The Coronavirus Pandemic

For weeks I've been debating in my mind whether or not to do an
episode on the coronavirus pandemic, since it's essentially been
all I have been able to think about for the last few weeks as my
friends and relatives, long-suffering as they are, will attest.
For someone who spent so long thinking about existential risks
and catastrophes, both in my day job as a doomy climate scientist
and in researching the TEOTWAWKI specials for this show where it
all kicked off a few years ago, it's absolutely no fun at all to
see them unfold in reality.

This podcast summarises what I understand of what's going on at
the moment. I am not an expert and make no claim to expertise,
but I try to source my information in the facts. It's not an easy
listen, as you might expect given the subject matter. This was
mostly something I made as therapy for myself. I'm hoping to
resume normal service as soon as I can, preferably with things
that are a little more distracting for you to listen to, but I
had to get this one off my chest. I hope that you get some value
out of it, but if you don't think you will, put yourself first
and don't listen.

I care deeply for you all for somehow finding this life-raft in a
sea of content that meant a lot to me for several years and I'm
hoping to return to more regular content production very soon.
Thank you and take care of each other.