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Zylberman (2021) noted that “this pandemic began with the first case, but it will not end with the last case (…) one cannot…
Zylberman (2021) noted that “this pandemic began with the first case, but it will not end with the last case (…) one cannot…
States have tried shutting down bars and limiting restaurants to outdoor seating to slow the coronavirus’s spread. Sandy…
Podcaster has made numerous disputed claims about virus, vaccines and lockdownsJoe Rogan pledges to ‘try harder’ after Spotify…
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Philippe Lemoine writes: I published a blog post in which I reanalyze the results of Chernozhukov et al. (2021) on the effects…
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(Don Boudreaux) TweetMy GMU Econ colleague Bryan Caplan refreshingly applies sound Coasean thinking to Covid-19. John Tamny…
Wydaje się, że gdy ktoś nie wierzy w ustalenia nauki, np. będąc w grupie ryzyka, nie chce przyjąć szczepionki przeciw Covid-19…
Reposted from Dr. Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. Posted on December 29, 2020 by niclewis By Nic…
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The apparent rapid growth in England of a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 has led to dire warnings by…
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As youall know, as the coronavirus has taken its path through the world, epidemiologists and social scientists have tracked…
This neat trick from Olivia Cuid, M.D makes any disposable or cloth face mask fit better in seconds.
The "cytokine storms" that precede severe illness in patients with COVID-19 has been poorly understood. New research has traced…
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As winter approaches, the U.S. is seeing its next spike in cases. What lessons have we learned to slow the spread? When the…
States have tried shutting down bars and limiting restaurants to outdoor seating to slow the coronavirus's spread. Sandy…
Thinking of enrolling in one of the coronavirus vaccine trials being conducted around the country? Here's what you need to know.
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Jamie Scott writes: I am a PhD candidate at Imperial College, and have been working with colleagues here to write an R package…
Tests that offer low sensitivity and more false negatives are still valuable in the fight against coronavirus. But will the FDA…
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Many of us are still shell-shocked by the changes in our lives that have been imposed this spring. We’re reacting to each…
W badaniu przeprowadzonym przez Global Policy Laboratory na University of California przeanalizowano efekty środków…
Check out this interactive map of the U.S. to see if the state you're in is currently at high risk for COVID-19 spread.
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for June 2020. This…
The service, which is available in seven states and Washington, D.C., dispatches physicians to diagnose and treat patients who…
Reposted from Dr. Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. June 21, 2020 by niclewis | By Nic…
Reposted from Dr. Judith Curry’s Climate Etc. June 21, 2020 by niclewis | By Nic…
The software behind a major Imperial study warning of a potential US coronavirus resurgence has received a Codecheck endorsement.
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Scientists say that the paper by Nobel Prize winner Mario Molina is based on false statements and flawed statistical analysis.Vie…
Seth Flaxman writes: Our work on non-pharmaceutical interventions in 11 European countries (originally Imperial report 13) is…
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Nassim Taleb points us to this pair of papers: On single point forecasts for fat tailed variables, by Nassim…
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MONDAY, June 15, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Nonpharmaceutical interventions have been beneficial for slowing COVID-19 growth on a…
Experts say the results provide evidence in support of extending these measures
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For those of us with vulnerable loved ones, the risks of Covid-19 seem more dangerous than ever—with no end in sight.
Two new papers published in the journal Nature say that lockdowns put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus were…
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The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New…
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Imperial’s Neil Ferguson told MPs that introducing lockdown measures in the UK a week earlier would have reduced deaths by at…
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Lifting lockdowns now could increase the risk of the virus spreading again
Researchers from Imperial College London and UC Berkeley used different methods to reach the same conclusion: COVID lockdown…
In all likelihood, we have already saved millions of lives.
On Monday, two studies on the efficacy of shutdown measures were published in the journal Nature.Both concluded that shutdown…
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If the world had never instituted lockdowns, around 530 million more people could have been infected.
Coronavirus locks may have prevented 3 million deaths in Europe – including half a million in the UK alone, a study suggests.
The latest coronavirus news updated every day including coronavirus cases, the latest news, features and interviews from New…
According to a new study, up to 60 million infections of the new coronavirus were prevented in the US. Researchers found that…
Jessica Corbett, staff writerAs the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the United States neared two million with a death…
The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find…
Large-scale lockdowns and other non-pharmaceutical interventions in Europe have been successful in reducing the transmission…
8 May — Lockdowns are a powerful tool against the pandemic Lockdowns and other distancing measures have had resounding success…
Washington Post: “Shutdown orders prevented about 60 million novel coronavirus infections in the United States and 285 million…
The non-stop news about coronavirus and COVID-19 can cause a lot of anxiety. Here's our weekly digest of useful information…
Humanity spent the last hundred years virtually eradicating some of the planet’s most unpleasant diseases. But some of them…