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In reality, adoption of contract tracing apps by citizens was largely sporadic and unenthusiastic. A trio of researchers in Australia decided to explore why contract tracing apps weren’t more widely…
This part is likely negative for the environment: Biden administration will also pursue direct-consumer rebates to encourage American car buyers to swap out fossil-fuel-powered cars for zero-emission vehicles. Source: Biden…
Does this mean the conspiracy theorists were correct? 2020 was a trial run? Geesh. Sir Lindsay Hoyle told a gathering of counterparts from some of the world’s most powerful countries…
If we assume all measures work, then we prove all measures work. And of course, we ignore the time dimension: A mask mandate, combined with complementary public health measures, could…
Locking people up like prison inmates was no better than less restrictive measures: The peer reviewed study, which was conducted by a group of Stanford researchers and published in the…
Remember, I am idiot who observes things and asks stupid questions. The low incidence of influenza is attributed to the lock downs, face masks and social distancing required for Covid-19.…
In other words, the coronavirus will become “endemic,” a pathogen that circulates at low levels and only rarely causes serious illness. Source: Coronavirus Will Resemble the Common Cold, Scientists Predict…
State health chief said the state appeared not be seeing as big a post-Christmas surge as it had expected. Source: Sacramento region’s COVID-19 stay-at-home order being lifted | The Sacramento…
Source: Figure 1 – 1918 Influenza: the Mother of All Pandemics – Volume 12, Number 1—January 2006 – Emerging Infectious Diseases journal – CDC Back then, diagnosis was based on…
“Harvard Summer School suspended all study-abroad programming for the summer of 2021, citing concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.” Source: Harvard Cancels Summer 2021 Study Abroad Programming | News |…