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Whistleblower: US could face virus rebound ‘darkest winter’

WASHINGTON (AP) — America faces the “darkest winter in modern history” unless leaders act decisively to prevent a rebound of the coronavirus, says a government whistleblower who alleges he was ousted from his job for warning the Trump administration to prepare for the pandemic. Immunologist Dr. Rick Bright makes his sobering prediction in testimony prepared for his appearance Thursday before the House Energy and Commerce Committee.Whistleblower: US could face virus rebound 'darkest winter'...

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Spanish antibody study points to 5% of population affected by coronavirus

Another IFR datapoint: with serology testing estimating that 5% of Spains population was exposed, 27,104 deaths, and a population of 46.9 million gives an infection fatality rate of ~1.2%.Spanish antibody study points to 5% of population affected by coronavirusBut the fatality rate could be even higher.Hidden figures: Spain's official COVID-19 numbers raise questions Hidden figures: Spain's official COVID-19 numbers raise questions

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Yves Smith – Foreign Affairs Runs Propaganda from Swedish Employers on Sweden’s Covid-19 Fiasco, Failing to Disclose Sponsorship and Misrepresenting Results

I'm surprised at this, Sweden is considered a very social democratic country, but it looks like big business hijacked its public health policy. Foreign Affairs just published an article that attempts to depict the failed Swedish approach to Covid-19 as not just a success, but even the way of the future. I suppose if you regard failed state in the making like the US as a harbinger, you could view this description as accurate. But nations that aspire to better like South Korea, New Zealand,...

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Covid-19: How Has China Been Dealing with It? Frank Li

Frank Li presents an alternative picture.econintesect.comCovid-19: How Has China Been Dealing with It?Frank Li | Chinese ex-pat, Founder and President of W.E.I. (West-East International), a Chicago-based import & export company, B.E. from Zhejiang University (China) in 1982, M.E. from the University of Tokyo in 1985, and Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1988, all in Electrical Engineering

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Messages from “Fiscal Space” — Jayati Ghosh

While many advanced economies increase government spending to unprecedented levels to mitigate the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, most developing countries have struggled to marshal even relatively small rescue packages. These differences reflect a systemic flaw in the global economy.... The Post-Colonial Era is really the neocolonial era.Project SyndicateMessages from “Fiscal Space” Jayati Ghosh | Professor of Economics at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of...

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Here’s what academic social, behavioral, and economic scientists should be working on right now. — Andrew Gelman

And all this needs to be integrated into a systems approach. This is very difficult since solutions must be implemented in an ideologically diverse and oppositional political environment in which the general level of education is not high. Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social ScienceHere’s what academic social, behavioral, and economic scientists should be working on right now.Andrew Gelman | Professor of Statistics and Political Science and Director of the Applied Statistics...

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