The Pandemic App Ecosystem: Investigating 493 Covid-Related iOS Apps across 98 Countries

The Pandemic App Ecosystem: Investigating 493 Covid-Related iOS Apps across 98 Countries | by Jonathan Albright: Since March, I’ve followed these Covid-related iOS apps closely, compiling an extensive data set representing almost five hundred iOS apps across 98 countries. The data set, containing 493 Covid-related apps to be exact, is derived from the results of iOS app store queries for [Covid] and [Coronavirus] between March 24, 2020 and October 25, 2020.

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The Lasting Consequences of Lockdowns

The Lasting Consequences of Lockdowns: It is clear that lockdowns have led to a number of adverse consequences such as unprecedented economic retraction, psychological stress, suicides, and disruptions to all sorts of important social institutions. These factors alone, combined with the questionable efficacy of lockdown policies in preventing Covid-19 deaths, should encourage consideration for the contrary. However, what has seen sparse attention is the long-term consequences that come with drastic lockdown policies.

Latest lockdown updates as Boris Johnson to appeal to tier rebels

Latest lockdown updates as Boris Johnson to appeal to tier rebels: Diagnosed cases for Covid-19 fell by 30 per cent during the middle of England’s lockdown in November, a study has shown.

According to round seven of the study, which involved 105,000 volunteers, there were 96 people infected per 10,000 between November 13 and 24, down from 132 per 10,000 between 26 October and 2 November.

History repeats itself: Attempts to prevent vaccine injustice have provided questionable results

History repeats itself: Attempts to prevent vaccine injustice have provided questionable results - Investigate Europe:

At last, the Covid-19 vaccines are coming. There have been historic attempts to secure shots in the arm for all who need it, regardless of their ability to pay. Why, then, does it again look like rich countries will get vaccines and the poor will have to wait in line?

• Countries with 13% of the global population have pre-ordered half of all vaccines that will be made available
• The historic attempt to have one global purchasing point is seriously underfunded
• Rich countries have blocked a proposal by South Africa and India to produce the vaccine without patents until there is global immunity
• There are few mechanisms in place to stop industry profiting from mostly publicly-funded vaccines

Political, Not Medical, Science Drives the Lockdown Lemmings

Political, Not Medical, Science Drives the Lockdown Lemmings: History ignobly records and rightly condemns those despots who tried to excuse their trampling of people’s rights by arguing: “I kept you safe.” Astoundingly, such despots are often enabled and, indeed, applauded by those they oppress.