Category: Something Interesting
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Fighting Epidemics with Data, William Farr, & The Ghost Map
Victorian scientists would have immediately recognized many of the core categories of data assembled by epidemiologists working on Covid-19: infections, deaths, locations and so on. Today’s vital statisticians obviously have access to a wider pool of information — antibody-test results, comorbidities of victims, even different genetic strains of the virus — than Farr was able…
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Have a Great Day Everyone
For just about a month now, David Lynch (yes, that David Lynch) has been posting weather reports each morning from his workshop. Here is the weather report from this morning. I’m not certain why, but I love them. I’ve been watching each day for about two and a half weeks now. Maybe it is that…
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A Coronavirus Fix That Passes the Smell Test
A Coronavirus Fix That Passes the Smell Test – What if a Wall Street veteran has a way to track how fast the virus is spreading before lab tests can ramp up? – Article by Michael Lewis published yesterday on Bloomberg.com.
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How the Virus Got Out
Compelling digital and data-based storytelling from the New York Times on the spread of Covid-19. (I believe the Times has made reporting on coronavirus free to access.)
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Against the Rules by Michael Lewis
I’m a huge fan of the author Michael Lewis. Moneyball is among my favorite all time books. I devoured his last book, “The Fifth Risk,” in a matter of days. If you are a fan or if you are looking for a good podcast, he just launched a series call “Against the Rules.” The trailer…