… but it is likely not a successful therapuetic. More research is in on differential responses to Coronavirus in the US, focusing on behaviors. In a nutshell the study finds:

“political differences are the single most consistent factor that differentiates American’s health behaviors”

so there’s that. Also, this. (Vox is doing a lot of good work on this. cuz reasons maybe?)

I just saw Tyler Cowen referenced an AEI study quantifying the optimal lockdown measures for the US tied to outcomes of policy.:

IF newly infected persons ends up only infecting one other person on average (an idea expressed as R0 = 1) we can end the lockdown in 30 to 34 weeks. If our policy intereventions do better and reduce the reproductive number so that subsequent infections average out to 0.7 new cases per infection (R0 = 0.7), 11 or 12 weeks should suffice. R0 = 0.5 would move us past the lockdown in 7 or 8 weeks. Considering that the virus seems to be transmissible well before symptoms appear, that number seems like such a tough row to hoe. Many will either be unable to physically distance themselves–for economic or other reasons; others, in the absence of sufficient symptoms will use their rationalization engines to justify social activity.

Speaking of which, once he recovers, I hope an ethics investigation into Rand Paul finds him wanting and his peers hold him to account.

Finally, it is the end of the month, so the March 2020 Spotify playlist is now public.

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