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Justin Fox

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ARTICLES BY JUSTIN FOX

The vaccines have been spectacularly effective at preventing severe disease and death, much less so at preventing transmission (Photo: Mint)

How often do I need to get Covid to be immune?

7 min read . 01 May 2022

Sweden has been neither a success nor a failure against the pandemic (Photo: Reuters)

Sweden has not fared as well against covid as once thought

3 min read . 17 Oct 2021

Did inequality really increase during the pandemic? (Photo: HT)

Did inequality really increase during the pandemic?

7 min read . 08 Aug 2021

Photo: Bloomberg

Is your cooking gas destroying the planet?

10 min read . 13 Jun 2021

This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19. (AP)

Is Covid-19 ending in 2021?

10 min read . 17 Feb 2021

The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes covid-19 is only around 0.1 micron in size, but it virtually never travels alone, instead attaching itself to bits of saliva and other matter, so a well-fitted N95 mask is generally more effective in keeping it out. (Unsplash)

Yes, your cloth mask looks good, but it's not exactly safe

8 min read . 27 Jan 2021

How bad is the coronavirus? Let compare with SARS, Ebola, flu

6 min read . 05 Mar 2020

Facebook is a “utility,” as founder and sovereign ruler Mark Zuckerberg used to tell people before it became clear that this might have negative regulatory implications. Photo: AFP

Ousting Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook would be hard

3 min read . 17 Apr 2018

Google co-founder Sergey Brin (right) had famously said that they hired CEO Eric Schmidt (left) for ‘parental supervision.’ Photo: Bloomberg

A history of adult supervision in Silicon Valley

4 min read . 24 Aug 2017

The solar eclipse creates the effect of a diamond ring at totality as seen from Clingmans Dome, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, US. Photo: Reuters

Learning from the first eclipse media event

4 min read . 22 Aug 2017

Behavioural differences across generations can be attributed to the particular economic, political and cultural trappings of an era in which an person grows up. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Stop talking about your generation

4 min read . 21 Jul 2017

US President Donald Trump is an avowed friend of coal who has effected US withdrawal from the Paris climate deal. Photo: AFP

Donald Trump is too late to stop push for renewable energy

4 min read . 14 Jun 2017

The drop in electricity use seems to settle a turn-of-the-millennium debate about the electricity demands of the digital economy. Photo: Bloomberg

The de-electrification of the US economy

5 min read . 15 Apr 2017

Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

Is Mississippi worse off than Bangladesh?

4 min read . 16 Mar 2017

The public’s resentment of the De Witt brothers lives on in today’s dislike of elites. Photo: Reuters

They knew how to do populist revolts in 1672

4 min read . 03 Mar 2017

A big question is whether a long, messy period full of Brexits and Donald Trumps would threaten to end capitalism. Photo: Reuters

Time to restart the old capitalism death watch

4 min read . 01 Mar 2017

Since World War II, the US university system has been the envy of the world. Photo: Bloomberg

Who gains if US universities start losing out because of Trump’s policies

4 min read . 22 Feb 2017

US president-elect Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

Why Donald Trump’s claims about some US economic statistics hold good

4 min read . 15 Dec 2016

US president-elect Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

Trump and beyond: What it will take to stop globalization

3 min read . 17 Nov 2016

In his book, former CEO Jorma Ollila ascribes most of Nokia’s seemingly out-of-nowhere success in the 1990s to a combination of luck, boldness born of desperation and a unique management structure. Photo: Bloomberg

Why Nokia couldn’t beat the iPhone

4 min read . 19 Oct 2016