{"id":3604,"date":"2020-07-13T08:47:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T00:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3604"},"modified":"2020-07-13T08:47:05","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T00:47:05","slug":"links-on-rona-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2020\/07\/13\/links-on-rona-2","title":{"rendered":"Links on Rona #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This was easily a late April 2020 roundup, stuck in BBEdit, which may still be vaguely relevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/01\/opinion\/sunday\/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html\">What the Proponents of \u2018Natural\u2019 Herd Immunity Don\u2019t Say<\/a> &#8211; Vaccination levels need to stay about the transmissibility. Immunity has to last. Percentage of fatal infections are high, so a lot of potential deaths. And when herd immunity is achieved, only then do things start slowing down.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/business\/yotam-ottolenghi-we-will-reopen-after-coronavirus-and-heres-how-s7snz32dw\">Yotam Ottolenghi: We will reopen after coronavirus \u2013 and here\u2019s how<\/a> &#8211; Lovely food in London, he wants to ensure no losses in the supply chain, how will we handle communal dining, and the magic of eating out can&#8217;t diminish, amongst a handful of other points he makes. I agree with most of them.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/news\/coronavirus-lockdown-set-free-healthy-over-70s-say-doctors-lxhvf8vzb\">Coronavirus lockdown: set free healthy over\u00e2\u20ac\u201870s, say doctors<\/a> &#8211; longer lockdowns for the elderly, yet they want out.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/news\/coronavirus-obese-people-at-greater-risk-of-death-and-may-stay-infectious-for-longer-9vk9qgv2l\">Coronavirus: obese people at greater risk of death and may stay infectious for longer<\/a> &#8211; 37% higher death rate in overweight patients, 38% of those admitted in ICUs are obese, and a similar pattern is shown in America. Worries me, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/e8f25cb4-9cbe-11e8-88de-49c908b1f264\">half of Malaysian&#8217;s are overweight and obese<\/a>.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/comment\/the-science-is-becoming-clear-lockdowns-are-no-longer-the-right-medicine-k5c652wk8\">The science is becoming clear: lockdowns are no longer the right medicine<\/a> &#8211; Covid-19 more common than we presume, due to asymptomatic nature or mild symptoms? Far less lethal than we feared, once corrections for large number of undetected cases? Given that the risk of dying from Covid-19 is low, politicians can assure the public that our worst fears are over. Another consequence is that a lockdown is no longer a proportionate response, particularly given its profound negative impact: massive unemployment and increases in domestic violence, mental health problems and child abuse, as well as deaths caused by delayed or cancelled medical treatment.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/edition\/comment\/lockdown-im-not-sure-existing-through-these-benighted-months-counts-as-living-so-are-we-saving-lives-sx7rvccd0\">Lockdown: I\u2019m not sure existing through these benighted months counts as living. So are we saving lives?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ef1a266b-4680-4a3b-9eda-71921418c583\">Rich People\u2019s Problems: tales of domestic squalor in lockdown<\/a> &#8211; no domestic help, &#8220;When this is all over, the amount of money we spend and where we spend it is likely to change.&#8221; Lockdown \u201chaves\u201d are those with gardens, a half decent wine cellar and a dog or two for on-demand social contact. Trappings such as sports cars, watches, black cards, bling, boats, private jets and club memberships are somewhat superfluous to our existence now. Many avenues for spending money are also closed off (as someone whose social life revolved around going out for lunch and dinner, it\u2019s been tough).<\/li><li>Contact tracing: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/singapore-built-a-coronavirus-app-but-it-hasnt-worked-so-far-11587547805\">Singapore Built a Coronavirus App, but It Hasn\u2019t Worked So Far<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2020\/04\/28\/uk_coronavirus_google_apple_api\/\">UK snubs Apple-Google coronavirus app API, insists on British control of data, promises to protect privacy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.information-age.com\/tech-covid-19-open-source-needed-contact-tracing-apps-acceptance-123489218\/\">Tech and Covid-19: open source needed for acceptance and success of contact tracing apps<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.malaysiakini.com\/news\/523291\">Malaysiakini: Prominent journal urges for public consultation on contact tracing apps<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-020-01264-1\">Show evidence that apps for COVID-19 contact-tracing are secure and effective<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/2020\/04\/28\/1000714\/five-things-to-make-contact-tracing-work-covid-pandemic-apple-google\/\">Five things we need to do to make contact tracing really work<\/a> (hire manual tracers, protect privacy, ensure wide coverage, accept that technology alone does not solve all, do it now), Bruce Schneier&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schneier.com\/blog\/archives\/2020\/05\/me_on_covad-19_.html\">Me on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/tech\/annals-of-technology\/can-we-track-covid-19-and-protect-privacy-at-the-same-time\">Can We Track COVID-19 and Protect Privacy at the Same Time?<\/a>,<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/29\/half-of-worlds-workers-at-immediate-risk-of-losing-livelihood-due-to-coronavirus\">Half of world\u2019s workers \u2018at immediate risk of losing livelihood due to coronavirus\u2019<\/a> &#8211; 1.6 billion people affected according to the International Labour Organization (ILO).<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryankemper.io\/post\/2020-04-29-the_case_for_ending_lockdown\/\">The Case For Ending Lockdown<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ftalphaville.ft.com\/2020\/04\/30\/1588242892000\/Is-it-acceptable-for-government-to-be-dishonest-at-a-time-like-this--\/\">Is it acceptable for government to be dishonest at a time like this?<\/a> But the government needs to figure out a way of being open about the unpredictability of the current situation. Part of the dishonesty we\u2019re witnessing seems to be a covering-up of the fact that nobody in government actually knows what the best way is to handle this pandemic \u2013 pretty understandable given that there are no very obvious answers yet and that even the scientists don\u2019t fully know what\u2019s going on. We can understand why leaders might feel admitting their own confusion is destabilising, and why they might want to boost morale and deliver straightforward messages. An indisputable tension lies between a government being open and candid about the fact that it is not sure what it is doing, and maintaining authority. But we think it would probably be better for the long-term health of society, rather than just the current crisis, if they could at least acknowledge some of the trade-offs they are grappling with, and let us into their thinking a little.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eater.com\/2020\/4\/30\/21240323\/new-restaurants-opening-during-coronavirus-covid-19\">Why New Restaurants Are Still, Somehow, Opening During the Pandemic<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2020\/05\/04\/twenty-four-hours-at-the-epicenter-of-the-coronavirus-pandemic\">A Coronavirus Chronicle &#8211; Twenty-four hours at the epicenter of the pandemic.<\/a> &#8211; photojournalism at its best.<\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Links%20on%20Rona%20%232&body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2020%2F07%2F13%2Flinks-on-rona-2&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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French toast for breakfast, fried chicken with chee cheong fun for lunch, and salad wraps for dinner. Exercise with Konea (FlyProject) was good too. Work was aplenty. But nothing new there. Malaysia's Covid-19 situation: 5,691 (+88) total,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3574,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2020\/04\/26\/life-with-rona-day-39-day-40","url_meta":{"origin":3604,"position":1},"title":"Life with Rona &#8212; Day 39 + Day 40","date":"26\/4\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Another weekend, not much different from the other weekends. Some Curb Your Enthusiasm. Lots of reading. Salmon pasta on Saturday, puttu on Sunday with fish briyani. Did a Saturday morning workout with Isabel & Marcus, and a Sunday workout with Theresa. Malaysia's Covid-19 situation on Saturday: 5,742 (+51) total cases,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3527,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2020\/03\/30\/life-with-rona-day-13","url_meta":{"origin":3604,"position":2},"title":"Life with Rona &#8211; Day 13","date":"30\/3\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"An early morning with Nick, and he had some fun boy bands as music. Enjoyed it as always. All meals squared off in the house today. Malaysia's situation is a handful more deaths, a huge amount of discharged patients (expect this to happen more), and another lockdown, this time a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3560,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2020\/04\/19\/life-with-rona-day-32-33","url_meta":{"origin":3604,"position":3},"title":"Life with Rona &#8212; Day 32 + 33","date":"19\/4\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Up pretty late on Saturday (got the sleep and readiness crown on the Oura), had a roti telur with a soft boiled egg\u2026 and then I ordered some pizzas on discount! Did an Ishaq & Ping workout (2 screens). Then watched some Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO. Sunday I was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3547,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2020\/04\/10\/life-with-rona-day-23","url_meta":{"origin":3604,"position":4},"title":"Life with Rona &#8212; Day 23","date":"10\/4\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Usual breakfast, no lunch, but a roasted chicken for dinner, and rum & raisin ice cream for dessert. Did a workout before dinner, ballet core, not exactly my cup of tea and I didn't get the burn I expected. Malaysia's Covid-19 situation suggests we might get an extended MCO to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3565,"url":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2020\/04\/22\/life-with-rona-day-35","url_meta":{"origin":3604,"position":5},"title":"Life with Rona &#8212; Day 35","date":"22\/4\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"A delayed despatch, I was up early because I had a call and this was after sleeping pretty late nonetheless. Salmon p\u00e2t\u00e9 with veggies for lunch, and wraps for dinner. Did a workout with Aiman Ox -- boxing made fun! Malaysia's Covid-19 situation: 5,482 total cases (+57), 3,349 recoveries (+54),\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3604"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3604"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3605,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3604\/revisions\/3605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}