Adam's Readings 3-17-2020

3-17-2020

1st Coronavirus vaccine in human - THIS IS A TEST FOR SAFETY, NOT EFFICACY. It will still take 18-24 months to have a scalable vaccine, if we can

https://apnews.com/76b614811eef32955180c8260188bc24

This is a good example of why it will take 18-24 months (I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ON THIS - this is not a reason not to vaccinate once large scale trials are complete, but it is a reason to move cautiously in the early stages of vaccine development and test on a wide variety of people. Vaccines are good. Full stop.)

https://stm.sciencemag.org/content/7/294/294ra105.full

Everything is relative. Be glad it is not the year 1347.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-pandemics-deadliest/

Medical mask manufacturing - an article in Wired. The magazine I used to follow the rise of us I.T. nerds when I was in my 20's. What a time...

https://www.wired.com/story/surreal-frenzy-inside-us-biggest-mask-maker/?mbid=social_twitter&utm_brand=wired&utm_campaign=wired&utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=twitter

More on medical device manufacturing, planning ahead, and understanding why we need leadership at all levels of government in a federation of states.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/baldwin/2020/03/14/ventilator-maker-we-can-ramp-up-production-five-fold/

Artisanal and Bespoke hand sanitizer at home

https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-make-hand-sanitizer/?itm_campaign=BottomRelatedStories_Coronavirus

Bonus round - let us use this time to build up our mental muscles - learn about logical fallacies and cognitive biases.

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ You can print out flashcards. For free!