Tag: covid
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Are we still ignoring data in making covid-related decisions?
From the early days of Covid, I have been questioning the wisdom of lockdown. In a post I wrote in December 2020, I said the following: “For one, I question the wisdom of economy-wide lockdown. […] the majority of the labor force (people under 45) have a lower mortality risk (less than 5%). Because many…
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A great article on this thing called “supply chain shortage”
By now, people should have already heard many times the term “supply chain shortage” in various settings: semiconductor chips, ports, airfreights, toilet papers. But what does this term really mean? Which is why I found this article on the Atlantic very helpful: Americans Have No Idea What the Supply Chain Really Is Several highlights and…