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· The Top Doctor Who Aced the Coronavirus Test
· The 2 Different COVID-19 Scenarios that Worry Experts
· Bending the Curve of Fake Pandemic News
· As COVID Reaches Africa, A New Savior Emerges – Africans
· Coronavirus Depletes the Keepers of Europe’s Memory
· Learning to Live with COVID-19
· Social Bubbles May Be the Best Way for Societies to Emerge from Lockdown
· The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Make It Quicker and Easier to Trial Drugs
· Coronavirus Began “As an Accident” in Chinese Lab, Says Former MI6 Boss
· California’s Early Shelter-in-Place Order May Have Saved 1,600 Lives in One Month
· Brazil Posts New Record of Coronavirus Deaths in Single Day
· At Least 11 Countries Have Reimposed Restrictions amid Fears of Coronavirus Second Wave
· Putin’s Favorite Ex-Congressman Dana Rohrabacher Is Now Pitching a Cure for COVID
· Compare the Flu Pandemic of 1918 and COVID-19 with Caution – the Past Is Not a Prediction
· “I’m a Chief Executive Who Has to Get Stuff Done”: How Andrew Cuomo Became the Coronavirus Trump Antidote
· After 6 Months, Important Mysteries About Coronavirus Endure
· The Coronavirus Is Raising the Likelihood of Great-Power Conflict
· China Held Back One Key Bit of Information for Fighting COVID-19: Report
· Pandemic to Cost U.S. Economy $7.9 Trillion Over 10 Years
· Experts Dispute Reports that Coronavirus Is Becoming Less Lethal
· Go Read This Heartbreaking Story of How Coronavirus Spreads
· New Figures Cast Doubt on Coronavirus Test and Trace Success Rate
The Top Doctor Who Aced the Coronavirus Test (Catherine Porter, New York Times)
Dr. Bonnie Henry kept the disease in check in British Columbia without harsh enforcement methods. Now, she is leading the way out of lockdown.
The 2 Different COVID-19 Scenarios that Worry Experts (Dylan Scott, Vox)
Whether or not your state has already been hit hard by Covid-19, there is still reason for concern.
Bending the Curve of Fake Pandemic News (Philip N. Howard, Project Syndicate)
Since 2016, a global community of fact checkers has taken shape to fight fake news and misinformation online, much of which is generated by authoritarian regimes. Now that we are in the grips of a deadly pandemic, these efforts must be celebrated and strengthened.
As COVID Reaches Africa, A New Savior Emerges – Africans (Carol Pineau, Foreign Policy)
As the coronavirus swept across the world, Africans had a growing sense that they were on their own. If there were going to be a savior, it would be Africans themselves.
Coronavirus Depletes the Keepers of Europe’s Memory (Jason Horowitz, New York Times)
The pandemic has hastened the departure of witnesses to the wrenching conflicts of the last century, allowing rising political forces to recast history.
Learning to Live with COVID-19 (Ngaire Woods and Leany Lemos, Project Syndicate)
Leaders in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have devised a strategy for living with the virus, based on key indicators, expert consultations, and enforceable processes. And it has done so in full public view. There are lessons here for governments in richer countries that have yet to develop such a plan.
Social Bubbles May Be the Best Way for Societies to Emerge from Lockdown (MIT Technology Review)
Holing up with groups of friends or neighbors or other families during lockdown has given many people, especially those stuck home alone, a way to relieve isolation without spreading covid-19. These groups are known as bubbles, and new computer simulations described in Nature today show they may really work.
The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Make It Quicker and Easier to Trial Drugs (Heidi Ledford, Nature)
Remote clinical trials and other changes could permanently alter pharmaceutical development: part 7 in a series on science after the pandemic.
Coronavirus Began “As an Accident” in Chinese Lab, Says Former MI6 Boss (Bill Gardner, The Telegraph)
Sir Richard Dearlove tells Telegraph’s Planet Normal podcast that new scientific report suggests key elements of the
