WIRED
The Physics of the N95 Face Mask
9 min read · · 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 read · · 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 read · · Vaccines reduce the risk of developing COVID-19 — but studies disagree on their protective effect against long COVID. · Shared by 72, including Taylor Lorenz, 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 read · · 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, Doomscrolling Art Lady, 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 read · · Doctors tested positive or developed symptoms ‘within days’ of conference at which alternative treatments were discussed · Shared by 75, including Tom Raftery (Mastodon: @tomraftery@mas.to), 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 read · · 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 368, 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 C, MD MPH, Virginia Hughes, Philanthropy News Digest, Bob Wachter, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Tsion Firew, MD, MPH, Ed Yong is on sabbatical
The Atlantic
Getting Back to Normal Is Only Possible Until You Test Positive
9 min read · · I was ultracareful for 18 months. Then I got COVID. · Shared by 218, including Arin Basu, Otti, 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, Felix M
The Atlantic
America Has Lost the Plot on COVID
8 min read · · We’re avoiding the hardest questions about living with the coronavirus long term. · Shared by 107, including Oliver Fuchs, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, David Leonhardt, Alexis C. Madrigal, ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠🤧🧬🥼🦟🧀, Marsha Collier, Olga Khazan, Gregg Gonsalves, David Wallace-Wells, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Rick Powell, DHH, George M 🇪🇺, Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, Mathew Ingram
nature
This COVID-vaccine designer is tackling vaccine hesitancy — in churches and on Twitter
4 min read · · 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 read · · 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 read · · 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 read · · It’s long past time for an upgrade. · Shared by 39, including Dr. Syra Madad, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 @wfryer@mastodon.cloud, Dr. Tom Frieden, Garance Franke-Ruta, Rick Powell
The Atlantic
We’re Already Barreling Toward the Next Pandemic
~18 min read · · 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 is on sabbatical, 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 read · · 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 read · · 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 read · · 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
