May 2020 – Link(s) of the Day

America Sabotaged the Solution to Its New Higher-Education Crisis

Many families are turning to community colleges amid the pandemic, but the schools aren’t equipped to handle an influx of students.

By the Numbers: Here’s What Reopening America’s Restaurants Is Going to Look Like

It might be time to lower your summer expectations

The Cannonball Run record has been broken seven times in five weeks

The Cannonball Run record was beaten seven times in five weeks

Our weird behavior during the pandemic is messing with AI models

Machine-learning models trained on normal behavior are showing cracks —forcing humans to step in to set them straight.

Column: No middle seats? Some companies’ bold pandemic promises are easier made than kept

Nobody’s suggesting the coronavirus has been good for businesses.

We don’t have a president, or a plan

60 days into the coronavirus crisis, the White House does not have a plan, a framework, a philosophy, or a goal.

Early Herd Immunity against COVID-19: A Dangerous Misconception

Bloomberg School of Public Health epidemiologists David Dowdy and Gypsyamber D’Souza explain the misconceptions around herd immunity as we discuss when and how to phase in re-opening.

There Is Still No Plan

The lockdowns were an expensive way to buy time. The government has squandered it.

Scientists say a now-dominant strain of the coronavirus appears to be more contagious than original

A mutation in the novel coronavirus has led to a new strain viewed as more contagious than the virus that emerged from China, according to a study led by Los Alamos researchers.