WIRED
The Physics of the N95 Face Mask
9 min · · You’ve seen them a million times. You might be wearing one right now. But how do they work to block a potentially virus-carrying respiratory blob? · Shared by 85, including Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Tactical Tech, Jennifer Ouellette, Rick Powell
Los Angeles Times
Protection offered by booster shot beats 'natural immunity,' study suggests
4 min · · In people who got a booster shot, levels of neutralizing antibodies exceeded the peak that followed two doses of COVID-19 vaccine. · Shared by 24, including Rick Powell, Deborah Blum, Katharina Borchert, Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD
nature
Do vaccines protect against long COVID? What the data say
9 min · · Vaccines reduce the risk of developing COVID-19 — but studies disagree on their protective effect against long COVID. · Shared by 72, including Taylor Lorenz -- FOLLOW ME ON LINKEDIN, Carly, Kyle McDonald, Prof. Akiko Iwasaki, Rachel Thomas, Dr. Tara C. Smith, Marc Brupbacher, Jenn Dowd, Rick Powell, Roger Highfield, Eric Topol
nature
Heavily mutated coronavirus variant puts scientists on alert
3 min · · Researchers are racing to determine whether a fast-spreading variant in South Africa poses a threat to COVID vaccines’ effectiveness. · Shared by 138, including Rick Powell, Eric Topol, Atul Gawande, Carla Gentry, Karen K. Ho, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD, Fabio Chiusi, Carly, Constantin Gurdgiev, Paul O'Brien
The Guardian
Seven anti-vaccine doctors contract Covid after Florida summit
2 min · · Doctors tested positive or developed symptoms ‘within days’ of conference at which alternative treatments were discussed · Shared by 75, including Tom Raftery, Rick Powell, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, David Frum, Carly, William Gibson, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Atlantic
‘I Think I’m Done’
13+ min · · About one in five health-care workers has left medicine since the pandemic started. This is their story—and the story of those left behind. · Shared by 371, including Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻, Gerd Leonhard, Craig Spencer MD MPH, Carlos del Rio, William Gibson, Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, John Cutler, Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Martin Fowler, Scott Santens, Timothy Lomauro, Amesh Adalja, Esther Choo, MD MPH, Virginia Hughes, Philanthropy News Digest, Bob Wachter, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Tsion Firew, MD, MPH, Ed Yong isn’t really here
The Atlantic
Getting Back to Normal Is Only Possible Until You Test Positive
9 min · · I was ultracareful for 18 months. Then I got COVID. · Shared by 484, including Arin Basu, Felix M, Michael Barbaro, Marsha Collier, Rick Powell, Carly, David Wallace-Wells, James Fallows, Marie-José Kolly, slumos, Nils Hitze, Tactical Tech, Claire Cain Miller, Alexis C. Madrigal, Otti
The Atlantic
America Has Lost the Plot on COVID
8 min · · We’re avoiding the hardest questions about living with the coronavirus long term. · Shared by 106, including Oliver Fuchs, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, David Leonhardt, Alexis C. Madrigal, Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🥼🤹🦟🧀, Marsha Collier, Olga Khazan, Gregg Gonsalves, Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Rick Powell, DHH, George M 🇪🇺, David Wallace-Wells, Mathew Ingram
nature
This COVID-vaccine designer is tackling vaccine hesitancy — in churches and on Twitter
4 min · · Immunologist Kizzmekia Corbett helped to design the Moderna vaccine. Now she volunteers her time talking about vaccine science with people of colour. · Shared by 52, including Timothy Caulfield, Dr. Angela Rasmussen, Josh Felser, Eric Topol, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, Carlos del Rio, KizzyPhD, Virginia Hughes, Matthew Herper, Rick Powell, Roger Highfield, Nature Biotechnology, zeynep tufekci
nature
The vaccine shots that rang around the world
6 min · · Two books follow key runners in the historic race to immunize the world against COVID. · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell, Eric Topol
The New York Times
Opinion | What We Know About Covid, the Flu and the Air We Breathe
4 min · · We have more power than we thought against the flu and other respiratory viruses. · Shared by 203, including uché blackstock, md, Josh Apte, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Jonathan Eisen, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Rick Powell, zeynep tufekci, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Gregg Gonsalves, Eric Topol, Alexandra Sifferlin, Prof. Akiko Iwasaki
The Atlantic
Why Are Americans Still—Still!—Wearing Cloth Masks?
5 min · · It’s long past time for an upgrade. · Shared by 39, including Dr. Syra Madad, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Dr. Tom Frieden, Garance Franke-Ruta, Rick Powell
The Atlantic
We’re Already Barreling Toward the Next Pandemic
18+ min · · This one is far from over, but the window to prepare for future threats is closing fast. · Shared by 327, including Anne Helen Petersen, Mathew Ingram, Prof. Akiko Iwasaki, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ed Yong isn’t really here, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Rick Powell, Dr. Tom Frieden, Carly, David Wallace-Wells, Abraar Karan, Carrie Brown, Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻, Tom Connor, Ben Fry
PBS
A daily pill to treat COVID could be just months away, scientists say
5 min · · At least three promising antiviral treatments for COVID-19 are being tested in clinical trials, with results expected as soon as late fall or winter. · Shared by 12, including Rick Powell
The Atlantic
The Wrong Way to Test Yourself for the Coronavirus
7 min · · Rapid tests can help you stay safe in the Delta outbreak. But you have to use them correctly. · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
STAT
Unvaccinated deaths overwhelm health workers in Covid hot zones
10 min · · Inside the ICU, health workers face a frustrating new reality: Their patients' refusal to be vaccinated is prolonging the pandemic. · Shared by 43, including Larry Brilliant 💛💙, Philanthropy News Digest, Timothy Caulfield, Matthew Herper, Rick Powell, Steve Silberman, Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, Neuropsychology, Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD, Deborah Blum, Bethany Brookshire