The New Yorker
Have You Already Had a Breakthrough COVID Infection?
8 min read · 2021-08-22 · The question of what “infection” means is just one of the riddles posed by the late-stage pandemic.
Reader View · Shared by 27, including Eric Topol, Aniyia (🗣 Anita without the T) ❤️, Rick Powell
The Atlantic
Now What?
~15 min read · 2021-08-12 · Cases of COVID-19 are rising fast. Vaccine uptake has plateaued. The pandemic will end—but the way there is different now.
Reader View · Shared by 352, including Martin Stabe, Eli Pariser 🏞📲, Esther C, MD MPH, Alicia GarciaHerrero 艾西亞, Augie Ray, Dr. Syra Madad, Ed Yong, Dr Ellie Murray, ScD, Kevin Marks, Rhea Boyd MD, MPH, Bob Wachter, Carlos del Rio, David Wallace-Wells, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, Carla Gentry, Stowe Boyd, Jennifer Ouellette, Max Roser, Mathew Ingram, Kate Darling
The Atlantic
Delta Is Bad News for Kids
10 min read · 2021-08-10 · More children are falling ill because more are being infected.
Reader View · Shared by 68, including Roland Wyss-Aerni, David Wallace-Wells, Rick Powell, Dr. Syra Madad, Dr. Saskia Popescu, Ed Yong, Marie-José Kolly, jender pope proclaims trans rights, Carl Zimmer
Scientific American
The Olympics without Fans Is Harming Athletes’ Performance
4 min read · 2021-07-28 · Simone Biles drops out of an event, citing the lack of an audience
Reader View · Shared by 10, including Dan Gillmor, Rick Powell
nature
How the Delta variant achieves its ultrafast spread
2 min read · 2021-07-21 · 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.
Reader View · Shared by 66, including Florian Hanke 🍎, Ellen Shapiro, Rick Powell, Matthew Herper, Carly, Eric Topol, Roger Highfield, Carlos del Rio, Dr. Simon A. Rego, Dr. Syra Madad, Nicola Duke, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao
nature
Why England’s COVID ‘freedom day’ alarms researchers
6 min read · 2021-07-14 · 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.
Reader View · Shared by 18, including Augie Ray, Rick Powell, Roger Highfield
New York Magazine
The Kids Are Alright
~16 min read · 2021-07-12 · Why we should rethink COVID safety protocols for children — and everyone else.
Reader View · Shared by 159, including Brian Stelter, David Wallace-Wells, Kelli María Korducki, Amesh Adalja, M.G. Siegler, Marc Brupbacher, Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, Rick Powell, Steven Sinofsky
nature
Quarter-dose of Moderna COVID vaccine still rouses a big immune response
3 min read · 2021-07-09 · 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.
Reader View · Shared by 40, including Eric Topol, Alex Tabarrok, Ben Cowling, Carly, Akshat Rathi, Dr. Saskia Popescu, Nathan Benaich, Rick Powell
nature
Is one vaccine dose enough if you’ve had COVID? What the science says
5 min read · 2021-06-26 · Research shows that a previous coronavirus infection plus one dose of vaccine provides powerful protection — but concerns linger.
Reader View · Shared by 25, including Eric Topol, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦, Rick Powell, Dr. Syra Madad
Reuters
CureVac fails in pivotal COVID-19 vaccine trial with 47% efficacy
2021-06-17 · German biotech CureVac NV (5CV.DE) said on Wednesday its COVID-19 vaccine was only 47% effective in a late-stage trial, missing the study's main goal and throwing in doubt the potential delivery of hundreds of millions of doses to the European Union.
Shared by 14, including Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Rick Powell, Martin Steiger
Project Syndicate
Can We End the Pandemic? | by William A. Haseltine
2 min read · 2021-06-04 · The emergence of dangerous new coronavirus variants is threatening the progress that we have made with the help of COVID-19 vaccines. It is now clear that our pharmaceutical research efforts and…
Reader View · Shared by 7, including Rick Powell
The Daily Beast
The Doctor Who Eliminated Smallpox Says COVID-19 Is Here to Stay
~18 min read · 2021-06-13 · Dr. Larry Brilliant spoke with Harry Siegel about why it’s too late to hope for herd immunity despite the “magic” of vaccines, and much more.
Reader View · Shared by 8, including Rick Powell
nature
The COVID lab-leak hypothesis: what scientists do and don’t know
9 min read · 2021-06-09 · Nature examines arguments that the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 escaped from a lab in China, and the science behind them.
Reader View · Shared by 100, including Roger Highfield, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Andy Budd, Rick Powell, Charles Arthur, Dr. Kiki Sanford, Maggie Koerth, Jonathan Eisen
Scientific American
Some Pandemic Health Habits Deserve to Stay
3 min read · 2021-05-21 · We need a public health culture change informed by lessons from COVID
Reader View · Shared by 50, including Rick Powell, Monica Gandhi MD, MPH
nature
Six months of COVID vaccines: what 1.7 billion doses have taught scientists
~13 min read · 2021-06-04 · At a pivotal moment in the pandemic, Nature explores key questions about the vaccines that countries are racing to deliver while viral variants spread around the globe.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 101, including Rick Powell, Burak Bayburtlu, Carly, Roger Highfield, getAbstract, Eric Topol, Fred Destin, Carla Gentry, Dr. Saskia Popescu
The Guardian
Covid outbreak at my children’s school makes me fear we’re complacent
5 min read · 2021-06-04 · Talk of ‘freedom day’ and foreign holidays may be premature when so many pupils are testing positive
Reader View · Shared by 12, including Martin Steiger, Rick Powell
