Archive for March 2020
How Coronavirus Changed America’s Social Contract | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #125
[Podcast] Doc does a face validity check in, describes the American social contract, and then identifies ways personal privacy changed this month and how those changes will likely be permanent. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP125-AUDIO ARE WE ALL DEPUTIZED? Doc notes counties and communities encouraging residents to report alleged violations of social gathering decrees…
Read MoreMy Quarantined Neighbors | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #124 | Dr. David P. Perrodin [Podcast]
[Podcast] Doc’s neighbors are quarantined for 14 days after returning from a coronavirus hot zone; update on face validity; this great disruption is similar to Bell Labs 1950s Idealized Design meeting in which phone engineers were told that the existing phone system was destroyed and they had 30 days to re-invent it; portable battery packs…
Read MoreFace Validity – What’s Going on in My Town Today (one week into Coronavirus) | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #123
[Podcast] Doc samples locations in his town on a Saturday afternoon to determine face validity of the impact of the coronavirus event on everyday life in southern Wisconsin about 40 minutes north of the state capital. Places visited included the hospital, a park, WalMart, a grocery store, a school and the armory. You’ll be surprised…
Read MoreHow Thinking About a Bagel Can Get You Through the Worst Day of Your Life | SAFETY DOC PODCAST #122
[Podcast – LIVESTREAM] Doc talks about what it means to enter chaos from the perspective of someone that has researches crises. DIRECT LINK to MP3 of this Episode: https://tinyurl.com/SDP122-AUDIO THINK OF A BAGEL It’s tasty as hell and also a metaphor for our lives and routines. Humans expect things to be similar and go bananas when…
Read MoreCoronavirus Vs. 9/11 – What we got right in 2001 and wrong in 2020 [Safety Doc Podcast #121]
[Podcast – LIVESTREAM] Dr. Perrodin delivers a rare livestream analysis of coronavirus response, comparisons to 9/11 response, what’s unprecedented, what’s likely ahead, and the pace of new developments. He also discusses the impact on post-secondary education institutions and a likely complete closure of the K-12 school system for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year.…
Read MoreInsider Truth About How Schools Will Respond to Coronavirus | SAFETY DOC PODCAST 120 [Podcast]
[Podcast] Schools aren’t prepared to handle long-term closures due to the coronavirus. Don’t be fooled by germ-zapping robots or custodians fogging hallways with disinfectant. If a pandemic hits, the schools will close – and probably for the rest of 2019-2020 school year! I worked in school for 20 years with most of those being a…
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