Five Quick Links for Monday Noonish

Due to a scheduling issue, Lupita Nyong'o had to drop out of HBO Max's adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah and now HBO just cancelled the whole thing. :( [collider.com]

The Swedish COVID-19 Response Is a Disaster. It Shouldn't Be a Model for the Rest of the World. "From early on, the Swedish government seemed to treat it as a foregone conclusion that many people would die." [time.com]

Coronavirus in Africa: Five reasons why Covid-19 has been less deadly than elsewhere. "The continent's strength lay in its tried and tested community health systems." [bbc.com]

Which states had the best pandemic response? "If the country as a whole had the same per capita death rate as Vermont, the nationwide death toll would be 30,000 instead of more than 215,000." [politico.com]

Herd immunity without a vaccine = mass murder. "The real death toll needed to reach herd immunity could far exceed one million." [nytimes.com]

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