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Data-Driven Modeling of IRCU Patient Flow in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Ana Carmen Navas-Ortega, Jos\'e Antonio S\'anchez-Mart\'inez, Paula Garc\'ia-Flores, Concepci\'on Morales-Garc\'ia, Rene Fabregas
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09751

Data-Driven Modeling of IRCU Patient Flow in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Intermediate Respiratory Care Units (IRCUs) are vital during crises like COVID-19. This study evaluated clinical outcomes and operational dynamics of a new Spanish IRCU with specialized staffing. A prospective cohort study (April-August 2021) included 249 adult patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure (UHVN IRCU, Granada). Data on demographics, Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV), length of stay (LOS), and outcomes (ICU transfer, exitus, recovery) were analyzed. Patient flow was simulated using a …

Somebody at Apple had a meeting and came out of it saying, “Yes. Put Freeform in the dock by default. On every Mac.” #imaginethemeeting

The COVID-19 Inflation Weighting in Israel
Jonathan Benchimol, Itamar Caspi, Yuval Levin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.09875 https://arx…

The COVID-19 Inflation Weighting in Israel
Significant shifts in the composition of consumer spending as a result of the COVID-19 crisis can complicate the interpretation of official inflation data, which are calculated by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) based on a fixed basket of goods. We focus on Israel as a country that experienced three lockdowns, additional restrictions that significantly changed consumer behavior, and a successful vaccination campaign that has led to the lifting of most of these restrictions. We use credit…

Combo flu-COVID vaccine shows good immune response, safety in older adults:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/combo-flu-covid-vaccine-shows-good-immune-response-safety-older-adults

The US holiday is a memory now, so time to check out today's Metacurity to get briefed on the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Italian cops arrest FBI-wanted Chinese hacker who tried to steal COVID-19 vaccine
--Brazilian cops bust IT worker connected to $100m banking systems hack,
--Call of Duty: WWII yanked offline after RCE rumors,
--OpenAI beefs up corporate spying protections,
--DragonForce battles RansomHub,
--Cambod…

Italian cops arrest FBI-wanted Chinese hacker who tried to steal the COVID-19 vaccine
Brazilian cops bust IT worker connected to $100m banking systems hack, Call of Duty: WWII yanked offline after RCE rumors, OpenAI beefs up corporate spying protections, DragonForce battles RansomHub, Cambodia accuses Thai hackers of attacks, Trump's tax bill contains cyber money, much more

Major medical organizations are suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human Services
over actions they call a “public health emergency that demands immediate legal action and correction.”
“He’s doing everything he possibly can to undermine vaccine confidence,”
said Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association,
one of the organizations joining the lawsuit.
“Quite frankly, we’ve had e…

RFK Jr. sued by pediatricians, other medical groups over Covid vaccines
Several major medical organizations are suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over removing a recommendation for pregnant women and children to get a Covid shot.

This is so hilarious. Antena 3 CNN got pissed off that Simion decided to skip on the debate and run away to #Poland, so they're letting Dan answer questions normally, and digging out the worst clips of Simion to answer their questions. It's making him look so incredibly bad.
Does he show up and get bulldozed by clear concise policy positions while blabbering about covid conspira…

Good article summarizing a lot of things relevant to continued COVID'19 caution:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/beyond-long-covid-1.7485888
Key points:
COVID'19 weakens the immune system:
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So it's not just about infecting you and causing respiratory illness and fever and all of the things that we usually get with the viral infection. This virus also specifically causes your immune system to become weaker.
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It damages blood vessels:
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In addition to SARS-CoV-2's ability to dysregulate the immune system and suppress the immune system, the spike protein itself is very damaging to blood vessel structures as well as red blood cells and platelets themselves.
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The folk idea that infections make our immune system stronger and stronger like a muscle just isn't true (or at least, doesn't apply to COVID'19 because of how, unlike most other viruses, it damages the immune system):
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For the longest time in the field of immunology, there was the sort of adage that your immune system needs to be tested every now and again to stay strong. That's an old-fashioned idea.
The more new-fashioned and evidence-based idea is that, although your immune system can take on [a COVID] infection, you want to avoid testing it as much as possible because your body is sustaining damage with each infection that it survives.
"""

A Comprehensive Analysis of COVID-19 Detection Using Bangladeshi Data and Explainable AI
Shuvashis Sarker
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.07234 https://

A Comprehensive Analysis of COVID-19 Detection Using Bangladeshi Data and Explainable AI
COVID-19 is a rapidly spreading and highly infectious virus which has triggered a global pandemic, profoundly affecting millions across the world. The pandemic has introduced unprecedented challenges in public health, economic stability, and societal structures, necessitating the implementation of extensive and multifaceted health interventions globally. It had a tremendous impact on Bangladesh by April 2024, with around 29,495 fatalities and more than 2 million confirmed cases. This study focu…

"There was a recent 2024 study that showed us that individuals who survive an acute COVID-19 infection (...) on average will lose somewhere in the neighbourhood of two to six IQ points per infection."
"although your immune system can take on [a COVID] infection, you want to avoid testing it as much as possible because your body is sustaining damage with each infection that it survives."
Seriously, wear a mask 😷 .

Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio
Scientific evidence is painting an unsettling picture: COVID infections, even if mild or asymptomatic, may be causing long-term cellular and organ damage, as well as increasing your risk of developing long COVID.

Major medical groups sue Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over vaccines (Erika Edwards/NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rfk-jr-sued-pediatricians-medical-groups-covid-vaccines-rcna217218
http://www.memeorandum.com/250708/p100#a250708p100

Auch eine Form der Vergangenheitsbewältigung: alle Fotos von negativen COVID-Tests aus der Mediathek löschen. Das waren echt viele 😲. #covidisnotover, aber die Doku meiner Testvergangenheit darf gehen.

Immersive Fantasy Based on Digital Nostalgia: Environmental Narratives for the Korean Millennials and Gen Z
Yerin Doh, Joonhyung Bae
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.10013

Immersive Fantasy Based on Digital Nostalgia: Environmental Narratives for the Korean Millennials and Gen Z
This study introduces the media artwork Dear Passenger, Please Wear a Mask, designed to offer a layered exploration of single-use mask waste, which escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The piece reframes underappreciated ecological concerns by interweaving digital nostalgia and airline travel recollections of Millennials and Gen Z with a unique fantasy narrative. Via a point-and-click game and an immersive exhibition, participants traverse both virtual and real domains, facing ethical and en…

This framing of long COVID is uh chilling. Not masking in public sure seems dumb.
https://thesicktimes.org/2025/05/06/long-covid-mode-seeing-the-crisis-through-games/

Uncovering Synergistic Educational Injustices of COVID-19 and AI
Ahmad Banyasady (Malayer university)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.03095 https://

Uncovering Synergistic Educational Injustices of COVID-19 and AI
Grounded in critical realism and using narrative inquiry, this article explores this article explores the long-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence within higher education. Through the analysis of student narratives collected in Iranian university settings, the study reveals that learning experiences during and after the pandemic, coupled with unprepared exposure to AI tools, have generated hidden yet impactful layers of educational i…

I've heard unhoused folks say they don't want tents because it makes them a target. A lot more people sleeping rough with just a sleeping bag, blanket, or merely a piece of cardboard. And of course the much-sensationalized open-air drug use at 16th & Mission is partly a result of taking tents away. This is a sign of degradation and further cruelty, not success.

San Francisco homeless tent tally hits new low
The number of homeless tents on the streets of San Francisco has reached its lowest point since before the COVID-19 pandemic, data shows.

Just out! My new article, 'Reimagining Our Futures: Education and the Promise of Possibility' in Comparative Education Studies is an exercise in hope to collectively, consciously, and critically re-examine education and education systems.
We can harness education's potential of promise by questioning assumptions - which/whose knowledges are legitimised and valued; what has been counted, discounted or marginalised as evidence.

Reimagining Our Futures: Education and the Promise of Possibility    - Comparative Education Studies (CES)
Commentary Reimagining Our Futures: Education and the Promise of Possibility Prachi Srivastava | pp. 86-91 Abstract:The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the largest global disruption of schooling in recent history, resulting in immediate and cumulative ruptures. This commentary proposes a collective, conscious, and critical re-examination of education and education systems with a view to harnessing the […]

Time to get rid of the monarchs birthday holiday and associated honours list. When someone like Scott Morrison makes the list it's just a slap in the face of people who deserve recognition.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-08/sco

Scott Morrison receives country's highest honour for leading Australia through COVID crisis
The 30th prime minister has been appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia for his "eminent service" to the country and direction during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Italy arrests Chinese citizen Xu Zewei; a source says Xu is linked to hacking group Hafnium that breached Microsoft in 2021 to steal COVID-19 vaccine secrets (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/f7299b6f-2b58-46c0-bbe5-e650357e8f48

Chinese national arrested in Milan after US issues arrest warrant for Hafnium attacks https://therecord.media/chinese-national-arrested-italy-hafnium-covid

Used in Covid Shots, mRNA May Help Rid the Body of H.I.V. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/health/hiv-cure-mrna.html

Pandemic-era slump in ivory and pangolin scale trafficking persists, report finds
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/pandemic-era-slump-in-ivory-and-pangolin-scale-trafficking-persists-report-finds/

Pandemic-era slump in ivory and pangolin scale trafficking persists, report finds
A recent report surveying seizures of pangolin scales and elephant ivory over the past decade has found a sharp decline following the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from media reports, public documents, and criminal intelligence and investigations, analysts at the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) found authorities seized more than 370 metric tons of pangolin scales and […]

Ed Yong is one of, if not the top science writers in the world today. Here’s his latest blog entry. https://buttondown.com/edyong209/archive/the-eds-up-unbreaking/
Recommended.

The Ed's Up - Unbreaking
My face all the time I hope you’re all hanging in there. In the earliest months of the COVID-19 pandemic, people knew that the coronavirus that reached the...

Mapping the interaction between science and misinformation in COVID-19 tweets
Lucila G. Alvarez-Zuzek, Juan P. Bascur, Anna Bertani, Riccardo Gallotti, Vincent A. Traag
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01481

Mapping the interaction between science and misinformation in COVID-19 tweets
During the COVID-19 pandemic, scientific understanding related to the topic evolved rapidly. Along with scientific information being discussed widely, a large circulation of false information, labelled an infodemic by the WHO, emerged. Here, we study the interaction between misinformation and science on Twitter (now X) during the COVID-19 pandemic. We built a comprehensive database of $\sim$407M COVID-19 related tweets and classified the reliability of URLs in the tweets based on Media Bias/Fac…

Deep-Learning-Assisted Highly-Accurate COVID-19 Diagnosis on Lung Computed Tomography Images
Yinuo Wang, Juhyun Bae, Ka Ho Chow, Shenyang Chen, Shreyash Gupta
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.04252

Deep-Learning-Assisted Highly-Accurate COVID-19 Diagnosis on Lung Computed Tomography Images
COVID-19 is a severe and acute viral disease that can cause symptoms consistent with pneumonia in which inflammation is caused in the alveolous regions of the lungs leading to a build-up of fluid and breathing difficulties. Thus, the diagnosis of COVID using CT scans has been effective in assisting with RT-PCR diagnosis and severity classifications. In this paper, we proposed a new data quality control pipeline to refine the quality of CT images based on GAN and sliding windows. Also, we use cl…

The Impact of COVID-19 on Twitter Ego Networks: Structure, Sentiment, and Topics
Kamer Cekini, Elisabetta Biondi, Chiara Boldrini, Andrea Passarella, Marco Conti
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.03788

The Impact of COVID-19 on Twitter Ego Networks: Structure, Sentiment, and Topics
Lockdown measures, implemented by governments during the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce physical contact and limit viral spread, imposed significant restrictions on in-person social interactions. Consequently, individuals turned to online social platforms to maintain connections. Ego networks, which model the organization of personal relationships according to human cognitive constraints on managing meaningful interactions, provide a framework for analyzing such dynamics. The…

masks at protests / demographics
Interestingly, at the May Day gathering I was the only one in a mask.
Thinking about the contrast with the trans protest the other week, where "good" (fitted not floppy) masks were dotted about throughout the crowd, and felt normalised.
Today's march was a less crowded event than the trans protest, so pretty low-risk for covid transmission anyway. But then when we got to the mini-fair after the march, indoors at the Friends' Meeting House, I didn't see anyone masking indoors either.
I wonder about the demographics of that difference. Seems like there's a traditional union/Labour left who share the mainstream denial of present-day covid, and a statistically more disabled & marginalised cohort where trans awareness and disability/illness awareness overlap.
#masks #CovidIsntOver

Replaced article(s) found for cs.LG. https://arxiv.org/list/cs.LG/new
[3/6]:
- Integrating Spatiotemporal Features in LSTM for Spatially Informed COVID-19 Hospitalization Forec...
Zhongying Wang, Thoai D. Ngo, Hamidreza Zoraghein, Benjamin Lucas, Morteza Karimzadeh

Impact of COVID-19 on The Bullwhip Effect Across U.S. Industries
Alper Saricioglu, Mujde Erol Genevois, Michele Cedolin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06368 ht…

Impact of COVID-19 on The Bullwhip Effect Across U.S. Industries
The Bullwhip Effect, describing the amplification of demand variability up the supply chain, poses significant challenges in Supply Chain Management. This study examines how the COVID-19 pandemic intensified the Bullwhip Effect across U.S. industries, using extensive industry-level data. By focusing on the manufacturing, retailer, and wholesaler sectors, the research explores how external shocks exacerbate this phenomenon. Employing both traditional and advanced empirical techniques, the analys…

CDC official overseeing COVID-19 vaccine recommendations resigns (Alexander Tin/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-official-overseeing-covid-19-vaccine-recommendations-resigns/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250603/p147#a250603p147

Great to learn about crowdsourcing Latin American digital archives collecting records about the COVID-19 pandemic https://revista.arquivonacional.gov.br/index.php/revistaacervo/article/download/2297/2361?inline=1 by Ian Kisil…

Noticing a lot more coughing people on trains in #Japan recently too. Bet it's surging here too #Covid #covid19

Decentralized COVID-19 Health System Leveraging Blockchain
Lingsheng Chen, Shipeng Ye, Xiaoqi Li
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02674 https://

Decentralized COVID-19 Health System Leveraging Blockchain
With the development of the Internet, the amount of data generated by the medical industry each year has grown exponentially. The Electronic Health Record (EHR) manages the electronic data generated during the user's treatment process. Typically, an EHR data manager belongs to a medical institution. This traditional centralized data management model has many unreasonable or inconvenient aspects, such as difficulties in data sharing, and it is hard to verify the authenticity and integrity of the…

Sentiment Analysis in Learning Management Systems Understanding Student Feedback at Scale
Mohammed Almutairi
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05490 https://

Sentiment Analysis in Learning Management Systems Understanding Student Feedback at Scale
During the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, the educational paradigm has experienced a major change from in person learning traditional to online platforms. The change of learning convention has impacted the teacher-student especially in non-verbal communication. The absent of non-verbal communication has led to a reliance on verbal feedback which diminished the efficacy of the educational experience. This paper explores the integration of sentiment analysis into learning management systems (LMS)…

Lakshmi Panagiotakopoulos,
a pediatric infectious disease expert, was a co-leader of a working group on COVID-19 vaccines who advised experts on the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
She informed her ACIP colleagues of her resignation in an email on Tuesday.
"My career in public health and vaccinology started with a deep-seated desire to help the most vulnerable members of our population,
and that is not something I am able to continue…

Top CDC COVID vaccine expert resigns after RFK Jr. unilaterally restricts access
The expert said she could no longer help vulnerable people in her CDC role.

Modification of a Numerical Method Using FIR Filters in a Time-dependent SIR Model for COVID-19
Felipe Rog\'erio Pimentel, Rafael Gustavo Alves
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21739

Modification of a Numerical Method Using FIR Filters in a Time-dependent SIR Model for COVID-19
Authors Yi-Cheng Chen, Ping-En Lu, Cheng-Shang Chang, and Tzu-Hsuan Liu use the Finite Impulse Response (FIR) linear system filtering method to track and predict the number of people infected and recovered from COVID-19, in a pandemic context in which there was still no vaccine and the only way to avoid contagion was isolation. To estimate the coefficients of these FIR filters, Chen et al. used machine learning methods through a classical optimization problem with regularization (ridge regressi…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.16593 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_ees…

Empowering COVID-19 Detection: Optimizing Performance Through Fine-Tuned EfficientNet Deep Learning Architecture
The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly influenced the health and everyday experiences of individuals across the planet. It is a highly contagious respiratory disease requiring early and accurate detection to curb its rapid transmission. Initial testing methods primarily revolved around identifying the genetic composition of the coronavirus, exhibiting a relatively low detection rate and requiring a time-intensive procedure. To address this challenge, experts have suggested using radiolo…

Enhancing Document Retrieval in COVID-19 Research: Leveraging Large Language Models for Hidden Relation Extraction
Hoang-An Trieu, Dinh-Truong Do, Chau Nguyen, Vu Tran, Minh Le Nguyen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.18311

Enhancing Document Retrieval in COVID-19 Research: Leveraging Large Language Models for Hidden Relation Extraction
In recent years, with the appearance of the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous publications relevant to this disease have been issued. Because of the massive volume of publications, an efficient retrieval system is necessary to provide researchers with useful information if an unexpected pandemic happens so suddenly, like COVID-19. In this work, we present a method to help the retrieval system, the Covrelex-SE system, to provide more high-quality search results. We exploited the power of the large lan…

Tanta gente com fortes sintomas gripais (e, obviamente, nenhuma #máscara) hoje aqui. E eu não tomei ainda a nova #vacina contra a #COVID. Além do mais a vacina contra a

Vermont plastic bag use dropped 91% following ban, researchers find #Vermont

Vermont plastic bag use dropped 91% following ban, researchers find
In the midst of 2020 COVID measures, another change took place in Vermont: A law went into effect banning businesses from offering plastic bags to customers, with paper bags only available for a fee.

FDA significantly limits COVID-19 vaccine recommendations. Well, #COVID19 IS gone! Isn't it??
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/fda-significantly-limits-covid-19-vaccine-recommendations

Parents should talk to a doctor about COVID shots for kids, CDC says : Shots - Health News : NPR
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/05/30/nx-s1-5418506/cdc-covid-19-shot-kids-pregnant-women

Pics and reports on @ARRLFieldDay to follow once I've had a day to recover a bit. The club (CVARC) where I am the Field Day coordinator operated a 23A setup in challenging band conditions and I'm just amazed at how well everyone pulled together to do it. Not confirmed yet, but it's expected to be the largest such operation in the country again.
Between setup, the 24 hour event and breakdown, I walked nearly 40 miles. 🥾 A real long covid victory, that.

Look, all I'm saying is, this Kennedy psychopath is trying to kill our children. I feel like self-defense rules apply. Isn't it time for a new HHS Secretary anyway?
https://apnews.com/article/vaccines-fda-kennedy-covid-shots-rfk-tr…

New Trump vaccine policy limits access to COVID shots
Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy. Companies that want to market their vaccines to those Americans will need to conduct large, new studies, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday. It’s a major shift in FDA’s approach to updating vaccines that protect against the virus. It comes as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his appointees continue to scrutinize the use of vaccines for a numbe…

インフルエンザの検査は陰性だったけど、同じ検体で後から COVID-19 の検査もする。その後何もないので COVID-19 でもない。でも鼻水は続いている。抗アレルギー薬を試してみますか？ と医師に言われたけどひとまず見送った。いい加減開放されたいぞ。

Unser herzliches Beileid allen, die um Papst Franziskus trauern.
Wir sind ihm sehr dankbar, dass er sich immer wieder für die Seeleute und Fischer eingesetzt hat, wie in der Corona Pandemie (s. Link) - und für die zivile Seenotrettung.
In ökumenischer Verbundenheit arbeiten wir mit der katholischen Seemannsmission Stella Maris zusammen.

Vatikan beklagt fehlende Wertschätzung für Seefahrer
In einer Botschaft zum "Sonntag des Meeres" an diesem Sonntag hat der Vatikan eine mangelhafte Wertschätzung von Seeleuten in der Covid-19-Pandemie beklagt. Nur wenige Länder hätten etwa bei Impfungen Seeleute bevorzugt.

Top F.D.A. Official Overrode Scientists on Covid Shots (Christina Jewett/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/health/fda-covid-vaccines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.TU8.DowY.PpRk7raKlBxY&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/250702/p96#a250702p96

Thread from @… on new covid variant Nimbus:
#covid #Nimbus #CovidIsntOver

Do conditional cash transfers in childhood increase economic resilience in adulthood? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic shock in Ecuador
Jos\'e-Ignacio Ant\'on, Ruthy Intriago, Juan Ponce
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06903

Do conditional cash transfers in childhood increase economic resilience in adulthood? Evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic shock in Ecuador
The primary goal of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) is to alleviate short-term poverty while preventing the intergenerational transmission of deprivation by promoting the accumulation of human capital among children. Although a substantial body of research has evaluated the short-run impacts of CCTs, studies on their long-term effects are relatively scarce, and evidence regarding their influence on resilience to future economic shocks is limited. As human capital accumulation is expected to e…

Finally some good negative results #COVID19

The challenge of HEPA filters in the classrooms.
h/t @…
source: https://xcancel.com/kadamssl/status/1938267359233429683#m

Simultaneous estimation of the effective reproduction number and the time series of daily infections: Application to Covid-19
Hans R. K\"unsch, Fabio Sigrist
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21027

Simultaneous estimation of the effective reproduction number and the time series of daily infections: Application to Covid-19
The time varying effective reproduction number is an important parameter for communication and policy decisions during an epidemic. It is difficult to estimate because it depends on latent variables such as new infections and other characteristics of an epidemic which have to be inferred from available data. In this paper, we present new statistical methods for a popular model which defines the effective reproduction number based on self-exciting dynamics of new infections. Such a model is conc…

"Panel’s chair said that most scientific data supports the hypothesis that coronavirus jumped to humans from animals"
**Covid-19 origin: WHO expert group fails to find a definitive answer** | STAT
https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/27/who-expert-group-fails-to-find-definitive-answer-covid-19-origin/?utm_campaign=rss

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.12801 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_qfi…

Exploring the Interplay of Skewness and Kurtosis: Dynamics in Cryptocurrency Markets Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
We examine how skewness interacts with kurtosis within the cryptocurrency market. We show that during the COVID-19 pandemic there are more clusters of observations around the two flanks, highlighting the presence of a volatile behavior. Moreover, we document the evolvement of the interrelationship as the pandemic progresses, identifying the domination of the extremes. Our findings advance the thinking that by exploiting the interrelationship between the two higher moments of cryptocurrencies, i…

Sitting at an historic London pub. I'm drinking a pint watching @… book our next COVID vaccinations.
#CovidIsNotOver

Measuring the co-evolution of online engagement with (mis)information and its visibility at scale
Yueting Han, Paolo Turrini, Marya Bazzi, Giulia Andrighetto, Eugenia Polizzi, Manlio De Domenico
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06106

Measuring the co-evolution of online engagement with (mis)information and its visibility at scale
Online attention is an increasingly valuable resource in the digital age, with extraordinary events such as the COVID-19 pandemic fuelling fierce competition around it. As misinformation pervades online platforms, users seek credible sources, while news outlets compete to attract and retain their attention. Here we measure the co-evolution of online "engagement" with (mis)information and its "visibility", where engagement corresponds to user interactions on social media, and visibility to fluct…

Strategies and statistical evaluation of Italy's regional model for COVID-19 restrictions
Giuseppe Drago, Giulia Marcon, Alberto Lombardo, Giuseppe Aiello
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.02504

Strategies and statistical evaluation of Italy's regional model for COVID-19 restrictions
This study presents a comprehensive assessment of the Italian risk model used during the COVID-19 pandemic to guide regional mobility restrictions through a colour-coded classification system. The research focuses on evaluating the variables selected by the Italian Ministry of Health for this purpose and their effectiveness in supporting public health decision-making. The analysis adopts a statistical framework which combines data reduction and regression modelling techniques to enhance interpr…

Viewpoint: Making key COVID vaccine decisions without input, transparency is a public disservice:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/viewpoint-making-key-covid-vaccine-decisions-without-input-transparency-public-disservice

Multi-Source COVID-19 Detection via Variance Risk Extrapolation
Runtian Yuan, Qingqiu Li, Junlin Hou, Jilan Xu, Yuejie Zhang, Rui Feng, Hao Chen
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.23208

Multi-Source COVID-19 Detection via Variance Risk Extrapolation
We present our solution for the Multi-Source COVID-19 Detection Challenge, which aims to classify chest CT scans into COVID and Non-COVID categories across data collected from four distinct hospitals and medical centers. A major challenge in this task lies in the domain shift caused by variations in imaging protocols, scanners, and patient populations across institutions. To enhance the cross-domain generalization of our model, we incorporate Variance Risk Extrapolation (VREx) into the training…

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Duration of Transients in Outbreaks: When can Infectiousness be Estimated?
We investigate sub-leading orders of the classic SEIR-model using contact matrices from modeling of the Omicron and Delta variants of COVID-19 in Denmark. The goal of this is to illustrate when the growth rate, and by extension the infection transmission potential (basic or initial reproduction number), can be estimated in a new outbreak, e.g. after introduction of a new variant of a virus. In particular, we look at the time scale on which this happens in a realistic outbreak to guide future da…

My fair city of Roanoke attained “Bee City USA” status in 2022, which aims to “promote healthy, sustainable habitats for bees and other pollinators, responsible for the reproduction of nearly 90% of the world’s flowering plant species and one in every three bites of food we eat.”
Last night, a couple of garden clubs teamed up with the city to screen a new PBS Nature documentary, “My Garden of a Thousand Bees”.

My Garden of a Thousand Bees
New PBS documentary following wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn as he films more than 60 species of bees in his urban garden in Bristol, England, during the COVID-19 2020 lockdown.

Stationary and Non-Stationary Transition Probabilities in Decision Making: Modeling COVID-19 Dynamics
Romario Gildas Foko Tiomela, Serges Love Teutu Talla, Samson Adekola Alagbe, Olawale Nasiru Lawal, Isabella Kemajou-Brown
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21519

Stationary and Non-Stationary Transition Probabilities in Decision Making: Modeling COVID-19 Dynamics
This study explores the complexities of stationary and non-stationary transition probabilities within the framework of a Markov Decision Process (MDP), specifically applied to COVID-19. The research highlights the critical role these probabilities play in accurately modeling disease dynamics and informing evidence-based decisions by policymakers and public health authorities. By incorporating both stationary transition probabilities (which assume constant rates of state changes) and non-station…

Moderna pulls licensing submission for combo flu-COVID vaccine: Too bad. It was a great idea.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/moderna-pulls-licensing-submission-combo-flu-covid-vaccine

Multi Source COVID-19 Detection via Kernel-Density-based Slice Sampling
Chia-Ming Lee, Bo-Cheng Qiu, Ting-Yao Chen, Ming-Han Sun, Fang-Ying Lin, Jung-Tse Tsai, I-An Tsai, Yu-Fan Lin, Chih-Chung Hsu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01564

Multi Source COVID-19 Detection via Kernel-Density-based Slice Sampling
We present our solution for the Multi-Source COVID-19 Detection Challenge, which classifies chest CT scans from four distinct medical centers. To address multi-source variability, we employ the Spatial-Slice Feature Learning (SSFL) framework with Kernel-Density-based Slice Sampling (KDS). Our preprocessing pipeline combines lung region extraction, quality control, and adaptive slice sampling to select eight representative slices per scan. We compare EfficientNet and Swin Transformer architectur…

Unmasking inequility: socio-economic determinants and gender disparities in Maharashtra and India's health outcomes -- Insights from NFHS-5
Sharmishtha Raghuvanshi, Supriya Sanjay Nikam, Manisha Karne, Satyanarayan Kishan Kothe
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08206

Unmasking inequility: socio-economic determinants and gender disparities in Maharashtra and India's health outcomes -- Insights from NFHS-5
This research examines the persistent challenge of health inequalities in India, departing from the conventional focus on aggregate improvements in mortality rates. While India has achieved progress in overall health indicators since independence, the distribution of health outcomes remains uneven, a fact starkly highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study investigates the socio-economic determinants of health disparities using the National Family and Health Survey (NFHS)-5 data from 2019-…

More than half of America’s billion-dollar start-ups were founded by at least one immigrant,
and a quarter have a founder who arrived as a student.
https://bsky.app/profile/economist.com/post/3lqkuci6bxe2a

インフルエンザの検査は陰性だったけど、同じ検体で後から COVID-19 の検査もする。その後何もないので COVID-19 でもない。でも鼻水は続いている。抗アレルギー薬を試してみますか？ と医師に言われたけどひとまず見送った。いい加減開放されたいぞ。

Innovating China's Intangible Cultural Heritage with DeepSeek MidJourney: The Case of Yangliuqing theme Woodblock Prints
RuiKun Yang, ZhongLiang Wei, Longdi Xian
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14104

Innovating China's Intangible Cultural Heritage with DeepSeek + MidJourney: The Case of Yangliuqing theme Woodblock Prints
Yangliuqing woodblock prints, a cornerstone of China's intangible cultural heritage, are celebrated for their intricate designs and vibrant colors. However, preserving these traditional art forms while fostering innovation presents significant challenges. This study explores the DeepSeek + MidJourney approach to generating creative, themed Yangliuqing woodblock prints focused on the fight against COVID-19 and depicting joyous winners. Using Fréchet Inception Distance (FID) scores for evaluatio…

I can't believe it, but the Trump regime is actually using its abusive legal practices to do the right thing, for once!
https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/breaking-trump-doj-launches-criminal-35260670

Trump DOJ launches criminal probe into Andrew Cuomo over 'COVID cover-up'
The Trump DOJ has launched a criminal probe into former New York governor and NYC mayoral front-runner Andrew Cuomo over allegations he lied to Congress about decisions made during the COVID-19 pandemic

"Global oil demand to dip in 2030, first drop since COVID: IEA"
#Climate #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #Energy

Global oil demand to dip in 2030, first drop since COVID: IEA
Global oil demand will fall slightly in 2030, its first drop since the 2020 COVID pandemic, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday.

The State of Papers, Retractions, and Preprints: Evidence from the CrossRef Database (2004-2024)
Khalid M. Saqr
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21232 https://…

The State of Papers, Retractions, and Preprints: Evidence from the CrossRef Database (2004-2024)
A 20-year analysis of CrossRef metadata demonstrates that global scholarly output -- encompassing publications, retractions, and preprints -- exhibits strikingly inertial growth, well-described by exponential, quadratic, and logistic models with nearly indistinguishable goodness-of-fit. Retraction dynamics, in particular, remain stable and minimally affected by the COVID-19 shock, which contributed less than 1% to total notices. Since 2004, publications doubled every 9.8 years, retractions ever…

Insights in Adaptation: Examining Self-reflection Strategies of Job Seekers with Visual Impairments in India
Akshay Nayak Kolgar, Yash Prakash, Sampath Jayarathna, Hae-Na Lee, Vikas Ashok
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22741

Insights in Adaptation: Examining Self-reflection Strategies of Job Seekers with Visual Impairments in India
Significant changes in the digital employment landscape, driven by rapid technological advancements and the COVID-19 pandemic, have introduced new opportunities for blind and visually impaired (BVI) individuals in developing countries like India. However, a significant portion of the BVI population in India remains unemployed despite extensive accessibility advancements and job search interventions. Therefore, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 BVI persons who were either pursuing …

A supercharged HIV vaccine could offer strong protection with just one injection, a study in mice has indicated.
Developed by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Scripps Research Center, the vaccine includes two "adjuvants"
—materials that help stimulate the immune system response.
In the experiments, the dual-adjuvant vaccine was found to produce a wider diversity of antibodies to protect against an HIV protein than with either s…

HIV: Supercharged Vaccine Could Protect Well With Just One Dose
The approach employed by the research team could be used against other diseases—including COVID-19 and influenza.

CDC respiratory virus official resigns as former ACIP members warn of immunization progress rollback:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cdc-respiratory-virus-official-resigns-former-acip-members-warn-immunization-progress

new book about medicine history, "droplets" theory etc
"Science writer Carl Zimmer’s latest book is a brilliant history of medicine that takes us from Louis Pasteur’s germ theory of the 19th century to present day. Along the way, it offers an anthropological study of medical culture — a culture capable of ignoring science when it wants to. ...
"If COVID-19 spread in droplets, then it was worthwhile to keep people two metres apart, to put up plexiglas barriers around checkout stands, and make supermarket aisles one-way. Sanitizing countertops could break the chain of infection.
"But if COVID-19 was airborne, all those measures were pointless."
Bit of an exaggeration in that part of the article. The 2m distance does put you outside the densest clouds of exhaled breath, and sanitising countertops helps against other diseases. But yeah. A lot of effort wrongly expended due to the prevailing myth.
#CovidIsAirborne #books #history

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22688 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_qbi…

Investigating the effectiveness of multimodal data in forecasting SARS-COV-2 case surges
The COVID-19 pandemic response relied heavily on statistical and machine learning models to predict key outcomes such as case prevalence and fatality rates. These predictions were instrumental in enabling timely public health interventions that helped break transmission cycles. While most existing models are grounded in traditional epidemiological data, the potential of alternative datasets, such as those derived from genomic information and human behavior, remains underexplored. In the current…

The contribution of machine learning to the prevention of burnout among healthcare workers in Morocco
Mohammed Eddaou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05264 http…

The contribution of machine learning to the prevention of burnout among healthcare workers in Morocco
In recent years, and particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, Morocco has experienced significant pressure from user demand, leading to a significant workload in public hospitals. This situation raises major questions regarding the occupational health of healthcare staff. While previous studies have focused on the role of AI in the safety and resilience of military personnel, no research has investigated its role in protecting healthcare personnel from psychosocial risks. This inadequacy lead…

COVID before or during pregnancy may confer 2 to 3 times the risk of miscarriage:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-or-during-pregnancy-may-confer-2-3-times-risk-miscarriage

Leigh Sparks has returned to her studio in Carpenteria California after leaving for several reasons, including a cancer diagnosis, the Covid-19 pandemic and the birth of her grandchildren. 
“I’m just getting started and I want to show other women that they can do the same,” Sparks told CVN. 
Now, Sparks has elected to share her space with several other artists,
who all pitch in to pay for the cost of the space and work in the gallery throughout the week. 
Other artist…

Pandemic-era slump in ivory and pangolin scale trafficking persists, report finds https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/pandemic-era-slump-in-ivory-and-pangolin-scale-trafficking-persists-report-finds/

Pandemic-era slump in ivory and pangolin scale trafficking persists, report finds
A recent report surveying seizures of pangolin scales and elephant ivory over the past decade has found a sharp decline following the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from media reports, public documents, and criminal intelligence and investigations, analysts at the Wildlife Justice Commission (WJC) found authorities seized more than 370 metric tons of pangolin scales and […]

Advancing Digital Precision Medicine for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome through Longitudinal Large-Scale Multi-Modal Biological Omics Modeling with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
Ruoyun Xiong
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15761

Advancing Digital Precision Medicine for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome through Longitudinal Large-Scale Multi-Modal Biological Omics Modeling with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
We studied a generalized question: chronic diseases like ME/CFS and long COVID exhibit high heterogeneity with multifactorial etiology and progression, complicating diagnosis and treatment. To address this, we developed BioMapAI, an explainable Deep Learning framework using the richest longitudinal multi-omics dataset for ME/CFS to date. This dataset includes gut metagenomics, plasma metabolome, immune profiling, blood labs, and clinical symptoms. By connecting multi-omics to a symptom matrix, …

Avatars and Environments for Meetings in Social VR: What Styles and Choices Matter to People in Group Creativity Tasks?
Anya Osborne, Sabrina Fielder, Lee Taber, Tara Lamb, Joshua McVeigh-Schultz, Katherine Isbister
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21780

Avatars and Environments for Meetings in Social VR: What Styles and Choices Matter to People in Group Creativity Tasks?
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many professional entities shifted toward remote collaboration and video conferencing (VC) tools. Social virtual reality (VR) platforms present an alternative to VC for meetings and collaborative activities. Well-crafted social VR environments could enhance feelings of co-presence and togetherness at meetings, helping reduce the need for carbon-intensive travel to face-to-face meetings. This research contributes to creating meeting tools in VR by exploring the effe…

Newly appointed CDC vaccine advisory committee holds first meeting, stirs more controversy: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/newly-appointed-cdc-vaccine-advisory-committee-holds-first-meeting-stirs-more-controversy

Self-selection of Information and Belief Update: An Experiment on COVID-19 Vaccine Information Acquisition
ChienHsun Lin, Hans H. Tung
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19056

Self-selection of Information and Belief Update: An Experiment on COVID-19 Vaccine Information Acquisition
Rational information acquisition theory predicts that people select the more informative information. Thus, people's beliefs will be more persuaded by the information they select. We test the prediction in a critical real-world context -- information about COVID-19 vaccines. We conducted an online experiment in Taiwan where the subjects selected information about COVID-19 vaccines, and then the subjects updated their beliefs about vaccine effectiveness and references to vaccines. As our design …

Gender Imbalance in Physics Education and Employment in Germany: Trends and Challenges
Ruzin Aganoglu, Andrea Bossmann, Ulrike B\"ohm, Anja Metzelthin, Agnes Sandner, Iris Traulsen, Angelica Zacarias
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.19021

Gender Imbalance in Physics Education and Employment in Germany: Trends and Challenges
Gender imbalance among German physicists persists, with fewer women in advanced degrees and research leadership roles. Although female enrollment in Physics programs increased slightly until 2022, potentially influenced by COVID-19 the long-term trend remains uncertain. Despite the rise in female Ph.D. students and foreign representation, female professors in Physics and Astronomy stagnated below 14 %, indicating significant underrepresentation. Anticipated revisions to the WissZeitVG law may i…

A Data-Driven Model Predictive Controller to manage epidemics: The case of SARS-CoV-2 in Mauritius
S. Z. Sayed Hassen, A. Aboudonia, J. Lygeros
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01996

A Data-Driven Model Predictive Controller to manage epidemics: The case of SARS-CoV-2 in Mauritius
This work investigates the benefits of implementing a systematic approach to social isolation policies during epidemics. We develop a mixed integer data-driven model predictive control (MPC) scheme based on an SIHRD model which is identified from available data. The case of the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus (also known as COVID-19) in Mauritius is used as a reference point with data obtained during the period December 2021 to May 2022. The isolation scheme is designed with the control decision…

Gender Differences in International Research Collaboration in European Union
Elsa Fontainha, Tanya Ara\'ujo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00619 https://…

Gender Differences in International Research Collaboration in European Union
This paper investigates International Research Collaboration (IRC) among European Union (EU) countries from 2011 to 2022, with emphasis on gender-based authorship patterns. Drawing from the Web of Science Social Science Citation Index (WoS-SSCI) database, a large dataset of IRC articles was constructed, annotated with categories of authorship based on gender, author affiliation, and COVID-19 subject as topic. Using network science, the study maps collaboration structures and reveals gendered di…

Investigating the effectiveness of multimodal data in forecasting SARS-COV-2 case surges
Palur Venkata Raghuvamsi, Siyuan Brandon Loh, Prasanta Bhattacharya, Joses Ho, Raphael Lee Tze Chuen, Alvin X. Han, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22688

Investigating the effectiveness of multimodal data in forecasting SARS-COV-2 case surges
The COVID-19 pandemic response relied heavily on statistical and machine learning models to predict key outcomes such as case prevalence and fatality rates. These predictions were instrumental in enabling timely public health interventions that helped break transmission cycles. While most existing models are grounded in traditional epidemiological data, the potential of alternative datasets, such as those derived from genomic information and human behavior, remains underexplored. In the current…

Unraveling Global Threads: Pandemic, Geopolitical Conflict, and Resilience in Fashion and Textile Supply Chain
Md. Al-Amin, Muneeb Tahir, Amit Talukder, Abdullah Al Mamun, Md Tanjim Hossain, Nigar Sultana
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.00207

Unraveling Global Threads: Pandemic, Geopolitical Conflict, and Resilience in Fashion and Textile Supply Chain
Several noteworthy scenarios emerged in the global textile and fashion supply chains during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The destabilizing influences of a global pandemic and a geographically localized conflict are being acutely noticed in the worldwide fashion and textile supply chains. This work examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russo-Ukraine conflict, Israel-Palestine conflict, and Indo-Pak conflict on supply chains within the textile and fashion industry. This research e…

Retweets, Receipts, and Resistance: Discourse, Sentiment, and Credibility in Public Health Crisis Twitter
Tawfiq Ammari, Anna Gutowska, Jacob Ziff, Casey Randazzo, Harihan Subramonyam
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.22032

Retweets, Receipts, and Resistance: Discourse, Sentiment, and Credibility in Public Health Crisis Twitter
As the COVID-19 pandemic evolved, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) used Twitter to disseminate safety guidance and updates, reaching millions of users. This study analyzes two years of tweets from, to, and about the CDC using a mixed methods approach to examine discourse characteristics, credibility, and user engagement. We found that the CDCs communication remained largely one directional and did not foster reciprocal interaction, while discussions around COVID19 were deepl…

A new equilibrium: COVID-19 lockdowns and WFH persistence
Laura Ketter, Todd Morris, Lizi Yu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.16671 https://

A new equilibrium: COVID-19 lockdowns and WFH persistence
This paper documents a robust link between COVID-19 lockdowns and the uptake and persistence of working from home (WFH) practices. Exploiting rich longitudinal data, we use a difference-in-differences strategy to compare office workers in three heavily locked-down Australian states to similar workers in less affected states. Locked-down workers sustain 43% higher WFH levels through 2023 - 0.5 days per week - with a monotonic dose-response relationship. Persistence is driven by adjustments on bo…

Replaced article(s) found for physics.soc-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.soc-ph/new
[1/1]:
Sustained changes to urban mobility after COVID-19 amplified socio-economic inequalities in Latin...

Identifying Heart Attack Risk in Vulnerable Population: A Machine Learning Approach
Subhagata Chattopadhyay, Amit K Chattopadhyay
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21139

Identifying Heart Attack Risk in Vulnerable Population: A Machine Learning Approach
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly increased the incidence of post-infection cardiovascular events, particularly myocardial infarction, in individuals over 40. While the underlying mechanisms remain elusive, this study employs a hybrid machine learning approach to analyze epidemiological data in assessing 13 key heart attack risk factors and their susceptibility. Based on a unique dataset that combines demographic, biochemical, ECG, and thallium stress-tests, this study categorizes distinc…

Evolution and determinants of firm-level systemic risk in local production networks
Anna Mancini, Bal\'azs Lengyel, Riccardo Di Clemente, Giulio Cimini
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21426

Evolution and determinants of firm-level systemic risk in local production networks
Recent crises like the COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions have exposed vulnerabilities and caused disruptions of supply chains, leading to product shortages, increased costs, and economic instability. This has prompted increasing efforts to assess systemic risk, namely the effects of firm disruptions on entire economies. However, the ability of firms to react to crises by rewiring their supply links has been largely overlooked, limiting our understanding of production networks resilien…

The Journey of CodeLab: How University Hackathons Built a Community of Engaged Students
Renato Cordeiro Ferreira (University of S\~ao Paulo), Renata Santos Miranda (University of S\~ao Paulo), Alfredo Goldman (University of S\~ao Paulo)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.12840

The Journey of CodeLab: How University Hackathons Built a Community of Engaged Students
This paper presents the journey of CodeLab: a student-organized initiative from the University of São Paulo that has grown thanks to university hackathons. It summarizes patterns, challenges, and lessons learned over 15 competitions organized by the group from 2015 to 2020. By describing these experiences, this report aims to help CodeLab to resume its events after the COVID-19 pandemic, and foster similar initiatives around the world.

Digital payment policy impact analysis on the intention to use QRIS (quick response code Indonesian standard) during COVID-19 pandemic
Wishnu Badrawani
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.11695

Digital payment policy impact analysis on the intention to use QRIS (quick response code Indonesian standard) during COVID-19 pandemic
This study aims to evaluate the adoption of Bank Indonesia's QRIS (Quick Response code Indonesian Standard) payment system policy. The evaluation is hindered by the contemporaneous emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which acts as a confounding factor in adopting the new payment instrument. To disentangle the impact of central bank policy from the pandemic, a novel variation of the model of Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) is proposed and is estimated using purposive s…

The Bones and Shapes of the Phillips Curve
Hanyuan Jiang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14030 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.14030

The Bones and Shapes of the Phillips Curve
The COVID-19 pandemic reignited debate on the U.S. Phillips curve. Using MSA-level panel data (2001-2024), we employ a Two-Stage Least Squares (2SLS) instrumental variable strategy with a shift-share instrument to estimate core non-tradable inflation's response to a v/u-based slack measure. We distinguish structural slope stability from state-dependent non-linearities via a threshold model. Our analysis addresses whether the slope of the Phillips Curve changed during and after the Pandemic in t…