Posts by Marcellino Nehme
Lessons from the Spanish flu: social distancing can be good for the economy
Faced with the deadly covid-19 pandemic governments must decide how much economic disruption to tolerate in order to suppress the disease, or at least to slow its spread. President Donald Trump may have had the economic costs in mind when he tweeted on March 23rd, “we cannot let the cure be worse than the problem…
Read MoreFDA Grants Emergency Authorization for First Rapid Antibody Test for COVID-19
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Cellex an emergency use authorization to market a rapid antibody test for COVID-19, the first antibody test released amidst the pandemic.”It is reasonable to believe that your product may be effective in diagnosing COVID-19,” and “there is no adequate, approved, and available alternative,” the agency said in…
Read MoreV, L or ‘Nike Swoosh’? Economists Debate Shape of Global Recovery
Economists are serving up a menu of alphabet soup in trying to forecast the world economy’s recovery from what is set to be the deepest recession since at least 2009 and perhaps since World War II. “There is a complex relationship between the path of the virus, the effectiveness of virus containment and economic support…
Read MoreIndoors or Outdoors — 5 Exercise Variations for Anytime & Anywhere
Usually when people hear the words workout and training, they think “gym”. You’ve got all the equipment there, plus mats to stretch on. The greatest advantage is that you aren’t dependent on the right weather. One downside might be that it’s hard to get there. If you don’t schedule your workout right after the workday…
Read More6 Unrealistic Relationship Expectations That Will Sabotage Your Love Life
As a teenager, I expected that feeling of being in love to last a lifetime. When the reality of relationships and everyday life started to set in, I thought my husband didn’t love me anymore. Did you ever feel like that? That is, waking up to the reality of what a relationship really is. Some…
Read MoreEverything you need to know about prefab homes
Prefab construction isn’t new. From Sears Catalog Homes to the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian Automatic concrete homes, prefab homes have a rich history in the U.S. Amid today’s mounting housing costs and environmental concerns, however, prefab—or assembling a structure from components produced off-site—continues to offer alluring possibilities. Prefab home manufacturers bill their houses as cheaper,…
Read MoreAmazon and Microsoft join White House team to unleash high-performance computing on COVID-19
Less than a week after the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy organized a consortium to focus the power of artificial intelligence on addressing the coronavirus outbreak, another tech team is joining the fight — this time, armed with supercomputers and the cloud. The COVID-19 High-Performance Computing Consortium, organized by OSTP and IBM,…
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