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“Models show that if 80 percent of people wear masks that are 60 percent effective, easily achievable with cloth, we can get to an effective R0 of less than one. That’s enough to halt the spread of the disease.” theatlantic.com/health/archi…
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Humankind has never had a more urgent task than creating broad immunity for coronavirus. It’s going to require a global cooperative effort like the world has never seen. But I know we’ll get it done. There’s simply no alternative. gatesnot.es/3d06cC2
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In 1939, George Dantzig, a graduate student at UC Berkeley, solved two open problems in statistical theory, which he had mistaken for homework after arriving late to a lecture by Jerzy Neyman. The two problems ended up being his entire PhD thesis.
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We don't yet have all the tools we need to stop the novel coronavirus and safely re-open the economy. But they are on the horizon. gatesnot.es/2S2v7g9
One or two hummingbirds are back, but I fear that the Dec cold and snow lasted too long for the rest.
Favorite word from Ammon Shea's "Reading the OED": Paracme (n.) The point at which one's prime is past.
Only one hummingbird yesterday and none today. With Warren Zevon's Worrier King, "I worry about my bird."