The UK moved to a first dose first strategy, where they prioritize vaccine uptake over administering second doses. This means that instead of administering the…
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Could we Vaccinate Twice as Many People?
Michael Minna raises an intriguing possibility in an opinion piece in the New York Times: Instead of giving people two shots of a vaccine, we…
Crowd-Forecasting the Covid-19 Pandemic
Some time ago I started working on a crowd-forecasting app for my PhD (code). The app allows experts and non-experts to make predictions for the…
How the Virus Spreads
El País published an article with very nice visualizations of how the coronavirus spreads via aerosols. It’s a light and informative read. Main takeaways: The…
Corona Aid to the Church
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.4 billion in…
1 Day Sooner
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…
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…
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,…
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…