Covid 19 Coronavirus - Facts Matter

Hidden Outbreaks Spread Through U.S. Cities Far Earlier Than Americans Knew, Estimates Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/us/coronavirus-early-outbreaks-cities.html

What 5 Coronavirus Models Say the Next Month Will Look Like

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/22/upshot/coronavirus-models.html

Coronavirus tracked: the latest figures as the pandemic spreads

https://www.ft.com/coronavirus-latest

Trump stops hyping hydroxychloroquine after study shows no benefit

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/22/trump-hydroxychloroquine-study-coronavirus

Director of U.S. agency key to vaccine development leaves role suddenly amid coronavirus pandemic

https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/21/rick-bright-out-at-barda/

The months of magical thinking: As the coronavirus swept over China, some experts were in denial

https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/20/the-months-of-magical-thinking-as-the-coronavirus-swept-over-china-some-experts-were-in-denial-about-what-was-to-come/

Where did Covid-19 Originate?

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/18/asia-pacific/wuhan-lab-china-coronavirus-controversy/

Related:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-chinas-bat-woman-hunted-down-viruses-from-sars-to-the-new-coronavirus1/

C.D.C. Labs Were Contaminated, Delaying Coronavirus Testing, Officials Say

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/health/cdc-coronavirus-lab-contamination-testing.html
Americans at WHO gave real-time information to Trump administration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/americans-at-world-health-organization-transmitted-real-time-information-about-coronavirus-to-trump-administration/2020/04/19/951c77fa-818c-11ea-9040-68981f488eed_story.html

Here’s What We Know about the Most Touted Drugs Tested for COVID-19

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/heres-what-we-know-about-the-most-touted-drugs-tested-for-covid-191/

Gilead’s Remdesivir Can Hardly Live Up to the Hype

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-17/gilead-s-covid-19-drug-remdesivir-can-hardly-live-up-to-hype 

As U.S. coronavirus fatality rate rises to 5%, experts are trying to grasp how deadly virus is

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/as-officials-plan-to-reopen-the-economy-a-key-unknown-remains-how-deadly-is-the-coronavirus/2020/04/17/0bd2f938-7e49-11ea-a3ee-13e1ae0a3571_story.html

Peer Review of “COVID-19 Antibody Seroprevalence in Santa Clara County, California”

https://medium.com/@balajis/peer-review-of-covid-19-antibody-seroprevalence-in-santa-clara-county-california-1f6382258c25

A New Statistic Reveals Why America’s COVID-19 Numbers Are Flat

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/04/us-coronavirus-outbreak-out-control-test-positivity-rate/610132/

Without More Tests, America Can’t Reopen

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/were-testing-the-wrong-people/610234/

Tail Risks and Black Swans

The Pandemic isn’t a Black Swan

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-pandemic-isnt-a-black-swan-but-a-portent-of-a-more-fragile-global-system

“Indeed, if Taleb is chronically irritated, it is by those economists, officials, journalists, and executives—the “naïve empiricists”—who think that our tomorrows are likely to be pretty much like our yesterdays. He explained in a conversation that these are the people who, consulting bell curves, focus on their bulging centers, and disregard potentially fatal “fat tails”—events that seem “statistically remote” but “contribute most to outcomes,” by precipitating chain reactions, say”

Systemic Risk of Pandemic via Novel Pathogens – Coronavirus: A Note

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b68a4e4a2772c2a206180a1/t/5e2efaa2ff2cf27efbe8fc91/1580137123173/Systemic_Risk_of_Pandemic_via_Novel_Path.pdf 

Should Women Run the World?

Female world leaders are hailed as voices of reason amid virus chaos

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2020/04/20/female-world-leaders-hailed-voices-reason-amid-coronavirus-chaos/ 

US Food Supply

Meat shortage fears deepen as Tyson Foods closes its largest pork plant

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/22/tyson-waterloo-meat-shortage-coronavirus/

The Food Chain’s Weakest Link: Slaughterhouses

A relatively small number of plants process much of the beef and pork in the United States, and some of them have closed because workers are getting sick.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/18/business/coronavirus-meat-slaughterhouses.html

Coronavirus – Public Opinion Survey

How the Coronavirus Outbreak Is Impacting Public Opinion

https://morningconsult.com/form/coronavirus-outbreak-tracker/

Prime Minister Modi of India is currently the most popular major leader based on:

Net approval (approval minus disapproval) among adult residents of each country 

Investing During a Crisis

The Beginner's Guide to Investing in Gold

https://www.fool.com/investing/the-beginners-guide-to-investing-in-gold.aspx

Gold Is Heading for $3,000, Bank of America Says. ‘The Fed Can’t Print Gold.’

https://www.barrons.com/articles/the-fed-cant-print-gold-bank-of-america-says-sees-gold-hitting-3-000-51587496123

Where to Invest $10,000 Right Now

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/how-to-invest-10k/

Earnings Season Has Been Bad. Next Quarter Will Be Even Worse.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/earnings-outlook-first-quarter-second-quarter-stocks-coronavirus-51587501306 

History Lesson: 1918 Spanish Flu

Spanish Flu – History Lesson

Related:
The Untold Story of the Birth of Social Distancing
The idea has been around for centuries. But it took a high school science fair, George W. Bush, history lessons and some determined researchers to overcome skepticism and make it federal policy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/22/us/politics/social-distancing-coronavirus.html