I wonder how long it will take before the mob forces Medium to take this down: A call to honesty in pandemic modeling

The next big story to come out of Italy. Singing stops in Italy as fear and social unrest mount

I am surprised they have not blinked yet. I don’t know what they think they are accomplishing. They can make every US shale producer go bankrupt but that will not make the tech or the people who know how to do it go away. Saudi Power Play Could Send Oil Below $20 a Barrel for an Extended Period

The bottom line is that most US masks are being sold outside of this country because they can get a better price that way due to US polices. I Spent A Day In The Coronavirus-Driven Feeding Frenzy Of N95 Mask Sellers And Buyers And This Is What I Learned And here is more along the same lines.

Will Holland’s Looser Corona Policies Pay Off?

Coronavirus Modeling Had Faulty Assumptions, the Real Data Gives Us Hope

Israeli doctor in Italy says new, innovative treatments ‘flattening the curve’

“We are getting calls from people who say ‘I think my neighbour is going out on a second run – I want you to come and arrest them’.

Worth Paying Attention To. WHO Now Officially Recommends to Avoid Taking Ibuprofen For COVID-19 Symptoms Related story about a 4 year old.. Having said all that, BBC says it is not clear cut.

Humor for those with cold hearts. Europe Has Been the Greatest Disappointment in This Crisis

Something to make you angry even if you have cold heart. SoftBank Owned Patent Troll, Using Monkey Selfie Law Firm, Sues To Block Covid-19 Testing, Using Theranos Patents and then of course there is also this story about more lawyers trying to muck things up.

Shocker of the day. After decades of robust growth, the rise in US life expectancy stalled after 2010. Explanations for the stall have focused on rising drug-related deaths. Here we show that a stagnating decline in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality was the main culprit, outpacing and overshadowing the effects of all other causes of death. The CVD stagnation held back the increase of US life expectancy at age 25 y by 1.14 y in women and men, between 2010 and 2017. Rising drug-related deaths had a much smaller effect: 0.1 y in women and 0.4 y in men.

You might be tired of this debate but the temp chart superimposed on the world map is cool and worth looking at even if you are tired of this debate. Higher temperatures affect survival of new coronavirus, pathologist says

For the health nerds out there. Breadth of concomitant immune responses prior to patient recovery: a case report of non-severe COVID-19

Worth reading to remind yourself that there are more problems in the world then just a rouge virus. Turkey Commits to Idlib

What can the world learn from Italy?

Johns Hopkins Experts Are Trying a Clever Antibody Method From The 1890s on COVID-19

Cyber-Terrorism: HHS Network Attacked by Hackers Hoping to Slow Coronavirus Response

Reports from the Frontlines of COVID-19

OPEC Tries to Forestall a Coronavirus Oil Collapse

Greek Troops Open Fire on Refugees While Vigilantes Attack Aid Workers and the Media

Mass grave reveals how Black Death impacted rural England

The Strongest Evidence Yet That America Is Botching Coronavirus Testing

EU fails to persuade France, Germany to lift coronavirus health gear controls