Four Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish

Japan has had success against Covid-19 so far without a national lockdown or mass testing. How did they do it? Early, agressive, and competent contact tracing & "an expert-led approach" are two reasons. [bloomberg.com]

A low dispersion factor of SARS-CoV-2 may indicate that most people don't spread the disease. "We are certainly seeing a lot of concentrated clusters where a small proportion of people are responsible for a large proportion of infections." [sciencemag.org]

J.K. Rowling has posted online the first two chapters of a new fairy tale called The Ickabog (unrelated to the Wizarding World btw). A book version will be published in November w/ all royalties going to Covid-19 relief. [theickabog.com]

What happens if Trump tries to cancel the election, shuts down urban polling places, contests the election results, or refuses to leave the White House? He was always going to attempt this stuff – the pandemic just makes it waaaay easier. [nytimes.com]

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