- Disease modelers gaze into computers to see future of Covid-19 - STAT https://www.statnews.com/2020/02/14/disease-modelers-see-future-of-covid-19/ 11 comments worldnews
- Germany's Foreign Minister: Trump coronavirus response took 'too long' -- "There really isn't any dispute, even in the USA that many of the measures taken were too late. Let's see what the American government's approach to discussions leads to, whether the 'America First' model really works." https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-maas-trump-coronavirus-response-took-too-long/a-53089068 12 comments worldnews
- New mathematical model suggests COVID spikes have infinite variance—meaning that, in a rare extreme event, there is no upper limit to how many cases or deaths one locality might see. https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/33109-mathematical-modeling-suggests-counties-are-still-unprepared-for-covid-spikes/ 367 comments science
- German minister criticises U.S. coronavirus response as too slow - “Let’s see to what extent the actions of the American government will lead to discussions in the U.S. about whether the ‘America First’ model really works,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/german-minister-criticises-u-s-coronavirus-response-as-too-slow-spiegel-iduskcn21s157?utm_source=reddit.com&utm_source=reddit.com 42 comments worldnews
- A new mathematical model for predicting infectious disease outbreaks incorporates fear—both of disease and of vaccines—to better understand how pandemics can occur in multiple waves of infections, like those we are seeing with COVID-19. https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2021/august/triple-contagion.html 8 comments science