The ‘economic cost’ of lockdowns in developing nations ‘outweighs’ health benefit.Great interview by Bjorn Lomborg to Sky.au The “significant cost” of the hard-line closure of world economies may do more overall damage than good. “We have good studies from the US that actually indicate a moderate sustained reduction in social interaction probably makes sense in… Read More »
Como vão ser usados os apoios do fundo europeu de recuperação por cada governo ditará a sustentabilidade da retoma e da competitividade das economias.Não são as diferenças no volume das ajudas que me preocupam, mas a forma como serão usadas. O governo português vai derreter grande parte dos 15 mM euros dos apoios em projectos… Read More »
Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don’t spread the virus at all? Kai Kupferschmidt, May 19https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/why-do-some-covid-19-patients-infect-many-others-whereas-most-don-t-spread-virus-all Some takeaways:Researchers in China … identified 318 clusters of three or more cases between 4 January and 11 February, only one of which originated outdoors. A study in Japan found that the risk of infection… Read More »
The author of the Oxford model defends her view that the virus has passed through the UK’s population. “I think that the epidemic has largely come and is on its way out in this country so I think it [Infection Fatality Rate] would be definitely less than 1 in 1000 and probably closer to 1… Read More »
O confinamento levou a desafios no facebook para partilharmos as nossas preferências sobre diversas áreas. Esta foi sobre 10 livros que nos marcaram ou de que gostámos particularmente. Deviamos publicar um post por dia, com um dos livros. Reuni neste post os 10. Estão por ordem cronológica. #1O Livro de San Michele, Axel Munthe Começo… Read More »
Um artigo excepcional do Ricardo Arroja, sobre um tema fundamental para entender a economia monetária em que vivemos. Muitos interrogam-se sobre quais os efeitos perniciosos das taxas de juro negativas. Este artigo explica-o de forma excepcional e sucinta. É do melhor que tenho lido sobre o assunto, melhor que qualquer coluna que tenho lido na… Read More »
Freddie Sayers, of UnHerd.com, interviews Professor Karol Sikora, the Founding Dean and Professor of Medicine at the University of Buckingham Medical School and an ex-director of the WHO Cancer Programme. Professor Karol Sikora has become something of a celebrity in the UK over the past months for his expert commentary on the pandemic. We had… Read More »
Great discussion between the host Peter Robinson, P. J. O’Rourke, pro-libertarian political satirist and journalist and journalist and author Andrew Ferguson from The Atlantic. COVID-19, their wasted youth, Trump versus Biden, the state of journalism “In this special plague-time episode of Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, two of the nation’s most brilliant and accomplished humorists… Read More »
Beyond the models and curve flattening. Great stuff from The Economist, once again. 01:45 – Pascal Soriot, Astra Zenec´s CEO interviewed. He mentions 3 major approaches to fight the pandemia: The virus itself and how it acts. They are working on a monocle antibody. Our immune system’s response. This seems to be what kills people… Read More »
“Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome”Charlie Munger, sócio de Warren Buffett e vice chairman da Berkshire Hathaway, Os hospitais americanos estão provavelmente a reportar mais casos de mortes por covid-19 do que o que seria normal.Não por teorias de conspiração. Mas por simples incentivo económico enviezado, provocado pelas políticas públicas.Sabemos que… Read More »