Empathy as Prevention in Pandemic Reflections
A third year medical student writes about personal loss from COVID-19, the death of his grandfather John Diaz, and the role of empathy in shaping public health responses. He argues that greater global empathy could have altered early actions and saved lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Diaz
New Yorker
Philadelphia
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Benjamin Franklin
William Linkes
Roswell
Donald and Barbara Zucker
Hofstra/Northwell
Hempstead
New York
Pulse-Voices
Global pledge of 7.4 billion euros for coronavirus vaccine research
World leaders and major donors pledged 7.4 billion euros for vaccine research and related tools at a EU hosted video conference. The sum falls short of the 7.5 billion sought, with U.N. chief Guterres calling it a down payment and warning five times more may be needed to reach everyone. Numerous nations including France, Japan, Germany, Italy, Spain and others contributed, while the United States did not participate.
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Brussels
European Union
United States
Russia
U.N
Antonio Guterres
Guterres
Johns Hopkins University
Europe
Australia
Canada
Israel
Japan
Jordan
South Africa
Turkey
China
Emmanuel Macron
France
Boris Johnson
Germany
Italy
Spain
Switzerland
Netherlands
Melinda Gates
The
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Anthony Fauci
U.S
Trump
WHO
King traffic stop in 1960 reshaped civil rights era
In DeKalb County Georgia on May 4 1960 Martin Luther King Jr was ticketed and sentenced to a four month term in jail provoking nationwide outrage. The incident intensified civil rights activism and shifted voter alignment helping Kennedy win in 1960.
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Decatur
Martin Luther King Jr
Georgia
King
Deep South
Maurice C. Daniels
Donald L. Hollowell
Daniels
Alicia Garza
Black Futures Lab
Coretta
Lillian Smith
Emory University
DeKalb County
Atlanta
Smith
Associated Press
Ernest Vandiver
Montgomery
Rich’s Department
Fulton County
J. Oscar Mitchell
Alabama
Martin
Coretta Scott King
Mingham
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lincoln
Nixon
Martin Luther King Sr
Ebenezer Baptist Church
Kennedy
Taylor Branch
David Garrow
Robert F. Kennedy
Mitchell
Bond
Theodore H. White
Mary Hooks
Dr. King
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William Lisakos
Wuhan
South Korea
Singapore
European Commission
Ursula von der Leyen
Ing
A. Dee
National Health Service
Elephant and Castle
London
Martin Luther King
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