Effects of the characteristic temperament of cats on the emotions and hemodynamic responses of humans PLOS One. “The characteristic temperament of cats may be a key factor influencing the health benefits of owning cats.”
Brussels to call for probe into German regulator over Wirecard FT
Wirecard Auditors Say ‘Elaborate’ Fraud Led to Missing Billions Bloomberg
Pandemic causes ‘unprecedented’ fall in global trade FT
The shape of our recovery Felix Salmon, Axios
The Coronavirus Trade-Off Was Always an Illusion John Authers, Bloomberg
#COVID-19
Calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D, is a promising candidate for COVID-19 prophylaxis (preprint) bioRxiv
‘Serious Seven’: Local health experts identify high-risk locations for COVID-19 KJRH. “The Tulsa Health Department is advising the public to take precautions at high-risk locations for COVID-19, known as the “Serious Seven,” including gyms, weddings, house gatherings, bars, funerals, faith-based activities and other small events.”
North Texas family shaken after 18 relatives test positive for COVID-19 following family gathering WFAA
Coronavirus may have infected 10 times more Americans than reported, CDC says Reuters
Shortage of vials may slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout Beckers Hospital Review
* * * How the Virus Won NYT. Stoller comments:
American elite culture today is oriented around hostility to people who have unpopular but accurate observations. Our laws and rules incentivize cheaters, looters, and superficial intellectual frauds. Of course we can’t handle a public health crisis. https://t.co/dW8h0pHc1x
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) June 25, 2020
Not to mention our for-profit health care system….
The Blood on New York’s Hands Discourse Blog. Not on the hands of New York’s “essential workers”!
As New York Reaches a Coronavirus Landmark, Parts of Red America Are Facing a Potential Disaster The New Yorker. Looks like the Red State governors are making the same mistakes that Diblasio and Cuomo did. Experience is a hard school….
The CDC Lost Control Of The Coronavirus Pandemic. Then The Agency Disappeared. Buzzfeed
* * * The Dudes Who Won’t Wear Masks The Atlantic. Much better than the headline.
Remember when seatbacks and squalling children were a problem? Thread:
about people with active respiratory symptoms (coughing and sneezing) not wearing masks. You haven’t even trained your flight attendants that masks need to go over the nose. Several people on my flight took off their masks the second takeoff happened, no one told them (2/)
— Oncokat, PhD 🧬🩺 (@Vitamin_KT) June 25, 2020
* * * What are the odds on coronavirus? Worse than most people think is the one thing we can say Tax Research UK
A Virus Study You’ve Never Heard of Helped Us Understand COVID-19 Smithsonian
Decades-Old Soviet Studies Hint at Coronavirus Strategy NYT
The Cholera Riots Tribune
China?
Hong Kong’s Cartoonists Aren’t Giving Up on Dissent The Nation
How to read between the lines of China and the EU’s diplomatic statements Quartz
Inside China’s race to beat poverty FT
China’s Go West plan fails to capture imagination of foreign firms suffering from ‘regional development plan fatigue’ South China Morning Post
Chinese structures appear near site of border clash with India, satellite images show NBC
India
Don’t Blame Modi for ‘No Intrusion’ Claim, Blame Him for Dramatic Shift in China Policy The WIre
Memories of pox, plague, and pandemics in TN People’s Archive of Rural India. TM is Tamil Nadu.
To beat the heat, Vietnam rice farmers resort to planting at night Reuters
East Africa: Ethiopia’s Nile Dam Dispute Must Be Solved Soon All Africa
Brexit
Brexit: a happy bunny EU Referendum
UK/EU
Labour’s Rebecca Long-Bailey sacked in anti-Semitism row BBC
Hating lockdown? A third of Brits have actually enjoyed it CNN
New Cold War
We Need a Vaccine for Something More Dangerous Than the Coronavirus Valdai Discussion Club
How Russians are Reading Bolton and Trump Carnegie Moscow Center
Russia cannot afford another 15 years at war with the west FT
Trump Transition
Transcript: NPR’s Full Interview With Attorney General William Barr NPR
Trump administration calls for Supreme Court to strike down ObamaCare The Hill
Stimulus checks: Prepaid debit cards come with fees and privacy strings attached CBS
$1.4 Billion in Stimulus Funds Sent to Dead People, Watchdog Finds NYT
2020
The Two Sides of Trump National Review
Black Injustice Tipping Point
It Is Time for Reparations Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times
Police State Watch
Corporate Backers of the Blue: How Corporations Bankroll U.S. Police Foundations Eyes on the Ties
FBI Expands Ability to Collect Cellphone Location Data, Monitor Social Media, Recent Contracts Show The Intercept
Yes, Defund the Cops – And Put Them Under Community Control Black Agenda Report
Failed State
Santa Cruz County lifts beach closures: ‘People are not willing to be governed’ Los Angeles Times
The world is putting America in quarantine Ryan Cooper, The Week (J-LS). As I’ve been saying…
‘Has it peaked? I don’t know.’ NIH official details foreign influence probe Science
Sports Desk
Colleges Weigh Scrapping Football Season in Threat to a Cash Cow Bloomberg (Re Silc). On the bright side: Fewer brain-damaged “student athletes.”
Guillotine Watch
Why the French Riviera is full of ghost yachts The Economist
Class Warfare
Jobs Hit Is Four Times Worse for Low-Paid Workers, Fed Analysts Say Bloomberg. Everything’s going according to plan!
Life Care fired staffer who revealed nursing home nightmare to Reuters Reuters
Philadelphia set to be first U.S. city to protect workers against retaliation for calling out coronavirus conditions Philadelphia Inquirer
Google’s Promise to Delete Your Data Has a Major Loophole Gizmodo
Antidote du Jour (via):
See yesterday’s Links and Antidote du Jour here.
