Great news that the RSV vaccine is being rolled out for pregnant women and the elderly. For context, RSV is responsible for around 20,000 infant hospitalizations in England per year. Vaccine efficacy in reducing severe RSV is around 80%. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

One of the smartest people I know wrote a book that is definitely worth reading:

'Giving money to a charity is one of the best things you can do for others. [...] If you give $1,000 to an Extraordinary Charity, you can achieve more than someone who gives $90,000 to a Good Charity.' ourworldindata.org/cost-effective…

84% drop in Twitter revenue since its acquisition: finance.yahoo.com/news/twitters-…

People are increasingly dissatisfied with the (lacking) availability of affordable housing.

Zo in 'DIT is de Dag': is het verstandig om te proberen meer kinderen te krijgen, zoals Pieter Omtzigt gisteren opperde? Ga ik over praten met Jan Latten, Simon van Teutem en 'twijfelmoeder' Patricia de Ryck. Om 18.30 uur, NPO Radio 1.

Devastating review of the degrowth literature (561 studies): --> 'few studies use quantitative or qualitative data...' --> [those that do] 'tend to include small samples or focus on non-representative cases' -->'large majority (almost 90%) are opinions rather than analysis'

De huren stijgen dit jaar een stuk sneller dan de totale inflatie, maar in de afgelopen jaren was dat precies andersom: sinds 2019 is het gemiddelde prijspeil met 23% gestegen, huren met gemiddeld 15%

TIL that Ursula von der Leyen spent "more than a year in hiding" from Rote Armee Fraktion, enrolled at LSE under another name. Many people exaggerate how big problems we have today even compared with recent times. x.com/StefanFSchuber…

The average worker in wealthy countries now works only about half as many hours per year as in the late 19th century. Based on data from economic historians Michael Huberman and Chris Minns, the average worker used to work between 2,700 and 3,500 hours per year, which is about

Interessant Ipsos en EW onderzoek: geen bewijs dat jonge mannen conservatiever zijn dan andere. Eerder progressiever zelfs.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Ook geen merkwaardig grote kloof met hun vrouwelijke leeftijdsgenoten, qua stemvoorkeur of standpunten

The history of three infectious diseases — smallpox, polio, and measles — before and after a vaccine was available. From my article on humanity's long fight against infectious diseases: ourworldindata.org/microbes-battl…

"Global irreversible solar tipping point may have passed where solar energy gradually comes to dominate global electricity markets, without any further climate policies": Solar + storage about to be the cheapest source of electricity everywhere Just wow nature.com/articles/s4146…

Public social spending has increased very substantially in the 20th century. The chart shows that in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, governments’ social spending amounted to very little. Countries spent, at most, 1–2% of their national income on public social services.