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Frank Braun talks with Arto Bendiken about the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). How did we get here and what convinced us to prep. Paranoia, case fatality rates, and vaccines. Secondary and tertiary effects. Normalcy, authority, and confirmation bias. Reading Recommendations The Great Influenza Three Seconds Until Midnight Home medical supplies list How to react to Pandemics by N.N. Taleb The next outbreak? We’re not ready by Bill Gates, TED2015 Responding to Covid-19 — A Once-in-a-Century Pandemic? by Bill Gates WHO Guite to Local Production Arto’s Coronavirus reading list Arto’s thread of The Great Influenza quotes Max Brooks quote of World War Z fame B.S. Srinivasan on post-headline people N.N. Taleb on paranoia Bill gates on pandemics Discuss We’re on bbs.anarplex.net with our own board to discuss! Hosts Smuggler (Twitter) Frank Braun (Twitter) Guest Arto (Twitter) Contact Email: bitstream@taz0.org PGP fingerprint: 1C4A EFDB 8783 6614 C54D E230 2500 7933 D85F 2119 (key) Snail mail Bitstream Scanbox #06965 Ehrenbergstr. 16a 10245 Berlin Germany Please send us feedback letters, postcards, and interesting books. You can also send us your dirty fiat by cash in the mail! We take all currencies. Support Please support Cypherpunk Bitstream by donating to: Bitcoin: 38mzCtXHjgq6RusYQsFy2TQiLvLK7vN5JF Bitcoin Cash: qrpwhtsag0u4rnuam9a5vwmqnly96znas5f5txjc35 Decred: Dsi9j7SdwZrHtCfUmxTNgpVGx2YAboZc7ve Monero: 87UPx5sBS6g6wTvyRqqSMfFM6DzfHCPtFE25VC62vfohZVv4RRNcwif1XAPWTF27U1BKZEsrEXzDr6bMnGoTcThATvamE73 Zcash: t1ewcXqQ9Uog5gMYjeeV46WiWB5j2SwD9Sv