Archive - Covid Stuff

FAQs about pandemic management

10 one-pagers to understand pandemic management [+ a question for you]

Jan 13 •

November 2024

Why Dr. Jay Bhattacharya shouldn't be the new NIH Director

Evidence of his lack of rigor and competence

Nov 27, 2024 •

June 2023

Four charts about COVID

dispelling common myths about the pandemic

Jun 17, 2023 •

August 2022

How do COVID children deaths compare to flu children deaths?

Over the last year, COVID-19 killed more than twice as many young children as influenza did on average during the previous four years pre-COVID.

Aug 5, 2022 •

COVID is more dangerous for children than the flu

2018-19, flu deaths, 0-4 yo: 68

Aug 4, 2022 •

July 2022

Zero COVID and Zero Targets

How to properly use them

Jul 29, 2022 •

June 2022

Why do mask-mandate states still have high cases?

Does it mean that masks do not work?

Jun 11, 2022 •

May 2022

Misinformation regarding N95 masks

Plenty of reviews whose headline says N95 do not work, but whose studies says they do

May 17, 2022 •

January 2022

Luca's Guide to make sense of the pandemic

The Pandemic Guidebook

Jan 12, 2022 •

November 2021

COVID risk perception in 2021

Let's run some numbers and discover how COVID risk changed from 2020 to 2021

Nov 18, 2021 •

July 2021

Do vaccinations select for stronger variants?

Yes, but they also make them less likely. Here is why.

Jul 24, 2021 •

November 2020

Face masks, lessons from the pandemic, and ergodicity

Nov 7, 2020 •

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