Category: effectiveness

How to Have a Powerfully Effective Day

Many people I talk to are unhappy with their ability to get stuff done in their lives. They feel they’re wasting a lot of time, never really getting anything important done. What I like to play with is the idea of having a “powerfully effective day.” It’s a big topic, probably worthy of a whole…


Report Highlights Cost of Pandemic School Closures, Limited Effectiveness of Lockdowns

A working paper that examined how U.S. states responded to the COVID-19 pandemic found that states with strict lockdowns and other COVID-19 policies did little to prevent COVID-19 deaths, but those economic restrictions and school closures proved costly in other ways. “School closures may ultimately prove to be the most costly policy decision of the…


Vaccine Effectiveness in New York Dropped as Delta Variant Surged During Summer, Study Shows

The effectiveness of the three COVID-19 vaccines dropped significantly over the course of 10 weeks this summer when the Delta variant exploded to become the dominant strain of the CCP virus, according to a preprint study (pdf). Scientists from the New York State Department of Health and the University at Albany School of Public Health studied…