Favorites February 12th 2022
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“The damage to a generation of children’s social development and educational attainment, and particularly to the social mobility prospects of its most marginalized members, will be irrecoverable.”
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I didn't see this when it first came around, but now having read it I think it makes a strong argument.
At least 26% the mass of Earth, very cool. Although mars is sitting right here, and is 53% the mass of earth.
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That 30s flu was still way down from the 1918-1919 pandemic that was so giant it messes up the y-axis.
So compared to what happened before I guess it didn’t seem so bad, but compared to post-WWII flu it was a catastrophe.
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So, 1918 pandemic took a decade to really die to down. Definitely a worrying precedent, although we have vaccines this time around.