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Super-spreading, mobility and crowding

5 min read
Analysis Science basic amenities caste class COVID-19 COVID-19 vaccine Dharavi herd immunity housing poverty inequality Mumbai novel coronavirus public distribution system public toilets seroprevalence survey super-spreader T Jacob John

I still see quite a few journalists in India refer to "super-spreaders" vis-à-vis the novel coronavirus – implying that some individuals might be to blame for ‘seeding’ lots of new infection…

The climate change of bad news

6 min read
Analysis Op-eds bad news Ben Smith caste cognitive dissonance fact-checking Jacob Silverman Jonah Lehrer journalism Miami Herald parachute journalism privileges Rafia Zakaria Rukmini Callimachi The Atlantic The New York Times The New Yorker

This post flows a bit like the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket. As one friend put it, “It starts somewhere and then goes in a different direction.” This year hasn’t been beset by the same old steady driz…