Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live
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Apollo's Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live
Worlds Hidden in Plain Sight: The Evolving Idea of Complexity at the Santa Fe Institute, 1984–2019 (Compass)
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‘There is one new paper in particular that has really thrown the issue back into the melting pot,’ he wrote. ‘A team of scientists finds that unlike SARS, this virus showed very little rapid adaptation/evolution in the early weeks of the epidemic, implying it was already settled into its final form.
Matt Ridley • Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19
she noticed when the CDC made a curious pivot, from downplaying the virus to behaving as if it never could have been contained. For the better part of two months, they’d repeated the same mantra: the risk to Americans is low, and there is no evidence of transmission inside the country. That fiction ended on February 25, when the CDC’s lab in Atlant
... See moreMichael Lewis • The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Some scoffed at the “China virus” or the “Kung Flu,” while others geared down for the ordeal to come. Political rhetoric bumped heads with scientific prediction, as varying descriptions of the virus dictated reactions to the disease. A lack of a coherent narrative meant a lack of unified response.
Stanley McChrystal • Risk
