Surge in good news: Novavax 90% effective
Source: Novavax: Large study finds COVID-19 shot about 90% effective | KATU
Paper: Shelter in place Orders “had no detectable health benefits”
We study the health, behavioral, and economic effects of one of the most politically controversial policies in recent memory, shelter-in-place orders during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previous studies have claimed that…
The hilarious (and nonsensical) Covid-19 rules that were applied to many of us
This is a hoot. In a Twitter thread, people post the dumbest Covid-19 things they were required to do. A teacher says she was required to “quarantine” homework turned in…
The Public-Health Calculus Has Shifted
As widespread vaccination and other factors have brought case rates down across the United States, state and local governments’ legal authority to impose extraordinary measures in the name of fighting…
The intense energy demands of cryptocurrencies: 1.5 MWH to obtain one bitcoin
The Digiconomist’s Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index estimated that one Bitcoin transaction takes 1,544 kWh to complete, or the equivalent of approximately 53 days of power for the average US household.…
Surge in good news: It’s low in 49 states!
https://www.healthweather.us/map?mode=covid_risk&resolution=state