{"id":1984,"slug":"covid-19-pandemic","name":"COVID-19 pandemic","type":"concept","created_at":"2026-08-08T04:45:02.780588+00:00","hidden":0,"aliases":["COVID-19"],"episodes":[{"id":"bc88b5ed-0dc6-4bc0-9d0d-b3439bedb63c","slug":"s14e17-good-enough","subject":"s14e17: Good Enough","title":"Good Enough","publish_date":"2023-03-07T23:53:25.384336+00:00","year":2023,"month":3,"season":14,"episode":17,"episode_label":"s14e17","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s14e17-good-enough/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2585,"context":" … The report, from October 2020, came out around the (a) peak of ongoing the <mark>COVID-19</mark> pandemic\n[2]\n, before vaccinations were widely available, but also after the massive … ","reading_minutes":13},{"id":"e17850b2-ef4b-424e-80ca-bc80040a3d0d","slug":"s14e15-hey-ease-up-a-load-bearing-if-statement","subject":"s14e15: Hey, Ease Up; A Load-Bearing If-Statement","title":"Hey, Ease Up; A Load-Bearing If-Statement","publish_date":"2023-02-10T17:47:26.381997+00:00","year":2023,"month":2,"season":14,"episode":15,"episode_label":"s14e15","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s14e15-hey-ease-up-a-load-bearing-if-statement/","is_premium":0,"word_count":1962,"context":" … the opening story about Demi Washington, a basketpall player at Vanderbilt University who got <mark>COVID-19</mark> in late 2020 and as part of her return to play, was … ","reading_minutes":10},{"id":"c421dba8-4786-472d-b083-ac1778ec6fda","slug":"s14e04-substack-the-health-technology","subject":"s14e04: Substack; The Health Technology Surveillance Complex","title":"Substack; The Health Technology Surveillance Complex","publish_date":"2023-01-05T18:34:52.304860+00:00","year":2023,"month":1,"season":14,"episode":4,"episode_label":"s14e04","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s14e04-substack-the-health-technology/","is_premium":0,"word_count":686,"context":" … 1.2 Smaller things\n\nIn an example of the health-technology-surveilance-complex, via Lee Edwin Coursey\n[1]\n, Walgreens publishes its own\n<mark>COVID-19</mark> Index\n(proudly running on … ","reading_minutes":3},{"id":"85b88cc8-34e7-44f3-b40a-abaeca29d2e4","slug":"s12e38-there-was-no-user-need","subject":"s12e38: There Was No User Need","title":"There Was No User Need","publish_date":"2022-07-15T00:49:45.099750+00:00","year":2022,"month":7,"season":12,"episode":38,"episode_label":"s12e38","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s12e38-there-was-no-user-need/","is_premium":0,"word_count":2010,"context":" … Oregon spent $2.4 million on a <mark>COVID-19</mark> vaccine app few are using\n[4]\n\nThe latter story is especially exciting because it leads with how much the … ","reading_minutes":10},{"id":"c77b9513-77d6-40d2-9f19-8c78e69ed7a8","slug":"s12e25-concerts-and-the-job-to-be-done","subject":"s12e25: Concerts, and The Job To Be Done","title":"Concerts, and The Job To Be Done","publish_date":"2022-06-22T05:27:34.236960+00:00","year":2022,"month":6,"season":12,"episode":25,"episode_label":"s12e25","canonical_url":"https://newsletter.danhon.com/archive/s12e25-concerts-and-the-job-to-be-done/","is_premium":0,"word_count":800,"context":" … As you know, <mark>COVID-19</mark> has presented unprecedented challenges for arts organizations around the country. 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