The Atlantic
Don’t Be Surprised When You Get Omicron
6 min · · America is in for a lot more breakthrough infections. Here’s what to do if you fall sick. · Shared by 201, including Scott Santens, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Robert Roy Britt, Paul Roetzer, Jonathan Eisen, Carly, Patricia Smith, Nabeel Hyatt, Liv 😷
The Atlantic
I Canceled My Birthday Party Because of Omicron
5 min · · Here’s how I thought through the decision. · Shared by 94, including Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Jay Rosen, Alex Rainert 🤦🏻♂️, Gregg Gonsalves, Carl T. Bergstrom, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Bourree Lam, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Jason Hirschhorn, Amber Naslund 🦥, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, Carly, Esther Choo, MD MPH, Mathew Ingram, Jonathan Eisen, LizNeeley, Guy Kawasaki, Carrie Brown
The New York Times
As U.S. Nears 800,000 Virus Deaths, 1 of Every 100 Older Americans Has Perished
20+ min · · They are among the most vaccinated groups, but people 65 and older make up about three-quarters of the nation’s coronavirus death toll. · Shared by 70, including Eli Pariser | @elipariser@mastodon.social, Dr. Tom Frieden, Virginia Hughes, Catherine Rampell, Claire Cain Miller, Carlos del Rio, Deborah Blum, Massimo Pigliucci, Carly, Eric Topol, Helen Branswell 🇺🇦
Science Magazine
Scientists see a ‘really, really tough winter’ with Omicron
4 min · · Another major pandemic wave seems inevitable. The big question is how much severe disease it will bring · Shared by 43, including Timothy Caulfield, Jonathan Eisen, Holden Thorp, Science EIC, Kai Kupferschmidt, Gregg Gonsalves, Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Carly, AAAS, News from Science
NPR
From blood clots to infected neurons, how COVID threatens the brain
5 min · · The virus that causes COVID-19 can cause strokes, inflammation, oxygen deprivation and infection in the brain. And each of these may lead to long-term neurological problems. · Shared by 34, including Carly, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Nathan Tankus, Mike Butcher
The Atlantic
Where I Live, No One Cares About COVID
6 min · · Outside the world inhabited by the professional classes in a handful of major metropolitan areas, many Americans are leading their lives as if COVID is over. · Shared by 71, including Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Virginia Hughes, Michael Mina, Abraar Karan, Emily Oster, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Carly, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Garance Franke-Ruta, Alice Wong 王美華, Joshua Benton, Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, Gregg Gonsalves
The Atlantic
800,000 Deaths
6 min · · The number is so enormous that we risk becoming numb to its implications. · Shared by 37, including Lydia Polgreen, Clint Smith, Scott McLeod, Carly, Cedric Dark, MD, MPH, FACEP, Carrie Brown, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦
The New York Times
Pfizer says its Covid pill will protect against severe disease, even from Omicron.
4 min · · The company said the pill, Paxlovid, reduced the risk of hospitalization and death by 89 percent if given within three days of the onset of symptoms. · Shared by 64, including William Gibson, Michael Mina, Carl Zimmer, Carly, Prof. Devi Sridhar, Eric Topol, Eli Pariser | @elipariser@mastodon.social
TIME
What Actually Worries U.S. Doctors About Omicron
4 min · · As the Omicron variant spreads in the U.S. doctors and nurses are already overwhelmed and the health system facing huge pressure · Shared by 23, including Esther Choo, MD MPH, Carly, Dara Kass, MD, Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻
Vox
How to deal with (even more) Covid uncertainty
6 min · · If you’re struggling to "wait and see" how bad omicron might be, here are productive ways to cope. · Shared by 22, including American Psychological Association, Timothy Caulfield, Amy Cuddy, PhD, Mike Atwater, PhD, Carly
The Atlantic
What’s Really Behind Global Vaccine Hesitancy
8 min · · Countries with low vaccination rates are suffering from more than just inequity. · Shared by 151, including Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Olga Khazan, Carly, Philanthropy News Digest
Healthline
Europe Locking Down Again for COVID-19, Not U.S.
3 min · · Experts say any new COVID-19 restrictions in the United States will probably come from the state, county, or city level. · Shared by 9, including Carly
The Guardian
Could the Omicron variant have been avoided? It could set back vaccine successes around the world
3 min · · The new Covid-19 variant highlights the inequity that leaves poorer countries unprotected, posing a risk to their populations – and all of us · Shared by 11, including Carly
The Washington Post
International travelers stranded, angry in omicron’s wake: ‘The first thing I did was cry’
7 min · · Travelers have been left stuck abroad, desperately trying to get home amid a slew of cancelations, while others are scratching plans to see loved ones in other countries — for many the latest in a… · Shared by 15, including Deborah Blum, Carly, Carl T. Bergstrom
The Washington Post
Opinion | New covid variant. Same Republican denialism.
· What’s thousands of lives, next to a few political careers? · Shared by 14, including George J Huba PhD, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Carly
The New York Times
Will the vaccines stop omicron? Scientists are racing to find out.
10 min · · A “Frankenstein mix” of mutations raises concerns, but the variant may remain vulnerable to current vaccines. If not, revisions will be necessary. · Shared by 48, including Dr. Simon A. Rego, Virginia Hughes, Deborah Blum, Forbes India, Carly