Interesting Links for 18-03-2020

[andrewducker]

Mysterious mammoth bone circle discovered in Russia could help explain how humans survived last Ice Age

(tags:prehistory Russia )

The vast majority of companies will not be able to claim on insurance for a Coronavirus-related shutdown

(tags:disease insurance business )

No10 insists Brexit transition period will not be extended as trade talks cancelled due to coronavirus

(tags:UK Europe trade Doom )

Coronavirus: Dutch adopt controversial 'herd immunity' strategy

(tags:netherlands disease immune_system )

Plaits of hair, c 350 BCE, recovered from bogs in Denmark.

(tags:archeology hair viaDanielDWilliam )

A toilet paper run is like a bank run. The economic fixes are about the same

(tags:economics fail toilets paper viaDanielDWilliam )

Facebook wrongly blocked some links, including coronavirus info

(tags:Facebook spam errors )

What it's like on Twitter for a woman on University Challenge?

(tags:TV women society Twitter )

The Romero Dawn of the Dead has come to pass!

(tags:zombies shopping apocalypse satire video )

Working from home is hard when you're a violinist

(tags:music children funny disease )

Comments

[calimac]

"The second solution is to ration the commodity"

Uh-huh. All the empty toilet paper shelves in our supermarkets have signs on them limiting purchase quantities.

Toilet paper and bank runs

[anna_wing]

So how would this analogy accommodate other strategies like installing a bidet attachment and (longer-term) investing in something fancy and air-drying from Toto?