FT: Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus (No Paywall)

https://www.ft.com/content/19d90308-6858-11ea-a3c9-1fe6fedcca75

In this time of crisis, we face two particularly important choices. The first is between totalitarian surveillance and citizen empowerment. The second is between nationalist isolation and global solidarity
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during its 1948 War of Independence, which justified a range of temporary measures from press censorship and land confiscation to special regulations for making pudding (I kid you not). The War of Independence has long been won, but Israel never declared the emergency over, and has failed to abolish many of the “temporary” measures of 1948 (the emergency pudding decree was mercifully abolished in 2011).

COVID-19(SARS-CoV-2) Mortality Calculator

https://covid19calculator.net/

Note: With a population of 63millions and an infection penetration of 80% in the UK population, if we use a 1% mortality rate, we get potentially 90,982 deaths. These deaths are focused on the 18% of the population that are over 65years old.
The calculator allows you to change your numerical assumptions(estimates).

What’s Really Going on at Fukushima?

http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/06/15/whats-really-going-on-at-fukushima/

Fukushima will likely go down in history as the biggest cover-up of the 21st Century. Governments and corporations are not leveling with citizens about the risks and dangers; similarly, truth itself, as an ethical standard, is at risk of going to shambles as the glue that holds together the trust and belief in society’s institutions. Ultimately, this is an example of how societies fail
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Dr. Caldicott ended her speech on Sept. 2014 by saying: “In Fukushima, it is not over. Everyday, four hundred tons of highly radioactive water pours into the Pacific and heads towards the U.S. Because the radiation accumulates in fish, we get that too. The U.S. government is not testing the water, not testing the fish, and not testing the ambient air. Also, people in Japan are eating radiation every day.”

Note: There was concern about Ebola spreading beyond West Africa, what about radiated Japanese foods and products. Would criminals export contaminated cars, electronics and components?
W.H.O. seems very quiet on Fukishima but MERS in South Korea?