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Maybe not the best time to read this... Very dark book

I haven't read it yet, but this book by epidemiologist Michael T. Osterholm seem extremely timely (published in 2017): https://www.amazon.ca/Deadliest-Enemy-Against-Killer-Germs/dp/B072F7142P/

I haven't read it yet, but this book by epidemiologist Michael T. Osterholm seem extremely timely (published in 2017): https://www.amazon.ca/Deadliest-Enemy-Against-Killer-Germs/dp/B072F7142P/

'With the Old Breed' by E.B. Sledge

Macbook Pro 16"

No. Because there's a big difference between a runaway exponential process and a stable, predictable one that you can build your healthcare system around. And when you have one on top of the other, then you get in real trouble. In other words, this is about as smart as someone saying "well, it snowed a lot this winter, how about that global warming?" But the next level of thinking is: Yes, we should do a lot more to also reduce deaths from other sources, like cars and the diseases of aging and other diseases, and I hope we do. But these stats are an argument to do more, not less.

Western Canadian Select Crude now actually the price of a coffee... by the barrel

Why masks are effective: https://medium.com/@Cancerwarrior/covid-19-why-we-should-all-wear-masks-there-is-new-scientific-rationale-280e08ceee71

Scott Gottlieb plan to reopen: https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/national-coronavirus-response-a-road-map-to-reopening/

“ Researchers found that washing hands more than 10 times daily was 55 percent effective in stopping virus transmission while wearing a mask was more effective at 68 percent.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/health/us-coronavirus-face-masks.html

https://overcast.fm/+GfeK4jvqY Interview (podcast) with dr Scott Gottlieb.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/27/coronavirus-trump-told-pence-not-to-call-washington-michigan-governors.html So that's how Zalensky felt... How is this not criminal? Playing games with the lives of US citizens, exchanging praise and lack of criticism for medical help? Blackmail and bribery...

I don’t think they’ll necessarily get a ton more very small ones, but they might get some big distressed ones. Carve outs from bigger companies, f.ex. And valuations generally might get better, weaker competitors might suffer more, letting them gain or buy them out eventually.

Bill Gates:

Thread of a couple’s experience with the disease. Young people.

AGM on May 8 to be streamed: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/03/26/2007332/0/en/Constellation-Software-Inc-Announces-Change-to-Annual-General-Meeting-Format.html

Thread on mask usage, including in the Czech republic: Could help explain why Japan did so well..? I understand that masks need to go to those on the frontlines first as long as there's limited supply, but as soon as supply ramps up, probably a good idea for everybody to have masks for a while. Cheap way to save lots of lives, including from the flu and other diseases, and ben R0 <1. (turquoise lines wear masks in public (not only measures, but probably helps on top of good testing, tracing, lockdowns, etc))

https://bfi.uchicago.edu/working-paper/2020-26/

The letter is a letter. Let's see the action. So far, it hasn't been data and science based with him, contradicting the experts even within the same press conference with them, making arbitrary deadlines, and refusing to get out of the way and let the grownups run things because he can't have his rallies so he's jonesing for narcissistic supply which he can get with daily press conferences where he basically has nothing that makes sense to say.

(can anyone imagine Trump writing these words? He likely told a staff writer to tell governors he's going to tell them when to re-open, and the writer added all the empathy and justifications) Meanwhile, getting ready for a shift: https://i.imgur.com/YSitKiz.gifv

https://www.propublica.org/article/internal-emails-show-how-chaos-at-the-cdc-slowed-the-early-response-to-coronavirus Also: and:

Good podcast on decentralized, heterogenous, skin-in-the game early detection and prevention systems for epidemics based on complexity science: https://jimruttshow.blubrry.net/extra-jordan-hall/ These kinds of ideas would be what we could use to design a much better system for the future.

Good podcast on decentralized, heterogenous, skin-in-the game early detection and prevention systems for epidemics based on complexity science: https://jimruttshow.blubrry.net/extra-jordan-hall/

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/26/the-patchwork-of-state-and-local-quarantines-will-prolong-us-coronavirus-outbreak-former-obama-advisor-says.html That's why you need federal leadership and coordination.