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Wednesday 19 april 2023

Netflix keeps ‘Love Is Blind’ fans waiting for live reunion

By The Associated Press On Twitter, Netflix had ac-
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Love knowledged the delay
isn’t patient, love isn’t kind without offering explana-
at least if you ask the fans tion. At two minutes past
of Netflix’s “Love Is Blind.” the initial start time, it prom-
Viewers had to wait more ised the special would be
than an hour to watch the in on in 15 minutes. Seven
Season 4 reunion special minutes later, the company
set to stream live Sunday tweeted: “Promise #LoveIs-
Netflix’s second-ever live BlindLIVE will be worth the
event on its own platform. wait....” along with a pic-
“Love Is Blind: The Live Re- ture of one of the season’s
union,” hosted by Vanessa “villains.”
and Nick Lachey, was to The last activity from the
stream from Los Angeles account was a retweet of
starting at 5 p.m. Pacific. U.S. Rep. Alexandria Oca-
Netflix subscribers were sio-Cortez making a joke
able to join a waiting room about the delay. With the
for the show 10 minutes original end time of the
before the start time and special approaching, noth-
those who did were still ing had been posted since
there an hour later. The and it remained that way
show finally started airing even once the show start-
for some seemingly live at ed airing for some, until the
around 6:16 p.m. Pacific, apology tweet.
although other Netflix users This image released by Netflix shows Nick Lachey, left, and Vanessa Lachey arriving for the season Before the show finally
still reported difficulties ac- four reunion of “Love is Blind” at Sunset Bronson Studios in Los Angeles on Sunday, April 16, 2023. aired, Vanessa Lachey had
Associated Press
cessing the content. taken to Instagram briefly
“We are sorry we’re late,” live, perhaps ironically from
Vanessa Lachey said, the incredibly sorry that the humanly possible. Again, from Netflix was not imme- the set to try to entice view-
sole acknowledgment of Love is Blind Live Reunion thank you and sorry.” diately returned. Netflix’s ers to stay on, indicating
the delay at the top of the did not turn out as we had On Monday, Netflix tweet- first live streaming event, the delay was a technical
broadcast. “To everyone planned,” Netflix tweeted ed that the reunion would “Chris Rock: Selective Out- issue in a post thanking fans
who stayed up late, woke at 6:29 p.m. Pacific. “We’re be available globally at 12 rage,” did not feature any for being patient and cap-
up early, gave up their Sun- filming it now and we’ll p.m. Pacific.: “Promise.” apparent technical difficul- tioned: “Apparently we
day afternoon… we are have it on Netflix as soon as A request for comment ties. broke the internet!”q

Review: ‘Pathogenesis’ offers different lens on history

Kennedy argues in his book and South America, Ken- new world plantations than tive colonial economies in
“Pathogenesis: A History of nedy explains that Europe- Europeans, and much of places like the Congo, the
the World in Eight Plagues,” an diseases including small- the native population had repercussions of which are
that germs are largely re- pox and measles killed or already been wiped out. still felt in the extreme pov-
sponsible for everything incapacitated most of the The subsequent associa- erty of those countries.
from the decline of the Ne- native population, which tion of Africans with slavery Poverty, including in
anderthals to the current had no immunity to the contributed to the ideology wealthy countries like the
poverty of sub-Saharan Af- previously unknown germs. of white supremacy that United States, is a sort of
rica. One outbreak in 1545 alone continues to impact the modern plague, killing mil-
His quick history of the world is estimated to have killed way African Americans are lions each year with both
from the Paleolithic to the up to 80% of the Indigenous treated today, Kennedy ar- infectious disease and non-
present day offers a differ- peoples of Mesoamerica. gues. communicable diseases
This cover image released by ent lens to view many of The death and destruction The presence of malaria like diabetes, Kennedy ar-
Crown shows “Pathogenesis: the big events of the past. also accelerated their reli- and yellow fever also pre- gues in the final chapter.
A History of the World in Some of Kennedy’s conclu- gious conversion as many vented Europeans from These poverty-associated
Eight Plagues” by Jonathan sions are mere speculation, of the remaining Indig- colonizing the African inte- health problems, in turn,
Kennedy. like his idea that deadly enous peoples, along with rior, but only for a time. That have been associated with
Associated Press plagues in the Roman em- the Spanish, saw it as proof changed when quinine higher death rates during
By TRAVIS LOLLER pire led to the swift rise of that the Christian God was was discovered to help the COVID-19 pandemic.
Associated Press Christianity. In the midst of superior, Kennedy argues. prevent death from ma- Kennedy ends with a pas-
“Pathogenesis: A History of so much death, he argues, On the other side of the laria. sionate plea for public
the World in Eight Plagues,” the new religion offered a Atlantic, Kennedy explains But because the rates of health expenditures to
by Jonathan Kennedy more enticing view of the how resistance to infec- death and disease were still eliminate disease.
(Crown) afterlife than paganism. tious disease especially the high, the colonies attract- Relying on examples of
Great historical changes Most of his observations are malaria and yellow fever ed desperate and ruthless successful public health
are often conceived of as bolstered by more histori- prevalent in parts of sub- individuals with a desire to campaigns throughout the
being brought about by cal research and are more Saharan Africa boosted make a quick fortune and book, he argues that such
the genius and tenacity of convincing. In showing the slave trade. get out. It was disease, Ken- an investment will both im-
great men, or occasion- how pathogens helped the Disease-resistant Africans nedy argues, that helped prove human lives and bol-
ally women, but Jonathan Spanish conquer Central were less likely to die on the create the harshly extrac- ster economies.q