A criminal justice expert's guide to donating effectively right now. [vox.com]
The NY Times has built a coronavirus vaccine tracker to track the status of the 125+ vaccines currently in development worldwide. [nytimes.com]
Dystopia and postapocalyptic are typically thought of as words that may apply to a possible future, but Native Americans have long been a postapocalyptic people. [thenation.com]
How the Coronavirus Compares With 100 Years of Deadly Events. The excess deaths caused by Covid-19 are higher than from hurricanes, 9/11, bad flu seasons, etc. Excess mortalities compared to normal: Stockholm 2.2x, London 3x, Madrid 4.6x, NYC 5.8x. [nytimes.com]
16 straight minutes of Michael Jordan highlights? YES. [youtube.com]
More on that study that indicates that Covid-19 emergency health measures prevented *half a billion infections* in just 6 countries in 3 months. "I don't think any human endeavor has ever saved so many lives in such a short period of time." [news.berkeley.edu]
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