Health
How to understand — and report — figures for ‘COVID deaths’
Nuance is crucial — not just in understanding the disease, but for understanding the burden it might place on health services in coming days
New study: New York deaths could peak at 1,000 a day
If New York State follows the Wuhan trajectory, this is what it can expect from coronavirus
Herd immunity might still be crucial in the fight against coronavirus
If there was a way to safely grant two-thirds of a society COVID-19 immunity, the pandemic would stop
The virus is not invincible, but it’s exposing who’s irreplaceable
Who now is more important than the trucker who drives 12 hours straight to deliver toilet paper to Costco?
Why is the coronavirus mortality rate so much lower in Germany?
The main difference between Germany and Italy lies in those countries’ respective attitudes towards testing
Should ‘Spanish flu’ have been known as ‘American flu’?
Some victims were dead within 12 hours of their first symptoms of Spanish flu
After the coronavirus, who wins the recovery?
The pandemic will recede, and so will the panic it has touched off — though bad policy precedents will stick around
The worst thing about having coronavirus
I have felt worse than this, but not often
How Mao’s medicine made modern China
While Mao’s intent was to mobilize the masses from the bottom up, the party response to COVID-19 runs largely in the opposite direction
The thinking behind the British government’s new coronavirus approach
Their initial strategy would likely have resulted in 250,000 deaths as the infections would overwhelm intensive care
Panic among the pigeons
Moral intoxication, like the physical variety, is regularly followed by a hangover
We’re all Chinese now
The international coronavirus response marks a huge breakthrough moment for Chinese soft power
What have we learned since the swine flu outbreak?
Trump’s national emergency declaration shows what we’ve learned since H1N1
How do pandemics change the way we think?
During elevated pathogen threat levels, mating preferences are skewed toward higher attractiveness and better symmetry
Trump cannot defeat a virus
The coronavirus response is defined by delusion and petulance
Camgirl site offers $100k in credits to quarantined Ted Cruz
Who says coronavirus has to be depressing?
Trump’s lack of coronavirus concern is concerning
The coronavirus is not the flu. There is no vaccine for it
Could coronavirus really trigger the next crash?
There could well be a rapid catch-up in production
Donald Trump vs corona hysteria
His critics are desperate for him to mishandle a crisis. So far he hasn’t
In coronavirus quarantine
House arrest in China could be worse
Why have so many of our recent viruses come from bats?
Coronavirus is far from the first disease they’ve passed on to us
There’s no need to panic about coronavirus
Nasty bugs derived from Chinese livestock markets never fail to whip up mass hysteria
Trump’s ‘heart operation’ whispers keep swirling
The president insists he’s in rude health. A story circulating Washington begs to differ
The abject stupidity of the war on vaping
This crusade features ‘public health’ advocates with no claim to scientific soundness or the moral high ground
Dr Sebastian Gorka — father of soy boys
Is there nothing the good doctor can’t sell?
