#Pandemic

Jon Allsop

Jon_Allsop

I'm going to be away from @CJR's newsletter and more or less off this website for the next month—this year has been a lot, and I'm taking some extended time

Alec Schierenbeck

aschierenbeck

Looking closer at the NIMBY lawsuit to block the Gowanus rezoning this morning, and it is shockingly thin. The lead argument is that the City didn’t give the Community Board

James Melville

JamesMelville

Thread.1/ The government’s appalling handling of Covid...From start to finish, the government has stuffed up their response to the Coronavirus pandemic with a set of responses that were either badly

The Open Notebook

Open_Notebook

Today is *a* day. SO, we bring you TON stories with pets. This dog is Jasper and he belongs to our recent A Day in the Life-ee, @weipoints https://www.theopennotebook.com/2020/10/20/a-day-in-the-life-of-maya-wei-haas/ In

Matthias Doepke

mdoepke

So @JohnHCochrane favorably compares the Hoover analysis of economic policies proposed by the Biden campaign with the "Economists against Trump" letter signed by more than 1,000 economists. As one of

Dan Price

DanPriceSeattle

A brief story of the huge wealth transfer quietly transforming America:The small business recovery has plateaued. For 2 months, revenue has been down 15-20%, the same as the 2009 peak.Basically

Billy Easley II

billyez2

Talked to multiple news outlets on state data privacy laws today and I have two big takeaways for them:States are taking action because Congress hasn't prioritized privacy law changes Not

Dr. Theresa Chapple

Theresa_Chapple

My daughters have been begging to go to the pool. The hotel I'm at is at 3% capacity this week, but the indoor pool has been too crowded for my

MorrowFlow 🗣+🔥

MorrowFlow

Do You Struggle With Your Self-Worth?Most of us have struggled with our self-worth at some point in time.And the pandemic made things worse for a lot of people.But I'm going

Robert Freudenthal

RobFreudenthal

Can't help but think that our current pandemic hole is a consequence of decades of discharging so many of our mortal realities out of our home lives and into modern

Michael Eisen

mbeisen

There are good political/social reasons for wanting SARS-CoV-2 to have entered humans directly from animals, and many pushing the WIV lab accident hypothesis have nefarious intent. I am nonetheless surprised

Daniel Leifer, MD

LeiferMd

A new pre-print shows just how rapidly the variant COVID strain has become the predominant strain throughout the UK. It can go from minimal prevalence to predominant strain within 1-2

The Telegraph

Telegraph

We have all been affected by lockdown, one way or another – but what is the impact of the pandemic on gender inequality? Check this *thread* to find out #EqualityCheck

Michael Ian Black

michaelianblack

MY OFFICIAL PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT THREAD! As some of you know it’s been VERY difficult for me to make up my mind about whom to support this presidential election because, with

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Thobeka_Rare

Seeing that a 2020 review will only bring hurtful memories, let's rather indulge in a short thread on phenomenal natural moments of 2020. Time person of the year should undoubtedly

Jens Boman

JensBoman

The refusal of old fools to acknowledge effects of interventions that prevent transmission of pathogens, is not new. The "Tegnells" of the time in Vienna mocked the notion of washing

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