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We closed down the country because we didn’t have enough COVID-19 tests. Now that testing capacity is improving, there’s another problem: figuring out what all this new data means, and who’s reporting accurate figures.
Guest: Robinson Meyer, staff writer at the Atlantic, and part of the team working on the COVID Tracking Project.
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Paris Marx is joined by Joanne McNeil to discuss how our experience online has evolved over the past three decades, the class backgrounds of tech founders, how the AIDS crisis robbed us an important contribution to the early web, and whether COVID-19 will change how we use platforms in the future.
Joanne McNeil is the author of “Lurking: How a Person Became a User.” She has written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, WIRED, the Baffler, and more. Follow Joanne on Twitter as @jomc.
Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.
In which one of the great Pop Art geniuses of his century accidentally becomes a one-hit wonder with an iconic bit of typography, and John regrets never entering into an arranged marriage. Certificate #37350.
We closed down the country because we didn’t have enough COVID-19 tests. Now that testing capacity is improving, there’s another problem: figuring out what all this new data means, and who’s reporting accurate figures.
Guest: Robinson Meyer, staff writer at the Atlantic, and part of the team working on the COVID Tracking Project.
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The news to know for Tuesday, May 19th, 2020!
What to know today about a promising new vaccine. We’ll break down the possible timeline for it, and why some health experts are excited.
And President Trump is taking an unproven drug to prevent COVID-19.
Plus, Amazon could be eyeing the discount fashion industry, Michael Jordan’s sneakers break a record, and graduates are being offered a sweet deal today.
Those stories and more in less than 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Promising Vaccine Results: NBC News, Stat, WaPo, Forbes, Moderna
Trump Taking Hydroxychloroquine: ABC News, WSJ, AP, WH Physician Letter, FDA
W.H.O. Annual Meeting: WSJ, Reuters, Axios, NY Times
Comparing COVID-19 to Flu: Newsweek, JAMA
Case Count, Death Toll: Johns Hopkins
Celebs Mental Health Message: USA Today, Vanity Fair
Instagram’s New Wellness Tool: ABC News, Engadget, Instagram
Disney Exec Joins Tik Tok: CNN, Engadget, AP
Uber Laying Off More Employees: Engadget, WSJ
JC Penney Closing 30 Percent of Stores: USA Today, CNN
Amazon/JC Penney Talks: FOX Business, WWD
NFL Reopening Training Facilities: AP, ESPN
Bull Riding to Return with Fans: Yahoo Sports, Reuters, PBR
Lebron James to Produce Adam Sandler Movie: Bleacher Report, Variety
MJ Air Jordans Auction: CNN, Reuters, Sotheby’s
Krispy Kreme Giving Free Donuts to Grads: Thrillist, Krispy Kreme
How did Bernie Madoff pull off the biggest Ponzi scheme in history? Diana Henriques, journalist and author of the bestseller The Wizard of Lies: Bernie Madoff and the Death of Trust, reveals that Madoff had an unusual gift for someone orchestrating fraud.
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