11 October 2020

Sunday Sundries (Delayed)

Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.

The Monty Hall problem with many doors (goats)

The law that helps citizens pry information from government is near collapse

Conversations Between the German National Library and Library and Archives Canada: Exploring Digitization Practices and Priorities
Part of a series exploring the effects of digitization on their national documentary-heritage institutions and their current priorities. Thursday, 15 October 2020, 10 am live on Library and Archives Canada’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/LibraryArchiveCanada.

COVID-19 spreading rates
Get an intuitive ‘feel’ of new COVID-19 cases spreading rates. This simulation shows you the average rate of newly reported COVID-19 cases between 29 September 2020 and 6 October 2020 for each country.

Face Masks, Public Policies and Slowing the Spread of COVID-19: Evidence from Canada
...mask mandates are associated with a reduction of 25 percent in the weekly number of new COVID-19 cases.

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