Covid-19

TagLast edit: 27 Jun 2020 2:07 UTC by Raemon

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus (aka COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2) is a pandemic sweeping the world.

LessWrong Coronavirus Link Database

Elizabeth, habryka and Ben Pace

13 Mar 2020 23:39 UTC

72 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Coronavirus: Justified Practical Advice Thread

Ben Pace and Elizabeth

28 Feb 2020 6:43 UTC

218 points

337 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] LessWrong Coronavirus Agenda

Elizabeth18 Mar 2020 4:48 UTC

136 points

65 comments6 min readLW link

Coronavirus Justified Practical Advice Summary

Elizabeth and habryka

15 Mar 2020 22:25 UTC

87 points

53 comments6 min readLW link

Near-term planning for secondary impacts of coronavirus lockdowns [assuming things don’t blow up]

VipulNaik21 Mar 2020 2:43 UTC

102 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

Credibility of the CDC on SARS-CoV-2

Elizabeth and jimrandomh

7 Mar 2020 2:00 UTC

226 points

119 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] Will COVID-19 survivors suffer lasting disability at a high rate?

jimrandomh11 Feb 2020 20:23 UTC

134 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the costs, benefits, and logistics of opening up new vaccine facilities?

Elizabeth31 Mar 2020 16:43 UTC

30 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Takeaways from one year of lockdown

mingyuan1 Mar 2021 3:53 UTC

193 points

87 comments6 min readLW link

April Coronavirus Open Thread

Elizabeth31 Mar 2020 16:48 UTC

34 points

141 comments1 min readLW link

Making Vaccine

johnswentworth3 Feb 2021 20:24 UTC

579 points

249 comments6 min readLW link 3 reviews

When to Reverse Quarantine and Other COVID-19 Considerations

Benquo10 Mar 2020 16:37 UTC

46 points

24 comments7 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

[Question] What should we do once infected with COVID-19?

Elizabeth18 Mar 2020 4:50 UTC

62 points

58 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 12/24: We’re F***ed, It’s Over

Zvi24 Dec 2020 15:10 UTC

276 points

135 comments31 min readLW link 2 reviews

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Growth rate of COVID-19 outbreaks

Bucky9 Mar 2020 23:16 UTC

70 points

28 comments2 min readLW link

Rob Bensinger’s COVID-19 overview

habryka28 Mar 2020 21:47 UTC

40 points

11 comments45 min readLW link

(docs.google.com)

A Significant Portion of COVID-19 Transmission Is Presymptomatic

jimrandomh14 Mar 2020 5:52 UTC

119 points

22 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] Research on repurposing filter products for masks?

TurnTrout3 Apr 2020 16:32 UTC

42 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

How likely is the COVID-19 apocalyptic scenario?

Roko Jelavić22 Apr 2020 10:28 UTC

14 points

18 comments2 min readLW link

March Coronavirus Open Thread

Elizabeth8 Mar 2020 22:45 UTC

57 points

378 comments1 min readLW link

Seeing the Smoke

Jacob Falkovich28 Feb 2020 18:26 UTC

198 points

29 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] Do we have updated data about the risk of ~ permanent chronic fatigue from COVID-19?

Eli Tyre14 Aug 2020 19:19 UTC

60 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Timeline: The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2

ChristianKl1 Mar 2023 17:02 UTC

9 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(usrtk.org)

Using the Quantified Self paradigma for COVID-19

ChristianKl22 Mar 2020 21:14 UTC

27 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What happens in a recession anyway?

Elizabeth31 Mar 2020 1:16 UTC

30 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Making Sense of Coronavirus Stats

jmh20 Feb 2020 15:12 UTC

23 points

28 comments2 min readLW link

Omicron Variant Post #1: We’re F***ed, It’s Never Over

Zvi26 Nov 2021 19:00 UTC

260 points

95 comments18 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Quarantine Preparations

jefftk25 Feb 2020 2:40 UTC

58 points

38 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Some quick notes on hand hygiene

willbradshaw6 Feb 2020 2:47 UTC

68 points

52 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How long does SARS-CoV-2 survive on copper surfaces

ChristianKl7 Mar 2020 10:00 UTC

24 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

The Puzzling Linearity of COVID-19

Radford Neal24 Apr 2020 14:09 UTC

19 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

(radfordneal.wordpress.com)

[Question] What will the economic effects of COVID-19 be?

Elizabeth24 Mar 2020 0:59 UTC

37 points

31 comments1 min readLW link

microCOVID.org: A tool to estimate COVID risk from common activities

catherio29 Aug 2020 23:01 UTC

177 points

36 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

(microcovid.org)

How About a Remote Variolation Study?

Liron3 Apr 2020 12:04 UTC

25 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the typical course of COVID-19? What are the variants?

Elizabeth9 Mar 2020 17:52 UTC

36 points

27 comments1 min readLW link

Fauci’s Emails and the Lab Leak Hypothesis

ChristianKl18 Jun 2021 13:55 UTC

53 points

12 comments14 min readLW link

Rapid Increase of Highly Mutated B.1.1.529 Strain in South Africa

dawangy26 Nov 2021 1:05 UTC

103 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Omicron Variant Post #2

Zvi29 Nov 2021 16:30 UTC

120 points

34 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Long Covid Is Not Necessarily Your Biggest Problem

Elizabeth1 Sep 2021 7:20 UTC

206 points

40 comments10 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Comment on the lab leak hypothesis

Jeffrey Ladish11 Jun 2021 22:49 UTC

61 points

14 comments4 min readLW link

How to Contribute to the Coronavirus Response on LessWrong

Ben Pace24 Mar 2020 22:04 UTC

37 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How will this recession differ from the last two?

Elizabeth31 Mar 2020 1:32 UTC

35 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What will happen to supply chains in the era of COVID-19?

Elizabeth31 Mar 2020 1:57 UTC

34 points

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[Question] What is the impact of varying infectious dose of COVID-19?

Elizabeth5 Apr 2020 21:40 UTC

29 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is the coronavirus the most important thing to be focusing on right now?

Adam Zerner18 Mar 2020 22:48 UTC

49 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

Personal Response to Omicron

jefftk30 Dec 2021 20:40 UTC

60 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Draft: Models of Risks of Delivery Under Coronavirus

Elizabeth28 Feb 2020 4:10 UTC

28 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Hammer and Mask - Wide spread use of reusable particle filtering masks as a SARS-CoV-2 eradication strategy

EGI14 Apr 2020 22:32 UTC

31 points

8 comments12 min readLW link

[U.S. Specific] Free money (~$5k-$30k) for Independent Contractors and grant recipients from U.S. government

Eli Tyre and habryka

10 Apr 2020 5:00 UTC

31 points

18 comments6 min readLW link

Coronavirus: the four levels of social distancing, and when and why we might transition between them

VipulNaik27 Mar 2020 3:07 UTC

46 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

Covid 9/24: Until Morale Improves

Zvi24 Sep 2020 15:40 UTC

95 points

16 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Crisis and opportunity during coronavirus

jacobjacob12 Mar 2020 20:20 UTC

78 points

6 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

Holiday Pitch: Reflecting on Covid and Connection

Raemon22 Apr 2020 19:50 UTC

58 points

14 comments12 min readLW link

(secularsolstice.com)

[Question] How likely is it that US states or cities will prevent travel across their borders?

Eli Tyre14 Mar 2020 19:20 UTC

10 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How should I be thinking about the risk of air travel (re: Coronavirus)?

Eli Tyre2 Mar 2020 20:10 UTC

18 points

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[Question] What is the best way to disinfect a (rental) car?

Eli Tyre11 Mar 2020 6:12 UTC

15 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

COVID-19: An opportunity to help by modelling testing and tracing to inform the UK government

JustinShovelain17 Apr 2020 17:21 UTC

14 points

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COVID-19: List of ideas to reduce the direct harm from the virus, with an emphasis on unusual ideas

JustinShovelain9 Apr 2020 11:33 UTC

30 points

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[Question] Testing and contact tracing impact assessment model?

JustinShovelain9 Apr 2020 17:42 UTC

6 points

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On New York’s Antibody Tests

Zvi25 Apr 2020 15:20 UTC

31 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 7/23: The Second Summit

Zvi23 Jul 2020 14:40 UTC

59 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

My prediction for Covid-19

TheMajor31 May 2020 23:25 UTC

17 points

11 comments6 min readLW link

[Question] Should I self-variolate to COVID-19

Eli Tyre25 May 2020 20:29 UTC

46 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 12/31: Meet the New Year

Zvi31 Dec 2020 17:20 UTC

112 points

32 comments29 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Authorities and Amateurs

jefftk25 Mar 2020 3:40 UTC

146 points

30 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

(www.jefftk.com)

COVID-19′s Household Secondary Attack Rate Is Unknown

jimrandomh16 Mar 2020 23:19 UTC

63 points

11 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How likely is it that SARS-CoV-2 originated in a laboratory?

CTVKenney25 Jan 2021 20:22 UTC

38 points

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[Question] How useful are masks during an epidemic?

Elizabeth10 Mar 2020 22:12 UTC

32 points

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COVID-19 response as XRisk intervention

polyphony10 Apr 2020 6:22 UTC

48 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

A Personal (Interim) COVID-19 Postmortem

Davidmanheim25 Jun 2020 18:10 UTC

163 points

41 comments9 min readLW link 1 review

The Hammer and the Mask—A call to action

Simon Fischer19 Apr 2020 13:36 UTC

18 points

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COVID-19 growth rates vs interventions

Bucky27 Mar 2020 21:33 UTC

28 points

13 comments7 min readLW link

Peter’s COVID Consolidated Brief − 29 Apr

Peter Wildeford29 Apr 2020 15:27 UTC

54 points

5 comments32 min readLW link

Covid vaccine safety: how correct are these allegations?

DPiepgrass13 Jun 2021 3:08 UTC

45 points

93 comments19 min readLW link

Covid 8/13: Same As It Ever Was

Zvi13 Aug 2020 15:40 UTC

53 points

3 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Link] COVID-19 causing deadly blood clots in younger people

orthonormal27 Apr 2020 21:02 UTC

46 points

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FHI paper published in Science: interventions against COVID-19

SoerenMind16 Dec 2020 21:19 UTC

119 points

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The Case for Extreme Vaccine Effectiveness

Ruby13 Apr 2021 21:08 UTC

142 points

37 comments23 min readLW link

The Long Long Covid Post

Zvi10 Feb 2022 13:10 UTC

110 points

29 comments52 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Omicron: My Current Model

Zvi28 Dec 2021 17:10 UTC

253 points

72 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What do we now know about long-term consequences of a COVID-19 infection?

ChristianKl15 Jul 2020 14:42 UTC

14 points

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[Question] If I interact with someone with nCov for an hour, how likely am I to get nCov?

Raemon1 Mar 2020 23:53 UTC

38 points

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Covid 12/30: Infinity War

Zvi30 Dec 2021 17:20 UTC

67 points

18 comments19 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What will be the big-picture implications of the coronavirus, assuming it eventually infects >10% of the world?

Daniel Kokotajlo26 Feb 2020 14:19 UTC

36 points

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[Question] Why aren’t we all using Taffix?

ChristianKl26 Feb 2021 23:09 UTC

63 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 8/11/22: The End Is Never The End

Zvi11 Aug 2022 16:20 UTC

28 points

11 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

A quick and crude comparison of epidemiological expert forecasts versus Metaculus forecasts for COVID-19

Jotto9991 Apr 2020 13:59 UTC

46 points

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Covid-19 5/7: Fighting Limbo

Zvi7 May 2020 19:00 UTC

27 points

7 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Prioritizing COVID-19 interventions & individual donations

Ian David Moss and catherio

7 May 2020 1:44 UTC

11 points

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The Critical COVID-19 Infections Are About To Occur: It’s Time To Stay Home [crosspost]

Impassionata12 Mar 2020 18:50 UTC

36 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

Mask wearing: do the opposite of what the CDC/WHO has been saying?

Shmi2 Apr 2020 22:10 UTC

11 points

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[Question] Do nasal decongestants increase risk associated with cardiovascular (and respiratory via second-order effects) symptoms from COVID-19?

Dorikka10 May 2020 19:17 UTC

12 points

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162 benefits of coronavirus

bfinn12 May 2020 11:19 UTC

41 points

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Has LessWrong been a good early alarm bell for the pandemic?

DirectedEvolution3 Apr 2020 9:44 UTC

18 points

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Effectiveness of Fever-Screening Will Decline

jimrandomh6 Mar 2020 23:00 UTC

69 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How to fly safely right now?

Ben Pace3 Mar 2020 19:35 UTC

29 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Please Help Metaculus Forecast COVID-19

AABoyles14 Feb 2020 17:31 UTC

34 points

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(www.metaculus.com)

Covid 5/26/22: I Guess I Should Respond To This Week’s Long Covid Study

Zvi26 May 2022 17:30 UTC

46 points

4 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Possible takeaways from the coronavirus pandemic for slow AI takeoff

Vika31 May 2020 17:51 UTC

135 points

36 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

[Question] SARS-CoV-2 pool-testing algorithm puzzle

Steven Byrnes20 Mar 2020 13:22 UTC

41 points

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LW Coronavirus Agenda Update 3/23

Elizabeth24 Mar 2020 1:05 UTC

44 points

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Breaking quarantine is negligence. Why are democracies acting like we can only ask nicely?

syllogism24 Mar 2020 14:58 UTC

29 points

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reflections on lockdown, two years out

mingyuan1 Mar 2023 6:58 UTC

86 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

LW Coronavirus Agenda Update 4/6

Elizabeth6 Apr 2020 17:53 UTC

24 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Rationalist prepper thread

avturchin28 Jan 2020 13:42 UTC

29 points

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Covid-19 6/11: Bracing For a Second Wave

Zvi11 Jun 2020 21:30 UTC

61 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Body Mass and Risk from COVID-19 and Influenza

Radford Neal7 Apr 2020 18:18 UTC

28 points

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(radfordneal.wordpress.com)

[Question] COVID-19 transmission: Are we overemphasizing touching rather than breathing?

Steven Byrnes23 Mar 2020 17:40 UTC

32 points

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[Question] Does SARS-CoV-2 utilize antibody-dependent enhancement?

Spiracular14 Mar 2020 22:46 UTC

35 points

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Covid 7/9: Lies, Damn Lies and Death Rates

Zvi9 Jul 2020 13:40 UTC

56 points

16 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Why don’t we have active human trials with inactivated SARS-COV-2?

ChristianKl9 Apr 2020 19:40 UTC

17 points

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[Question] What is the current process for increases testing?

jmh12 Jul 2020 17:21 UTC

5 points

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[Question] You’ve Been Exposed to COVID-19: What Do You Wish You Knew?

Elizabeth6 Mar 2020 19:57 UTC

49 points

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[Question] What should be my triggers for initiating self quarantine re: Corona virus

Eli Tyre29 Feb 2020 20:09 UTC

34 points

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Against Reopening Ottawa

eapache18 Jul 2020 20:08 UTC

6 points

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[Question] What is the safe in-person distance for COVID-19?

Raemon26 Mar 2020 20:29 UTC

33 points

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Omicron Post #6

Zvi13 Dec 2021 18:00 UTC

89 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Omicron Post #4

Zvi6 Dec 2021 17:00 UTC

153 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 8/6: The Case of the Missing Data

Zvi6 Aug 2020 21:40 UTC

43 points

3 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Assorted thoughts on the coronavirus

Adam Zerner18 Mar 2020 7:08 UTC

11 points

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Omicron Post #3

Zvi2 Dec 2021 15:10 UTC

57 points

15 comments13 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] When are immunostimulants/immunosuppressants likely to be helpful for COVID-19?

John_Maxwell5 Mar 2020 21:44 UTC

13 points

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[Question] Is there a clearly laid-out write-up of the case to drop Covid precautions?

NoSignalNoNoise9 Nov 2021 2:46 UTC

46 points

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Covid 8/27: The Fall of the CDC

Zvi27 Aug 2020 14:10 UTC

85 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Seemingly Popular Covid-19 Model is Obvious Nonsense

Zvi11 Apr 2020 23:10 UTC

129 points

28 comments4 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 9/10: Vitamin D

Zvi10 Sep 2020 19:00 UTC

113 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What will be the economic effects of no restrictions

Yoav Ravid24 Mar 2020 6:48 UTC

20 points

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March 25: Daily Coronavirus Updates

habryka and Ben Pace

27 Mar 2020 4:32 UTC

10 points

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Covid 10/1: The Long Haul

Zvi1 Oct 2020 18:00 UTC

95 points

22 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Quantifying Risk

devansh12 Oct 2021 14:41 UTC

4 points

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Zeynep Tufekci on Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired

Zack_M_Davis18 Mar 2020 4:34 UTC

27 points

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(www.nytimes.com)

[Question] Rationalist Town Hall: Pandemic Edition

Ben Pace21 Oct 2020 23:54 UTC

50 points

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Covid 8/12: The Worst Is Over

Zvi12 Aug 2021 13:30 UTC

79 points

66 comments26 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] ($1000 bounty) How effective are marginal vaccine doses against the covid delta variant?

jacobjacob22 Jul 2021 1:26 UTC

105 points

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[Question] What will be the aftermath of the US intelligence lab leak report?

ChristianKl26 Jun 2021 20:33 UTC

20 points

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Convoy

Zvi4 Feb 2022 21:40 UTC

28 points

18 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Two non-obvious lessons from microcovid.org

catherio24 Jun 2021 2:35 UTC

196 points

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Covid 3/4: Declare Victory and Leave Home

Zvi4 Mar 2021 13:20 UTC

90 points

28 comments13 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

China Covid #4

Zvi22 Dec 2022 16:30 UTC

50 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Comprehensive COVID-19 Disinfection Protocol for Packages and Envelopes

John_Maxwell15 Mar 2020 10:00 UTC

28 points

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Covid: CDC Issues New Guidance on Opening Schools

Zvi17 Feb 2021 20:00 UTC

52 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

How poor is US vaccine response by comparison to other countries?

aphyer17 Feb 2021 2:57 UTC

24 points

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Your risk of developing long COVID is probably high

Siebe26 Mar 2022 4:10 UTC

25 points

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How four guys helped redirect Japan’s coronavirus policy

Taran23 Apr 2020 9:22 UTC

32 points

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(www.kalzumeus.com)

How to have a happy quarantine

mingyuan15 Mar 2020 3:42 UTC

81 points

20 comments4 min readLW link

Prediction: Astra Zeneca approval date

Tim Liptrot19 Jan 2021 21:59 UTC

11 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

Covid 8/5: Much Ado About Nothing

Zvi5 Aug 2021 14:00 UTC

63 points

34 comments31 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 3/17/22: The Rise of BA.2

Zvi17 Mar 2022 16:20 UTC

44 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Omicron Post #10

Zvi28 Dec 2021 18:20 UTC

67 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

We have some evidence that masks work

technicalities11 Jul 2021 18:36 UTC

97 points

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[Question] Why are deaths not increasing with infections in the US?

Tim Liptrot1 Nov 2020 22:43 UTC

3 points

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Covid 7/30: Whack a Mole

Zvi30 Jul 2020 15:50 UTC

39 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 1/14: To Launch a Thousand Shipments

Zvi14 Jan 2021 17:30 UTC

108 points

35 comments22 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

“I Don’t Know” (2020 Solstice Speech)

Raemon30 Dec 2020 18:30 UTC

36 points

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My Model of the New COVID Strain and US Response

Jacob Falkovich27 Dec 2020 4:34 UTC

51 points

13 comments4 min readLW link

Covid: Bill Gates and Vaccine Production

Zvi28 Jan 2021 15:00 UTC

38 points

18 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] MicroCOVID risk levels inaccurate due to undercounting in data sources vs wastewater data?

Sameerishere14 Mar 2022 20:04 UTC

6 points

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List of prompts for brainstorming COVID response project ideas

nonzerosum29 Apr 2020 21:39 UTC

2 points

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Quantifying Household Transmission of COVID-19

Owain_Evans6 Jul 2020 11:19 UTC

35 points

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Predicting Virus Relative Abundance in Wastewater

jefftk10 Aug 2023 15:46 UTC

33 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(naobservatory.org)

[Question] Does there exist a detailed Bayesian COVID tracker?

Optimization Process12 Nov 2020 5:06 UTC

8 points

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Covid 7/2: It Could Be Worse

Zvi2 Jul 2020 20:20 UTC

85 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Coronavirus and Rents

jefftk20 Jun 2020 16:20 UTC

17 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

Coronavirus crash vs history

bfinn14 Jun 2021 10:55 UTC

39 points

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Coronavirus as a test-run for X-risks

Sammy Martin13 Jun 2020 21:00 UTC

71 points

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[Question] How can we estimate how many people are C19 infected in an area?

Elizabeth18 Mar 2020 4:49 UTC

20 points

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I made an N95-level mask at home, and you can too

billmei17 Nov 2020 19:00 UTC

40 points

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March 17th: Daily Coronavirus Links

habryka and Ben Pace

18 Mar 2020 20:55 UTC

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Job ad] Lead an ambitious COVID-19 forecasting project [Deadline extended: June 10th]

jacobjacob27 May 2020 16:38 UTC

54 points

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When to Get the Booster?

jefftk3 Oct 2023 21:00 UTC

50 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Which rationalists faced significant side-effects from COVID-19 vaccination?

ChristianKl14 Jun 2021 9:39 UTC

18 points

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Thanksgiving and Covid

jefftk20 Nov 2020 4:30 UTC

13 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 5/21: Limbo Under

Zvi14 May 2020 22:30 UTC

15 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] When will total cases in the EU surpass that of China?

jmh17 Mar 2020 12:34 UTC

7 points

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Covid 5/6: Vaccine Patent Suspension

Zvi6 May 2021 20:20 UTC

87 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 2/9/23: Interferon λ

Zvi9 Feb 2023 16:50 UTC

48 points

8 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What do you believe are the most critical open questions/hypotheses that could inform a more effective COVID response?

nonzerosum12 May 2020 17:46 UTC

1 point

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[Question] How long should I delay my second shot?

purge17 Apr 2021 8:51 UTC

8 points

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Covid 1/20/22: Peak Omicron

Zvi20 Jan 2022 16:20 UTC

56 points

21 comments27 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

You Can Get Fluvoxamine

AppliedDivinityStudies18 Jan 2022 23:48 UTC

60 points

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Long covid: probably worth avoiding—some considerations

KatjaGrace16 Jan 2022 11:46 UTC

126 points

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(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Avoiding coronavirus spread from family members, roommates, extended family and close friends

nonzerosum11 May 2020 22:38 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

COVID-19 estimated test detection windows for IgG, IgM and nasal PCR tests

nonzerosum11 May 2020 22:39 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Nose / throat treatments for respiratory infections

juliawise13 Mar 2023 2:41 UTC

47 points

6 comments8 min readLW link

NYT: Lab Leak Most Likely Caused Pandemic, Energy Dept. Says

trevor26 Feb 2023 21:21 UTC

17 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

(www.nytimes.com)

[U.S. Specific] Criminal Justice Reform in the Time of Covid-19

KiranChokshi1 May 2020 5:29 UTC

3 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] COVID-19 Group Testing Post-mortem?

gwern5 Aug 2022 16:32 UTC

72 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Judging Our April 2020 Covid-19 Predictions

Zvi23 Feb 2021 17:20 UTC

53 points

12 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is Omicron less severe?

Alex_Altair30 Dec 2021 23:14 UTC

11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Peter’s COVID Consolidated Brief for 29 March

Peter Wildeford29 Mar 2020 17:07 UTC

80 points

7 comments16 min readLW link

An appeal for vitamin D supplementation as a prophylactic for coronaviruses and influenza and a simple evolutionary theory for why this is plausible.

Michael A22 Dec 2020 19:40 UTC

11 points

1 comment9 min readLW link

Covid 3/24/22: Respite

Zvi24 Mar 2022 15:00 UTC

23 points

4 comments13 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Refactoring EMH – Thoughts following the latest market crash

Alex_Shleizer28 Feb 2020 15:53 UTC

33 points

16 comments3 min readLW link

Omicron Post #12

Zvi4 Jan 2022 15:50 UTC

75 points

21 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Announcement: LessWrong Coronavirus Links Database 2.0

Ben Pace24 Mar 2020 22:07 UTC

28 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

An alarm bell for the next pandemic

DirectedEvolution6 Apr 2020 1:35 UTC

48 points

23 comments8 min readLW link

Covid 2/4: Safe and Effective Vaccines Aplenty

Zvi4 Feb 2021 14:50 UTC

90 points

25 comments25 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

How much should you update on a COVID test result?

mayleaf17 Oct 2021 19:49 UTC

114 points

43 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] Estimates of COVID risk rankings for different activities when together with people in the same household?

nonzerosum29 Apr 2020 1:13 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

Omicron Post #11

Zvi31 Dec 2021 15:50 UTC

67 points

17 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 9/2: Long Covid Analysis

Zvi2 Sep 2021 14:50 UTC

77 points

15 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Coronavirus is Here

Zvi2 Mar 2020 14:10 UTC

70 points

16 comments3 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 11/11: Winter and Effective Treatments Are Coming

Zvi11 Nov 2021 14:50 UTC

65 points

19 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is there any value in self-quarantine (from Coronavirus), if you live with other people who aren’t taking similar precautions?

Eli Tyre2 Mar 2020 7:31 UTC

32 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Have the lockdowns been worth it?

Ben Pace and zhukeepa

12 Oct 2020 23:35 UTC

70 points

32 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why don’t our vaccines get updated to the delta spike protein?

ChristianKl26 Nov 2021 10:43 UTC

16 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 8/19: Cracking the Booster

Zvi19 Aug 2021 14:20 UTC

52 points

23 comments21 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 1/7: The Fire of a Thousand Suns

Zvi7 Jan 2021 17:00 UTC

157 points

56 comments27 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 10/22: Europe in Crisis

Zvi22 Oct 2020 15:40 UTC

80 points

13 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Since the “Will COVID-19 survivors suffer lasting disability at a high rate?” thread was posted, has new information emerged that may update those estimates?

nonzerosum29 Apr 2020 21:40 UTC

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Omicron Post #9

Zvi23 Dec 2021 21:50 UTC

89 points

11 comments19 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Adding a Housemate Under Covid

jefftk14 May 2020 21:30 UTC

16 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Help wanted: Improving COVID-19 contact-tracing by estimating respiratory droplets

Steven Byrnes22 May 2020 14:05 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(github.com)

Plague in Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

Zvi24 May 2020 12:00 UTC

41 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid-19 5/29: Dumb Reopening

Zvi29 May 2020 21:00 UTC

26 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid-19: My Current Model

Zvi31 May 2020 17:40 UTC

188 points

73 comments19 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Will the many protests throughout the USA prove to be good test cases for reopening?

jmh31 May 2020 12:15 UTC

9 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

FHI paper on COVID-19 government countermeasures

jacobjacob4 Jun 2020 21:06 UTC

47 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(doi.org)

Covid-19 6/4: The Eye of the Storm

Zvi4 Jun 2020 20:50 UTC

33 points

7 comments6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Does taking extreme measures to avoid the coronavirus make sense when you factor in the possibility of a really long life?

Adam Zerner5 Jun 2020 0:58 UTC

4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Quarantine Bubbles Require Directness, and Tolerance of Rudeness

Raemon7 Jun 2020 19:52 UTC

37 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Estimating COVID-19 Mortality Rates

Benquo7 Jun 2020 15:45 UTC

8 points

27 comments2 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

COVID-19: The Illusion of Stability

PeterMcCluskey8 Jun 2020 18:46 UTC

32 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

(www.bayesianinvestor.com)

[Question] Can Covid-19 spread by surface transmission?

Raemon10 Jun 2020 22:09 UTC

65 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Second Wave?

jefftk14 Jun 2020 14:00 UTC

25 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] If the reproduction number is socially “controlled” to its inflection point 1, what are the ethical and predictive implications?

Tim Liptrot15 Jun 2020 16:01 UTC

1 point

2 comments1 min readLW link

Simulacra Levels and their Interactions

Zvi15 Jun 2020 13:10 UTC

198 points

50 comments17 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid-19 6/18: The Virus Goes South

Zvi18 Jun 2020 20:10 UTC

55 points

5 comments6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Has anyone explored deliberate infection with milder coronavirus strains for cross-immunity?

polyamorousRobot23 Jun 2020 22:23 UTC

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 6/25: The Dam Breaks

Zvi25 Jun 2020 18:30 UTC

116 points

21 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Somerville Mask Usage

jefftk30 Jun 2020 14:50 UTC

17 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Second Wave Covid Deaths?

jefftk1 Jul 2020 20:40 UTC

35 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What are the risks of permanent injury from COVID?

Daniel Kokotajlo7 Jul 2020 16:30 UTC

41 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Was SARS-CoV-2 actually present in March 2019 wastewater samples?

Jeffrey Ladish7 Jul 2020 23:08 UTC

4 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Partially Stepping Down Isolation

jefftk8 Jul 2020 11:40 UTC

18 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Nicotinamide riboside vs. SARS-coV-2 update

William Walker8 Jul 2020 19:50 UTC

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Cost/Benefit analysis of School Closures in the US

anna.becca.g@gmail.com10 Jul 2020 23:35 UTC

9 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

Maximal Ventilation

jefftk11 Jul 2020 1:20 UTC

31 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid-19: Analysis of Mortality Data

Zvi11 Jul 2020 21:30 UTC

32 points

12 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What is the current state of knowledge around COVID-19 at-home remedies?

Dorikka12 Jul 2020 22:50 UTC

10 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Possible new pneumonia in Kazahkstan (July 2020)

Jay12 Jul 2020 20:41 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Public Figures Contracting COVID-19 as Positive Event

mc15 Jul 2020 19:56 UTC

−11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 7/16: Becoming the Mask

Zvi16 Jul 2020 12:40 UTC

82 points

20 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Restocking

jefftk23 Jul 2020 13:40 UTC

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

New Paper on Herd Immunity Thresholds

Zvi29 Jul 2020 20:50 UTC

41 points

16 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Fight the Power

Jacob Falkovich22 Jun 2020 2:19 UTC

23 points

3 comments7 min readLW link

LW Team Updates: Pandemic Edition (March 2020)

Ruby26 Mar 2020 23:55 UTC

37 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

RT-LAMP is the right way to scale diagnostic testing for the coronavirus

Kevin4 Aug 2020 10:05 UTC

35 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] RFC: COVID-19 Statistical Guilt

Erhannis4 Aug 2020 6:46 UTC

3 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

The Quantitative Reasoning Deficit

proshowersinger7 Aug 2020 3:05 UTC

10 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] UK Predicted Grades

cwg1g1610 Aug 2020 17:36 UTC

2 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Are vaccine safe enough, that we can give their producers liability?

ChristianKl23 Jun 2023 2:47 UTC

3 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What price would you pay for the RadVac Vaccine and why?

bgold22 Aug 2020 0:17 UTC

30 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why have exposure notification apps been (mostly) discontinued?

VipulNaik9 Jul 2023 19:07 UTC

10 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Exposure or Contacts?

jefftk22 Aug 2020 13:00 UTC

15 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 9/3: Meet the New CDC

Zvi3 Sep 2020 13:40 UTC

49 points

9 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] When should I be concerned about my Oura measurements indicating COVID-19?

ChristianKl4 Sep 2020 22:15 UTC

11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Efficacy of Vitamin D in helping with COVID

df fd8 Sep 2020 10:49 UTC

16 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Decision theory analysis of whether vaccines should be distributed prior to the completion of stage three trials please

Tim Liptrot7 Sep 2020 23:50 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] In 1 year and 5 years what do you see as “the normal” world.

jmh10 Sep 2020 12:47 UTC

8 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 9/17: It’s Worse

Zvi17 Sep 2020 15:10 UTC

54 points

41 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Link: Vitamin D Can Likely End the COVID-19 Pandemic—Rootclaim Blog

Kenny18 Sep 2020 17:07 UTC

20 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Prepare for COVID-19 Human Challenge Trials — A Petition in Canada (and soon, the UK)

abierohrig21 Sep 2020 19:38 UTC

6 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 10/8: October Surprise

Zvi8 Oct 2020 13:20 UTC

66 points

17 comments29 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What was your behavioral response to covid-19 ?

George3d68 Oct 2020 19:27 UTC

7 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Dancing With Covid

jefftk10 Oct 2020 2:10 UTC

14 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Increasing Isolation Again

jefftk25 Oct 2020 13:10 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How should one deal with life threatening infections or air planes?

Nacruno9629 Oct 2020 3:35 UTC

1 point

24 comments1 min readLW link

Covid-19 IFR from a Bayesian point of view

mwacksen4 Nov 2020 23:55 UTC

12 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Covid ‘Mink variant’

henryaj6 Nov 2020 17:50 UTC

2 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Teach People to Recognize the Sound of Covid?

jefftk6 Nov 2020 14:30 UTC

21 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Somerville Mask Usage II

jefftk7 Nov 2020 17:00 UTC

17 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The 300-year journey to the covid vaccine

jasoncrawford9 Nov 2020 23:06 UTC

123 points

9 comments5 min readLW link 2 reviews

(rootsofprogress.org)

A $10k retroactive grant for VaccinateCA

Austin Chen27 Jul 2023 18:14 UTC

82 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(manifund.org)

[Question] What risks from vaccines?

Bucky12 Nov 2020 23:32 UTC

9 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

FAR—UVC

todd@acatrack.net15 Nov 2020 19:34 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] When socializing, to what extent does walking reduce the risk of contracting Covid as opposed to being stationary?

Adam Zerner16 Nov 2020 0:39 UTC

7 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

How the Moderna vaccine works, and a note about mRNA vaccines

masasin17 Nov 2020 17:22 UTC

27 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Comparing Covid and Tobacco

Tim Liptrot17 Nov 2020 16:13 UTC

4 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Can we get people to shut up on public transportation?

ChristianKl28 Nov 2020 15:30 UTC

9 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

How We Failed COVID-19

LukeOnline2 Dec 2020 21:29 UTC

16 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Is it safe to spend time with people who already recovered from COVID?

TurnTrout2 Dec 2020 22:06 UTC

7 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] From behind the vale of ignorance, would you prefer focused protection or the current Covid policy in the US

Tim Liptrot3 Dec 2020 14:54 UTC

2 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Pre-Hindsight Prompt: Why did 2021 NOT bring a return to normalcy?

mike_hawke6 Dec 2020 17:35 UTC

22 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 12/10: Vaccine Approval Day in America

Zvi10 Dec 2020 14:20 UTC

58 points

31 comments20 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Would a more deadly virus have induced greater compliance with US lockdown restrictions?

Tim Liptrot20 Dec 2020 18:24 UTC

6 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How Hard Would It Be To Make A COVID Vaccine For Oneself?

johnswentworth21 Dec 2020 16:19 UTC

117 points

29 comments2 min readLW link

A few predictions

Tim Liptrot25 Dec 2020 1:27 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What evidence will tell us about the new strain? How are you updating?

Zvi25 Dec 2020 21:37 UTC

83 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

More predictions

Tim Liptrot2 Jan 2021 15:53 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Data about the new coronavirus variant (B.1.1.7) from Denmark

Oskar Mathiasen2 Jan 2021 11:38 UTC

26 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

A vastly faster vaccine rollout

KatjaGrace12 Jan 2021 7:40 UTC

86 points

37 comments5 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] Base rate of RCT from developing countries finding unexpected effects

MichaelLowe12 Jan 2021 1:57 UTC

18 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

RationalWiki on face masks

Viliam15 Jan 2021 1:55 UTC

92 points

27 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Are there examples of rationalists getting censored for COVID-19 related communication?

ChristianKl15 Jan 2021 18:46 UTC

15 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What charities can I donate to for preventing another pandemic?

calsem15 Jan 2021 4:45 UTC

1 point

2 comments1 min readLW link

1Day Sooner is Hiring a Communications Director

1daysooner19 Jan 2021 4:25 UTC

16 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.1daysooner.org)

Covid: The Question of Immunity From Infection

Zvi20 Jan 2021 15:50 UTC

68 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

You can send people KN95s

jefftk24 Jan 2021 23:40 UTC

18 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Indoor dancing is safe enough

jefftk31 Oct 2021 1:30 UTC

18 points

19 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Vote With Your Face

jefftk14 Jan 2024 3:30 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

On Not Requiring Vaccination

jefftk1 Feb 2024 19:20 UTC

31 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Nitric oxide for covid and other viral infections

Elizabeth7 Feb 2024 21:30 UTC

39 points

6 comments6 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

A Back-Of-The-Envelope Calculation On How Unlikely The Circumstantial Evidence Around Covid-19 Is

Roko7 Feb 2024 21:49 UTC

5 points

36 comments5 min readLW link

On coincidences and Bayesian reasoning, as applied to the origins of COVID-19

viking_math19 Feb 2024 1:14 UTC

62 points

28 comments14 min readLW link

[Linkpost] Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak Debate

trevor28 Mar 2024 16:03 UTC

77 points

22 comments2 min readLW link

(www.astralcodexten.com)

(USA) N95 masks are available on Amazon

Wei Dai18 Jan 2021 10:37 UTC

53 points

21 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What should we do about COVID in 2024?

ChristianKl4 Aug 2024 10:57 UTC

20 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] COVID-19 - a good or bad time for extended travel?

wolverdude29 Feb 2020 8:18 UTC

16 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] SARS, MERS and COVID-19

jmh1 Mar 2020 20:53 UTC

7 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Cryonics?

kinchen4 Mar 2020 2:40 UTC

9 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How did the Coronavirus Justified Practical Advice Thread Change Your Behavior, if at All?

Elizabeth6 Mar 2020 4:15 UTC

20 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Did everyone miss the big thing about your phone?

jmh4 Mar 2020 13:35 UTC

22 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Dealing with the left overs: COVID-19

jmh5 Mar 2020 14:10 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] To mask or not mask

jmh4 Mar 2020 15:55 UTC

22 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the appropriate way to communicate that we are experiencing a pandemic?

Filipe Marchesini4 Mar 2020 0:02 UTC

14 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] How hard would it be to attack coronavirus with CRISPR?

Donald Hobson6 Mar 2020 23:18 UTC

9 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Covid-19: Things I’m Doing Differently

jefftk5 Mar 2020 1:40 UTC

39 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Ineffective Response to COVID-19 and Risk Compensation

Davidmanheim8 Mar 2020 9:21 UTC

29 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why would panic during this coronavirus pandemic be a bad thing?

Adam Zerner8 Mar 2020 8:32 UTC

9 points

31 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Help me with bayesian thinking re:coronavirus?

hereisonehand8 Mar 2020 17:03 UTC

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What is the death rate for those who test negative on Covid-19?

Derek Lomas8 Mar 2020 16:40 UTC

3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Active Recovery

Rarity Rings7 Mar 2020 20:29 UTC

13 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] At what level of coronavirus cases in a population should the people in that population start self-quarantining?

Jeremy Hadfield8 Mar 2020 3:22 UTC

13 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] At what point does disease spread stop being well-modeled by an exponential function?

Eli Tyre8 Mar 2020 23:53 UTC

8 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Quadratic models and (un)falsified data

Bucky8 Mar 2020 23:34 UTC

32 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How can we extrapolate the true prevalence of a disease, given available information?

Elizabeth9 Mar 2020 0:16 UTC

21 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Model estimating the number of infected persons in the bay area

Eli Tyre9 Mar 2020 5:31 UTC

21 points

21 comments4 min readLW link

COVID-19 article translations site aims to bridge the knowledge gap

Mike Stop Continues10 Mar 2020 18:34 UTC

29 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is Coronavirus active in Summer?

Anton Lorenzen1 Mar 2020 20:57 UTC

33 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

A practical out-of-the-box solution to slow down COVID-19: Turn up the heat

Alex_Shleizer11 Mar 2020 22:30 UTC

25 points

31 comments2 min readLW link

Coronavirus tests and probability

skybrian11 Mar 2020 23:09 UTC

9 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

The Danes wish to know more about the coronavirus

Ruby14 Mar 2020 16:39 UTC

13 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

(marginalrevolution.com)

[Question] When is the right time to hole up?

gilch14 Mar 2020 21:42 UTC

8 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should we heat our houses to ~78F to reduce coronavirus risk?

jefftk15 Mar 2020 15:28 UTC

16 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Good News: the Containment Measures are Working

Shmi17 Mar 2020 5:49 UTC

25 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Let My People Stay Home

Zvi17 Mar 2020 12:10 UTC

46 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Should we all be more hygenic in normal times?

DanielFilan17 Mar 2020 6:14 UTC

8 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Did any US politician react appropriately to COVID-19 early on?

DanielFilan17 Mar 2020 6:12 UTC

21 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Kevin Simler: Outbreak

habryka16 Mar 2020 22:50 UTC

15 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(meltingasphalt.com)

March 14/15th: Daily Coronavirus link updates

habryka16 Mar 2020 22:24 UTC

39 points

7 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why such low detected rates of COVID-19 in children?

Bucky16 Mar 2020 16:52 UTC

16 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

International Conflict X-Risk in the Era of COVID-19

eapache18 Mar 2020 11:42 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Ubiquitous Far-Ultraviolet Light Could Control the Spread of Covid-19 and Other Pandemics

avturchin and Roko

18 Mar 2020 12:44 UTC

79 points

39 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Can we use Variolation to deal with the Coronavirus?

FactorialCode18 Mar 2020 14:40 UTC

11 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Does the 14-month vaccine safety test make sense for COVID-19?

orthonormal18 Mar 2020 18:41 UTC

60 points

28 comments1 min readLW link

[UPDATED] COVID-19 cabin secondary attack rates on Diamond Princess

Bucky18 Mar 2020 22:36 UTC

50 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] How can we protect economies during massive public health crises?

kithpendragon18 Mar 2020 18:56 UTC

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Makeshift face touch warner

rmoehn18 Mar 2020 9:38 UTC

15 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

March 16th: Daily Coronavirus Links

habryka and Ben Pace

18 Mar 2020 0:00 UTC

15 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Reasons why coronavirus mortality of young adults may be underestimated.

avturchin15 Mar 2020 16:34 UTC

30 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

An Open Letter To The Congregation Regarding The Upcoming Holiday

Zvi6 Mar 2020 15:40 UTC

25 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How do you use face masks?

ChristianKl13 Feb 2020 14:18 UTC

12 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] How many people in the Bay Area are infected with Covid-19 as of the end of 2/29/2020?

Pee Doom1 Mar 2020 5:37 UTC

10 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Will the current COVID-19 outbreak increase the use of block-chain in supply chain management globally?

jmh28 Feb 2020 14:53 UTC

4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the long-term outcomes of a catastrophic pandemic?

Matthew Barnett1 Mar 2020 19:39 UTC

26 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] What are sensible ways to screen event participants to reduce COVID-19 risk?

ChristianKl3 Mar 2020 20:43 UTC

9 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is there a better way to define groups for COVID-19 impact?

jmh4 Mar 2020 13:24 UTC

12 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] For viruses, is presenting with fatigue correlated with causing chronic fatigue?

jimrandomh4 Mar 2020 21:09 UTC

18 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What “Saving throws” does the world have against coronavirus? (And how plausible are they?)

Daniel Kokotajlo4 Mar 2020 18:04 UTC

25 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How are people tracking confirmed Coronavirus cases / Coronavirus deaths?

Eli Tyre7 Mar 2020 3:53 UTC

13 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Potential High-Leverage and Inexpensive Mitigations (which are still feasible) for Pandemics

Davidmanheim9 Mar 2020 6:59 UTC

34 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] How’s the case for wearing googles for COVID-19 protection when in public transportation?

ChristianKl8 Mar 2020 9:31 UTC

11 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Estimated risk of death by coronavirus for a healthy 30 year old male ~ 1/190

Roko Jelavić10 Mar 2020 12:32 UTC

6 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why isn’t increasing ventilation of public spaces part of the best practice response to the Coronovirus?

ChristianKl12 Mar 2020 10:40 UTC

23 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

More Dakka for Coronavirus: We need immediate human trials of many vaccine-candidates and simultaneous manufacturing of all of them

avturchin13 Mar 2020 13:35 UTC

54 points

18 comments2 min readLW link

Stepping Up Isolation

jefftk13 Mar 2020 16:00 UTC

30 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Meetups in the era of COVID-19

mingyuan15 Mar 2020 6:24 UTC

27 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

What might be learned from the COVID-19 buying patterns?

jmh15 Mar 2020 2:58 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] When are the most important times to wash your hands?

Eli Tyre15 Mar 2020 0:52 UTC

10 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How dangerous is it to test a vaccine without animal trials?

Yoav Ravid14 Mar 2020 8:51 UTC

17 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Recommendations for a resource on very basic epidemiology?

Eli Tyre14 Mar 2020 17:08 UTC

20 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Possible worst outcomes of the coronavirus epidemic

avturchin14 Mar 2020 16:26 UTC

19 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Forecasting an 80% chance of an effective anti COVID-19 drug (probably Remdesivir)

DirectedEvolution15 Mar 2020 19:21 UTC

11 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Frivolous speculation about the long-term effects of coronavirus

skybrian15 Mar 2020 19:12 UTC

7 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Could you save lives in your community by buying oxygen concentrators from Alibaba?

abergal16 Mar 2020 8:58 UTC

18 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

Robin Hanson on whether governments can squash COVID-19

DanielFilan19 Mar 2020 18:23 UTC

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.overcomingbias.com)

[Question] Is the Covid-19 crisis a good time for x-risk outreach?

Adam Zerner19 Mar 2020 16:14 UTC

17 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Covid-19 Points of Leverage, Travel Bans and Eradication

Roko19 Mar 2020 9:08 UTC

87 points

48 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] North Korea and COVID-19

jmh19 Mar 2020 15:51 UTC

7 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Should we build thermometer substitutes?

RobertM19 Mar 2020 7:43 UTC

5 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Do 24-hour hand sanitizers actually work?

gilch1 Mar 2020 20:41 UTC

7 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Making a Standing Desk

jefftk7 Mar 2020 23:10 UTC

2 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Ignoring Country Cohorts

baken8 Mar 2020 8:07 UTC

6 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What can we do to help others during the coronavirus outbreak?

swimchord9 Mar 2020 6:12 UTC

6 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Over $1,000,000 in prizes for COVID-19 work from Emergent Ventures

jasoncrawford13 Mar 2020 15:46 UTC

21 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Coronavirus Quantitative Reasoning Thread

Elizabeth8 Mar 2020 22:58 UTC

6 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] At what point should CFAR stop holding workshops due to COVID-19?

Adam Scholl25 Feb 2020 9:59 UTC

29 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Literature regarding epidemics and political stability?

jmh24 Feb 2020 13:21 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Cost of a COVID-19 test that uses shotgun RNA sequencing?

ChristianKl19 Mar 2020 21:33 UTC

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

March 18th: Daily Coronavirus Links

habryka and Ben Pace

19 Mar 2020 22:20 UTC

12 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Sarah Constantin: Oxygen Supplementation 101

habryka20 Mar 2020 1:00 UTC

15 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(srconstantin.github.io)

The Hammer and the Dance

Chris_Leong20 Mar 2020 16:09 UTC

48 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(medium.com)

[Question] How does one run an organization remotely, effectively?

Raemon20 Mar 2020 20:26 UTC

17 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

March 19th: Daily Coronavirus Links

habryka and Ben Pace

21 Mar 2020 0:00 UTC

18 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

mRNA vaccine development for COVID-19

ChristianKl21 Mar 2020 15:17 UTC

18 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

March 20th: Daily Coronavirus Links

habryka21 Mar 2020 19:17 UTC

9 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Preprint says R0=~5 (!) / infection fatality ratio=~0.1%. Thoughts?

Hauke Hillebrandt20 Mar 2020 11:37 UTC

6 points

29 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How long should someone quarantine to be sure they aren’t contagious with Covid?

Raemon21 Mar 2020 22:39 UTC

28 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Coronavirus Tech Handbook

Linda Linsefors21 Mar 2020 23:27 UTC

15 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

When to Donate Masks?

jefftk22 Mar 2020 13:20 UTC

33 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Virus As A Power Optimisation Process: The Problem Of Next Wave

avturchin22 Mar 2020 20:35 UTC

6 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Pulse Oximetry & the Oxygen–Haemoglobin Dissociation Curve

leggi22 Mar 2020 7:05 UTC

7 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Loss of sense of smell as marker of COVID-19 infection

trseeker22 Mar 2020 2:27 UTC

40 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(www.entuk.org)

Using smart thermometer data to estimate the number of coronavirus cases

Unnamed23 Mar 2020 4:26 UTC

29 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Ideas on estimating personal risk of infection

jmh23 Mar 2020 16:33 UTC

5 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

March 21st: Daily Coronavirus Links

habryka and Ben Pace

23 Mar 2020 0:43 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Petition] We Call for Open Anonymized Medical Data on COVID-19 and Aging-Related Risk Factors

avturchin23 Mar 2020 21:44 UTC

6 points

0 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] Which facebook groups on covid do you recommend?

romeostevensit23 Mar 2020 22:34 UTC

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

History’s Biggest Natural Experiment

jimrandomh24 Mar 2020 2:56 UTC

104 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

The Solution is Inaction

Amritam Gamaya24 Mar 2020 18:01 UTC

9 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] Advice on reducing other risks during Coronavirus?

eapache24 Mar 2020 23:30 UTC

13 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Cognitive mistakes I’ve made about COVID-19

DanielFilan27 Dec 2020 0:50 UTC

45 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(danielfilan.com)

SARS-CoV-2, 19 times less likely to infect people under 15

George3d624 Mar 2020 18:10 UTC

2 points

0 comments9 min readLW link

(blog.cerebralab.com)

Price Gouging and Speculative Costs

jefftk26 Mar 2020 1:50 UTC

61 points

16 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Are HEPA filters likely to pull COVID-19 out of the air?

John_Maxwell25 Mar 2020 1:07 UTC

13 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Hanson vs Mowshowitz LiveStream Debate: “Should we expose the youth to coronavirus?” (Mar 29th)

Ben Pace26 Mar 2020 23:46 UTC

42 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Alternative mask materials

Dmitry Vaintrob27 Mar 2020 1:22 UTC

7 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

March 24th: Daily Coronavirus Link Updates

habryka and Ben Pace

26 Mar 2020 2:22 UTC

8 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Russian x-risks newsletter March 2020 – coronavirus update

avturchin27 Mar 2020 18:06 UTC

11 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Has the effectiveness of fever screening declined?

Vaughn Papenhausen27 Mar 2020 22:07 UTC

8 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Coronavirus Research Ideas for EAs

habryka27 Mar 2020 22:10 UTC

14 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] Is donating to AMF and malaria interventions the most cost-effective way to save lives from COVID-19?

warrenjordan27 Mar 2020 22:25 UTC

5 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

mind viruses about body viruses

nostalgebraist28 Mar 2020 4:20 UTC

52 points

12 comments10 min readLW link

(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

[Question] What software projects would be helpful for different groups?

davelaing28 Mar 2020 7:50 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Coronavirus Virology: A Beginner’s Guide

brook28 Mar 2020 20:47 UTC

25 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

Iceland’s COVID-19 random sampling results: C19 similar to Influenza

jacob_cannell28 Mar 2020 18:26 UTC

0 points

44 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Will grocery stores thwart social distancing, and when should I eat my food stockpile?

Patrick Long28 Mar 2020 18:20 UTC

7 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Coronavirus: California case growth

VipulNaik29 Mar 2020 16:14 UTC

30 points

11 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] How to study statistical/computer modelling of the current pandemic and its outcomes?

CheerfulWarrior29 Mar 2020 8:40 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Chris Masterjohn on Coronavirus, Part 1

philh29 Mar 2020 11:00 UTC

14 points

3 comments10 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

COVID transmission by talking (& singing)

Steven Byrnes29 Mar 2020 18:26 UTC

42 points

1 comment3 min readLW link

[Update: New URL] Today’s Online Meetup: We’re Using Mozilla Hubs

Ben Pace29 Mar 2020 4:00 UTC

34 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Would Covid19 patients benefit from blood transfusions from people who have recovered?

Donald Hobson29 Mar 2020 22:27 UTC

13 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

C19 Prediction Survey Thread

jacob_cannell30 Mar 2020 0:53 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What marginal returns now?

jmh30 Mar 2020 23:12 UTC

7 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

LW Coronavirus Agenda Update 3/31

Elizabeth31 Mar 2020 21:40 UTC

31 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the expected QALY (quality-adjusted life years) loss per capita due to SARS-COV-2? QALY gain of increasing ICU capacity? Of buying new ventilators?

CheerfulWarrior1 Apr 2020 5:42 UTC

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Taking Initial Viral Load Seriously

Zvi1 Apr 2020 10:50 UTC

94 points

45 comments17 min readLW link 1 review

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The attack rate estimation is more important than CFR

avturchin1 Apr 2020 16:23 UTC

10 points

3 comments3 min readLW link

Peter’s COVID Consolidated Brief for 2 April

Peter Wildeford2 Apr 2020 17:00 UTC

53 points

9 comments18 min readLW link

[Question] What should you do regarding footwear to protect against COVID-19?

ChristianKl2 Apr 2020 19:28 UTC

19 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

“Preparing for a Pandemic: Stage 3: Grow Food if You Can [COVID-19, hort, US, Patreon]”

Kenny3 Apr 2020 17:57 UTC

7 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(siderea.dreamwidth.org)

[Question] How credible is the theory that COVID19 escaped from a Wuhan Lab?

Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel3 Apr 2020 6:47 UTC

22 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

The Peter Attia Drive podcast episode #102: Michael Osterholm, Ph.D.: COVID-19—Lessons learned, challenges ahead, and reasons for optimism and concern

Kenny4 Apr 2020 5:19 UTC

7 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(peterattiamd.com)

[Question] What to draw from Macintyre et al 2015?

ChristianKl5 Apr 2020 16:56 UTC

11 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How strong is the evidence for hydroxychloroquine?

Chris_Leong5 Apr 2020 9:32 UTC

35 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Hydroxychloroquine: the day science stopped

Filipe Marchesini5 Apr 2020 18:09 UTC

20 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] What is the maximum number of COVID-19 tests which could be performed until the end of the year?

Roko Jelavić5 Apr 2020 19:19 UTC

5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How can we quantify the good done of donating PPEs vs ventilators?

BrianTan6 Apr 2020 14:41 UTC

1 point

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] What is going on in Singapore and the Philippines?

jmh6 Apr 2020 11:27 UTC

13 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are the Nth Order Effects of the Coronavirus?

Yoav Ravid7 Apr 2020 13:55 UTC

8 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do you do fit-testing for KN95/N95/FFP2/FFP3 masks?

ChristianKl7 Apr 2020 8:46 UTC

15 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Would 2009 H1N1 (Swine Flu) ring the alarm bell?

DirectedEvolution7 Apr 2020 7:16 UTC

32 points

13 comments5 min readLW link

On R0

Zvi7 Apr 2020 23:20 UTC

63 points

6 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Hanson & Mowshowitz Debate: COVID-19 Variolation

Ben Pace8 Apr 2020 0:07 UTC

38 points

3 comments77 min readLW link

Would 2014-2016 Ebola ring the alarm bell?

DirectedEvolution8 Apr 2020 2:01 UTC

16 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] How do you determine temperature cutoffs for women’s body-temperature?

ChristianKl8 Apr 2020 12:11 UTC

9 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

The Ethics of Ventilators

palisatrium8 Apr 2020 20:15 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

English summaries of German Covid-19 expert podcast

Chi Nguyen8 Apr 2020 20:29 UTC

22 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.notion.so)

COVID-19 and the US Elections

jmh8 Apr 2020 18:25 UTC

10 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Ways you can get sick without human contact

Connor_Flexman8 Apr 2020 22:41 UTC

31 points

15 comments6 min readLW link

The Value Is In the Tails

fylo10 Apr 2020 16:53 UTC

26 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

App-Based Disease Surveillance After COVID-19

RedMan10 Apr 2020 18:52 UTC

1 point

4 comments1 min readLW link

Leaving Things For Others

jefftk12 Apr 2020 11:50 UTC

16 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Are there any prediction markets for Covid-19?

devas13 Apr 2020 14:47 UTC

4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Where should LessWrong go on COVID?

Elizabeth13 Apr 2020 21:39 UTC

60 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Coronavirus: Justified Key Insights Thread

Ben Pace13 Apr 2020 22:40 UTC

50 points

33 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Why don’t we tape surgical masks to the face to seal them airtight?

ChristianKl14 Apr 2020 8:33 UTC

16 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Far-Ultraviolet Light in Public Spaces to Fight Pandemic is a Good Idea but Premature

Kirby Sikes14 Apr 2020 20:27 UTC

42 points

35 comments12 min readLW link

[Question] What does the curve look like for coronavirus on a surface?

eapache15 Apr 2020 2:07 UTC

4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Leaders support global truce to turn fire on coronavirus

JohnCDraper16 Apr 2020 14:49 UTC

3 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

My Covid-19 Thinking: 4/17

Zvi17 Apr 2020 19:50 UTC

65 points

6 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

My stumble on COVID-19

DirectedEvolution18 Apr 2020 4:32 UTC

39 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] My dad got stung by a bee, and is mildly allergic. What are the tradeoffs involved in deciding whether to have him go the the emergency room?

Eli Tyre18 Apr 2020 22:12 UTC

10 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

covid-19 notes, 4/19/20

nostalgebraist20 Apr 2020 5:30 UTC

29 points

1 comment9 min readLW link

(nostalgebraist.tumblr.com)

[Question] Equilibrium point of the social evolution under the selective pressure of COVID-19?

Yandong Zhang21 Apr 2020 15:06 UTC

−2 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Fourth Wave Covid Toy Modeling

Zvi6 Jan 2021 18:30 UTC

108 points

22 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Could city design impact spread of infections?

jmh22 Apr 2020 14:57 UTC

3 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

COVID-19: home stretch and fourth wave Q&A

habryka6 Jan 2021 22:44 UTC

39 points

29 comments12 min readLW link

Analysis of COVID-19 superspread events (linkpost)

Jay Molstad23 Apr 2020 16:17 UTC

4 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

My Covid-19 Thinking: 4/23 pre-Cuomo Data

Zvi23 Apr 2020 21:40 UTC

25 points

5 comments20 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Genetic Sequencing of Wastewater: Prevalence to Relative Abundance

jefftk25 Apr 2023 19:30 UTC

17 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The Chilling Effect of Confiscation

jefftk25 Apr 2020 2:50 UTC

39 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Market-shaping approaches to accelerate COVID-19 response: a role for option-based guarantees?

DerekF and Davidmanheim

27 Apr 2020 22:43 UTC

38 points

2 comments6 min readLW link 1 review

Emergency Central Planning

jefftk28 Apr 2020 0:50 UTC

16 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Chris Masterjohn on Coronavirus, Part 2

philh28 Apr 2020 21:50 UTC

6 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(reasonableapproximation.net)

On “COVID-19 Superspreader Events in 28 Countries: Critical Patterns and Lessons”

Zvi29 Apr 2020 19:40 UTC

67 points

12 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Seasonality of COVID-19, Other Coronaviruses, and Influenza

Radford Neal30 Apr 2020 21:43 UTC

10 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(radfordneal.wordpress.com)

Covid-19 4/30: Stuck in Limbo

Zvi30 Apr 2020 20:40 UTC

28 points

8 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Reopen Protest Sign Survey

jefftk1 May 2020 3:40 UTC

34 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Nicotinamide riboside and SARS-CoV-2

William Walker1 May 2020 16:10 UTC

8 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Pueyo: How to Do Testing and Contact Tracing [Summary]

DerekF1 May 2020 22:29 UTC

7 points

1 comment6 min readLW link

COVID-19 from a different angle

jmh4 May 2020 17:58 UTC

8 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Covid-19: New York’s Antibody Tests 2

Zvi6 May 2020 17:40 UTC

16 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Does isolating the high-risk suppress COVID-19?

Fahad Alkhater6 May 2020 21:18 UTC

3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Why there’s an ethanol glut and sanitizer shortage (WSJ)

William Walker9 May 2020 15:08 UTC

0 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.wsj.com)

Why COVID-19 prevention at the margin might be bad for most LWers

Kenoubi10 May 2020 0:19 UTC

21 points

23 comments2 min readLW link

The Greatest Host

trentbrick10 May 2020 20:28 UTC

33 points

8 comments14 min readLW link

Covid-19: Comorbidity

Zvi10 May 2020 21:30 UTC

42 points

7 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Will the world hit 10 million recorded cases of COVID-19? If so when?

jmh13 May 2020 17:26 UTC

6 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Suggestions for making research as trustworthy, intelligible and quickly available as possible

mickofemsworth14 May 2020 14:47 UTC

3 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How to bayesian update on multiple covid tests?

rchplg29 Jul 2021 13:15 UTC

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 7/29: You Play to Win the Game

Zvi29 Jul 2021 16:10 UTC

97 points

25 comments23 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What weird treatments should people who lost their taste from COVID try?

Maxwell Peterson30 Jul 2021 2:51 UTC

11 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What made the UK COVID-19 case count drop?

ChristianKl2 Aug 2021 13:01 UTC

38 points

39 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What’s the status of third vaccine doses?

Alex_Altair4 Aug 2021 2:22 UTC

30 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What was my mistake evaluating risk in this situation?

Andrew Vlahos3 Aug 2021 2:54 UTC

33 points

32 comments2 min readLW link

Delta, Deaths, and Vaccinations

jefftk7 Aug 2021 19:10 UTC

21 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Is microCOVID “badness” superlinear?

Optimization Process13 Aug 2021 6:37 UTC

4 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Vaccination with natural immunity

sudoLife18 Aug 2021 5:47 UTC

4 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is antibody testing to assess effects of vaccines on you a good idea?

Lightwave21 Aug 2021 14:38 UTC

17 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

COVID/Delta advice I’m currently giving to friends

Rob Bensinger24 Aug 2021 3:46 UTC

61 points

31 comments8 min readLW link

Humanity is Winning the Fight Against Infectious Disease

lsusr30 Aug 2021 1:31 UTC

60 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How much COVID protection is gained from protecting your eyes?

Davis_Kingsley31 Aug 2021 1:18 UTC

20 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Exercise Trade Offs

Elizabeth31 Aug 2021 2:40 UTC

32 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

[Question] How do you decide when to change N95/FFP-2 masks?

ChristianKl10 Sep 2021 7:40 UTC

33 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] ‘Good enough’ way to clean an O2 Curve respirator?

Kenny16 Sep 2021 14:51 UTC

5 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Lessons from covid predictions: Always use multiple models

pku17 Sep 2021 3:19 UTC

8 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

Covid 9/17: Done Biden His Time

Zvi17 Sep 2021 12:00 UTC

63 points

14 comments29 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How dangerous is Long COVID for kids?

Viliam22 Sep 2021 22:29 UTC

27 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 9/23: There Is a War

Zvi23 Sep 2021 13:30 UTC

69 points

30 comments24 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 9/30: People Respond to Incentives

Zvi30 Sep 2021 18:40 UTC

49 points

14 comments17 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Vax passports—theory and practice

tkpwaeub3 Oct 2021 22:35 UTC

17 points

18 comments6 min readLW link

[ACX Linkpost] Too Good to Check: A Play in Three Acts

mike_hawke5 Oct 2021 5:04 UTC

24 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(astralcodexten.substack.com)

[Question] Covid Home Test Experiment

JohnBuridan5 Oct 2021 15:24 UTC

3 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 10/7: Steady as She Goes

Zvi7 Oct 2021 12:10 UTC

58 points

26 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Outdoor dancing is likely very safe

jefftk11 Oct 2021 1:40 UTC

14 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Niacin as a treatment for covid? (Probably no, but I’m glad we’re checking)

Elizabeth12 Oct 2021 5:40 UTC

24 points

1 comment11 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Covid 10/14: Less Long Cvoid

Zvi14 Oct 2021 14:20 UTC

57 points

22 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Long Covid Informal Study Results

Elizabeth16 Oct 2021 7:10 UTC

43 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Covid 10/21: Rogan vs. Gupta

Zvi21 Oct 2021 15:10 UTC

70 points

62 comments19 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID

Tornus21 Oct 2021 15:26 UTC

25 points

3 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] Effectiveness of Moderna booster shot and mix-and-match?

warrenjordan26 Oct 2021 6:18 UTC

9 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 10/28: An Unexpected Victory

Zvi28 Oct 2021 14:50 UTC

29 points

37 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Where can we donate time and money to avert coronavirus deaths?

Elizabeth18 Mar 2020 4:50 UTC

33 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Comparing Options For Safer Events

jefftk1 Nov 2021 16:30 UTC

9 points

19 comments7 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Vaccine Requirements, Age, and Fairness

jefftk2 Nov 2021 12:10 UTC

14 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 11/4: The After Times

Zvi4 Nov 2021 15:20 UTC

51 points

33 comments6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

It’s Ok to Dance Again

jefftk12 Nov 2021 2:50 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Did EcoHealth create SARS-CoV-2?

jamal17 Nov 2021 20:42 UTC

3 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 11/18: Paxlovid Remains Illegal

Zvi18 Nov 2021 15:50 UTC

55 points

36 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Use Tools For What They’re For

DirectedEvolution23 Nov 2021 8:26 UTC

28 points

14 comments8 min readLW link

[Question] How much Bayesian evidence from rapid antigen and PCR tests?

mingyuan24 Nov 2021 6:54 UTC

8 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Paxlovid Remains Illegal: 11/24 Update

Zvi24 Nov 2021 13:40 UTC

54 points

21 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 11/25: Another Thanksgiving

Zvi25 Nov 2021 13:40 UTC

73 points

9 comments21 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] COVID Era: Updating On Life Risks

jmh29 Nov 2021 17:27 UTC

6 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Looking for reasoned discussion on Geert Vanden Bossche’s ideas? +6 Months on...

megabranflake30 Nov 2021 16:30 UTC

12 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

FDA Votes on Molunpiravir

Zvi1 Dec 2021 15:00 UTC

59 points

3 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Viral Mutation, Pandemics and Social Response

jmh1 Dec 2021 18:36 UTC

5 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Covid Prediction Markets at Polymarket

Zvi2 Dec 2021 12:50 UTC

39 points

10 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 12/2: But Aside From That

Zvi2 Dec 2021 16:20 UTC

36 points

11 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Life, struggle, and the psychological fallout from COVID

Alex Flint6 Dec 2021 16:59 UTC

15 points

1 comment8 min readLW link

Interpreting the Biobot Spike

jefftk8 Dec 2021 16:30 UTC

42 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

COVID and the holidays

Connor_Flexman8 Dec 2021 23:13 UTC

71 points

31 comments9 min readLW link

Omicron Post #5

Zvi9 Dec 2021 21:10 UTC

102 points

18 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 12/9: Counting Down the Days

Zvi9 Dec 2021 21:40 UTC

59 points

12 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

EA Dinner Covid Logistics

jefftk11 Dec 2021 21:50 UTC

17 points

7 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Omicron Post #7

Zvi16 Dec 2021 17:30 UTC

155 points

41 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Understand the exponential function: R0 of the COVID

Yandong Zhang17 Dec 2021 6:44 UTC

−6 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

Elevated Air Purifier Cubes

jefftk19 Dec 2021 0:50 UTC

13 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Omicron Post #8

Zvi20 Dec 2021 23:10 UTC

96 points

33 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Get Set, Also Go

Zvi23 Dec 2021 15:00 UTC

62 points

21 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

San Francisco shares COVID data only when it’s too late

knite26 Dec 2021 20:12 UTC

10 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

What would you like from Microcovid.org? How valuable would it be to you?

Elizabeth29 Dec 2021 4:42 UTC

64 points

45 comments1 min readLW link

CDC Changes Isolation Guidelines

Zvi29 Dec 2021 16:40 UTC

12 points

3 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

COVID Skepticism Isn’t About Science

jaspax29 Dec 2021 17:53 UTC

128 points

76 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] Questions about Stocker’s DIY vaccine

dawangy29 Dec 2021 22:44 UTC

10 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] Mailing Binax kits

NormanPerlmutter1 Jan 2022 6:17 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What are sane reasons that Covid data is treated as reliable?

Valentine1 Jan 2022 18:47 UTC

41 points

33 comments2 min readLW link

Careful With Trailing Averages

jefftk1 Jan 2022 16:00 UTC

31 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] What explains the excess mortality?

ChristianKl2 Jan 2022 10:13 UTC

16 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Covid risk of staying at a hotel

NormanPerlmutter2 Jan 2022 6:47 UTC

4 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

How to End a Pandemic

MikkW3 Jan 2022 20:26 UTC

2 points

27 comments7 min readLW link

Omicron in Biobot

jefftk5 Jan 2022 2:50 UTC

14 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] How much, and on what margins, should we be rethinking quarantine protocols?

jmh5 Jan 2022 20:29 UTC

8 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

Thank you, Queensland

mukashi5 Jan 2022 14:21 UTC

22 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

[Question] How the response to a pandemic affecting mainly children would look like?

mukashi5 Jan 2022 10:15 UTC

4 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 1/6/22: The Blip

Zvi6 Jan 2022 18:30 UTC

68 points

21 comments25 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How reasonable are concerns about asking for patents to be lifted for COVID-19 vaccines?

ChristianKl6 Jan 2022 13:09 UTC

2 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Omicron Post #13: Outlook

Zvi7 Jan 2022 21:20 UTC

63 points

24 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Omicron—How does it change Covid risk and what should we do about it?

jackc9 Jan 2022 23:13 UTC

22 points

9 comments9 min readLW link

The IHME Report

Zvi10 Jan 2022 15:50 UTC

44 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

(briefly) RaDVaC and SMTM, two things we should be doing

Eliezer Yudkowsky12 Jan 2022 6:20 UTC

230 points

79 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

Omicron Post #14

Zvi13 Jan 2022 18:00 UTC

53 points

21 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] I have COVID, for how long should I isolate?

iceplant13 Jan 2022 20:44 UTC

17 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 1/13/22: Endgame

Zvi13 Jan 2022 18:10 UTC

75 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Linkpost] [Fun] CDC To Send Pamphlet On Probabilistic Thinking

Gunnar_Zarncke14 Jan 2022 21:44 UTC

37 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Survey supports ‘long covid is bad’ hypothesis (very tentative)

KatjaGrace14 Jan 2022 14:50 UTC

76 points

10 comments3 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] Storing own covid saliva for use as a “booster”?

kuudes14 Jan 2022 8:02 UTC

8 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Polymarket Covid-19 1/17/2022

Zvi17 Jan 2022 16:10 UTC

38 points

10 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Hedging omicron impact to supply chains

mukashi17 Jan 2022 18:49 UTC

29 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

A decision tree for vaccinating children against Covid-19, or how to wisely make a monumental decision

methree17 Jan 2022 11:23 UTC

7 points

12 comments9 min readLW link

Positly covid survey: long covid

KatjaGrace18 Jan 2022 10:40 UTC

31 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] How do you reason about how many COVID test kits to keep on hand?

nim18 Jan 2022 18:09 UTC

7 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

Omicron Post #15

Zvi19 Jan 2022 14:40 UTC

52 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Due to a roommate, can COVID’s viral load stay high enough after day 10 to infect others?

catears12321 Jan 2022 7:08 UTC

3 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Postmortem on DIY Recombinant Covid Vaccine

caffemacchiavelli22 Jan 2022 14:12 UTC

179 points

27 comments5 min readLW link 1 review

Covid 1/27/22: Let My People Go

Zvi27 Jan 2022 17:00 UTC

49 points

24 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 2/3/22: Loosening Bounds

Zvi3 Feb 2022 23:00 UTC

53 points

4 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Positly covid survey 2: controlled productivity data

KatjaGrace4 Feb 2022 7:30 UTC

15 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Decreasing Isolation Further

jefftk7 Feb 2022 14:00 UTC

15 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 2/10/22: Happy Birthday

Zvi10 Feb 2022 17:50 UTC

44 points

9 comments20 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Does needle anxiety drive vaccine hesitancy?

Matthew Barnett11 Feb 2022 19:35 UTC

50 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

Bazant: An alternate covid calculator

Elizabeth15 Feb 2022 19:50 UTC

24 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Microcovid Becoming Less Useful

jefftk20 Feb 2022 3:50 UTC

59 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Linkpost] Review: Happiness

VipulNaik26 Feb 2022 17:10 UTC

6 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 3/3/2022: Move Along

Zvi3 Mar 2022 12:00 UTC

35 points

9 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 3/31/2022: More of the Same

Zvi31 Mar 2022 15:50 UTC

28 points

10 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

They Don’t Know About Second Booster

Zvi31 Mar 2022 15:30 UTC

65 points

17 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Predictions on when the requirement for pre-flight COVID testing for returning citizen will be dropped?

jmh6 Apr 2022 1:30 UTC

6 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

How to Interpret Vitamin D Dosage Using Numbers

Benquo6 Apr 2022 19:36 UTC

12 points

7 comments5 min readLW link

(benjaminrosshoffman.com)

Covid 4/7/22: Opening Day

Zvi7 Apr 2022 16:10 UTC

28 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

China Covid Update #1

Zvi11 Apr 2022 13:40 UTC

88 points

22 comments3 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 4/14/22: China Stays the Course

Zvi14 Apr 2022 16:10 UTC

26 points

1 comment7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Judge Overturns Transportation Mask Mandate

Zvi20 Apr 2022 13:50 UTC

38 points

17 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 4/21/22: Variants Working Overtime

Zvi21 Apr 2022 15:10 UTC

40 points

16 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

I Caught Covid And All I Got Was This Lousy Ambiguous Data

Elizabeth21 Apr 2022 19:30 UTC

47 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

China Covid #2

Zvi22 Apr 2022 19:00 UTC

64 points

9 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 4/28/22: Take My Paxlovid, Please

Zvi28 Apr 2022 15:20 UTC

35 points

14 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Home Antigen Tests Aren’t Useful For Covid Screening

Elizabeth3 May 2022 1:30 UTC

19 points

15 comments4 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Covid 5/5/22: A Lack of Care

Zvi5 May 2022 15:10 UTC

37 points

6 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Contra Dance Mask Policy

jefftk6 May 2022 15:10 UTC

14 points

10 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Stuff I might do if I had covid

KatjaGrace11 May 2022 0:00 UTC

39 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Covid 5/12/22: Other Priorities

Zvi12 May 2022 13:30 UTC

31 points

4 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

China Covid #3

Zvi16 May 2022 17:40 UTC

54 points

6 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 5/19/22: The Law of Five

Zvi19 May 2022 12:20 UTC

53 points

2 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

How Big Are Covid Particles?

jefftk21 May 2022 14:00 UTC

29 points

5 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

MERV Filters for Covid?

jefftk25 May 2022 1:50 UTC

35 points

11 comments4 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 6/2/22: Declining to Respond

Zvi2 Jun 2022 13:50 UTC

55 points

10 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 6/9/22: Nice

Zvi9 Jun 2022 16:30 UTC

26 points

2 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 6/16/22: Do Not Hand it to Them

Zvi16 Jun 2022 14:40 UTC

29 points

5 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Common but neglected risk factors that may let you get Paxlovid

DirectedEvolution21 Jun 2022 7:34 UTC

29 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

Covid 6/23/22: Under Five Alive

Zvi23 Jun 2022 14:00 UTC

26 points

9 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 6/30/22: Vaccine Update Update

Zvi30 Jun 2022 14:00 UTC

32 points

6 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 7/7/22: Paxlovid at the Pharmacy

Zvi7 Jul 2022 14:30 UTC

34 points

11 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 7/21/22: Featuring ASPR

Zvi21 Jul 2022 13:50 UTC

27 points

0 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is there any evidence that handwashing does anything to prevent COVID?

mukashi25 Jul 2022 7:34 UTC

4 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 7/28/22: Ruining It For Everyone

Zvi28 Jul 2022 15:10 UTC

32 points

8 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 8/4/22: Rebound

Zvi4 Aug 2022 11:20 UTC

36 points

0 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 8/18/22: CDC Admits Mistakes

Zvi18 Aug 2022 14:30 UTC

46 points

9 comments17 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 8/25/22: What We Owe

Zvi25 Aug 2022 14:40 UTC

33 points

3 comments19 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Contra Dance Contact Tracing

jefftk27 Aug 2022 1:50 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 9/1/22: Meet the New Booster

Zvi1 Sep 2022 14:00 UTC

41 points

6 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 9/8/22: Booster Boosting

Zvi8 Sep 2022 13:50 UTC

34 points

9 comments24 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 9/15/22: Permanent Normal

Zvi15 Sep 2022 16:00 UTC

32 points

9 comments20 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Why doesn’t China (or didn’t anyone) encourage/mandate elastomeric respirators to control COVID?

Wei Dai17 Sep 2022 3:07 UTC

34 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 9/22/22: The Joe Biden Sings

Zvi22 Sep 2022 14:40 UTC

15 points

17 comments24 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Ivermectin: Much Less Than You Needed To Know

George3d63 Oct 2022 15:02 UTC

31 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(doyourownresearch.substack.com)

Covid 10/6/22: Overreactions Aplenty

Zvi6 Oct 2022 19:10 UTC

37 points

18 comments31 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 10/13/22: Just the Facts

Zvi13 Oct 2022 14:40 UTC

28 points

7 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How much of China’s Zero COVID policy is actually about COVID?

jmh14 Oct 2022 7:23 UTC

9 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Drafting a Covid Survey

jefftk18 Oct 2022 19:30 UTC

15 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 10/20/22: Wait, We Did WHAT?

Zvi20 Oct 2022 21:50 UTC

55 points

16 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 10/27/22: Another Origin Story

Zvi27 Oct 2022 13:40 UTC

32 points

1 comment13 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Rapid Test Throat Swabbing?

jefftk28 Oct 2022 16:30 UTC

18 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 11/3/22: Asking Forgiveness

Zvi3 Nov 2022 13:50 UTC

23 points

3 comments6 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 11/10/22: Into the Background

Zvi10 Nov 2022 13:40 UTC

31 points

5 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 11/17/22: Slow Recovery

Zvi17 Nov 2022 14:50 UTC

33 points

3 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 11/24/22: Thanks for Good Health

Zvi24 Nov 2022 13:00 UTC

26 points

4 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 12/1/22: China Protests

Zvi1 Dec 2022 17:10 UTC

38 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Scott Alexander’s “Ivermectin: Much More Than You Wanted To Know”

Raemon5 Dec 2021 5:43 UTC

13 points

2 comments1 min readLW link 2 reviews

(astralcodexten.substack.com)

Key Mostly Outward-Facing Facts From the Story of VaccinateCA

Zvi14 Dec 2022 13:30 UTC

61 points

2 comments23 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] COVID China Personal Advice (No mRNA vax, possible hospital overload, bug-chasing edition)

Lao Mein14 Dec 2022 10:31 UTC

20 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 12/15/22: China’s Wave Begins

Zvi15 Dec 2022 16:20 UTC

32 points

7 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Masking to Avoid Missing Things

jefftk15 Dec 2022 21:00 UTC

17 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 12/22/22: Reevaluating Past Options

Zvi22 Dec 2022 16:50 UTC

30 points

2 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 12/29/22: Next Up is XBB.1.5

Zvi29 Dec 2022 18:20 UTC

33 points

4 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

The Twitter Files: Covid Edition

Zvi30 Dec 2022 13:30 UTC

32 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Any significant updates on long covid risk analysis?

Randomized, Controlled11 Jan 2023 14:31 UTC

23 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] COVID contagiousness after negative tests?

wunan20 Jan 2023 15:02 UTC

10 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How are you currently modeling COVID contagiousness?

CounterBlunder26 Jan 2023 4:46 UTC

2 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 1/26/23: Case Count Crash

Zvi26 Jan 2023 12:50 UTC

32 points

5 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Whatever their arguments, Covid vaccine sceptics will probably never convince me

contrarianbrit30 Jan 2023 13:42 UTC

8 points

10 comments3 min readLW link

(thomasprosser.substack.com)

What I did to reduce the risk of Long COVID (and manage symptoms) after getting COVID

Sameerishere18 Mar 2023 5:32 UTC

11 points

3 comments10 min readLW link

[Question] Did convalescent plasma therapy drive the evolution of more infectious covid strains?

Angela Pretorius27 Jan 2021 6:16 UTC

10 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Covid 1/28: Muddling Through

Zvi28 Jan 2021 16:50 UTC

97 points

18 comments35 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Vaccinated Socializing

jefftk2 Feb 2021 3:20 UTC

29 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid cafes

KatjaGrace3 Feb 2021 8:20 UTC

24 points

9 comments3 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] Why are clinical trials so expensive?

ChristianKl5 Feb 2021 0:10 UTC

23 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

[Link] Sarah Constantin on RaDVaC

Orborde5 Feb 2021 16:08 UTC

38 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(twitter.com)

#unclogtheFDA: a twitter storm to approve vaccines

Tim Liptrot7 Feb 2021 14:39 UTC

45 points

8 comments3 min readLW link

How would free prediction markets have altered the pandemic?

mike_hawke9 Feb 2021 10:55 UTC

10 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

We got what’s needed for COVID-19 vaccination completely wrong

ChristianKl10 Feb 2021 7:59 UTC

61 points

32 comments4 min readLW link

Covid 2/11: As Expected

Zvi11 Feb 2021 18:30 UTC

101 points

79 comments21 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What does the FDA actually do between getting the trial results and having their meeting?

ChristianKl12 Feb 2021 13:08 UTC

28 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

Not Yet the Dawn

Slimepriestess15 Feb 2021 4:00 UTC

6 points

0 comments3 min readLW link

(hivewired.wordpress.com)

Covid 2/18: Vaccines Still Work

Zvi18 Feb 2021 12:30 UTC

76 points

29 comments30 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Could first doses first be better for the vaccine hesitant?

DirectedEvolution22 Feb 2021 16:24 UTC

7 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Are multiple shorter exposures less likely to reduce in infections of COVID-19 then one larger exposure?

ChristianKl24 Feb 2021 13:14 UTC

10 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 2/25: Holding Pattern

Zvi25 Feb 2021 14:30 UTC

67 points

16 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Grading myself on SSC’s 2020 predictions

knite1 Mar 2021 19:55 UTC

15 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do you run a fit-test for a mask at home when you don’t have fancy equipment?

ChristianKl28 Feb 2021 20:30 UTC

21 points

33 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Attempt at a gears model of getting infected with COVID-19

ChristianKl2 Mar 2021 15:39 UTC

23 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What other peptide vaccines might it be useful to make?

jacobjacob3 Mar 2021 6:25 UTC

31 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Simple Tricks to Improve KN95 Masks

dawangy8 Mar 2021 8:59 UTC

25 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Quarantine variety

KatjaGrace10 Mar 2021 8:40 UTC

12 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Impact of delaying vaccinations on the total number of deaths

qbolec11 Mar 2021 23:49 UTC

5 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 3/12: New CDC Guidelines Available

Zvi12 Mar 2021 17:20 UTC

101 points

28 comments24 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Nitric Oxide Spray… a cure for COVID19??

Shmi15 Mar 2021 19:36 UTC

25 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 3/18: An Expected Quantity of Blood Clots

Zvi18 Mar 2021 13:50 UTC

74 points

25 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Another RadVac Testing Update

johnswentworth23 Mar 2021 17:29 UTC

140 points

19 comments5 min readLW link

Covid 3/25: Own Goals

Zvi25 Mar 2021 13:50 UTC

80 points

17 comments19 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is there any plausible mechanisms for why taking an mRNA vaccine might be undesirable for a young healthy adult?

Mati_Roy8 Apr 2021 1:18 UTC

28 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Monastery and Throne

Jacob Falkovich6 Apr 2021 19:00 UTC

115 points

42 comments10 min readLW link

Sometimes, it can take a while to notice confusion

masasin10 Apr 2021 3:24 UTC

27 points

11 comments5 min readLW link

Covid 4/15: Are We Seriously Doing This Again

Zvi15 Apr 2021 13:00 UTC

82 points

37 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What does vaccine effectiveness as a function of time look like?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)17 Apr 2021 0:36 UTC

18 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

Young kids catching COVID: how much to worry?

Steven Byrnes20 Apr 2021 18:03 UTC

55 points

22 comments6 min readLW link

Covid 4/22: Crisis in India

Zvi22 Apr 2021 13:40 UTC

100 points

25 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Vaccination and House Rules

jefftk24 Apr 2021 1:00 UTC

33 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Estimating COVID cases & deaths in India over the coming months

GeneSmith24 Apr 2021 21:35 UTC

33 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Covid-19 in India: Why didn’t it happen earlier?

Sherrinford27 Apr 2021 19:13 UTC

14 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 4/29: Vaccination Slowdown

Zvi29 Apr 2021 13:50 UTC

55 points

19 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] When’s the best time to get the 2nd dose of Pfizer Vaccine?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)30 Apr 2021 5:11 UTC

5 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What do the reported levels of protection offered by various vaccines mean?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)4 May 2021 22:06 UTC

10 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Did they use serological testing for COVID vaccine trials?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)4 May 2021 21:48 UTC

4 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Let’s Go Back To Normal

Connor_Flexman6 May 2021 3:10 UTC

60 points

18 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] What do we know about how much protection COVID vaccines provide against transmitting the virus to others?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)6 May 2021 7:39 UTC

9 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What do we know about how much protection COVID vaccines provide against long COVID?

David Scott Krueger (formerly: capybaralet)6 May 2021 7:39 UTC

8 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 5/13: Moving On

Zvi13 May 2021 14:30 UTC

69 points

13 comments17 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Vaccine Rollout as Wheeled-Luggage Problem

DirectedEvolution13 May 2021 21:04 UTC

28 points

23 comments3 min readLW link

Covid 5/20: The Great Unmasking

Zvi21 May 2021 0:30 UTC

49 points

15 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 5/27: The Final Countdown

Zvi27 May 2021 12:30 UTC

72 points

19 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What is the Risk of Long Covid after Vaccination?

dawangy31 May 2021 19:32 UTC

64 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 6/3: No News is Good News

Zvi3 Jun 2021 16:50 UTC

50 points

10 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Why has no one compared Covid-19 and Vaccine Risks?

Niklas Lehmann4 Jun 2021 4:29 UTC

5 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 6/10: Somebody Else’s Problem

Zvi10 Jun 2021 13:10 UTC

57 points

26 comments24 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is the length of the Covid-19 incubation period likely to be affected by whether you are vaccinated?

Josh Jacobson12 Jun 2021 3:27 UTC

9 points

15 comments1 min readLW link

A systematic error that lead to a bad policy response to COVID-19

ChristianKl12 Jun 2021 19:56 UTC

23 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Up-to-date advice about what to do upon getting COVID?

DanielFilan19 Jun 2021 2:37 UTC

31 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do you deal with people cargo culting COVID-19 defense?

ChristianKl23 Jun 2021 19:59 UTC

16 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How do the side effects of Novavax compare to other COVID-19 vaccines?

ChristianKl24 Jun 2021 16:36 UTC

14 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 6/24: The Spanish Prisoner

Zvi24 Jun 2021 14:40 UTC

43 points

30 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How do the ivermectin meta-reviews come to so different conclusions?

ChristianKl29 Jun 2021 22:34 UTC

39 points

24 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 7/1: Don’t Panic

Zvi1 Jul 2021 12:30 UTC

53 points

35 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What’s the effective R for the Delta variant of COVID-19?

ChristianKl2 Jul 2021 12:49 UTC

7 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How would you run the statistics on whether Ivermectin helped India reduce COVID-19 cases?

ChristianKl3 Jul 2021 16:09 UTC

13 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 7/8: Delta Takes Over

Zvi8 Jul 2021 13:00 UTC

72 points

16 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

For some, now may be the time to get your third Covid shot

Josh Jacobson10 Jul 2021 17:38 UTC

58 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

Covid 7/15: Rates of Change

Zvi15 Jul 2021 17:10 UTC

64 points

63 comments16 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is there a reasonable reading according to which Baric, Shi et al 2015 isn’t gain-of-function research?

ChristianKl21 Jul 2021 8:19 UTC

31 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Delta variant: we should probably be re-masking

Aaron Bergman23 Jul 2021 21:13 UTC

34 points

34 comments4 min readLW link

(aaronbergman.substack.com)

Delta Strain: Fact Dump and Some Policy Takeaways

Connor_Flexman28 Jul 2021 3:38 UTC

119 points

60 comments16 min readLW link

Tentative covid surface risk estimates

KatjaGrace25 Jan 2021 9:40 UTC

92 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Covid Canada Jan25: low & slow

MalcolmOcean26 Jan 2021 11:48 UTC

26 points

7 comments4 min readLW link

Yet Another Covid Risk Calculator

Thomas Colthurst11 Oct 2021 19:24 UTC

3 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

What if we all just stayed at home and didn’t get covid for two weeks?

KatjaGrace22 Jan 2021 9:10 UTC

37 points

12 comments3 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Duckbill Masks Are Great

jefftk7 Feb 2023 3:00 UTC

22 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

The Pandemic is Only Beginning: The Long COVID Disaster

salvatore mattera11 Aug 2023 17:36 UTC

−6 points

15 comments8 min readLW link

House Covid Infection Retrospective

jefftk8 Feb 2023 2:20 UTC

25 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 1/21: Turning the Corner

Zvi21 Jan 2021 16:40 UTC

136 points

41 comments26 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Contra StatNews: How Long to Herd Immunity?

AppliedDivinityStudies20 Jan 2021 22:06 UTC

24 points

0 comments11 min readLW link

Interpreting Diagnostic Tests

Tornus15 Oct 2021 2:58 UTC

6 points

2 comments3 min readLW link

School Daze

Zvi14 Jan 2022 13:50 UTC

50 points

6 comments17 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

O2 Curve Review: Well Worth the Money

eapache6 Feb 2021 22:35 UTC

14 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

Hoarding and Shortages

jefftk25 Feb 2020 18:40 UTC

20 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Quadratic, not logarithmic

Valentin20268 Feb 2021 3:42 UTC

84 points

23 comments1 min readLW link

Betadine oral rinses for covid and other viral infections

Elizabeth24 Apr 2024 17:50 UTC

22 points

3 comments5 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Covid 9/29/22: The Jones Act Waver

Zvi29 Sep 2022 18:20 UTC

47 points

10 comments24 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Participating in a Covid-19 Vaccine Trial

ejacob11 Feb 2021 20:35 UTC

37 points

14 comments7 min readLW link

(eidan.substack.com)

Monthly Roundup #5: April 2023

Zvi3 Apr 2023 18:50 UTC

26 points

12 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Long COVID risk: How to maintain an up to date risk assessment so we can go back to normal life?

Sameerishere8 May 2022 19:56 UTC

19 points

34 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What trade should we make if we’re all getting the new COVID strain?

Jacob Falkovich25 Dec 2020 7:09 UTC

79 points

73 comments1 min readLW link

Which COVID booster to get?

Sameerishere21 Oct 2023 19:43 UTC

8 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] Should reasonably healthy people still take Paxlovid?

Sameerishere29 Sep 2022 3:41 UTC

15 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Do you believe in hundred dollar bills lying on the ground? Consider humming

Elizabeth16 May 2024 0:00 UTC

122 points

22 comments6 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

New SARS-CoV-2 variant

TheMajor20 Dec 2020 21:22 UTC

46 points

16 comments2 min readLW link

H5N1

Zvi13 Feb 2023 12:50 UTC

101 points

1 comment9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Why hasn’t there been research on the effectiveness of zinc for Covid-19?

Rudi C24 Aug 2020 20:58 UTC

12 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

RadVac Commercial Antibody Test Results

johnswentworth26 Feb 2021 18:04 UTC

243 points

30 comments3 min readLW link 1 review

We desperately need to talk more about human challenge trials.

DirectedEvolution19 Dec 2020 10:00 UTC

29 points

25 comments4 min readLW link

Participating in a Covid-19 Vaccine Trial #2: We pretty much knew it would work the whole time

ejacob27 Feb 2021 0:47 UTC

7 points

3 comments2 min readLW link

Germs and Politics

Savio Coelho1 Mar 2021 21:57 UTC

1 point

1 comment10 min readLW link

[Question] How many people have died in China from Covid-19?

Pee Doom30 Mar 2020 3:06 UTC

7 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Where did the 5 micron number come from? Nowhere good. [Wired.com]

Elizabeth9 Nov 2021 7:14 UTC

108 points

8 comments1 min readLW link 1 review

(www.wired.com)

[Question] Current guidance for COVID-19 self-care?

knite23 Aug 2020 2:10 UTC

20 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

BIDA Air Quality Measurements

jefftk16 May 2022 14:00 UTC

19 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Some things I’m looking forward to in 2021: probable post-pandemic edition

KatjaGrace17 Dec 2020 8:20 UTC

23 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Participating in a Covid-19 Vaccine Trial #3: I Hope I feel Worse Tomorrow

ejacob5 Mar 2021 0:02 UTC

8 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

Covid 2/16/23: It All Seems Rather Quaint

Zvi16 Feb 2023 15:10 UTC

25 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Which booster shot to get and when?

NormanPerlmutter19 Nov 2021 8:52 UTC

22 points

17 comments2 min readLW link

Heuristic: Replace “No Evidence” with “No Reason”

Yair Halberstadt15 Feb 2021 21:25 UTC

44 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

French long COVID study: Belief vs Infection

Bucky23 Nov 2021 23:14 UTC

40 points

11 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine and blood clots

jmh15 Mar 2021 13:16 UTC

10 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

Risk and Safety in the age of COVID

Mike Harris20 Jan 2022 18:40 UTC

24 points

14 comments10 min readLW link

AstraZeneca vaccine shows no protection against Covid-19 variant from Africa

Gytis Daujotas17 Mar 2021 18:45 UTC

13 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Covid 2/23/23: Your Best Possible Situation

Zvi23 Feb 2023 13:10 UTC

92 points

9 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What are the best resources to point people who are skeptical of getting vaccinated for COVID-19 to?

ChristianKl20 Mar 2021 11:18 UTC

13 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Canada Covid Update: thinking out loud

MalcolmOcean22 Mar 2021 21:39 UTC

35 points

6 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Why is COVID reinfection rate still so uncertain.

gleb24 Mar 2021 21:12 UTC

1 point

4 comments1 min readLW link

Coronavirus and Rents II

jefftk21 Aug 2020 2:30 UTC

11 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Should I advocate for people to not buy Ivermectin as a treatment for COVID-19 in the Philippines for now?

BrianTan31 Mar 2021 13:59 UTC

8 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 4/1: Vaccine Passports

Zvi1 Apr 2021 12:10 UTC

50 points

52 comments27 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] By which mechanism does immunity favor new Covid variants?

anorangicc4 Apr 2021 10:24 UTC

2 points

5 comments1 min readLW link

Risk Budgets vs. Basic Decision Theory

Vlad Firoiu5 Apr 2021 21:55 UTC

11 points

8 comments1 min readLW link

There Is No Control System For COVID

Mike Harris6 Apr 2021 17:16 UTC

35 points

8 comments10 min readLW link

Covid 8/20: A Little Progress

Zvi20 Aug 2020 14:30 UTC

47 points

6 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How should I behave ≥14 days after my first mRNA vaccine dose but before my second dose?

dsj8 Apr 2021 6:24 UTC

8 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Responding to common objections to the FDA unbanning Paxlovid right now

delton13726 Nov 2021 17:18 UTC

21 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(moreisdifferent.substack.com)

Covid 4/9: Another Vaccine Passport Objection

Zvi9 Apr 2021 14:50 UTC

54 points

34 comments14 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Why didn’t virologists run the studies necessary to determine which viruses are airborne?

ChristianKl20 Jun 2023 11:58 UTC

28 points

19 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How long would you wait to get Moderna/Pfizer vs J&J?

Sameerishere12 Apr 2021 18:23 UTC

25 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

Post-COVID Integration Rituals

Unreal12 Apr 2021 16:54 UTC

43 points

1 comment4 min readLW link

Covid 12/17: The First Dose

Zvi17 Dec 2020 14:20 UTC

76 points

29 comments19 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Should PAXLOVID be given preventively?

ChristianKl27 Nov 2021 16:51 UTC

11 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Submit comments on Paxlovid to the FDA (deadline Nov 29th).

DirectedEvolution27 Nov 2021 18:44 UTC

20 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Covid 12/3: Land of Confusion

Zvi3 Dec 2020 14:20 UTC

79 points

34 comments23 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Contra Mask Status

jefftk6 Jun 2023 2:10 UTC

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

It’s Time To Stop Dancing

jefftk9 Mar 2020 3:30 UTC

36 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Experience with Cue Covid Testing

jefftk1 Dec 2021 2:50 UTC

19 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] For mRNA vaccines, is (short-term) efficacy really higher after the second dose?

Sam Marks25 Apr 2021 20:21 UTC

27 points

13 comments3 min readLW link

[Question] Help me understand the rationale of the NIH to not recommend Fluvoxamine for COVID treatment.

df fd2 Feb 2022 10:23 UTC

17 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

[Question] Are there alternative routes to variolate COVID instead of the respiratory tract?

df fd2 Feb 2022 10:45 UTC

3 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Is asymptomatic transmission less common after vaccination?

Brendan Long2 Feb 2022 20:53 UTC

8 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Imagine a World Where Governments Treated COVID-19 Properly

jdcampolargo12 Aug 2020 22:52 UTC

−2 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Covid 1/5/23: Various XBB Takes

Zvi5 Jan 2023 14:20 UTC

21 points

18 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Should we postpone getting a booster due to Omicron, till there are Omicron-specific boosters?

ChristianKl4 Dec 2021 12:46 UTC

33 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 11/26: Thanksgiving

Zvi26 Nov 2020 14:50 UTC

114 points

14 comments24 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid Christmas

jefftk4 Dec 2021 22:00 UTC

20 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Which COVID-19 serology (antibody) test is best?

knite5 Aug 2020 18:54 UTC

5 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

Louisiana Gets Vaccine Passports Right

tkpwaeub12 May 2021 1:23 UTC

14 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Everything Wrong with Roko’s Claims about an Engineered Pandemic

WitheringWeights22 Feb 2024 15:59 UTC

92 points

10 comments16 min readLW link

Overall numbers won’t show the English strain coming

Eric Neyman1 Jan 2021 23:00 UTC

60 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 1/12/23: Unexpected Spike in Deaths

Zvi12 Jan 2023 14:30 UTC

31 points

2 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Starting a Rationalist Meetup during Lockdown

Felix Karg25 May 2021 15:43 UTC

29 points

2 comments11 min readLW link

[Question] Where are the post-COVID complainers?

knite28 Dec 2020 18:36 UTC

15 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

Flying With Covid

jefftk18 Jan 2023 17:00 UTC

44 points

29 comments3 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

[Question] Is there a way to test your personal COVID vaccine response? How do corticosteroids impact response?

Sameerishere3 Jun 2021 5:08 UTC

13 points

4 comments2 min readLW link

Why do people avoid vaccination?

KatjaGrace10 Feb 2022 21:10 UTC

53 points

58 comments6 min readLW link

(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

[Question] Are there reasons to think mixing vaccines is dangerous?

Maxwell Peterson3 Jun 2021 22:36 UTC

7 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Long Covid Risks: 2023 Update

Elizabeth6 May 2023 18:20 UTC

70 points

9 comments4 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Covid 1/19/23: Flipped Numbers

Zvi19 Jan 2023 13:30 UTC

19 points

4 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Am I anti-social if I get vaccinated now?

FlorianH11 Jun 2021 15:42 UTC

5 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Why are young, healthy people eager to take the Covid-19 vaccine?

CheerfulWarrior22 Nov 2020 15:24 UTC

14 points

59 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 12/16: On Your Marks

Zvi16 Dec 2021 21:00 UTC

53 points

36 comments9 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] How to think about wearing masks / distancing within the household?

Sameerishere22 Nov 2020 6:56 UTC

1 point

5 comments1 min readLW link

Covid 11/19: Don’t Do Stupid Things

Zvi19 Nov 2020 16:00 UTC

72 points

29 comments23 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Honor System for Vaccination?

jefftk24 Sep 2023 11:50 UTC

17 points

22 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 6/17: One Last Scare

Zvi17 Jun 2021 18:40 UTC

86 points

42 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 11/12: The Winds of Winter

Zvi12 Nov 2020 14:30 UTC

100 points

64 comments19 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 2/17/22: Coasting Downwards

Zvi17 Feb 2022 15:20 UTC

32 points

10 comments28 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Why did the UK switch to a 12 week dosing schedule for COVID-19 vaccines?

Eli Tyre20 Jun 2021 21:57 UTC

30 points

22 comments3 min readLW link

How humanity would respond to slow takeoff, with takeaways from the entire COVID-19 pandemic

Noosphere896 Jul 2022 17:52 UTC

4 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

[Question] Does BioNtech’s vaccine result of 90% disease prevention mean that 90% of the vaccinated can’t pass the virus to other people?

ChristianKl10 Nov 2020 15:27 UTC

15 points

4 comments1 min readLW link

Omicron Paths

jefftk20 Dec 2021 18:30 UTC

14 points

8 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Quick Poll: Booster Reactions

Elizabeth21 Dec 2021 7:40 UTC

40 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Covid 11/5: Don’t Mention the War

Zvi5 Nov 2020 14:20 UTC

64 points

16 comments28 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] What precautions should fully-vaccinated people still be taking?

Sameerishere27 Jun 2021 19:10 UTC

32 points

48 comments9 min readLW link

What’s Up With the CDC Nowcast?

Zvi22 Dec 2021 13:00 UTC

61 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Testing, Testing, Hopefully

Zvi23 Dec 2021 12:30 UTC

41 points

8 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 2/24/22: The Next War

Zvi24 Feb 2022 14:30 UTC

39 points

4 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Averting Catastrophe: Decision Theory for COVID-19, Climate Change, and Potential Disasters of All Kinds

JakubK2 May 2023 22:50 UTC

10 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

We Still Don’t Know If Masks Work

Mike Harris5 Jul 2021 4:52 UTC

21 points

25 comments3 min readLW link

Sofia, Bulgaria ACX March 2023 Social

Anastasia1 Mar 2023 12:21 UTC

1 point

0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Will the US have more than 100,000 new daily COVID-19 cases before January 1, 2022?

Annapurna10 Jul 2021 14:01 UTC

5 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Why is Covid Surveillance so Hard?

Tornus28 Dec 2021 17:41 UTC

13 points

2 comments4 min readLW link

Trick-or-treating in Covid Times

jefftk31 Oct 2020 0:30 UTC

29 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Food Spending During Covid

jefftk1 Aug 2020 17:10 UTC

10 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Vaccine Policies Need Updating

jefftk30 Apr 2023 17:20 UTC

11 points

0 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid Covid Covid Covid Covid 10/29: All We Ever Talk About

Zvi29 Oct 2020 15:10 UTC

61 points

50 comments22 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 7/22: Error Correction

Zvi22 Jul 2021 14:20 UTC

66 points

45 comments21 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Covid 7/14/22: BA.2.75 Plus Tax

Zvi14 Jul 2022 14:40 UTC

39 points

9 comments8 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Question] Is there a theoretical upper limit on the R0 of Covid variants?

CraigMichael26 Jul 2021 6:53 UTC

11 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

A reasonable debate about Ivermectin

CraigMichael27 Jul 2021 22:31 UTC

7 points

14 comments2 min readLW link

Covid 3/10/22: We Have a Plan

Zvi10 Mar 2022 16:10 UTC

37 points

3 comments12 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Omicron #16: Danger in China

Zvi14 Mar 2022 15:50 UTC

58 points

10 comments4 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Even if your Voice Shakes

Slimepriestess6 Mar 2020 18:04 UTC

49 points

17 comments1 min readLW link

(hivewired.wordpress.com)

[Question] How should we adjust microCOVID estimates for omicron, boosters, testing?

Sameerishere30 Dec 2021 0:15 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

How to get mRNA after J&J

jefftk5 Aug 2021 1:50 UTC

19 points

9 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] What do we know about vaccinating children?

Gunnar_Zarncke4 Aug 2021 23:57 UTC

17 points

12 comments1 min readLW link

The case for C19 being widespread

Hauke Hillebrandt28 Mar 2020 0:07 UTC

16 points

64 comments5 min readLW link

Scoring My AstraZeneca Predictions

Erich_Grunewald6 Aug 2021 11:52 UTC

7 points

0 comments8 min readLW link

(www.erichgrunewald.com)

R0 Is Not Counterfactual

jefftk13 Apr 2023 19:50 UTC

33 points

9 comments2 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

How can I reconcile these COVID test false-negative numbers?

Optimization Process27 Oct 2020 23:56 UTC

15 points

5 comments2 min readLW link

Effective Epidemiology

Mike Harris22 Oct 2020 19:45 UTC

26 points

13 comments9 min readLW link

(Salt) Water Gargling as an Antiviral

Elizabeth22 Nov 2024 18:00 UTC

85 points

5 comments5 min readLW link

(acesounderglass.com)

Mildly against COVID risk budgets

Optimization Process16 Aug 2021 5:53 UTC

54 points

15 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] When will kids stop wearing masks at school?

Daniel Kokotajlo19 Mar 2022 22:13 UTC

15 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

You have recovered from SARS-CoV-2. Now what?

Annapurna18 Oct 2020 17:52 UTC

15 points

1 comment5 min readLW link

Interview with Olle Häggström: Reason, COVID-19 and Academic Freedom in Sweden

Erich_Grunewald21 Aug 2021 15:08 UTC

8 points

0 comments2 min readLW link

(www.erichgrunewald.com)

Experimental longtermism: theory needs data

Jan_Kulveit and technicalities

24 Mar 2022 8:23 UTC

52 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] What fraction of breakthrough COVID cases are attributable to low antibody count?

johnswentworth22 Aug 2021 4:07 UTC

51 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How to optimize my time fighting COVID-19?

Ian David Moss19 Mar 2020 19:15 UTC

28 points

1 comment2 min readLW link

Covid 8/26: Full Vaccine Approval

Zvi26 Aug 2021 13:00 UTC

56 points

46 comments15 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

How much should we still worry about catching COVID? [Links and Discussion Thread]

MichaelStJules29 Aug 2021 6:26 UTC

5 points

2 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How Do You Convince Your Parents To Prep? To Quarantine?

Elizabeth16 Mar 2020 3:42 UTC

27 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] How does late-2022 COVID transmissibility drop over time?

Daniel Dewey22 Nov 2022 19:54 UTC

8 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

Boston Social Dance Covid Requirements

jefftk12 Apr 2023 2:30 UTC

7 points

2 comments1 min readLW link

(www.jefftk.com)

Covid 10/15: Playtime is Over

Zvi15 Oct 2020 14:30 UTC

74 points

21 comments17 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

COVID Strategy 101

Mike Harris5 Oct 2020 19:30 UTC

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Cliffs Notes: How much should fully vaccinated people care about Long COVID?

Sameerishere5 Sep 2021 22:01 UTC

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Covid 9/9: Passing the Peak

Zvi9 Sep 2021 16:10 UTC

35 points

21 comments17 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Day Zero Antivirals for Future Pandemics

Niko_McCarty26 Aug 2024 15:18 UTC

22 points

2 comments10 min readLW link

(www.asimov.press)

[Question] Recommended book for a balanced take and lessons learned from covid pandemic response

Martin Hare Robertson13 Mar 2024 18:14 UTC

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The Effectiveness Of Masks is Limited

Mike Harris21 Sep 2021 17:03 UTC

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My covid-related beliefs and questions

Severin T. Seehrich23 Jul 2024 3:27 UTC

8 points

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Sample Prevalence vs Global Prevalence

jefftk8 Jul 2024 21:00 UTC

11 points

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(www.jefftk.com)

Superforecasting the Origins of the Covid-19 Pandemic

DanielFilan12 Mar 2024 19:01 UTC

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0 comments1 min readLW link

(goodjudgment.substack.com)

[Question] Omicron variolation?

Randomized, Controlled8 Jan 2022 3:12 UTC

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Covid 12/8/22: Another Winter Wave

Zvi8 Dec 2022 14:40 UTC

23 points

8 comments11 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

[Linkpost] The Story Of VaccinateCA

hath9 Dec 2022 23:54 UTC

103 points

4 comments10 min readLW link

(www.worksinprogress.co)

patio11′s “Observations from an EA-adjacent (?) charitable effort”

RobertM10 Dec 2022 0:27 UTC

43 points

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(forum.effectivealtruism.org)

[Question] Booster shots from same vs different vaccines

Aryeh Englander9 Oct 2021 2:56 UTC

11 points

1 comment1 min readLW link

Covid 2/2/23: The Emergency Ends on 5/11

Zvi2 Feb 2023 14:00 UTC

22 points

6 comments7 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

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