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Jonathan M. Katz writes NOT ON SUBSTACK. Go to THERACKET.NEWS to subscribe., a personal blog at katz.substack.com about politics and science. Since 2020, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.

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One commenter links to an audio interview on the blog with Dr. Jonna Mazet, a former director of a pandemic intelligence project, in a thread about novel coronaviruses in bats. Only a link, with no comment on the writing.

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  1. A recent interview with the last author, Dr. Jonna Mazet, former director of the pandemic intelligence project disestablished by the current administration in September 2019: https://katz.substack.com/p/audio-edition-the-pandemic-preve...

    Comment linking /p/audio-edition-the-pandemic-prevention

    on “Detection of novel coronaviruses in bats in Myanmar”
  2. Submitted The costs of public health officials' complicity on COVID-19 as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  3. Submitted The coronavirus disaster hasn't happened yet as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion

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