Chris Brockett
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Inside the Fall of the CDC
How the world’s greatest public health organization was brought to its knees by a virus, the president and the capitulation of its own leaders, causing damage that could last much longer than the coronavirus.
What Open Data Tells Us About Rejected ICLR Submissions
Reviewing can be a noisy process. What happens to papers which are rejected?
Confidential Computing - Microsoft Research
Security and privacy are arguably the most significant concerns for enterprises and consumers using public cloud platforms. The confidential computing theme at Microsoft Research Cambridge has been conducting pioneering research in the design of...
Armed guards at St. Pete early voting site told deputies they were hired by Trump campaign, election officials say
Deputies with Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office came to the polling place and spoke to the guards who said they were hired by the Trump campaign and said they would be out tomorrow at the earl…
Overzealous profanity filter bans paleontologists from talking about bones
A virtual conference was thrown into confusion when the platform hosting the event came with a pre-packaged ‘naughty word’ censor
Auditor: Iowa misallocated at least $21 million in COVID-19 funds
Gov. Kim Reynolds must reallocate the federal money to pandemic expenses or Iowa will have to repay it, the auditor says
Herd Immunity? Or ‘Mass Murder’?
A proposal to let people with low risk of infection live without constraint could lead to a million or more preventable deaths.
Coronavirus survives on skin five times longer than flu, Japan study finds
The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found.
In Ohio, a Printing Company Is Overwhelmed and Mail Ballots Are Delayed
Several counties that expected absentee ballots last week are now scrambling to print them themselves or find a last-minute contingency plan, underscoring the stress that mail voting has put on the nation’s election process amid the pandemic.
EXCLUSIVE: The Speedy Mail-In Ballot Plan that Can Thwart Trump’s Election Power Grab | Washington Monthly
The president wants to delay absentee ballot counts, which are overwhelmingly Democratic, so he can declare victory on Election Night. Postal union leaders have an idea to speed up the process.
One client in one spin studio that followed all the rules triggers a coronavirus outbreak with at least 61 cases
A spin studio that public health officials say followed all Covid-19 protocols is now reporting 61 positive cases of Covid-19 and up to 100 staff, clients and family members may have been exposed.
The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed far more lives than reported, study says
On top of that, the U.S. has fared much worse than most high-income countries, a separate study found.
About 75,000 more Americans died from COVID-19 pandemic than reported in spring and summer, study finds
Other diseases, delayed care, fear of seeking care and emotional crises stemming from the pandemic may have contributed to excess deaths, experts say.
University of Washington coronavirus outbreak reaches 242 positive cases
Between Oct. 6 and 13, there were 63 new coronavirus cases connected to an outbreak on UW's Greek Row.