pandemics
Snowden Warns Governments Are Using Coronavirus to Build ‘the Architecture of Oppression’
VICE co-founder Shane Smith interviews famed whistleblower Edward Snowden in "Shelter in Place," a new series on VICE TV.
What We Can Learn from Pandemics of the Past
Wondering how coronavirus might change the world? Look to history.
The World Bank Sold Bonds to Help Poor Countries Contain Pandemics. But They’ve Never Been Paid Out.
The fine print on the pandemic bonds says there's a 12-week waiting period, and by then the $196 million may be too little, too late.
Spain Is Creating Isolation Facilities For ‘Silent Carriers’ of Coronavirus
The plan depends on testing millions of people to assure that the country can ease the lockdown without COVID-19 raging back.
The Chinese Government Has Convinced Its Citizens That the U.S. Army Brought Coronavirus to Wuhan
“Sadly most Chinese people really believe the U.S. brought the virus to China and they call it ‘USA virus,’” Lucy, a 45-year-old Chinese American who recently returned to China to take care of her parents, told VICE News.
Coronavirus Just Crossed a Grim Global Milestone: 1 Million Cases
The new coronavirus, which erupted four months ago in Wuhan, China, has ground vast swathes of the global economy to a halt and claimed over 51,000 lives.
Why Games Have Always Obsessed Over Pandemic Authoritarianism
Plagues and the politics of endless crisis.
100 People Died of Coronavirus in New York in One Day
There are currently 1,290 people in the intensive care unit, meaning they're hooked up to ventilators — a device that’s in short supply in New York.
People Are Making DIY Face Masks With Hot Glue Guns in This Baltimore Warehouse
“It felt like I was in a third-world country fabricating protective equipment for Ebola. I mean, this is incredibly rudimentary equipment.”
Coronavirus Is Spreading Through America’s Prisons and No One Is Ready
“Whatever gets in here starts spreading, and everyone gets it.”
Trump Won't Stop Hyping an Unproven Coronavirus Cure
“This would be a gift from heaven. This would be a gift from God if it works. So we’re gonna pray to God that it does work.”