Cultural critiques link pandemic response to climate discourse

A review of Thea Dorn’s novel *Trost* highlights the book’s raw portrayal of death during the COVID‑19 pandemic, describing how the protagonist Johanna writes letters to her mentor Max after her mother dies from the virus. The reviewer praises Dorn’s vivid language and the novel’s philosophical examination of mortality and modern life.

A separate commentary argues that the current climate‑change narrative mirrors the earlier COVID‑19 discourse, accusing scientific consensus and media guidelines of suppressing dissent. It cites the World Weather Attribution guide and the Austrian Klimakodex as examples of frameworks that steer journalists toward a panic‑inducing portrayal of climate risks, likening this to the earlier treatment of pandemic skeptics.