Director of Harvard Global Health Institute: "I think most Americans need to know the reason we are shutdown, our economy is shutdown is because we've had inadequate testing." pic.twitter.com/nzqnjWVftf — Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 27, 2020 A catastrophe does not unfold only by accident, it is often a series of sub-optimal action-reactions enacted https://t.co/S7OYgZchAk — …
COVID-19 Coronavirus Update – Monday/Tuesday, April 27-28Post + Comments (20)
Malaysia reported 31 new #coronavirus cases today – the lowest daily number since March 12. The death toll reached 100 after one more fatality. pic.twitter.com/k3R3ha74ia
— Matthew Tostevin (@TostevinM) April 28, 2020
While clerics acknowledge that their mosques are perfect vectors for the coronavirus’ spread — they say they have to protect their bottom line: money & influence.
Our report on Clerics clashing w/the state in Pakistan #Covid_19 #coronavirus #Ramadan https://t.co/pHswNrIHXW— Maria Abi-Habib (@Abihabib) April 23, 2020
VIDEO: Muslim worshippers attend Ramadan prayers while respecting social distancing restrictions next to the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque.
Saudi Arabia has partially lifted its curfew but says it will maintain a round-the-clock lockdown in the holy city of Mecca pic.twitter.com/BhR18xmurA
— AFP news agency (@AFP) April 28, 2020
VIDEO: ?? Drone images of the empty streets of Moscow amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Russia has so far registered 87,147 cases of the #coronavirus infection and 794 deaths. pic.twitter.com/XAWNUAFANj
— AFP news agency (@AFP) April 27, 2020
Coronavirus: Argentina bans commercial flight sales until 1 September https://t.co/vbJiDtHMeh
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 27, 2020
Brazil becoming #coronavirus hot spot.
Health experts expect the number of infections in Brazil will be much higher than what has been reported because of insufficient, delayed testing.https://t.co/JQc95CqQfA #covid19brasil #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/szUxIn8kQp
— Microbes&Infection (@MicrobesInfect) April 25, 2020
Surf's up: Sydney reopens its famous Bondi Beachhttps://t.co/iBoOWro33o
? Peter Parks pic.twitter.com/k2XaA39stK
— AFP news agency (@AFP) April 28, 2020
New Zealand claims it has currently eliminated the coronavirus spread across the country https://t.co/d8oOHbDxPu
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) April 27, 2020
Coronavirus: What Africa countries are doing to help people to eat amid the lockdowns https://t.co/0qrkg4yobo
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 27, 2020
A German newspaper (not the government) published a mock "bill" to make a point about the cost of the pandemic https://t.co/UkSWMZ6oZN
— Alice Miranda Ollstein (@AliceOllstein) April 27, 2020
China denies spreading disinformation about the coronavirus outbreak, despite EU report citing 'significant evidence' of covert social media campaign https://t.co/tpw3HCQb6I pic.twitter.com/0eKMzRyFWX
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 27, 2020
Reminder: researchers think Covid-19 jumped from a bat.
They also think that's the source of initial Ebola outbreaks. https://t.co/MrVN1dce9f
— Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis (@KendraWrites) April 28, 2020
Increased surveillance should not become the new normal. pic.twitter.com/tu51KOjIgC
— Amnesty International USA (@amnestyusa) April 27, 2020
This is a preprint publication I wrote with @CarlosdelRio7 of Emory.
We find that covid-19 killed 21 times the number of people in NYC last week as flu did during the WORST week of flu during the last 7 years on average.
21x.
This is not “the flu”https://t.co/P6K9npIO4I
— Jeremy Faust MD MS (@jeremyfaust) April 27, 2020
I may be cynical, but this feels a lot like a startup "discovering" public transit and calling it a "high-density ride-share flexi-vehicle" https://t.co/VqipXEYxJu
— Gerry Doyle (@mgerrydoyle) April 28, 2020
Key pullquote, IMO:
… Dr. Cahill’s primary asset is a young lifetime of connections through his investment firm. They include such billionaires as Peter Thiel, Jim Palotta and Michael Milken—financiers who afforded him the legitimacy to reach officials in the middle of the crisis. Dr. Cahill and his group have frequently advised Nick Ayers, Mr. Pence’s longtime aide, and agency heads through phone calls over the past month.
No one involved with the group stands to gain financially. They say they are motivated by the chance to add their own connections and levelheaded science to a coronavirus battle effort that has, on both state and federal levels, been strained…
Steve Pagliuca, co-owner of the Boston Celtics and the co-chairman of Bain Capital—as well as one of Dr. Cahill’s investors—helped copy edit drafts of their report, and he passed a version to Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Chief Executive David Solomon. Mr. Solomon got it to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin…
Old proverb: You shake hands with any of these people, count your fingers afterwards.
sounds too good to be true. But who knows. https://t.co/3GQOpLkvns via @NYTimes
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 28, 2020
If you hear about a crazy new finding, stop, take a deep breath, and read this piece by @cragcrest on the importance of vetting preliminary data. (I'll take this advice myself.) https://t.co/UNjqy2H5PL
— Amy Maxmen (@amymaxmen) April 28, 2020
The author of an article advocating for “chickenpox parties” to slow the spread of COVID-19 had submitted it to several medical and news sites. “They all turned it down with no comment,” he said. The Federalist accepted the piece, no questions asked. https://t.co/0rNknonDuX
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) April 28, 2020
All other epidemiological or ethical points aside infecting people with a disease to slow the spread of a disease seems like a conceptual and logical error. https://t.co/0w55pZPzmU
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 28, 2020