[ATTW-L] Further Covid 19 discourse

[Savage, Gerald]

Inspired by Sam Dragga's example, I would like to share with everyone this blog post that I came across this morning in a NY Times news briefing email:

https://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20200511&instance_id=18384&nl=the-morning&regi_id=126736445&segment_id=27239&te=1&user_id=01e5c0b1fdb4179ff4c8d9590069865a

As Sam has suggested, this kind of writing offers great examples for analysis by technical communication students. This one provides remarkably accessible explanations from the point of view of an epidemiology professor for a general audience. But I think it has added interest for us because he provides links to a number of sources, including scientific, governmental, and popular. The scientific sources allow us to see how the same information is framed for specialist audiences. The link the author provides at the top of his blog post is equally valuable. He provides a brief bio which asks us to see him less as an expert than as a mediator of complex but vital information. Note that readers need to click on the graphics in the blog post, which will open them up. Otherwise they don't make much sense.

Best to all.

Jerry Savage
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