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- Aylin Woodward voor Business Insiderza. 30 mei ’20
There’s a demonstrated way to avoid lockdowns and still stop the coronavirus’ spread. South Korea has been doing it for months.
South Korea has been lauded for its success in controlling its original coronavirus outbreak. Like Sweden, the country never fully locked down. But South Korea’s epidemic curve quickly dropped. South Korea has tested widely and leveraged smartphone a…
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- Aylin Woodward voor Business Insidervr. 29 mei ’20
The Chinese CDC now says the coronavirus didn’t jump to people at the Wuhan wet market — instead, it was the site of a super-spreader event
Experts think the new coronavirus originated in bats, then jumped to humans via an intermediary animal species. Initially, authorities in Wuhan, China – where the first cases were reported- thought that jump happened at a local wet market. Now, the C…
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- Aylin Woodward voor Business Insidervr. 29 mei ’20
SpaceX’s big launch aims to send NASA astronauts to the International Space Station — a 21-year-old laboratory orbiting 250 miles above the Earth
SpaceX is preparing to launch two NASA astronauts on its Crew Dragon spaceship for the first time. The launch was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon but delayed until Saturday due to bad weather. The two astronauts are headed to the International Spac…
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- Aylin Woodward voor Business Insiderdo. 28 mei ’20
Trump declared houses of worship essential. Mounting evidence shows they’re super-spreader hotspots.
President Trump designated churches and other houses of worship as essential services on May 22. There have been multiple reports of super-spreader events at US churches and synagogues, as well as a South Korean temple. During these events, an infect…
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- Aylin Woodward voor Business Insiderdo. 28 mei ’20
The coronavirus has killed more than 100,000 Americans in just over 4 months
More than 100,000 Americans have died from the new coronavirus. The first known US death from COVID-19 came on February 6 in California. According to experts, 83% of the US deaths could have been avoided if the country had locked down on March 1 beca…
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- wo. 27 mei ’20
5 ways people could transmit the coronavirus — from respiratory droplets to semen — ranked in order of risk
The coronavirus has one main mode of transmission: respiratory droplets that leave a person’s mouth or nose when they sneeze, cough, or talk. Studies have also found virus particles in the air as aerosols, as well as in feces and semen, but those pos…
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- Aylin Woodward voor Business Insiderzo. 24 mei ’20
Lockdowns cut daily carbon emissions in April to 17% below last year’s average — but that only gets us back to 2006 levels
Lockdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic have had an extreme, unprecedented environmental impact. In April, global carbon emissions per day were 17% lower than they were on average the year prior, a new study found. A drop in emissions from cars, bu…
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- zo. 24 mei ’20
How to make good enough choices during the coronavirus pandemic, since making risk-free decisions is impossible
As states begin to reopen, many people are weighing the risks of new activities, like going to the beach, on top of old ones, like touching doorknobs. Unfortunately, there’s no such thing as risk-free, and the changing and stress-inducing nature of t…
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- Aylin Woodward voor Business Insiderza. 23 mei ’20
South Korea just flexed its contact-tracing power: After partiers with the coronavirus went to nightclubs, it found and tested 46,000 exposed people
South Korea successfully controlled its original coronavirus outbreak in just three weeks. After some infected partygoers spread the virus in several Seoul nightclubs in early May, South Korea saw another flare-up. The country was able to quickly con…
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- vr. 22 mei ’20
The coronavirus pandemic in 32 charts and maps
The coronavirus has killed more than 335,900 people and infected more than 5.1 million. Here’s what to know about the virus – including symptoms, spread, and travel warnings – in 32 charts and graphics. For the latest coronavirus news, see Business I…
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