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What Happened To Rebecca Black After Making The Most Disliked Video In YouTube History?, This Coronavirus Model Keeps Being Wrong — Why Are We Still Listening To It?, This Man Moved To A Desert Island To Disappear. Here's What Happened, and more.
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MODEL MISBEHAVIOR
This Coronavirus Model Keeps Being Wrong. Why Are We Still Listening To It?
vox.com
Good planning requires good projections. Dissecting what the IHME model got wrong, what other models got right, and how the public and policymakers read these models is essential work in order to create the best pandemic plans possible.
ESTIMATING THE DEATH COUNT
Excess US Deaths Hit Estimated 37,100 In Pandemic's Early Days, Far More Than Previously Known
washingtonpost.com
The United States recorded an estimated 37,100 excess deaths as the novel coronavirus spread across the country in March and the first two weeks of April, nearly 13,500 more than are now attributed to coronavirus for that same period.
IF YOU OPEN IT, WILL THEY COME?
This Restaurant's 'Exhausting' List Of Coronavirus Procedures Shows How Hard It Is To Reopen
buzzfeednews.com
Employees at a chain restaurant in Tennessee have to temperature check guests, or question them about COVID-19 symptoms, change gloves constantly, and enforce social distancing — and that's just to start.
COUNTS AND MODELS
Why Comparing COVID-19 Deaths To Flu Deaths Is Like Comparing Apples To Oranges
blogs.scientificamerican.com
The 25,000 to 69,000 numbers are based on statistical modeling. But in the last six flu seasons, the reported number of actual confirmed flu deaths has ranged from 3,448 to 15,620.
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SWITCHING THINGS UP
GOOD QUESTION
Are My Parents Jerks For Saying We Were Going To Athens And Then Taking Me To Athens, Georgia, And Other Advice Column Questions
digg.com
A roundup of the most interesting, thought-provoking and surprising questions that our favorite columnists addressed in recent days.
U1, MATE?
How Apple's U1 Chip Could Change The iPhone Forever
wired.co.uk
A new chip in Apple's latest iPhones doesn't do much today, but lays the groundwork for future applications that haven't previously been possible
MEET THE NEW MAYOR
The Man Feeding A Remote Alaska Town With A Costco Card And A Ship
thehustle.co
When Gustavus, Alaska, was cut off from its grocery supply chain, one resident decided to take action.
VIDEO OF THE DAY
GOTTA HAVE MY BOWL, GOTTA HAVE CEREAL
What Happened To Rebecca Black After Making The Most Disliked Video In YouTube History?
youtube.com
Rebecca Black became famous for making the most disliked YouTube video in history. What happened to her and how has she moved on with her life?
IN THE NEWS
Lincoln Got Better Press Treatment, Trump Claims, As He Ups Pandemic Death Estimate
Amazon VP Resigns, Calls Company 'Chickensh*t' For Firing Protesting Workers
Italy Eases Out Of Lockdown As 4 Million People Head Back To Work
Tracking The 'Murder Hornet': A Deadly Pest Has Reached North America
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FROM THE ARCHIVES
THE LOST BOY OF RESTORATION ISLAND
This Man Moved To A Desert Island To Disappear. Here's What Happened (2013)
newrepublic.com
Dave Glasheen first set foot on the island in November 1993, having been wrecked financially six years earlier by the Australian securities crash.
DIRTY MONEY
The Strange Story Of A Murdered Banker in Puerto Rico (2016)
bloomberg.com
Maurice Spagnoletti was hired to clean up Doral Bank. Did he uncover something that got him killed?
Gotta have our bowl, gotta have our cereal.