Interesting Links for 28-03-2020

[andrewducker]

The Chloroquine research paper looks incredibly fraudulent. And the lead researcher has a history of fake research

(tags:research fraud virus OhForFucksSake )

Boris Johnson on coronavirus - 'I shook hands with everybody'

(tags:BorisJohnson pandemic OhForFucksSake )

COVID-19 and the English NHS—a national scandal

(tags:pandemic NHS epicfail UK England )

Extreme social distancing - Commercial submarine trips to the bottom of the Marianas Trench are now available!

(tags:Ocean tourism )

Stunning visualisation of where the people who went to Spring Break beach parties went next...

(tags:pandemic video doom )

This is how the American Primary system looks from the rest of the world

(tags:usa politics comic )

"Shaping Humanity" - an artist visualises their evolution from ape to modern day

(tags:evolution video )

Looking at the minutes of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group of the UK government

I'd love to see the inside of their "Lessons Learned" meeting.
(tags:pandemic UK )

Michigan governor says vendors 'being told not to send stuff' to her state — after Trump bashed her

(tags:USA politics pandemic OhForFucksSake )

The NHS is turning to *medical fetish suppliers* for supplies. This is what the last 10 years have done to the country.

(tags:austerity NHS OhForFucksSake pandemic )

FactCheck: could we really have a coronavirus vaccine in six months? 

(tags:vaccine research time )

If major companies made ventilators (funny)

(tags:funny design satire healthcare )

A selection of Quarantine memes

(tags:pandemic meme )

Comments

[hutchingsmusic]

I keep looking at Didier Raoult (chloroquine research guy) and thinking "hey, isn't that Donald Trump's former physician?"

I mean, seriously: https://politicaldig.com/trumps-doctor-speaks-out-suggests-trump-could-die-anytime-in-bizarre-interview/

[hutchingsmusic]

I made a comparison here: https://twitter.com/hutchingsmusic/status/1244010603385171968

"This is how the American Primary system looks from the rest of the world"

[jducoeur]

Honestly, I think that's more the fault of the partisans and the media than the system itself. I mean, a few weeks ago they were all screaming, "It's all over, and Bernie has won!". Two weeks later, the same people are going, "Biden has it all sewn up!".

It's a nasty bit of FOMO, with everybody tripping over each other to look smart by prognosticating before the actual voting is anywhere near far enough along. As a result, people tend to *think* it's all over rather before it actually is.

That said, yes -- a single national primary date would make the whole thing vastly more sensible in some ways. It just has the problem that campaigning in the entire US simultaneously is outrageously expensive, and would favor candidates with deep pockets, and tend to lock out the dark horses who emerge as things evolve. I suspect Obama would never have been elected if that were the case...