Weekly readings – 28th March 2020

@oliverbeige @jemenger @naval @balajis @MarikaKatanuma
Hi, I’m an American living in Japan. This is my on-the-ground report of Japan’s corona situation—what the rest of the world can learn from Japan, and what Japan needs to still be concerned about.

— Shane (@ShaneJ614) March 20, 2020

This is the parking garage at Vanderbilt Medical right now pic.twitter.com/SRaqoKgJxu

— Nationalize the Action Economy (@thepoeticgopher) March 20, 2020

1. I hate to invest precious time on taking apart the atrocious @aginnt article pictured below, but it is getting too much traction here and even in traditional media.

This thread could be far longer than it is, but I'm doing my best to only discuss the most glaring flaws. pic.twitter.com/EFA7ATQRbX

— Carl T. Bergstrom (@CT_Bergstrom) March 22, 2020

The Italian city that beat the plague: Ferrara. Not a single plague death since 1576. How did they do it, and what lessons can we learn today? (TLDR the thread: early preventive action, vigilance, public funding, effective borders). pic.twitter.com/U7augEdvyD

— Wrath Of Gnon (@wrathofgnon) March 17, 2020