Tag: Covid-19

A Simple Strategy for Cheap, Quick and Relevant Tests to Combat Covid-19

April 3, 2021

Testing has not been as effective as it could have been in controlling the global pandemic because it has been too inaccessible, too slow to give results, and too expensive. If tests had been universally accessible, quick and cheap, the pandemic could have been controlled more quickly, and disruption to society could have been minimized. … More A Simple Strategy for Cheap, Quick and Relevant Tests to Combat Covid-19

The Crisis in the Universities: Is there an Alternative? The New School and Beyond.

July 5, 2020

  [The post below was from July 2020, and responded to measures taken by the University administration in response to a perceived pandemic related financial crisis. For my more recent writings on University finances in response to the present (December 2022) strike, please see here]. __________________ My academic institution, like many others in the world, … More The Crisis in the Universities: Is there an Alternative? The New School and Beyond.

The Covid-19 crisis in India, the US, and the World (English Text of Interview with Telugu newspaper Eenadu)

April 21, 2020

Text of my responses sent on April 10th (in English) to questions by Telugu Newspaper Eenadu reporter Narasimha Reddy, leading to an interview published on April 16th.  Much has changed already in the fast moving world of the Covid-19 crisis, but I put up these questions and responses in case of interest to readers in … More The Covid-19 crisis in India, the US, and the World (English Text of Interview with Telugu newspaper Eenadu)