STAT
Unvaccinated deaths overwhelm health workers in Covid hot zones
10 min read · Aug 18th · Inside the ICU, health workers face a frustrating new reality: Their patients' refusal to be vaccinated is prolonging the pandemic.
The Atlantic
What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity
10 min read · Sep 3rd · Reports of vaccines’ decline have been greatly overstated.
NBC News
Largest mask study yet details their importance for fighting Covid-19
3 min read · Sep 1st · A study involving more than 340,000 people in Bangladesh offers some of the strongest real-world evidence yet that mask use can help communities slow Covid-19.
cspicenter.org
The Case against Lockdowns
Mar 21st · Summary A year ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit most of the world, there was arguably a good case for lockdowns. The initial growth of the epidemic implied a high basic reproduction number, which…
richardhanania.substack.com
Are COVID Restrictions the New TSA?
~12 min read · Jul 30th · The worrying parallels between the government reactions to 9/11 and COVID-19, and why some children might be permanently masked
The Atlantic
America’s Bipartisan COVID-19 Illiteracy
6 min read · 2020-12-11 · Nine months into the pandemic, governments and elites still don’t understand—or refuse to clearly say—what this virus is or how it spreads.
The Atlantic
The Pandemic’s Wrongest Man
10 min read · Apr 1st · In a crowded field of wrongness, one person stands out: Alex Berenson.
The New York Times
Opinion | Are We Way Too Timid in the Way We Fight Covid-19?
8 min read · Apr 1st · The debate among doctors, epidemiologists and economists is still going strong.
The New Yorker
Have You Already Had a Breakthrough COVID Infection?
8 min read · Aug 22nd · The question of what “infection” means is just one of the riddles posed by the late-stage pandemic.
The Atlantic
Now What?
~15 min read · Aug 12th · Cases of COVID-19 are rising fast. Vaccine uptake has plateaued. The pandemic will end—but the way there is different now.
The Atlantic
Delta Is Bad News for Kids
10 min read · Aug 10th · More children are falling ill because more are being infected.
Scientific American
The Olympics without Fans Is Harming Athletes’ Performance
4 min read · Jul 28th · Simone Biles drops out of an event, citing the lack of an audience
nature
How the Delta variant achieves its ultrafast spread
2 min read · Jul 21st · Viral load is roughly 1,000 times higher in people infected with the Delta variant than those infected with the original coronavirus strain, according to a study in China.
nature
Why England’s COVID ‘freedom day’ alarms researchers
6 min read · Jul 14th · Easing restrictions amid rising infections raises the risk of new variants emerging and risks the health of those are not vaccinated, say researchers around the world.
New York Magazine
The Kids Are Alright
~16 min read · Jul 12th · Why we should rethink COVID safety protocols for children — and everyone else.
nature
Quarter-dose of Moderna COVID vaccine still rouses a big immune response
3 min read · Jul 9th · Using only one-quarter of the usual amount of Moderna’s vaccine in each of two jabs triggers lasting production of antibodies and T cells.
