National Interest: “…Medical experts predict that “there almost certainly will not be enough vaccine for at least several years, even with the unprecedented effort to manufacture billions of doses. About 70 percent of the world’s population—or 5.6 billion people—will probably need to be inoculated to begin to establish herd immunity and slow [the coronavirus’s] spread.” … Continue Reading
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Demand for Testing Soars in U.S., Creating a New Crisis
The New York Times – Months into the pandemic, many U.S. cities still lack testing capacity. “In the early months of the outbreak in the United States, testing posed a significant problem, as supplies fell far short and officials raced to understand how to best handle the virus. Since then, the country has vastly ramped… Continue Reading
Teachers face threats, books are banned as China pushes party line in Hong Kong schools
Washington Post: “As China’s Communist Party dismantles Hong Kong’s freedoms, teachers are facing pressure to toe Beijing’s line. Schools are emerging as ideological battlegrounds as officials seek to transform freethinking students into patriots loyal to the motherland through punishment, coercion, surveillance and propaganda-style education. “I feel like we have suddenly been put on the front… Continue Reading
Masks don’t just save lives. They boost the economy
Fast Company – “At this point, we know that wearing masks can help stop the spread of the coronavirus. But a team at Goldman Sachs Research believes that it’s also beneficial for the economy. In a recent report, the economists argue that mask wearing could avert economic shutdowns and save 5% of U.S. GDP. According… Continue Reading
‘We’ll be living with masks for years’: COVID-19 through the eyes of a pandemic expert
CNET – “Since the summer of 2019, I’ve been speaking with one of the world’s leading pandemic experts about what a global outbreak could look like. Now, as the world enters a grim new phase, he says we’re in a whole new ball game..Eric Toner has been planning for a pandemic for years. He’s briefed… Continue Reading
Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals
“…the aim of the Fortune/IBM Watson Health 100 Top Hospitals List: to cut through the perception juggernaut—a “prestige bias,” if you will, that often helps some hospitals with loftier reputations and more ample funding appear better than they truly are, even as it hides the hard-won successes and steady performance of lesser-known systems. On this… Continue Reading
How Google Docs became the social media of the resistance
MIT Technology Review – “Facebook and Twitter might have the bells and whistles, but the word processing software’s simplicity and accessibility have made it a winning tool… In just the last week, Google Docs has emerged as a way to share everything from lists of books on racism to templates for letters to family members… Continue Reading
Public Companies: Disclosure of Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors and Options to Enhance Them
Public Companies: Disclosure of Environmental, Social, and Governance Factors and Options to Enhance Them, GAO-20-530: Published: Jul 2, 2020. Publicly Released: Jul 6, 2020. “Nonfinancial information about how a company does business (e.g., a bank’s cybersecurity program) could be an indicator of its long-term financial performance. Investors have been asking companies to disclose more on… Continue Reading
Covid-19 Shows That Scientific Journals Need to Open Up
Bloomberg Opinion via MSN: “One big change brought on by Covid-19 is that virtually all the scientific research being produced about it is free to read. Anyone can access the many preliminary findings that scholars are posting on “preprint servers.” Data are shared openly via a multitude of different channels. Scientific journals that normally keep their articles behind… Continue Reading
Scientists say WHO ignores the risk that coronavirus floats in air as aerosol
LA Times via MSN: “Six months into a pandemic that has killed over half a million people, more than 200 scientists from around the world are challenging the official view of how the coronavirus spreads. The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention maintain that you have to worry about… Continue Reading
As COVID-19 cases spike in US, mask misinformation also spreads
Agence France Presse Fact Check – “Social media posts shared thousands of times in the United States contain multiple false or misleading claims about face masks used to stop the spread of COVID-19, including that they violate federal standards for oxygen supply, cloth masks “do not filter anything” and trap carbon dioxide, surgical masks spread germs,… Continue Reading
Responding to a Threat
American Libraries: “How you and your staff react to a threat is paramount to the success of your response. The inability to react effectively may damage your facility or collections and could contribute to injury or death…” Continue Reading
