Coronacast Episode 04 – The Dark Side of Public Health Data Collection & Risk Communication
By: Rhea Almeida and Luisa Portugal
This podcast series includes NYU policy students that will analyze policy issues and solutions emerging in real-time around the country.
On this episode of Coronacast, Kyle Roland walks us through the trade offs between how contact tracing can help us contain the COVID-19 pandemic, and the risks of large-scale public health data collection. Next up, Alexandra Kirton sheds light on the gaps in risk communication and what public officials can do better inform the public.
Our news segment at the beginning of the episode looks at New York City’s Phase 1 reopening amidst Black Lives Matter protests.
Transcript:
0:00: Welcome from hosts Rhea and Luisa
0:33: Top news of the week
4:35: Kyle Roland on Contact Tracing & the Risks of Public Health Data Collection
12:51: Lexi Kirton on Risk Communication during this Pandemic
Guest Speakers
Alexandra Kirton is a first-year MPA student at NYU Wagner specializing in International Development Management & Policy. She was recently awarded the John D. Solomon Fellowship for Public Service and will work with the NYC Department of Emergency Management. Her past experience includes working as a federal contractor for the US Government in international trade and development.
Kyle Roland is a first-year MPA student at NYU Wagner specializing in social impact, innovation, and investment. He has a professional background in start-up growth, operations, and product design, as well as migration related humanitarian aid. He enjoys travel, guitar, cooking, and positivity. He also serves as a managing editor for The Wagner Review and Co-Director of Events for Social Innovation and Investment Alliance.
Hosts
Rhea Almeida is first-year MPA international student at NYU Wagner hailing from Mumbai, India. In the past, she has worked in the fields of policy, advocacy, and development for a women’s working rights group in India. Prior to that, she worked as a TV news journalist in New Delhi. Her areas of interest include workers’ rights, gender equality, grassroot level advocacy and coronavirus response policy. In addition to being contributing editor for The Wagner Review, she serves as senator for the Wagner Student Association, and events chair for the Wagner Policy Alliance. She is also the co-founder of the ‘What’s up with Coronavirus Policy’ discussion group.
Luisa Portugal is a first-year MPA student at NYU Wagner specializing in International Development Management & Policy. She earned an LLM in Constitutional Law and Theory in Brazil. Her main topics of interest are international development, climate change and the coronavirus crisis. Luisa will serve as Co-Chair of Events for the Alliance for Climate Change and Environment (ACE) in the upcoming year. She is also the co-founder of the ‘What’s up with Coronavirus Policy’ discussion group.
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK PROTEST AUDIO SPEAKERS:
- Elder Kirsten John Foy, Founder, Arc of Justice
- Erica Ford, CEO of LIFE Camp
RESOURCES TO DONATE:
- ACLU – Call for Justice for George Floyd
- Black Lives Matter
- Black Visions Collective
- Brooklyn Community Bail Out Fund
- National Bail Out
- Until Freedom
- Justice League NYC
- Reclaim the Block
NEWS:
- George Floyd Protests Add New Front Line for Coronavirus Doctors
- Mayor de Blasio vows to cut NYPD funding
- Commuters in Face Masks on the Subway as N.Y.C. Begins Reopening
- Trump Attacking Vote by Mail Policies
Music Credit: Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
