#Surge

Jay C. Shambaugh

JayCShambaugh

In today’s NYT, @claudiasahm argues for an expanded use of automatic stabilizers as part of any new fiscal package. There seems to be consensus building with @JanetYellen, @BrianDeeseNEC and even

The COVID Tracking Project

COVID19Tracking

Our daily update is published. We’ve now tracked 29.2 million tests, up 640k from yesterday, by far the biggest testing day yet.States had never reported more than 594k daily tests.For

Mike Reich

datareich

How bad will the #COVID surge be this winter? A with three possible scenarios. We're likely about 2 months from a peak in late January/early February. We can expect expect

Anne Helen Petersen

annehelen

Earlier this week I started getting inexplicable headaches, the sort that would respond to some painkiller for a few hours, but then surge back. My stomach felt off. I felt

David Paton

cricketwyvern

Two things stand out from the data & evidence:1. When there is a surge in infections, cases eventually come down whether or not there is a lockdown/significant restrictions.2. Lockdowns/many restrictions

Fiorella Isabel

Fiorella_im

We will share more tomorrow but here’s my prediction. I still think PA & NC *could* go red, especially PA, & MI *could* go blue. As of now here is

Eli Savit

EliNSavit

I am dearly hoping that, as our legislators prepare for a COVID response and stimulus package, they engage in some forward thinking—and allocate significant money to the looming mental-health crises

Paul MacDonald

pkmacdonald

I’ve noticed a mini-genre of foreign policy op-eds that go something like this: “Trump may have been crazy, but his foreign policy idea on [some issue I care about] was

Reid Wilson

PoliticsReid

The state of #COVID19 is not good. It’s worse than ever, even before the full extent of the Thanksgiving surge is known. More than 101,000 people are in hospitals across

Asfandyar Mir

asfandyarmir

Based on the *process* momentum described in this report, the Afghanistan decision is shaping up to 1) no withdrawal by May 2) open-ended extension on drawdown until conditions on violence

Caitlin Welsh

Caitlin_Welsh

We’re in a testing queue at Royal Perth Hospital COVID clinic that stretches for at least 100m and isn’t moving. A guy just came back from the front of the

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

A criticism of the data regarding children and #COVID19 from the first surge is that it was acquired with schools closedIts now surge 2 and they're openLet's look at the

Stephen Reicher

ReicherStephen

It is now clear that the three household bubble policy for Christmas was a mistake. It has increased the proportion of people planning to meet from 1 in 6 to

Jed Kolko

JedKolko

The @indeed job-postings tracker is back! Job postings on 1/22/21 were 0.3% above the 2/1/20 pre-pandemic baseline, seasonally adjusted. FIRST -- here's how we changed the methodology ...1/https://www.hiringlab.org/2021/01/27/job-posti

Mike Crawley

CBCQueensPark

SCOOP: What I've found out about the #COVID19 modelling that Premier Doug Ford says will make you "fall off your chair." #COVID19Ontario https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-covid-19-cases-modelling-lockdown-doug-for

Joe Mayes

Joe_Mayes

New: Just as Britain's pubs and restaurants expect a post-lockdown boom, a new Brexit problem threatens to spoil the party... 1/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-10/brexit-threatens-to-spoil-u-k-hospitality-s-post-covid-re

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