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COVID-19 boosters in rich nations will delay vaccines for all5 min read · Aug 31st · Nature Medicine - COVID-19 boosters in rich nations will delay vaccines for...
equality
health care
Ann Handley
How the Pandemic Has Changed Marketing1 min read · Sep 3rd · Marketers report changes in strategy, feelings of connectedness, and remote work expectations as a result of the pandemic. See the research.
marketing
Axios
The ethics of vaccine booster shots2 min read · Aug 18th
coronavirus
The Guardian
It’s shocking to see so many leftwingers lured to the far right by conspiracy theories3 min read · Sep 22nd · It’s not just anti-vaxxers. The themes of resisting power and regaining control of our lives have been cynically repurposed, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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society
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Some anti-vaxxers are now calling themselves “purebloods”, a term that should send a chill through anyone even vaguely acquainted with 20th-century history.
Parties that once belonged on the left talk about security and stability while those on the right talk of liberation and revolt.
How do we remain true to our countercultural roots while resisting the counterculture of the right? There’s a sound hippy principle that we should strive to apply: balance.
scitechdaily.com
“Inescapable” COVID-19 Antibody Discovery – Neutralizes All Known SARS-CoV-2 Strains3 min read · Aug 26th · An antibody therapy that appears to neutralize all known SARS-CoV-2 strains, and other coronaviruses, was developed with a little help from structural biologist Jay Nix. Lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines…
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An antibody therapy that appears to neutralize all known SARS-CoV-2 strains, and other coronaviruses, was developed with a little help from structural biologist Jay Nix.
Following exciting lab results, the developers designed sotrovimab based on the structure of S309, and evaluated it in clinical trials.
Using biochemical and structural analysis, deep mutational scanning, and binding experiments, they identified one antibody with unparalleled universal potency.
The Atlantic
No, Vaccinated People Are Not ‘Just as Likely’ to Spread the Coronavirus as Unvaccinated People4 min read · Sep 23rd · This has become a common refrain among the cautious—and it’s wrong.
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So let me make one thing clear: Vaccinated people are not as likely to spread the coronavirus as the unvaccinated.
Despite concern about waning immunity, vaccines provide the best protection against infection. And if someone isn’t infected, they can’t spread the coronavirus.
Everyone knows that the vaccines help protect each individual who gets their shots. But when more people get vaccinated, this helps keep everyone else (including children and others ineligible for vaccination) safe as well.
The Atlantic
Stop Death Shaming6 min read · Sep 2nd · Mocking the unvaccinated dead does not save lives.
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The tsk-tsk obituary reflects that exact mentality, which is useful only if you hope to persuade someone who would’ve already been persuaded in the first place.
after the 22 percent who aren’t sure that the vaccines are actually protective, are another 17 percent who don’t see COVID-19 as a major threat—a fairly small minority, all things considered.
What strikes me about the responses of the unvaccinated—as opposed to the tempting caricature presented by their worst representatives in pulpits and politics—is that there does seem to be significant willingness to consider vaccination
The New York Times
One in 5,0007 min read · Sep 7th · The real chances of a breakthrough infection.
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Delta is a problem. Vaccine hesitancy is a bigger problem.
Even when the size of the viral loads are similar, the virus behaves differently in the noses and throats of the vaccinated and the unvaccinated.
In reality, the risks of getting any version of the virus remain small for the vaccinated, and the risks of getting badly sick remain minuscule.
Science Magazine
Why many scientists say it’s unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 originated from a ‘lab leak’~19 min read · Sep 2nd · Early patterns of cases, the virus’ own genome, and new details about animal markets in Wuhan all point to natural origin
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“Accidents can only happen when you already have a live virus in culture that can leak,” Wang says. Bat coronaviruses are notoriously hard to grow.
has three of the four amino acids that constitute the furin cleavage site, which is “strongly suggestive of a natural zoonotic origin” for SARS-CoV-2
Instead, there are “possible stories” about SARS-CoV-2’s origin—some more probable than others—and stories that can be excluded
Science Magazine
A grim warning from Israel: Vaccination blunts, but does not defeat Delta6 min read · Aug 17th · With early vaccination and outstanding data, country is the world’s real-life COVID-19 lab
The Guardian
Extroverted, self-centred men less likely to comply with Covid restrictions, study suggests2 min read · Jul 30th · Non-compliers more likely to leave home to meet friends, for religious reasons, boredom, or because they want to exercise right to freedom
coronavirus
society
The New York Times
The C.D.C. now says fully vaccinated people should get tested after exposure even if they don’t show symptoms.2 min read · Jul 28th · Previously, the health agency had said that fully vaccinated people did not need to be tested following possible infection unless they were experiencing symptoms.
Quartz
This new government data show US parents didn’t do more parenting in 20202 min read · Jul 22nd · The pandemic changed and didn't change parenting in surprising ways, according to the American Time Use Survey
parenting
NPR
Doctors Worry That Memory Problems After COVID-19 May Set Stage For Alzheimer's4 min read · Jul 26th · Some patient's who've had COVID-19 develop symptoms resembling early Alzheimer's. Researchers are trying to figure out whether these people are more likely to develop the disease itself.
brain
Healthline
Types of COVID Tests: Procedure, Accuracy, Results & Cost6 min read · Jul 24th · There are a number of different tests for COVID-19, including viral tests and antibody tests. Learn more.
The Guardian
Snow leopard at San Diego zoo catches coronavirus1 min read · Jul 25th · Exhibit closed after nine-year-old unvaccinated male named Ramil developed a cough and runny nose
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