Israel was one of the first countries to impose a global 14-day entry quarantine in March. At the time, the quarantine seemed too broad because the virus was only widespread in a few countries, but it emerged that US Vice President Mike Pence, who was then heading up the Federal Coronavirus Taskforce, had urged Benjamin […]
Category: Covid-19
What this blog is about
I’m not a doctor. I’m not an epidemiologist, virologist, disease specialist, statistical modeller or sociologist. What I am, I guess, is a professional generalist. I take complicated issues, digest them, and break them down into simpler parts for other people, whether policymakers or the general public. Sometimes I explain or predict how one issue can […]