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…
Tag: Global Health
Sunday, 05.04.2020 – Covid Forces Mass Vaccination Campaigns To a halt
Link of the day: Pandemic forces polio eradication group to halt campaigns “We are caught between two terrible situations,” says GPEI head Michel Zaffran of…
Tuesday, 24.03.2020 – Face Masks Work
Edit: The much better link to read is probably this: SlateStarCodex on Facesmasks – Much more than you wanted to know. Link of the day:…
Monday, 16.03.2020 – A Very Nice Illustration Of The Effects Of Social Distancing
Link of the day: A simulated outbreak illustration by the Washington Post Nice visual illustration of the effect of different measures to slow down the…
Saturday, 07.03.2020 – What’s the Best Way To Think About The Spread OF A Pandemic?
Link of the day: Growthers, base-raters and the spread of coronavirus The term growthers refers to the notion of exponential growth, and indeed the number…
Thursday, 05.03.2020 – Coronavirus and the Efficient Market Hypothesis
Link of the day: Seeing the Smoke About one to two weeks before the stock market crashed, people I follow on Twitter discussed how a…
Thursday, 27.02.2020 – How Quickly Can China Recover From The Economic Fallout of Coronavirus?
Link of the day: Twittter thread on the ability of China to recover from the coronavirus Interesting take on the economic context of the coronavirus…
Tuesday, 18.02.2020 – Should We Deliberately Infect People With The Corona Virus?
Link of the day: Consider controlled infection Robin Hanson has written a thought-provoking piece, suggesting it might be a smart idea to deliberately infect with…
Wednesday, 12.02.2020 – Catastrophe Bonds and Insuring Pandemics
Link of the day: Moneystuff on Catastrophe Bonds Investors love to diversify portfolios. One way to do this is to buy or sell ‘catastrophe bonds’….
The Pharma Industry is Broken and Medication Should Be Directly Sold To States
The Problem The pharmaceutical industry clearly is not working as it should be. Not only did an industry that makes people healthier, happier and helps…