Month: April 2020

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The NewsWorthy - Immunity After Infection?, More States Reopening & “Quarandreams”- Monday, April 27th, 2020

The news to know for Monday, April 27th, 2020!

What to know today from the CDC and W.H.O. about the new official COVID-19 symptoms and whether people who have already had the disease can get it again.

Plus, more states looking to reopen, Facebook’s version of Zoom is coming, and what experts say about those weird dreams you’re having.

Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes. 

This episode is brought to you by www.FunctionofBeauty.com/newsworthy.

 

Sources:

Case Count & Death Toll: Johns Hopkins

CDC Expands Symptoms List: USA Today, Axios, CDC

No Evidence of Immunity: NBC News, BBC, WHO

More States Reopen: NY Post, Denver Post, NY Times, NPR, Check Your State

Kim Jong Un Health: Al Jazeera, Fox News, NY Times

Boris Johnson Back to Work: BBC, NPR, Sky News

Australia’s Contact Tracing App: Reuters, The Verge, Bloomberg

Apple/Google Tracker Update: The Verge, TechCrunch

Facebook’s New Video Conferencing Feature: CNN, Vox, Press Release

Nintendo Accounts Breached: CNN, The Verge

NFL Draft Sees Record Viewership: AP, Press Release

Some NBA Teams can Resume Practice: WaPo, ESPN

“Quarandreams”: NBC News, The Guardian

Monday Monday - Savings Withdrawals: CNN, Bankrate, Federal Reserve

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Comparing countries’ coronavirus performance

Many articles in the media compare countries with one another - who?s faring better or worse in the fight against coronavirus? But is this helpful - or, in fact, fair?

Tim Harford and Ruth Alexander discuss the limitations that we come across when we try to compare the numbers of Covid-19 cases and deaths in different countries; population size, density, rates of testing and how connected the country is all play a role.

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Byzantium And The Crusades - Manzikert 1071 Episode 3 The Seljuk Turks

This podcast series presents a new angle on the Crusades based on the book called The Byzantine World War by Nick Holmes. It explains that Byzantium was the original cause of the First Crusade, following its devastating defeat at the Battle of Manzikert. Byzantium also continued to play a critical role throughout the Crusades, up until the Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople in 1204. But what really happened at Manzikert? In a mini-series of podcasts devoted to this battle, we try to unravel the truth about what really happened. This episode looks at the Seljuk Turks and their extraordinary rise to becoming a medieval superpower.

Please take a look at my website nickholmesauthor.com where you can download a free copy of The Byzantine World War, my book that describes the origins of the First Crusade.

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The Gist - A Top Chef on Restaurant Relief

On the Gist, sarcasm.

In the interview, Mike talks with celebrity chef, restaurateur, and political activist Tom Colicchio about founding the Independent Restaurant Coalition, and how they are fighting to save local restaurants and small businesses affected by COVID-19 in reaction to the government’s assistance program.

In the spiel, fleeing to the country house.

Email us at thegist@slate.com

Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley.

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Time To Say Goodbye - EPISODE 3: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Korean Test-and-Trace

Welcome to Time To Say Goodbye!

Today, we have a bonus episode for you about Korean coronavirus test-and-trace—with Max Kim, a journalist living in Seoul who recently wrote a lengthy article for the New Yorker as well as an informative and timely piece a few months back for the MIT Technology Review.

We are still experimenting with the format of these emails, so today we thought we’d highlight some of the points we discussed with Max.

1:13 - How the Korean response to Covid-19 was a direct result of a failed response to the MERS epidemic in 2015.

10:39 - How the first days of Covid-19 felt and how quickly the Korean CDC sprung into action with a broad testing program.

16:01 - How Korea “rehearsed” for Covid-19 and how it got a little lucky.

20:40 - What are the actual strategies we can learn from Korea? And what are the particulars of the Korean test-and-trace program?

26:00 - Are there concerns about privacy in Korea? How are they processed?

34:30 - Could Korea have accomplished what it did without universal health care?

38:00 - The million-dollar question: Can we do test-and-trace in America?



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