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As COVID-19 Cases Surge, Daily Deaths and the Case Fatality Rate Continue To Fall
As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, both daily deaths and the crude case fatality rate continue to decline. There are several plausible explanations for those seemingly contradictory trends, including expanded testing that identifies more mild cases, a younger mix of patients, and improved treatment. Nationwide, the number of newly identified COVID-19 cases hit […]
Hats off to the French! (I don’t say that often.)
In the News Roundup, Dave Aitel (@daveaitel), Mark MacCarthy (@Mark_MacCarthy), and Nick Weaver (@ncweaver) and I discuss how French and Dutch investigators pulled off the coup of the year this April, when they totally pwned a shady “secure phone” system used by large numbers of European criminals. Nick Weaver explains that hacking the phones of […]
Pennsylvania Is the Latest State To Loosen Occupational Licensing Rules for Individuals With Criminal Records
More than two dozen licensing boards in Pennsylvania will no longer be able to use vague “good character” provisions to block individuals with criminal records from getting permission to work in the state thanks to sweeping occupational licensing reforms signed into law last week by Gov. Tom Wolf (D). The reforms will provide new economic […]
