Temperature checks don’t work without testing infrastructure: In the coming weeks, months, years (eternity … ?), you might have to get your temperature taken at various junctures as you go about your routine outside your home.

Podemos’s COVID Tax Will Make the Millionaires Pay for Spain’s Recovery: In one of Europe’s most unequal countries, Spain’s working class is particularly suffering during the pandemic. Unidas Podemos’s “COVID tax” on millionaires’ assets will help rebuild long-neglected public services — and end decades of bipartisan tax giveaways to the rich.

Coronavirus: Leading economist warns of 10 years of depression and debt: Economist Nouriel Roubini has warned of a prolonged downturn and sluggish recovery from the coronavirus.

Did Japan Just Beat the Virus Without Lockdowns Or Mass Testing? Japan’s state of emergency is set to end with new cases of the coronavirus dwindling to mere dozens. It got there despite largely ignoring the default playbook.


No restrictions were placed on residents’ movements, and businesses from restaurants to hairdressers stayed open. No high-tech apps that tracked people’s movements were deployed. The country doesn’t have a center for disease control. And even as nations were exhorted to “test, test, test,” Japan has tested just 0.2% of its population -- one of the lowest rates among developed countries.

Partilha de dados individuais durante a pandemia: o novo normal? Uma vez que a população portuguesa que tem smartphones é de cerca de 70%, estamos a dizer que basicamente sete milhões teriam de

a) instalar a aplicação;

b) tê-la a funcionar;

c) ser testados;

d) decidir partilhar os resultados do seu teste;

e) o sistema de alerta funcionar e todos os meus contactos receberem um aviso; e

f) os meus contactos ficarem em quarentena e serem testados também. É importante notar que ficariam de fora os que não têm acesso a smartphones ou por razões financeiras ou por baixa adesão à tecnologia: os pobres e os idosos.

How did the Covidsafe app go from being vital to almost irrelevant? The PM told Australians in April the contact tracing app was key to getting back to normal but just one person has been identified using its data

Imperial College: State-level tracking of COVID-19 in the United States: Overall, we show that while all US states have substantially reduced their reproduction numbers, we find no evidence that any state is approaching herd immunity or that its epidemic is close to over.