck. [Read more](.   #%23%23[Twitter](  #%23%23[Facebook](    [Donald Trump's Willful Failure To Protect America]( The Trump administration botched our short-term window for preparing for the viral outbreak and went out of its way to suppress coronavirus testing for political expediency. [Read more](. [You’re Working At Home During The Pandemic. Here’s How To Do It (And Keep The Peace)]( Some semblance of structure, however imperfect, will offer some sense of normalcy, writes Julie Morgenstern, and we could all use some of that. [Read more](.  Support the news [Why Don’t We Treat The Climate Crisis With The Same Urgency As Coronavirus?]( Urgent action to prevent a pandemic is, of course, necessary and pressing. But the climate crisis represents a far graver and deadlier existential threat, writes Owen Jones, and yet the same sense of urgency is absent. [Read more](. [Where Sanders And Biden Agree, And Disagree, On Climate]( Biden and Sanders have different approaches to the climate crisis, writes Frederick Hewett, but both of their proposals are far more progressive than anything proposed by President Obama. [Read more](. [Coronavirus And Climate Change: 2 Compelling Reasons To Stay Close To Home]( For personal health and climate stability, writes Philip Warburg, it may be time to ground ourselves and give localism a chance. [Read more](. Bookmarks “Those who are too old to have a high likelihood of recovery, or who have too low a number of ‘life-years’ left even if they should survive, will be left to die.” (“[The Extraordinary Decisions Facing Italian Doctors]( The Atlantic) “In an e-mail from the company Thursday evening, Biogen officials asked employees to refrain from going to MGH to be tested for the coronavirus. The e-mail said their efforts ‘are overwhelming the emergency room’ and that hospital police may have to bar Biogen employees from entering the area.” (“[How The Biogen Leadership Conference In Boston Spread The Coronavirus]( The Boston Globe) “This is epidemiology 101. It really sucks. It is extreme—but luckily, we don't have pandemics of this violence every year. So sit it out. Stay put. Don't travel. It is absolutely not worth it.” (“[Young And Unafraid Of The Coronavirus Pandemic? Good For You. Now Stop Killing People]( Newsweek) “ Americans are now seeing, in real-time, what happens when their leader treats a medical emergency as a media event. — Steve Almond, ["You Can’t Con Your Way Through A Pandemic"]( ICYMI [I've Been In Coronavirus Quarantine In China Since January. Here's How I Spend My Days]( Emily He, a resident of Cambridge, Mass., has been stuck in Kunming, China since the novel coronavirus outbreak began. 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