Bojan Pancevski
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Scientist Behind Sweden’s No-Lockdown Policy Says It Wasn’t Strict Enough
Bojan Pancevski - WSJ 57h 3 tweets
The epidemiologist behind Sweden’s controversial decision to forgo a mandatory lockdown conceded for the first time that more restrictions might have helped prevent a surge in coronavirus-related deaths.
Lessons From Operation "Denver," the KGB’s Massive AIDS Disinformation Campaign
MIT Press - The MIT Press Reader 10d 3 tweets
Historian Douglas Selvage sheds light on a conspiracy theory that reverberates to this day.
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Bojan Pancevski Nothing new under the sun: read how a totalitarian government spread a conspiracy theory about a deadly pandemic... of HIV in 1985 59h
Reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Science 9d 60 tweets
Masks and testing are necessary to combat asymptomatic spread in aerosols and droplets
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Bojan Pancevski Yet another study shows: “Masks and testing are necessary to combat asymptomatic spread” of #coronavirus. Only weeks ago leading experts and politicians were denying this. 5d
In Minneapolis, Protesters Confront the Police—and One Another
The New Yorker 5d 2 tweets
In the streets around the Fifth Precinct police station, protesters battle law enforcement, chastise looters, and fight to be heard.
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Bojan Pancevski “I had the sense that a core element of the remaining protesters—again, most of whom seemed to be young and white—were directing the effort...These tactics reminded me of actions I had seen during the gilet jaune protests in Paris” 5d
Is It Safe to Reopen Schools? These Countries Say Yes.
Bojan Pancevski - WSJ 5d 7 tweets
A number of countries that have reopened schools have reported no resulting increase in coronavirus infection rates, an encouraging sign for authorities contemplating how to safely bring children back to the classroom.
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Bojan Pancevski Denmark became the first Western country to reopen schools on April 15; infections among all age groups have been decreasing since. “Our interpretation is that it may be that the children aren’t that important for the spread of infection,” said. 5d
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Bojan Pancevski Is It Safe to Reopen Schools? The empirical evidence and a growing body of scientific work say yes. My piece via ⁦⁩ 5d
New Clusters of Infections Complicate European Efforts to Reopen Economies
Bojan Pancevski - WSJ 11d 3 tweets
The emergence of a string of fresh coronavirus outbreaks in Europe has prompted an intense debate about the speed of lifting lockdowns, with some politicians calling for selected restrictions to remain in place as governments reopen their economies.
Gemeinsame Schulden: Merkels Europawende - WELT
WELT - DIE WELT 12d 1 tweets
Jahrelang wehrte sich die Bundeskanzlerin dagegen, dass die Europäische Union gemeinsam Schulden aufnimmt. Wegen der Corona-Pandemie sollen es nun gleich 500 Milliarden werden. Die Unionsparteien folgen der Kehrtwende erstaunlich geschlossen.
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Bojan Pancevski Insightful piece highlighting the role of & his team in drafting the Merkel-Macron 500bn #coronavirus recovery fund plans. prevailed over fiscal hawks like Corsepius to shift German policy 12d
The End of America’s Era of Military Primacy
WSJ 14d 12 tweets
As China’s advanced arsenal grows, the Pentagon must focus on emerging technologies, not traditional weapons platforms
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Bojan Pancevski The late Sen. John McCain worried that the U.S. could lose in a war with China, writes former Senate staffer . via 13d
Temporary reduction in daily global CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 forced confinement
Nature Climate Change 17d 29 tweets
COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns have altered global energy demands. Using government confinement policies and activity data, daily CO2 emissions have decreased by ~17% to early April 2020 against 2019 levels; annual emissions could be down by 7% (4%) if...
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Bojan Pancevski Study: #coronavirus reduced global daily CO2 emissions by an avg 17%, mostly because surface traffic subsided. Aviation, despite the Swedish word for being ashamed of flying (flygskam), made little difference, since it accounts for only 2.8% of emissions 14d
Första resultaten från pågående undersökning av antikroppar för covid-19-virus — Folkhälsomyndigheten
Folkhalsomyndigheten.se 16d 11 tweets
Det är vanligast att personer mellan 20 och 64 år har genomgått en infektion med covid-19, jämfört med personer i övriga åldersgrupper. Det visar de första resultaten från Folkhälsomyndighetens undersökning av förekomst av antikroppar mot viruset i...
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Bojan Pancevski Bad setback for #Sweden’s epidemic management: despite lack of lockdown only 7.3% of people in Stockholm, the #coronavirus epicentre, had #Covid_19 . Herd immunity nowhere in sight. People are self-distancing without mandates restrictions 16d
Superspreader Events Offer a Clue on Curbing Coronavirus
Bojan Pancevski - WSJ 17d 15 tweets
Some scientists looking for ways to prevent a return to exponential growth in coronavirus infections after lockdowns are lifted are zeroing in on a new approach: focus on avoiding superspreading events.
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Bojan Pancevski The Mardi Gras festivities in Louisiana, a choir practice in Skagit County, Washington, and a meeting of executives of the Biogen drug company near Boston are among the one-off events scientists think helped give the epidemic a fateful boost 17d
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Bojan Pancevski When London reduced the number of subway trains in March—causing greater crowding—they created superspreading conditions, said He advocates the use of face masks and regular testing of bus drivers, shopkeepers and delivery couriers 16d
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Bojan Pancevski Research shows that supersprreader evens drive the #coronavirus pandemic. That means no crowds at sports events, a limit on wedding guests. Some scientists think banning mass gatherings may be enough to keep #Covid19 in check. My piece via ⁦⁩ 17d
Inferring change points in the spread of COVID-19 reveals the effectiveness of interventions
Science 21d 16 tweets
As COVID-19 is rapidly spreading across the globe, short-term modeling forecasts provide time-critical information for decisions on containment and mitigation strategies. A major challenge for short-term forecasts is the assessment of key...
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Bojan Pancevski A study measures the efficiency of the German #coronaviurs lockdown measures: banning large gatherings had the biggest effect, but shutting schools and kindergartens also reduced the spread. Via 17d
Azithromycin - Wikipedia
En.wikipedia.org 80d 2 tweets
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Bojan Pancevski Interesting. Trump says he’s taken, along with the other stuff, azithromyzin, an antibiotic invented in Yugoslavia. It’s a pretty good antibiotic and one course only takes 3 days. 18d
Sweden Has Resisted a Lockdown. But That Doesn't Make it a Bastion of Liberty - Quillette
Quillette 25d 11 tweets
“Be like Sweden,” has become an unlikely rallying cry among libertarians, free-market liberals and other proponents of individual liberty around the world in the past few weeks. From outlets like National Review and Reason, to Bill Mitchell and Fox...
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Bojan Pancevski Libertarians celebrate #Sweden, known for the imposing size of its state sector and some of the most interventionist social policies in the Western world, for its #coronavirus approach. By ⁦⁩ 22d
The airborne lifetime of small speech droplets and their potential importance in SARS-CoV-2 transmission
PNAS 23d 43 tweets
Speech droplets generated by asymptomatic carriers of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) are increasingly considered to be a likely mode of disease transmission. Highly sensitive laser light scattering observations have...
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Bojan Pancevski New study finds: only 1 min of loud *speaking* generates #coronavirus-containing droplets that remain floating in a room for more than 8 min and could infect other people 22d
The New York Times Surrendered to an Outrage Mob. Journalism Will Suffer For It.
POLITICO 23d 21 tweets
The mishandling of a controversial column by Bret Stephens sets three pernicious precedents for American journalism.
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Bojan Pancevski Opinion | The New York Times Surrendered to an Outrage Mob. Journalism Will Suffer For It. via 22d
WSJ News Exclusive | Chinese, Iranian Hacking May Be Hampering Search for Coronavirus Vaccine, Officials Say
Gordon Lubold - WSJ 24d 6 tweets
Chinese and Iranian hackers are aggressively targeting American universities, pharmaceutical and other health-care firms in a way that could be hampering their efforts to find a vaccine to counter the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. officials said.
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Bojan Pancevski Chinese and Iranian hackers are aggressively targeting American universities, pharmaceutical and other health-care firms in a way that could be hampering their efforts to find a vaccine to counter the #coronavirus pandemic, U.S. officials said. via 24d
Iceland To Test Airport Passengers For Coronavirus
Barrons.com 24d 1 tweets
Iceland, which has successfully contained the new coronavirus and conducted more tests per capita than any other country, said Tuesday it plans to offer arriving travellers a COVID-19 test to avoid a 14-day quarantine.
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Bojan Pancevski Iceland, which has successfully contained the new #coronavirus and conducted more tests per capita than any other country, said Tuesday it plans to offer arriving travellers a #COVID19 test to avoid a 14-day quarantine. Austria is doing the same. 24d
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Bloomberg.com 27d 2 tweets
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Bojan Pancevski This by is very clear. Extraordinary how critics openly attack the ruling of Germany's highest court (often the same people who praised Britain's Supreme Court ruling against the government as pro-democracy) 27d
Sweden has Avoided a Coronavirus Lockdown. Its Economy Is Hurting Anyway.
Stu Woo - WSJ 29d 5 tweets
Sweden’s decision not to impose a mandatory national lockdown has drawn global attention. But it turns out the situation here isn’t as different as it might first appear.
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Bojan Pancevski #Sweden has Avoided a #Coronavirus Lockdown. But the economy is hurting just the same, with both exports & demand dropping as many Swedes opt for voluntary social distancing or stay at home. With via 29d