Tuesday, July 14, 2020

We’ll be living with masks for years’: COVID-19 through the eyes of a pandemic expert

CNET – “Since the summer of 2019, I’ve been speaking with one of the world’s leading pandemic experts about what a global outbreak could look like. Now, as the world enters a grim new phase, he says we’re in a whole new ball game..Eric Toner has been planning for a pandemic for years. He’s briefed world leaders on outbreaks and how to best prepare entire nations for mass casualties. He’s simulated epidemics in real time and studied the world’s response to major global health emergencies like SARS and the 1918 influenza pandemic….


What Can Bonobos Teach Us About the Nature of Language? Smithsonian

Why we need sharks: the true nature of the ocean’s ‘monstrous villains’ The Guardian

Italian mafia bonds sold to global investorsFT

Fraud, Short Sellers & Media Investor Amnesia

Implications of financial market development for financial stability in emerging market economies (PDF) Bank of International Settlements



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