Category Archives: Coronavirus

Why new diseases keep appearing in China – VOX

Posted on March 18, 2020 by macromon
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The COVID Wake-Up Call | Project Syndicate

Posted on March 18, 2020 by macromon
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“Lock Downs Do Work”

Posted on March 16, 2020 by macromon

Six counties in the SF Bay Area ordered residents to “shelter in place.”  

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Some Perspective

Posted on March 16, 2020 by macromon

In our March 7th post,  Stages Of A Pandemic: Denial, Panic, Fear, and Rationality, we suspected the country was about to move from denial to panic over the coronavirus pandemic.   It sure did and infected the global markets in a … Continue reading →

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China’s Industrial Output Plunges, GDP Headed For First Contraction On Record

Posted on March 15, 2020 by macromon

China’s industrial output fell more than expected as the coronavirus shutdown factories, across the nation.  Industrial output fell13.5% in January and February from a year earlier, versus a median estimate for a 3% contraction. Retail sales fell 20.5% in the … Continue reading →

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Meet Me In St. Louis Not On The Streets Of Philadelphia

Posted on March 14, 2020 by macromon

Source: Shane Oliver  @ShaneOliverAMP This is about as close as we will get to a pure lab experiment measuring the efficacy nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) intended to reduce infectious contacts, folks. The 1918 influenza pandemic resulted an estimated 500,000–675,000 deaths in … Continue reading →

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Potential Next Steps In The Coronavirus Crisis

Posted on March 10, 2020 by macromon

Washinton state lays out the next potential steps ” as its public-health officials are “at the ready” to order involuntary isolation and quarantines and are considering cancellation of major public events. Patty Hayes, director of Public Health — Seattle & … Continue reading →

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Exponential Growth 101

Posted on March 8, 2020 by macromon

I had a stunning conversation last night with a very good friend that went something like this: It’s just the flu, bro.  You are glued to the fake news on CNN  He is a restaurateur and I was trying to … Continue reading →

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