Ask HN: Where to get legitimate information about the coronavirus?

Posted by keiferski on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:12AM
from the ask-hn dept.

The media frenzy has made it almost impossible to untangle the (mis)information coming out about the virus, the outbreak, and treatment. Comments on social media are (unsurprisingly) extreme in every direction.

Where can I find the least biased, most informative source of information with detailed expert commentary?

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Re:Ask HN: Where to get legitimate information about the cor... by ApolloRising on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:14AM (#22590705)

This was very helpful to me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3URhJx0NSw

Michael Osterholm is an internationally recognized expert in infectious disease epidemiology. He is Regents Professor, McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair in Public Health, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, a professor in the Technological Leadership Institute, College of Science and Engineering, and an adjunct professor in the Medical School, all at the University of Minnesota. Look for his book "Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Deadly Germs" for more info. https://amzn.to/2IAzeLe http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/

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Re:Ask HN: Where to get legitimate information about the cor... by keiferski on Monday March 16, 2020 @03:17AM (#22590720)

This seems pretty legitimate, thanks!

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Re:Ask HN: Where to get legitimate information about the cor... by ioli on Monday March 16, 2020 @04:17AM (#22590934)

https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus

https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2...

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Re:Ask HN: Where to get legitimate information about the cor... by akg_67 on Monday March 16, 2020 @04:53AM (#22591079)

Try /r/covid19 for more scientific oriented discussions and information sharing. Mods are trying to do their best to keep the subreddit focused on scientific discussion.

It’s sister subreddit /r/Coronavirus is more for general public discussion.

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Re:Ask HN: Where to get legitimate information about the cor... by photawe on Monday March 16, 2020 @08:13AM (#22591998)

One thing I also recommend - https://edition.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/corona-virus (Sanjay Gupta)

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Re:Ask HN: Where to get legitimate information about the cor... by triveryo on Monday March 16, 2020 @09:36AM (#22592515)

Good Youtube channel with daily updates: https://www.youtube.com/user/Campbellteaching

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