COVID-19 Resources: Health, Humanities, and Pandemic Intersections
By Jamie Fleshman, SPT and
Shani Mueller
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For those spending more time at home, and those seeking respite from the front lines of the pandemic, JHR offers these links addressing a range of topics for contemplation and pure enjoyment.
ETHICS
Bioethics Toolkit Resources for COVID-19
– Bioethics.net and the American Journal of Bioethics have assembled a bioethics toolkit for people dealing with COVID-19.
http://www.bioethics.net/2020/03/bioethics-toolkit-resources-for-covid-19/
The Hastings Center
– This is a set of ethics resources for COVID-19 that came out early in the pandemic.
https://www.thehastingscenter.org/ethics-resources-on-the-coronavirus/
NYT: The Hardest Questions Doctors May Face: Who Will Be Saved? Who Won’t?
– “As coronavirus infections explode in the U.S., hospitals could be forced to make harrowing choices if pushed to the brink. Planning is already underway.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/us/coronavirus-medical-rationing.html
AMA Journal of Ethics: Triage and Ethics
By Ken Kipnis
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/triage-and-ethics/2002-01
New England Journal of Medicine: Fair Allocation of Scarce Resources in the Time of COVID-19
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsb2005114
COVID-19 Ethics Resources
– The University of Pittsburgh created a collection of clinical care, public health, research, and psychosocial resources that is regularly updated.
http://bioethics.pitt.edu/covid-19-ethics-resources
The line is forming for a COVID-19 vaccine. Who should be at the front?
By Jon Cohen
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/line-forming-covid-19-vaccine-who-should-be-front
The Medical Ethics of the Coronavirus Crisis
By Isaac Chotiner
In this interview with Christine Mitchell, the executive director of the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School, readers gain insight to the perspective of a clinical ethicist during a pandemic.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/the-medical-ethics-of-the-coronavirus-crisis
DISABILITY
Confronting Disability Discrimination During the Pandemic
By Katie Savin and Laura Guidry-Grimes
https://www.thehastingscenter.org/confronting-disability-discrimination-during-the-pandemic/
Applying HHS’s Guidance for States and Health Care Providers on Avoiding Disability-Based Discrimination in Treatment Rationing
– “The Bulletin offers broad guidance on the obligations of states and health care providers to comply with federal disability rights laws in developing treatment rationing plans and administering care in the event of a shortage of medical equipment, hospital beds, or health care personnel. This document from organizations with expertise in federal disability rights laws provides a more detailed explanation of how the requirements set forth in the HHS Bulletin would apply and how states and health care providers can take steps to modify policies and practices to avoid disability discrimination.”
https://dredf.org/avoiding-disability-based-discrimination-in-treatment-rationing/
https://dredf.org/the-illegality-of-medical-rationing-on-the-basis-of-disability/
Know Your Rights Guide to Surviving COVID-19 Triage Protocols
– This is a “Know Your Rights” toolkit for people facing potential triage discrimination based on disability or weight during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
https://nobodyisdisposable.org/know-your-rights/
People With Disabilities Say Rationing Care Policies Violate Civil Rights
‘I Will Not Apologize for My Needs’
By Ari Ne’eman
– “Even in a crisis, doctors should not abandon the principle of nondiscrimination.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/opinion/coronavirus-ventilators-triage-disability.html
My Life Is More ‘Disposable’ During This Pandemic
By Elliot Kukla
– Rabbi Kukla provides spiritual care to those who are ill, dying and bereaved.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/opinion/coronavirus-disabled-health-care.html
ADA & EEOC
– The Americans with Disabilities Act and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission websites both consolidate resources to combat disability discrimination during the Coronavirus crisis.
https://www.ada.gov/emerg_prep.html
https://www.eeoc.gov/coronavirus
ART
COVID-19 Arts Response
– Explore the effects of COVID-19 on the arts world through a variety of lenses.
https://covid.response.arts.ufl.edu
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
– With many important social-justice-focused exhibits to explore and a variety of regularly rotating interactive features, the High has risen to the occasion of bringing enlightenment to the home.
https://medium.com/high-museum-of-art
National Gallery of Art – Instagram @nationalgallery
– “Discover compelling stories of creativity, struggle, and resilience in this new set of resources for K–12 educators featuring works of art that reflect the richness and diversity of the people, places, and cultures of the United States.” This is an educational resource for exploring America’s past at a time when its present is constantly shifting.
https://www.nga.gov/education/teachers/lessons-activities/uncovering-america.html
Guggenheim – Instagram @guggenheim
– Visit and tour (virtually) all day long! No admission required, and educational resources are provided to help guide learners of all ages through art exploration.
https://www.guggenheim.org/plan-your-visit/guggenheim-from-home
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) – Instagram @lacma
– More of a visual learner than a doer? Watch insightful and well-made short films, documentaries, and exhibition walkthroughs for free and from the comfort of your home. LACMA also has a few free educational courses to explore.
Museum of Modern Art
– Enroll in free online courses designed to teach an appreciation of art or provide education regarding art in a variety of forms.
Getty Museum – Instagram @gettymuseum
– Recreate your favorite works of art with household things, people, and pets. Simply enjoy the creations of others or participate by capturing an image and posting it to Instagram or Twitter with the hashtags #betweenartandquarantine and #gettymuseumchallenge.
https://twitter.com/hashtag/betweenartandquarantine
How street artists around the world are reacting to life with COVID-19
By Jennifer Billock
– Explore how “graffiti artists and muralists are sending messages of hope and despair with coronavirus public art.”
The best art created by Washington Post readers during the pandemic
By Michael Canva
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/07/06/art-pandemic-readers/?arc404=true
MUSIC
#livefromhome
– Search this hashtag on Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube and find a great number of artists performing their music live every day or weekly, for donation only. Post yourself performing music/poetry/literature/art, and challenge others!
https://www.youtube.com/user/PrairieHomeVideos/featured
Metropolitan Opera House, New York City
– The Met is offering free-to-stream operas every night from their Live in HD series, with each available for 24 hours at a time.
https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/
Curtis Institute of Music
– In an effort to “stay connected” with their audiences, the Curtis Institute is providing archived student performances every weekday under the playlist “Curtis is Here”. Each performance is related to a weekly theme.
https://www.youtube.com/user/curtisinstitute/featured
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
– Tune in every day at 12:30pm (EST) for streams of small ensemble archived performances. Learn from the masters in the Master Class series or learn about musical processes and perspectives in a whimsical, family-appropriate way with Bruce Adolphe in the Meet the Music section.
https://www.chambermusicsociety.org/watch-and-listen/
Music producer strikes a chord during coronavirus
By Justin Felder
– Atlanta music producer BJ Alden discovered how musical collaboration can lend itself to social connection during a pandemic.
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/music-producer-strikes-a-chord-during-coronavirus
http://beatstudies.com/coming-together-while-staying-apart/
Scientists have turned the structure of the coronavirus into music
By Vineeth Venugopal
-Translating the protein structure of the novel coronavirus into sound has allowed for scientists to better understand the virus. Listen to it here:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/04/scientists-have-turned-structure-coronavirus-music
THEATRE
Broadway World, New York City
– The “Living Room Concerts” series brings musical theater performers to your home (…screens) for renditions of relevant pieces in productions they have been a part of in the past.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/topic/LIVING-ROOM-CONCERTS
Shakespeare’s Globe, London
– Every two weeks, a free Shakespeare production will be available on the Shakespeare’s Globe page or YouTube channel. A greater selection of productions is available to rent, own, or give as a gift through the Globe Player.
https://www.shakespearesglobe.com/watch
Alliance Theater, Atlanta, GA
– Virtual resources offered by Alliance Theater include full productions, classes, and coaching for all ages.
https://alliancetheatre.org/content/virtual-resources
25 top theater minds dream the future: What will the post-pandemic stage look like?
By Charles McNulty
– Delve into the imagination of playwrights and actors as they envision the return of theater.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-05-19/coronavirus-reopening-theater-future
WRITING
The Pandemic Project
– This is a website with pandemic resources to aid in social connectedness and includes a survey to assess feelings, attitudes, and personal actions taken regarding COVID-19.
Wired.com
– Share your pandemic story by emailing covid [at] wired [dot] com.
https://www.wired.com/story/tell-us-your-pandemic-stories-for-our-oral-history/
12 Ideas for Writing Through the Pandemic With The New York Times
By Natalie Proulx
– “A dozen writing projects — including journals, poems, comics and more — for students to try at home.”
You should write your COVID-19 story: The importance of medical humanities today
By Samantha Allen Wright
DANCE
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
– This dance theater encourages us all to “keep dancing!” by offering free streaming services of archived ballets as well as dance lessons tailored to specific grade ranges (2nd link). The third link is a running list of free dance classes being streamed online.
https://www.alvinailey.org/ailey-all-access
http://lincolncenteratthemovies.org/education/alvin-ailey.html
https://www.aileyextension.com/keepdancing
Megan Flynn Dance Company
– Join Megan Flynn every Wednesday for free ballet lessons.
http://www.flynndance.org/teaching
Seattle Dance Collective
– The Seattle Dance Collective commissioned “Continuum: Bridging the Distance,” a series of five dances safely created during the pandemic that can be viewed online free of charge.
https://www.seattledancecollective.org/continuum
POETRY
Universe in Verse
– The Universe in Verse celebrates “the natural world — the science, the splendor, the mystery of it — through poetry.” Though the entirety of the 2020 show aired in April, you can find individual readings through this link:
https://www.brainpickings.org/the-universe-in-verse/
‘A Care Package for the Health Care Community’
– An offering of poetry, podcasts, and meditations to accompany a time of crisis gathered by members of the On Being project.
https://onbeing.org/starting-points/a-care-package-for-health-care-community/
Pandemic – Lynn Ungar
http://www.lynnungar.com/poems/pandemic/
The Peace of Wild Things – Wendell Berry
https://onbeing.org/poetry/the-peace-of-wild-things/
The Gardener – Mary Oliver (A Thousand Mornings)
https://www.npr.org/books/titles/162719431/a-thousand-mornings
Kindness – Naomi Shihab Nye
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/11/10/naomi-shihab-nye-kindness/
On Being
https://onbeing.org/poetry-and-writing/
Poetry Unbound
https://onbeing.org/series/poetry-unbound/
Coronavirus Poems to the Editor: ‘Death Too Wears a Mask’
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/opinion/letters/coronavirus-poems.html
A Grandmother’s Poem Reassures Us With Humor And Grace
HUMANITIES EDUCATION
Open source #Coronavirus syllabus
– Humanities and social science resources on the open source #Coronavirus syllabus
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dTkJmhWQ8NcxhmjeLp6ybT1_YOPhFLx9hZ43j1S7DjE/edit
Coronavirus Readings by The Syllabus
– This is a well-curated and indexed searchable library of 4400 literatures on COVID-19.
https://covid19syllabus.substack.com/people/7785181
Teaching Pandemics Syllabus by JSTOR Daily
– “Readings on the history of quarantine, contagious disease, viruses, infections, and epidemics offer important context for the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.”
https://daily.jstor.org/teaching-pandemics/
COVID AND THE CLINICIAN
APTA
– Resources for PTs working in a pandemic.
https://www.apta.org/patient-care/public-health-population-care/coronavirus
ACAPT
– Resources for PT educators.
https://acapt.org/covid19-response
ANPT
– Resources for neurologic PTs.
https://www.neuropt.org/professional-resources/covid-19-resources
AACPT
-Resources for acute care PTs.
https://www.acutept.org/page/COVID19
OTHER JOURNALS
Hektoen International Journal – Infectious Disease section
– Articles related to medical humanities.
https://hekint.org/infectious-disease/
The JAMA Network – Humanities
– “Explore the humanities throughout The JAMA Network, including essays and poetry about having and caring for illness, history of medicine, and reviews of arts events.”
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