Spanish Flu

Published on Mar 27, 2020COVID-19 is the biggest pandemic the world has faced since the Spanish flu. Here is how you can save lives: Social distancing. Hospitals only have a certain capacity to hold a number of sick people at any given time. If this number goes overcapacity, many more…

1. Some mask production is being deregulated. 2. “Using country-, subnational-, and individual-level data, we show that Facebook has had a significant and sizable positive impact on citizen protests.” 3. Open source ventilators? 4. Automated contact tracing without giving up privacy?  And explanation. 5. What the SuperForecasters think. 6. A…

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As the COVID-19 global pandemic has turned us all into hermit crabs, amusing ourselves has become more important than ever. So, because I’m kinda bored and I want to see what people have created, let’s check out the coronavirus-related playlists on Spotify and see what kinds of songs are on…

Updated: March 22, 2020 10:11:16 am At Times Square, New York. Could first effect of coronavirus be seen in US polls? (AP)(Written by Rajesh M Parikh) Viruses are the most political of creatures. Machiavellian in their machinations and Maoist in their ability to retreat only to advance again, they can…

SINGAPORE: Lockdowns and panic food buying due to the coronavirus pandemic could ignite world food inflation even though there are ample supplies of staple grains and oilseeds in key exporting nations, a senior economist at FAO and agricultural analysts said. The world's richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global…

Photo: GettyThe Red Sox have had a tough go of things lately. Major League Baseball continues to investigate the team for illicit sign-stealing techniques during their 2018 World Series run, even after championship manager Alex Cora lost his job for his connection to the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing operation while he…

This article by Richard Gunderman is republished here with permission from The Conversation. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, represent the work of Snopes fact-checkers or editors. Pandemic: It’s a scary word. But the world has seen pandemics before, and…

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court postponed a two-week argument session that had been set to start next week, making a highly unusual calendar change as the coronavirus outbreak spreads across the country.It’s the first time in decades, and perhaps a century, that the court has canceled a courtroom session…

As the coronavirus sweeps through the US, hospitals are preparing for an influx of patients, and planning patient care.But as the US healthcare system ramps up to fight the virus, data reveals there may not be enough ventilators available to treat severely sick patients.Ventilators help patients breathe when they can't…