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In reply to Irfan Khawaja. I never supposed you were praising or recommending the Chinese approach! Btw, an important chunk of my comment went MIA somehow, so you might want to revisit it if you haven’t seen the correction. It is in what to me wa…

It’s not just a war–it’s a war without ammunition, at least on our side. At a White House briefing on Thursday, President Trump said millions of masks were in production and that the federal government had made efforts to address th…

In reply to David Potts. Well, just to clarify: I was not defending the Chinese approach. Merlin raised the issue of China versus Italy, and I was making a causal point, not a normative one. Hence my formulation, “are part of the explanation for …

I’m afraid I’m in the more skeptical camp, apparently an extreme minority view. South Korea publishes excellent data on what’s happening there. Here is today’s report: https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a30402000000&b…

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In reply to merjet. Yes, most dying from COVID-19 are the elderly, but that doesn’t mean that younger people can’t suffer serious illness from it; some younger people have died from it. On the first point: On the second: https://www.usat…

There are three main data sources on the latest Coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19). How do estimates of confirmed cases and deaths compare?

In reply to InfiniteAscension. I am very sorry to hear that. Also sorry that “my” country is imposing a sanctions regime on Iran at this time (well, at any time–but particularly now). The only consolation amidst this barrage of stupid…