Month: October 2020
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The week that was
The number of Covid-19 cases in the UK was vastly undercounted due to a file size limitation in Microsoft Excel. A Canadian seed company’s advertisements were banned by the Facebook ad quality algorithm because its photo of Walla Walla onions were deemed overtly sexual. Venice’s annual acque alte was rebuffed for the first time in…
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NEJM Fires Trump
The venerable and respected New England Journal of Medicine broke with tradition and published a political editorial lambasting the current administration’s response to Covid-19. While they did not call out Trump & Pence by name, they basically called them a threat to the health and society of all Americans and encouraged their readers to vote…
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The week that was
Finland started screening incoming travelers for Covid-19 at Helsinki Airport with specially trained dogs that can sniff it out. A Florida man called 911 when he heard his neighbors yelling “Shoot! Shoot!” The police arrived to find an animated trio of mates watching their Tampa Bay Lightnings in hot pursuit of the Stanley Cup. Three…