buttercup (R. acaulis): What I've been reading 4/26/20 week - Coronavirus

What I've been reading this week through Sunday, 4/26/20


and also much from Twitter, and see, for example (esp. re-Tweets):





https://twitter.com/WorldUnivAndSch/https://twitter.com/scottmacleod/https://twitter.com/sgkmacleod/https://twitter.com/WUaSPress/https://twitter.com/HarbinBook/https://twitter.com/TheOpenBand/


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Coronavirus Sa Apr 25 2020
SwedenCoronavirus: Has Sweden got its science right?
By Maddy Savage
BBC News, Stockholm
 24 April 2020 Europe
https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-europe-52395866

Psychiatry

ChinaGERMANY
CHINA AND THE CORONA VIRUS
Federal government confirms Chinese attempts to influence ministerial officials
Published on 04/26/2020 | Reading time: 3 minutes
By Christian Schweppe , Annelie Naumann
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article207501567/Coronavirus-Bundesregierung-bestaetigt-chinesische-Einflussversuche.html

Corona App
Chaos Computer Club criticizes Corona app
BY JUSTUS BENDER AND MORTEN FREIDEL-UPDATED ON 04/24/2020-08:56
https://m.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/offener-brief-chaos-computer-club-kritisiert-corona-app-16739402.html


Zoom privacy schoolsOPINIONS
Stanford should be cautious when using Zoom

A person hiding under a table on which a laptop has Zoom open (Illustration: HELENA ZHANG/The Stanford Daily)
By Helena Zhang on April 22, 2020https://www.stanforddaily.com/2020/04/22/stanford-should-be-cautious-when-using-zoom/


-- - Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor
- World University and School- http://worlduniversityandschool.org 
- 415 480 4577- http://scottmacleod.com 

- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. 



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Coronavirus thru Th Apr 23 2020
MIT
Coronavirus resources
MIT researchers say they’ve identified cells targeted by coronavirus
By Travis Andersen and Martin Finucane Globe Staff,Updated April 22, 2020https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/22/nation/mit-researchers-say-theyve-idd-cells-targeted-by-coronavirus/
Should those with antibodies get a digital pass to go back to work?
MIT scientist’s plan raises questions about discrimination, lack of in-depth knowledge on coronavirus
By Hiawatha Bray Globe Staff,Updated April 23, 2020https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/23/business/should-those-with-antibodies-get-digital-pass-go-back-work/

MasksCoronavirus: Bay Area mask order takes effect Wednesday. Here’s what you need to know.
Evan Webeck
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2020
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/22/coronavirus-bay-area-mask-order-takes-effect-wednesday-heres-what-you-need-to-know/amp/

06.05.20
Corona crisis: daily updated case numbers on the day of decisions
Chancellor Merkel consults with the Prime Minister on easing the corona measures. The RKI reports the current figures.
VIDEO
The coronavirus Sars-CoV-2 * has Germany  still under control.
The infection rate rate drops again
Nationwide strict contact bans are crumblinghttps://www.fr.de/panorama/corona-krise-groko-einigt-sich-hoeheres-kurzarbeitergeld-zr-13680236.html

Education
MA, RIThe Great Divide
When it comes to online learning, Mass., Rhode Island take wildly divergent paths
Rhode Island stresses academic business as usual, Massachusetts opts for local control
By Bianca Vázquez Toness and Dan McGowan Globe Staff,Updated April 22, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/22/metro/when-it-comes-online-learning-two-new-england-neighbors-take-wildly-divergent-paths/

SCHOOL
In homeschooling, there is a gap between the children
A school barometer shows: 31 percent learn more than 25 hours a week, 18 percent but less than 9 hours.
from April 23, 2020https://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/politik/oesterreich/2058168-Im-Homeschooling-geht-eine-Schere-zwischen-den-Kindern-auf.html

TestingCORONAVIRUS
Gov. Tim Walz announces plan to expand COVID-19 testing
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz put on his mask after announcing the state's plans for more coronavirus testing Wednesday in St. Paul.Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz put on his mask after announcing the state's plans for more coronavirus testing Wednesday in St. Paul.
— Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune

By JEREMY OLSON AND BRIANA BIERSCHBACH , STAR TRIBUNE
April 23, 2020
https://m.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz-announces-increased-covid-19-testing/569860492/

CORONAVIRUS
Restrictions could be lifted on up to 100,000 Minnesota workers by Monday
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stressed the new state approach of dialing up or down restrictions goes both ways and that businesses need to be prepared for Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stressed the new state approach of dialing up or down restrictions goes both ways and that businesses need to be prepared for renewed restrictions.
— Aaron Lavinsky, STAR TRIBUNE
By JEREMY OLSON AND GLENN HOWATT , STAR TRIBUNE STAFF
April 24, 2020 - 12:05 PM
An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 em­ploy­ees could re­turn to work Mon­day un­der a plan by Gov. Tim Walz to dial back the state’s stay-at-home order, which was imposed to reduce or delay the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.https://m.startribune.com/restrictions-could-be-lifted-on-up-to-100-000-minnesota-workers-by-monday/569895852/

Barack Obama just gave Mass. a shout out for its coronavirus efforts
By Christina Prignano and Victoria McGrane Globe Staff,Updated April 22, 2020https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/22/nation/president-obama-just-gave-mass-shout-out-its-coronavirus-efforts/

OregonCoronavirus
Oregon Country Fair, iconic counterculture event, upended for first time in 50 years by coronavirus
Updated May 08, 2020; Posted Apr 23, 2020
https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/oregon-country-fair-iconic-counterculture-event-upended-for-first-time-in-50-years-by-coronavirus.html


- Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor
- World University and School- http://worlduniversityandschool.org 
- 415 480 4577- http://scottmacleod.com 

- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. 

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Coronavirus W Apr 22 2020
improving quality of life after coronavirusCoronavirus outbreak
Cities after coronavirus: how Covid-19 could radically alter urban life
Pandemics have always shaped cities – and from increased surveillance to ‘de-densification’ to new community activism, Covid-19 is doing it already
Coronavirus – latest updates
See all our coronavirus coverage
Jack Shenker
Thu 26 Mar 2020https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/26/life-after-coronavirus-pandemic-change-world
Imagining a Better Life After the Coronavirus
This crisis is revealing the limits of America's religious devotion to work—and showing us that a more fulfilling future is possible.
By JONATHAN MALESIC
April 1, 2020https://newrepublic.com/amp/article/157102/imagining-better-life-coronavirus
Here are the states beginning to lift major coronavirus restrictions
By Christina Prignano Globe Staff, Updated May 11, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/22/nation/here-are-states-beginning-lift-major-coronavirus-restrictions/
Editors’ Forum Covid-19
Lonely Death in Pandemic Times"Dying is relational, and it is the narrowing of that relational capacity that makes dying in a pandemic a critical site of reflection."
https://culanth.org/fieldsights/lonely-death-in-pandemic-times
https://twitter.com/heather_paxson/status/1253006536462544899?s=20This is a good explainer: What explains the low coronavirus numbers in poor, densely populated South Asia? https://scroll.in/article/959771/what-explains-low-coronavirus-numbers-in-poor-and-densely-populated-south-asia via
@scroll_in

What explains the low coronavirus numbers in poor, densely populated South Asia?
Does this point to special conditions in South Asia such as heat? Or simply that poor healthcare systems are unable to record cases and deaths adequately?
https://scroll.in/article/959771/what-explains-low-coronavirus-numbers-in-poor-and-densely-populated-south-asia
-- - Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor
- World University and School- http://worlduniversityandschool.org 
- 415 480 4577- http://scottmacleod.com 
- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. 



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Coronavirus pandemic thru Tue Apr 21 2020
Google - Apple Contact TracingApr 20, 2020,09:36am EDT
Apple And Google Contact-Tracing Surprise: 2.5 Billion Users Will Miss Out
Zak Doffman Contributor
Cybersecurityhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2020/04/20/apple-and-google-major-contact-tracing-surprise-25-billion-users-lose-out/amp/
Privacy-Preserving Contact Tracinghttps://www.apple.com/covid19/contacttracing
04.17.20 7:00 AM
SECURITY
Does Covid-19 Contact Tracing Pose a Privacy Risk? Your Questions, Answered
Apple and Google's Bluetooth-based system isn't perfect. But many of the biggest concerns have solutions.https://www.wired.com/story/apple-google-contact-tracing-strengths-weaknesses/amp
The federal contact tracing app is due to start in May
The official Corona app is designed to help break the chain of infection. Other European countries are not that far yet - and take a different approach to dealing with the data.
Jenni Thier
7 comments
April 21, 2020, 7.32 p.m.

Die Contact-Tracing-App des Bundes soll im Mai starten
Die offizielle Corona-App soll helfen, Infektionsketten zu unterbrechen. Andere europäische Länder sind noch nicht so weit – und verfolgen einen anderen Ansatz im Umgang mit den Daten.
Jenni Thier
7 Kommentare
21.04.2020https://www.nzz.ch/technologie/die-contact-tracing-app-des-bag-soll-im-mai-starten-ld.1552867

Closing borders is ridiculous’: the epidemiologist behind Sweden’s controversial coronavirus strategyAnders Tegnell talks to Nature about the nation’s ‘trust-based’ approach to tackling the pandemic.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01098-x


UBI experiment Apr 21, 2020,10:41am EDT
Andrew Yang Talks Project100: $100 Million Planned Of Universal Basic Income During COVID-19
Morgan Simon
https://www.forbes.com/sites/morgansimon/2020/04/21/andrew-yang-talks-project100-100-million-planned-of-universal-basic-income-during-covid-19/amp/


Everything forbidden - sociology
corona:
Everything forbidden, the main thing is healthy
Sociologist Wolfgang Engler believes that it will be a long time to think about the ease, speed and extent of the interruption of normality.
April 21, 2020 - 01:20 , Wolfgang Engler
Corona:
Alles verboten, Hauptsache gesund
Über Leichtigkeit, Schnelligkeit und Ausmaß der Unterbrechung der Normalität wird noch lange nachzudenken sein, meint der Soziologe Wolfgang Engler.
21.4.2020 - 01:20 , Wolfgang Englerhttps://www.berliner-zeitung.de/kultur-vergnuegen/modell-berlin-wolfgang-engler-das-infizierte-wir-der-offenen-gesellschaft-li.81486

Air quAlity 
University of Halle:
Study: More corona deaths in regions with poor air
A geoscientist from the University of Halle has examined several regions in Europe. He found that 78 percent of corona deaths were concentrated in only five areas. All of them had high levels of nitrogen dioxide in the air.
April 21, 2020 - 00:20 , Kathrin Michullahttps://www.berliner-zeitung.de/gesundheit-oekologie/studie-luftverschmutzung-koennte-corona-todesfaelle-beguenstigen-li.81691
Mental healthLoneliness, anxiety, grief — dealing with the mental health impacts of the coronavirus
We can see this mental health crisis coming, yet we lack both national and international programs to address it.
By Guy Winch Updated April 21, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/21/opinion/loneliness-anxiety-grief-dealing-with-mental-health-impacts-coronavirus/

OilUS stocks close 3% lower as oil price continues to collapse
By Stan Choe Associated Press, Updated April 21, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/21/business/stocks-updates-tuesday-april-21/
BusinessOil drops below $0, signaling extreme collapse in demand. But you’re still going to have to pay for gas.
Producers can’t give West Texas Intermediate oil away, at least through May.https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/04/20/oil-barrel-below-zero/

Language - ZüritüütschOn the death of historian Conrad Ulrich: he was a Zurich man with esprit
His appearance was well tempered, the sentences ready for printing in the neat Züritüütsch. The fact that he became a historian is due to a tragedy, as he once said. Now Conrad Ulrich has died.
Urs Hafner
04/20/2020
https://www.nzz.ch/zuerich/conrad-ulrich-nachruf-auf-einen-zuercher-mit-esprit-ld.1552562
Zürich Germanhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zürich_German

A Russian fighter jet pushes an American aircraft off the coast of Syria04/20/2020https://www.nzz.ch/international/syrien-russisches-kampfjet-draengt-us-flugzeug-ab-ld.1552665

Education
Parents, you can’t replace teachers while homeschooling. But you can do this
Even though there’s no way you can teach the curriculum, you can do something even more valuable for your kids.
By David Bulley Updated April 21, 2020
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/21/magazine/parents-you-cant-replace-teachers-while-homeschooling-you-can-do-this/
In era of COVID-19, a shift to digital forms of teaching in Japan
Teachers are having to re-imagine their roles entirely amid school closures
BY J.J. O'DONOGHUE"OKAYAMA – The students of Mino Jiyu Gakuen High School start out their day with an online survey that requires them to take their temperatures. It’s a task that the school’s teachers never imagined themselves doing when they landed their jobs. ..."https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/04/21/national/traditional-to-digital-teaching-coronavirus
Medicine 
4/21/20 5:24 PM
CORONAVIRUS SARS-COV-2
Studies give hope: Remdesivir works in Covid 19 patients
Pamela Dörhöferby Pamela Dörhöfer
https://www.fr.de/multimedia/brasilien-ort28441/corona-pandemie-studie-macht-hoffnung-medikament-remdesivir-zeigt-wirkung-covid-19-zr-13668822.html
Self swab testCoronavirus
1st self-swab at home coronavirus test OK’d by US
Posted Apr 21, 2020
https://www.oregonlive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/1st-self-swab-at-home-coronavirus-test-okd-by-us.html

Vietnam
Vietnam protests China's expansion in disputed waters
Yahoo News Video Yahoo News Video•April 20, 2020https://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-protes...
https://news.yahoo.com/vietnam-protests-chinas-expansion-disputed-174357966.html
China - media landscape 
HONG KONGChina seeks ‘new world media order’ says watchdog, as Hong Kong plunges to 80th in press freedom index
Rachel Wong
17:00, 21 APRIL 2020https://hongkongfp.com/2020/04/21/just-in-china-seeks-new-world-media-order-says-watchdog-as-hong-kong-plunges-to-80th-in-press-freedom-index/?_gl=1*1am81w9*_ga*YW1wLXpFcFVKZzBJYm11TmZxSFVkU2UxQ1E.

Yale NewHaven Health

Coronavirus (COVID-19) vs. Influenza (Flu) https://www.ynhhs.org/patient-care/urgent-care/flu-or-coronavirus#

Book - 
The great influenza The epic story of the deadliest plague in history

The problems with Barry’s “The Great Influenza”
14 AUGUST 2009https://www.virology.ws/2009/08/14/the-problems-with-barrys-the-great-influenza/
J Clin Invest. 2004 Jul 15; 114(2): 146.
doi: 10.1172/JCI22439
PMCID: PMC450178
The great influenza The epic story of the deadliest plague in history
Reviewed by Peter Palese
John M. Barry. The great influenza The epic story of the deadliest plague in history.
2004.Viking Books: New York, New York, USA.546 pp. $29.95. ISBN: 0-6708-9473-7https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC450178/

Meteors
Lyrid meteor shower, the best night sky show for months, is still activeThe peak is past, but you might still be able to catch a few shooting stars this weekend. Besides, you probably don't have anywhere else to go.
Eric Mack
April 24, 2020https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/lyrid-meteor-shower-2020-the-best-night-sky-show-for-months-is-set-to-peak-tuesday-and-wednesday/

Human lives in economies essay 
Corona pandemic:
Human sacrifice for capitalismIn the Corona crisis, dangerous thought patterns return, such as the myth that the victim is indispensable. The elderly should die so that the economy can live.An essay by Thomas Assheuer
April 21, 2020, 7:49 p.m.Updated May 1, 2020
https://www.zeit.de/kultur/2020-04/corona-pandemie-kapitalismus-oekonomie-menschenleben

New Bedford, MA 
Why coronavirus has seemingly spared Fall River and New Bedford so far
By Tonya Alanez and Naomi Martin Globe Staff,Updated April 21, 2020

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/04/21/nation/why-coronavirus-has-seemingly-spared-fall-river-new-bedford-so-far/



-- - Scott MacLeod - Founder, President & Professor
- World University and School- http://worlduniversityandschool.org 
- 415 480 4577- http://scottmacleod.com 
- CC World University and School - like CC Wikipedia with best STEM-centric CC OpenCourseWare - incorporated as a nonprofit university and school in California, and is a U.S. 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt educational organization. 







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GREG MANKIW'S BLOGRandom Observations for Students of EconomicsSUNDAY, JUNE 07, 2020What I've been watchingOver the past week, I have watched the six-part HBO miniseries  The Plot Against America , which came out in March. It is based on the 2004 Philip Roth novel of the same title and tells an alternative history in which FDR is defeated in 1940 by the fascist-sympathizing Charles Lindbergh through the eyes of a Jewish family living in Newark, NJ. Compelling story, well acted. It is the best piece of television I have seen in years.
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2020/06/what-ive-been-watching.html





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