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Covid-19: The global crisis — in data

ig.ft.com/coronavirus-global-data/
Charts and maps show paradoxes of a pandemic that has claimed a million lives

How Brain Fog Plagues Covid-19 Survivors - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2020/10/11/health/covid-survivors.html

Donald Trump's Strength Did Not Beat the Coronavirus - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/10/trump-strength-coronavirus/616682/
The metaphors that Trump and others use when talking about COVID-19 are making the pandemic worse.

[Serious] People from Reddit who survived Corona, how has your daily life changed? What are the side effects after? : AskReddit

reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/j2pb9a/serious_people_from_reddit_who_survived_corona/

The Pandemic's Biggest Mystery Is Our Own Immune System - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/covid-19-immunity-is-the-pandemics-central-mystery/614956/

Why Aren't We Talking More About Ventilation? - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-airborne-transmission/614737/
How is it that six months into a respiratory pandemic, we are still doing so little to mitigate airborne transmission?

Nearly 70,000 Tech Startup Employees Have Lost Their Jobs Since March - WSJ

wsj.com/articles/nearly-70-000-tech-startup-employees-have-lost-their-jobs-since-march-11594167238

Pandemic speeds largest test yet of universal basic income

nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01993-3

239 Experts With One Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2020/07/04/health/239-experts-with-one-big-claim-the-coronavirus-is-airborne.html

Is It Okay to Go to the Beach? - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/07/it-okay-go-beach/613849/
People complain that going to the shore is a careless act during a pandemic, but the science so far suggests otherwise.

How Essential Is My Facial Feminization Surgery?

esquire.com/lifestyle/amp32685343/facial-feminization-surgery-covid-19/

It doesn’t look like the George Floyd protests are causing a COVID-19 spike.

slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/06/protests-covid-outdoor-masks.html

If 80% of Americans Wore Masks, COVID-19 Infections Would Plummet, New Study Says | Vanity Fair

vanityfair.com/news/2020/05/masks-covid-19-infections-would-plummet-new-study-says

I Just Flew. It Was Worse Than I Thought It Would Be.

theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/is-flying-safe-coronavirus/611335/

The Risks - Know Them - Avoid Them

erinbromage.wixsite.com/covid19/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them
It seems many people are breathing some relief, and I’m not sure why. An epidemic curve has a relatively predictable upslope and once the peak is reached, the back slope is also predictable.

Hoping Llamas Will Become Coronavirus Heroes - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2020/05/06/science/llama-coronavirus-antibodies.html
Antibodies from Winter, a 4-year-old llama with great eyelashes, have neutralized coronavirus and other infections in lab experiments.

The world is on lockdown. So where are all the carbon emissions coming from? | Grist

grist.org/climate/the-world-is-on-lockdown-so-where-are-all-the-carbon-emissions-coming-from/

Coronavirus Models Aren't Supposed to Be Right - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/04/coronavirus-models-arent-supposed-be-right/609271/

The Viral ‘Study’ About Runners Spreading Coronavirus Is Not Actually a Study - VICE

vice.com/en_us/article/v74az9/the-viral-study-about-runners-spreading-coronavirus-is-not-actually-a-study
Belgian researchers chose to bypass all standard science publishing protocols to publish research that has been overhyped and isn't well understood.

Google and Apple launching coronavirus contact-tracing system for iOS and Android - The Verge

theverge.com/2020/4/10/21216484/google-apple-coronavirus-contract-tracing-bluetooth-location-tracking-data-app
Google and Apple are introducing an API to allow Bluetooth LE-based coronavirus exposure contact tracing through official public health authority apps and later as a lower-level feature of iOS and Android. The system could help warn users if they were around someone diagnosed with COVID-19.