2020’s 20 most-commented stories

Each year we bring you the most-read stories of the year and a list of the stories with the most comments. There can be a fair bit of overlap: after all, the most popular stories can engender a lot of heated discussion and strong opinions. That was definitely true in 2020.

Like every year, there is a mix of topics on the list. But to no one's surprise, many of the stories below involve actions by the most polarizing political figure of the year (decade? century?) in the United States: President Donald Trump. Whether it was the president catching COVID-19, campaign ads with Nazi-associated imagery, or firing the nation's cybersecurity chief after a fair and free election, the things President Trump did got people talking.

So without further ado, here are the 20 most-commented-upon stories from Ars in 2020, alongside the highest-rated and most-insightful comments, as voted on by our readers.

20. Trump audio shows he knew about COVID’s severity even as he misled public

On February 7 this year, President Donald Trump admitted in an interview with journalist Bob Woodward that the coronavirus was far more deadly than the flu even as Trump continued misleading the public about the pandemic's severity. In another interview on March 19, Trump told Woodward that he was intentionally downplaying the virus's severity. "I wanted to always play it down," Trump said.

Highest-rated and most-insightful comment, from Lee Hutchinson:

Quote:
Woodward:
But let me ask you this. I mean, we share one thing in common. We’re White, privileged, who- my father was a lawyer and a judge in Illinois, and we know what your dad did.

Do you have any sense that that privilege has isolated and put you in a cave to a certain extent, as it put me, and I think lots of White, privileged people in a cave. And that we have to work our way out of it to understand the anger and the pain, particularly Black people feel in this country. Do you feel—

Trump:
No. You really drank the Kool-Aid, didn’t you? Just listen to you. Wow. No, I don’t feel that at all.

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19. Tesla drops lawsuit against Alameda County

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the United States, state and local government officials mandated closures of nonessential businesses in an attempt to contain the spread. Tesla CEO Elon Musk was not a fan, as he decided to reopen his Fremont, California, plant despite a closure order from Alameda County officials.

Highest-rated comment, from grahamwilliams:

I really am curious at what dollar amount people tip over from "bold, capitalist innovator" into "moustache twirling bad guy" - because it seems to be a trend.

Most-insightful comment, from Edified:

Alameda County Population ~1,671,000 has had a maximum of 93 simultaneous hospitalizations which peaked on March 10th, currently 77 are hospitalized.

There have been 71 deaths total over the course of the pandemic, 23 in the age category 71-80 years old and 29 in the 81+ category and other cover related deaths.

Retrieved 05/11/2020

http://www.acphd.org/2019-ncov.aspx

https://ac-hcsa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/op ... f7f8e7f0d9

https://ac-hcsa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/op ... 3e7c7b5b3d

Whatever you think this is intended to say, don't get angry at the data.

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18. Pick your poison: The potential Iranian responses to US drone strike

2020 started with the United States assassinating Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force commander Major General Qasem Soleimani. We managed to coax Ars alumnus Sean Gallagher out of retirement to opine on Iran's possible responses to the US drone strike. Spoiler alert: Iran responded with cruise missile attacks against American bases in Iraq.

Highest-rated comment, from bthylafh

We had a treaty with Iran that they were abiding by, but we had to elect this chump who's insanely jealous of what Obama accomplished.

Most-insightful comment, from adamrussell

The attack also killed Iraqi civilians.

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17. Trump administration reverses plan, will fund COVID-19 testing

In April, the Trump administration threatened to pull federal funding from community-based, drive-through COVID-19 testing sites. The funding program originally included 41 sites across the US, and many of those would've closed when funding ended, had the administration not changed course. The states were able to either continue receiving funding and support for the sites or take over operations themselves.

Highest-rated comment, from Pusher of Buttons:

Well you have to admit it's a genius way to lower the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths provided you're a total sociopath

Most-insightful comment, from Bongle

RobTheRenderer wrote:
And we still have Bernie Bros who will vote for this idiot (or at least, not vote for Biden) because their guy didn't win.

The good news is that there likely won't be anyone making the mistake of assuming Biden will win and using that as an excuse to stay home like I imagine many Hillary voters did.

The bad news is that since Republicans as a group are taking the virus less seriously, they will be less dissuaded from voting by potential sickness if it's still widespread in November.

Really bad news: the virus gives Trump et al lots of reasons to restrict voting in urban centers, while leaving it unrestricted in rural areas, which could create a huge swing. See what Milwaukee turnout was like in Wisconsin this week...

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16. “Hell no!” States aren’t ready for Trump’s phased reopening, experts say

One of the themes of Trump's handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic has been to urge states and municipalities to lift restrictions on businesses as quickly as possible despite evidence that the pandemic was nowhere near under control. One of the first examples of this came back in April, when the Trump administration unveiled reopening guidelines, and Trump encouraged states to begin reopening "literally tomorrow." Public health experts offered mixed reviews of the plan, with epidemiologists pointing out a lack of available COVID-19 tests and associated contact tracing.

Highest-rated comment, from Imbrium:

Before the news conference, he also called for citizens in several states with dem governors to rise up and oppose the stay at home orders. Not often you see a sitting president call for insurrection.

Most-insightful comment, from Imbrium:

Here is the data from those states:

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/17/politics ... index.html

Quick summary of increases in the past week:

OK up 53%
AR up 60%
NE up 74%
IA up 82%
SD up 205%

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15. Facebook pulls Trump campaign ads for featuring Nazi-associated image

2020 has arguably been one headache after another for Facebook, most of which have been self-inflicted. One example came from campaign ads from the Trump campaign that paired incendiary language about "dangerous MOBS of far-left groups" with an inverted triangle symbol used by the Nazis to identify political prisoners in concentration camps. Facebook finally pulled the ads after 15 days and eventually banned political ads in the aftermath of the presidential election.

Highest-rated comment, from dmsilev:

'Too overtly Nazi for Facebook' is, in its own way, an impressive achievement.

Most-insightful comment, from SixDegrees:

So, this is very troubling: Trump just fired the entire leadership of US Agency for Global Media (Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and similar) and replaced them with a former Bannon compatriot, replacing them with ultra-conservative Trump supporters and far-right theocrats intent on turning these outlets into a US-backed propaganda arm for their views.

I'm aware of the controversy surrounding these efforts in the past, but this ramps things up dramatically.

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14. This is Apple’s roadmap for moving the first Macs away from Intel

Before there was the M1 MacBook Air and Mac mini, there was only an announcement and a plan. It involved the return of universal binaries (Universal 2), so that developers could build one app for both platforms, and a new Rosetta emulator, so x86 code could run on ARM-based Macs. Spoiler alert:

Highest-rated comment, from Static and Noise:

"Great for games". Ah, well, we'll see about that.

Most-insightful comment, from saintjude:

Initially I was horrified (I absolutely need to run high performance Windows software in a virtual machine...or get rid of my Macs.)

But after a bit of reading it appears that Microsoft has apparently already solved this problem with their Windows on ARM systems. The new translators live somewhere between interpreting the x86 code (traditional emulation) and recompiling it, so the first time a new program runs, the system generates and caches ARM native code replacements for the x86 commands. I'm sure it has limits, but it doesn't sound like nearly the performance horror show that the old Motorola to PowerPC transition was.

I think this is doable. The big question might be if they can actually take on high end chips or if this will just be for entry to mid level systems.

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13. “Krebs has been terminated”: Trump fires cybersecurity chief on Twitter

President Trump has made repeated false claims that there was large-scale fraud in the presidential election that prevented him from winning a second term. Judges in battleground states found no legal basis for allegations of fraud, dismissing each and every lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign. In addition, his own cybersecurity czar, Chris Krebs, said there was no evidence to support Trump's accusations. To no one's surprise, Krebs was fired by Trump not long after refuting his claims.

Highest-rated comment, from Rockchurch:

Banana fucking republic.

Most-insightful comment, from jranson:

The CISA was formed in 2018 and was staffed by President Trump. So this is not the "deep state" or anything like that. These are his own hires who he built the office from scratch with, who are patriotically refusing to go along with his lies.

Edit: Response from Mr. Krebs: https://twitter.com/C_C_Krebs/status/13 ... 2071783424¹

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12. US projects 200,000 new COVID-19 cases per day, 3,000 daily deaths by June

Even while President Trump was offering assurances that COVID-19 was going to be brought quickly under control, leaks showed that he knew otherwise. An internal administration document predicted in April that the daily death toll would hit 3,000 by June 1, with about 200,000 new cases each day. Unfortunately, we're still stuck around those numbers in the US, due in no small part to the administration's mismanagement of the pandemic. As of late December, the seven-day average of daily new cases is around 200,000 cases. The seven-day average of daily deaths is over 2,600, with several days this month seeing over 3,000 deaths.

Highest-rated and most-insightful comment, from CraigJ:

Orange Shitstain Virus Timeline®
Quote:
2/24/2020 - The Coronavirus is very much under control in the USA. We are in contact with everyone and all relevant countries. CDC & World Health have been working hard and very smart. Stock Market starting to look very good to me!

Quote:
2/25/2020 - CDC and my Administration are doing a GREAT job of handling Coronavirus, including the very early closing of our borders to certain areas of the world. It was opposed by the Dems, “too soon”, but turned out to be the correct decision. No matter how well we do, however, the.....

Quote:
2/26/2020 - “The infection seems to have gone down over the last two days,” Trump says at a White House news conference. “We’re going to be pretty soon at only five people. And we could be at just one or two people over the next short period of time.”

Low Ratings Fake News MSDNC (Comcast) & @CNN are doing everything possible to make the Caronavirus look as bad as possible, including panicking markets, if possible. Likewise their incompetent Do Nothing Democrat comrades are all talk, no action. USA in great shape!

Quote:
2/27/2020 - “It’s going to disappear,” Trump says in a White House briefing. “One day it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”

Quote:
3/5/2020 - Gallup just gave us the highest rating ever for the way we are handling the CoronaVirus situation. The April 2009-10 Swine Flu, where nearly 13,000 people died in the U.S., was poorly handled. Ask MSDNC & lightweight Washington failure @RonaldKlain, who the President was then?

Quote:
3/6/2020 - Trump visits the CDC laboratories and calls the pandemic “an unforeseen problem”.

“What a problem,” he says. “Came out of nowhere.”

The stock market begins to plunge in earnest, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average shedding more than 20% in next two weeks.

Quote:
3/9/2020 - So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!

Quote:
3/13/2020 - “I don’t take responsibility at all.”

...

Need I go on?

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11. President Trump: “Melania and I tested positive for COVID-19”

"Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19," President Trump posted on Twitter in early October. This came as a surprise to almost no one, given Trump's disregard for masks, social distancing, and other things that prevent the spread of COVID-19. Trump was eventually hospitalized and was treated with antivirals, and COVID-19 cases have continued to pop up in his administration ever since.

Highest-rated comment, from nullInfinity:

It is what it is.

Most-insightful comment, from FireWraith

For those asking - if a presidential candidate dies prior to the election, their respective party gets to select a replacement by their own rules (and it need not be the VP).

It also doesn't matter what happens with the ballots either, because you don't technically vote for Biden or Trump (or whomever) - you vote for a slate of electors pledged to them, which is generally comprised of various party stalwarts, local chairpersons, and so on. Thus, you're really voting for the Democratic or Republican electors. Some states have rules binding the electors, but those restrictions are moot (IIRC) if the candidate dies prior to the Electoral College vote.

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10. Doctors still evasive on Trump’s health as he leaves hospital

After being hospitalized several days for a coronavirus infection and receiving two experimental treatments, supplemental oxygen, and a steroid drug used only for the most severe COVID-19 cases, President Trump on was discharged from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and returned to the White House. With the administration's history of being less-than-forthcoming about Trump's health and the president's history of downplaying the pandemic, there was some concern that he was rushing from the hospital to the White House.

Highest-rated comment, from DaveSimmons

Good thing every American has access to that level of health care.

Good thing Trump supports health care for all Americans, not just salaried employees of large corporations.

Oh, wait. They don't, he's trying to take away insurance from millions by killing the ACA, and he's helped kill 210,000 American citizens.

Elections have consequences.

Most-insightful comment, from BatCrapCrazy:

He's on TV right now and if you watch closely you can see the labored breathing by the deep inhales through the mouth then a few short one through the nose. He is/was also tugging on the bottom of his suit (and shirt?) and tilting his head back as if trying to get more air. I'm no doctor but Covid-Donny is still sick as hell imo.

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9. So, it turns out SpaceX is pretty good at rocketing

"Powered by three Raptor rocket engines, SpaceX's 50-meter-tall Starship vehicle climbed out over the Gulf of Mexico. After a couple of minutes, one by one, the Raptor engines blinked off by design. It was not immediately clear how high Starship reached, but the craft appeared to come close to the 12.5km ceiling on the flight test."

That's how Eric Berger described SpaceX's latest success, with Starship.

Highest-rated comment, from abie:

This is the single coolest thing I've seen in my life. Regardless of your opinion of Elon Musk as a person, you have to admit that the man is dragging humanity towards a brighter future.

Most-insightful comment, from mhalpern:

TetsFR wrote:

Amazing test results, and epic finish!
What was the green color from the engine ?

yes, not enough fuel means a lot of hot oxygen finding an alternative fuel in the copper lining of the combustion chamber

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8. As Trump falsely claims victory, Twitter and Facebook counter misinformation

Political campaigns are the worst, at least in the United States. Thankfully, things generally improve after an election. Unfortunately, 2020 decided to 2020 after the presidential election, as President Trump refused to accept defeat and concede the election. This put Facebook and Twitter in a tough position, as social networks are prime vehicles for disseminating disinformation. Both platforms took steps to counter Trump's false claims. Facebook began running notifications about vote counting, while Twitter added labels to Trump's false election claims. Our story ran on the day after the election, and the highest-rated comment was a request:

Highest-rated and most-insightful comment, from Aurich Lawson:

Everyone is stressed out today. If you're angry or depressed or anxious or anything else I certainly get it.

Please keep it civil and polite with your discussions with fellow posters, even if you don't agree with them. We can be better than social media here.

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7. Trump’s infection, outlook with COVID-19 and the risk of White House spread

Many, many questions popped up in the wake of the president's COVID-19 diagnosis, including when he was infected and who else might have been exposed. Before Trump's diagnosis was made public, we learned that presidential advisor Hope Hicks tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

We still don't where and how Trump was infected, although there were a number of occasions when that could have happened, but there is evidence that many people in his circle may have been exposed while he was infected.

Highest-rated comment, from Fabermetrics:

Trumps mistake was getting tested. If he didnt get tested there would be no positive cases in the White house.

Most-insightful comment, from Lord Bobbymort:

Don't forget to mention that Hicks received a positive test Wednesday evening and Trump still decided to go forward with a fundraising event Wednesday night and an indoor rally, and another fundraising event on Thursday.

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6. Google’s Supreme Court faceoff with Oracle was a disaster for Google

Who loves a good, meaty copyright dispute over APIs? Ars readers! In October, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Oracle's decade-long battle with Google over the latter's use of Java APIs in Android. The case has wound through the courts for years, and there's a lot at stake for Google, which could be on the hook for damages in the billions. We're still waiting for a decision, which should come during the first half of 2021.

Highest-rated comment, from GrandMasterBirt:

A copyright on APIs could be disasterous. It would turn the concept of creating APIs so others can implement their own versions on its head. Would destroy any "windows emulators" like WINE because they use windows apis without the windows implementation.

This would be so so so bad.

Most-insightful comment, from Timothy B. Lee:

TROPtastic wrote:
Why did Google have only one lawyer making arguments for a case this important? I would have guessed that an entire legal team would have gone over the verbal arguments to make sure they were rock solid and covered multiple angles.

There's always only one lawyer arguing each party's case before the Supreme Court. The conventional wisdom is that it's better to pick an experienced member of the Supreme Court bar and have them learn the issues in a particular case than it is to take the risk of putting a subject-matter expert in front of the Supreme Court for the first time. Goldstein is one of the most experienced Supreme Court litigators. But it didn't seem to me like he really understood what was at stake in the case—or at least he did a bad job of explaining it to the justices. I think it might be hard to understand if you don't have a software background.

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5. New coronavirus outbreak in Trump White House as Biden celebrates victory

President Trump's experience with COVID-19 was not enough to bring changes to the White House, at least as far as protocols that can stem the spread of the disease. The result was another coronavirus outbreak inside the White House. Six staff members, including chief of staff Mark Meadows, caught the bug.

In contrast, after prevailing in the election, President-elect Joe Biden immediately got to work assembling a group of health and technology experts. The goal is to "set a much-needed new tone on the pandemic response and mitigation efforts, including physical distancing and proper use of masks."

Highest-rated comment, from illandous:

I'm looking forward to the CDC getting back some of it's luster.

Most-insightful comment, from Arember:

As an Australian who has watched the US situation with dismay, I can't tell how exciting it is to read about sensible measures being taken to address this terrible situation.

To US readers, it's going to be really tough to get this under control, but it *can* be done. Over here, we had our own out-of-control surge in cases and went into a tough lockdown that copped a lot of criticism. The state premier gave a press conference, often with the Chief Medical Officer every day for 120 days, outlining what was happening and why.

Now, the state has had its 8th consecutive day of zero new cases. Doughnuts for everyone!

So hang in there - you can do it!

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4. Trump’s doctor dodges questions, suggests president tested positive Wednesday

When the head of state of a large country tests positive for COVID-19, people want to talk about it. In this case, the commentary followed a press briefing by White House physician Dr. Sean Conley, in which he raised more questions than he answered. Left unanswered were questions about whether the president had received oxygen, how bad his fever was, and when his last negative COVID test was.

More importantly, the lack of details made it difficult for people who may have been around Trump to know what precautions they should take. This was especially important, as Trump may have had a transmissible case of COVID-19 at the first presidential debate.

Highest-rated comment, from Statistical:

phred14 wrote:
Is it at all telling that they have given POTUS two experimental therapies now? I didn't know that remdesvir was still experimental until reading a news report, but the antibody treatment clearly was. I'd have generally thought that they would give someone of the station of POTUS approved (conservative, old definition of the word) medical treatment.

Yeah you don't give the President of the United States two experimental treatments if everything is fine. Trump likely will survive but things are worse than the rosy statements they are making.

It is galling that Trump may survive due to extreme measures on the taxpayers dime while trying take healthcare away from 20 million Americans.

Most-insightful comment, also from Statistical:

HistoryDave wrote:
Chances of Biden falling ill?

TBD, I suppose. This is going to be a long few days.

Unconscionable, and they're going to get away with it, too.

There just isn't enough information to know for sure. They were 12 ft apart but Trump was shouting nonstop likely spitting in the process for 90 minutes. Also Jill Biden was in the crowd and so was Melania and the entire Trump crime brood refused to wear masks.

The median time from infection to symptoms is 5 days. Biden seems to get tested in the morning so if he tests negative and has no symptoms on Monday morning that would be a good sign. He is past 50% of case developments. It is a bell curve after that. 80% of cases develop within 9 days so that would be next Friday morning. To be absolutely sure would require 19 days from exposure which would be 10/18.

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3. It’s becoming clear why the US’ response to COVID-19 is terrible

I'll let Dr. John Timmer's writing speak for itself here: "The United States, already in possession of the largest number of infections in the COVID-19 pandemic, seems strangely committed to making things worse. As new infections have shot up to record levels, a major retailer made basic protective steps optional before reversing its decision, while the governor of Georgia is moving to block any local authorities from acting to protect their citizens. This is despite the fact that the head of the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has said: 'If we could get everybody to wear a mask right now, I really think in the next four, six, eight weeks, we could bring this epidemic under control.'"

The worst—and most tragic—thing is that things have not changed enough in the five months since that story was published. Hopefully the arrival of a vaccine and new presidential administration will get the United States pointed in the right direction with regard to the pandemic.

Highest-rated comment, from Thad Boyd:

Nowicki wrote:
Covidiocracy

I wish.

In Idiocracy, the president found the smartest man in the world, asked him for help, and did what he said.

Most-insightful comment, from AdamM:

cstalt wrote:
This interview was an absolutely travesty. Trump just--on the fly-- makes up that we have the lowest mortality of any country when we are actually doing horribly.

I wish his followers would watch this.

His followers are just as deluded as he is. I work in healthcare and see doctors and nurses who are Trump supporters regurgitate his rhetoric as they watch the world burn at their feet. It’s amazing how ideology will turn otherwise smart people into dumbasses.

2. Oracle copied Amazon’s API—was that copyright infringement?

In January, we ran an op-ed piece from the head of a nonprofit think tank in Washington, DC. The topic was one that always gets jaws waggling on Ars: copying APIs. The argument is that copying APIs is essential to competition in the software industry. The author, Charles Duan, raised the point of Oracle's use of Amazon's S3 API in its cloud offerings. Oracle copied many elements of Amazon's APIs, down to individual tags. Furthermore, Oracle may not be compliant with the Apache 2.0 license in its use.

The danger, Duan argues, is that upstarts will find it hard to compete with established players if they need to get permission each time they want to use an API.

Highest-rated comment, from gijames1225:

I am curious as to what company would ever do business with Oracle after this. Yes, please use Java, but be warned that if you build something really cool with it and make a bunch of money, we'll sue you and shut you down unless you pay us off!

Not a good marketing line with which to sell your programming language...

Most-insightful comment, from malor:

To my mind, an API is a description of an interface. It's a contract, in essence, that says "if you call function X with parameter Y, it will return Z." With a complex system like, say, a windowing environment, it might define its own data types and give you a ton of functions for manipulating them.

But the API itself has no functional code; it doesn't say how to do these things, just that they'll be done for you if you call the functions. It's a description of what will happen, not code that actually does anything.

There's not really anything expressive about an API. They're an interface, not a copyrightable good. Consider driving, for example: push the gas pedal and the car goes faster, push the brake and the car slows down, turn the wheel and the front wheels turn left or right. That's an interface, and nobody should be able to own that. Every car may (and probably does) implement that interface in a different way internally, this is just a definition of what inputs you apply to make the output you want happen.

If Ford had been able to copyright the steering wheel, we still would only be able to have a steering wheel in Fords. Every other car would need a different control scheme.

edit: In other words, nobody would be able to compete with Ford by providing a substitute good that worked the same way. Chevy should be able to provide a car that operates in the exact same fashion, even if it's completely different internally, allowing a Chevy car to substitute for a Ford one.

Not allowing this would badly, badly damage competition. If you learned to drive Ford, you'd be locked into Ford until you learned Chevy skills. Learning a different driving interface probably wouldn't be that hard, but converting between software interfaces is incredibly costly and painful.

second edit: fixed some poorly chosen verb tenses.

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1. Don’t Panic: The comprehensive Ars Technica guide to the coronavirus

To no one's surprise, the story that was read more than any other at Ars Technica in 2020 is also prompted the most comments.

I want to use this space to give a well-deserved shout-out to our Science team. Dr. Timmer has been a steady hand at the wheel of Ars' science coverage for well over a decade. And Dr. Beth Mole has spearheaded our COVID-19 coverage since this horrid experience began. She's been bombarded by links, questions, and comments from her colleagues on Slack. In spite of all of the pressure, she has remained a joy to work with, exhibiting grace under pressure that few are capable of. Dr. Jonathan Gitlin also pitched in with some timely COVID-19 coverage when we needed it.

I'm also intensely proud of the work we did at Ars during a very challenging year. We manage to punch above our weight in no small part because of the hard work and dedication of our staff.

Highest-rated comment, from dmsilev:

Thank you, Beth. Very helpful to have an informative and well-written summary.

Most-insightful comment, from Amidee:

Writing from Milan – smack middle in the Italian red zone.
Believe me, you don’t want things to get this dire, so follow the goddamn instructions and start toning down your social life accordingly BEFORE shit hits the fan.
For two reasons: you might be young and resilient to covid, but you still may end up at the hospital for other reasons and things get very fucked up when they don’t know where to put patients. We are already hearing of hospitals having to make Philosophical trolley level decisions with patients and this is NOT FUN when you’re on the wrong side of the odds.
Second: the economy is about to crash down violently on us way more than it would have if we actually put decent curfews and locked down every public place three weeks ago. I’m already hearing tons of people firing/getting fired.

Reports from hospitals are especially dire – I keep hearing of young people needing intubation. This is NO FUCKING JOKE, no need to panic but again

FOLLOW
THE
FUCKING
RULES

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