Covid-19 has stirred up a lot of discussions about the ethics of science. I have written before about experiments on humans to learn more about…
Health
Coronavirus – Useful Information
A lot has happened in terms of research on the coronavirus. Here is a quick overview on what might be useful or interesting information: Nutritional…
Can Donating Blood Help Reverse Aging?
I have previously written about the programmed death of organisms and about efforts to reverse aging. Now a new study is out and it is…
Coronavirus Vaccines
This article gives a very interesting overview of different types of candidates for a coronavirus vaccine: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/04/15/coronavirus-vaccine-prospects
Maybe Mass Testing is not a Good Idea
For the last weeks I was very convinced that mass testing would be one of the best ways to make reopening societies safer. This piece…
Coronavirus and Human Experiments
Bryan Caplan makes a couple of very interesting points supporting human experiments to learn more about Covid-19. I personally don’t like his framing on demagogues,…
Iran Has A Legal Market Where You Can Sell Your Kidney
Link of the day: Iran has a legal market for organs Wow. It was only today that I learned that you could actually officially legally…
In Favor Of Contact Tracing Apps
I recently wrote an article stating that “Contact Tracing Apps Are Not Going To Save us“. Some people pointed out that while maybe not a…
Contact Tracing Apps Are Not Going To Save us
Link of the day: Contact-tracing apps are not a solution to the COVID-19 crisis Update: I recently also wrote an article in favor of contact…
Thursday, 30.04.2020 – Forecasting CoVid-19 Cases
Link of the day: Forecasts of cases and the effective reproduction number globally For the last weeks I’ve been working with a team at the…