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The Atlantic
Long COVID Has Forced a Reckoning for One of Medicine’s Most Neglected Diseases
The Atlantic
10 min read · Sep 26th · Only a couple dozen doctors specialize in chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Now their knowledge could be crucial to treating millions more patients. · Shared by 39, including Ed Yong, Christopher Mims 🤌
TIME
Advocates Want the Government to Do More About Long COVID
TIME
~12 min read · Sep 19th · They say it's "the greatest mass-disabling event in human history" · Shared by 98, including Bob Wachter, Eric Topol, #DigitalHealth Futurist 👨💻, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, slumos
erictopol.substack.com
To boost or not to boost
erictopol.substack.com
7 min read · Sep 19th · Should that be the question? · Shared by 25, including Bob Wachter, Eric Topol, dunschtig
MIT Technology Review
We’ve only just begun to examine the racial disparities of long covid
MIT Technology Review
2 min read · Sep 20th · It may take years to understand the full impact of the pandemic and its aftermath on Black people in the US. · Shared by 24, including Taylor Lorenz, Alice Wong 王美華
FORTUNE
Just in time for fall, there’s a brand new COVID variant making headway in the U.S.
FORTUNE
2 min read · Sep 20th · Scientists are taking notice of BF.7 because it’s making headway in an increasingly crowded field of Omicron subvariants. · Shared by 31, including J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Brent Toderian, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Arin Basu, Amesh Adalja
The Atlantic
Did a Famous Doctor’s COVID Shot Make His Cancer Worse?
The Atlantic
~15 min read · Sep 24th · A lifelong promoter of vaccines suspects he might be the rare, unfortunate exception. · Shared by 33, including Julia Belluz, Jon Cohen
WorkLife
'It's a silent disease': Covid's long-term impact on workforce productivity
WorkLife
4 min read · Sep 14th · One expert says that we need to reframe how we talk about Covid’s impact on the workforce and identify it as a disease itself. · Shared by 8
nature
Long-term neurologic outcomes of COVID-19
nature
20+ min read · Sep 22nd · Individuals with COVID-19 are at an increased risk for an array of neurologic disorders at 12 months, even in those who were not hospitalized during the acute phase of the infection. · Shared by 33, including zeynep tufekci, Eric Topol
NBC News Health
Covid will be a leading cause of death in the U.S. indefinitely, whether or not the pandemic…
NBC News Health
4 min read · Sep 20th · Disease experts predict that Covid will remain among the top 10 causes of death in the U.S. for the foreseeable future. · Shared by 26, including Amesh Adalja, David Fisman, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
The New York Times
Why Omicron Might Stick Around
The New York Times
6 min read · Sep 22nd · Omicron, the 13th named variant of the coronavirus, seems to have a remarkable capacity to evolve new tricks. · Shared by 28, including Carl Zimmer, David Wallace-Wells, Amesh Adalja
POLITICO
How Bill Gates and his partners took over the global Covid response
POLITICO
Sep 15th · Four health organizations, working closely together, spent almost $10 billion on responding to Covid across the world. But they lacked the scrutiny of governments, and fell short of their own goals, a… · Shared by 58, including Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, David Wallace-Wells, Cory Doctorow, Amesh Adalja, BrendanEich, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
SAPIENS
Does “Monkeypox” Give Monkeys a Bad Name?
SAPIENS
5 min read · Sep 21st · The debate over naming "monkeypox" says a lot about the close—but fraught—relationships between humans and our fellow primates. · Shared by 68
Inverse
Can science prevent a pandemic?
Inverse
8 min read · Sep 22nd · Researchers worldwide are racing to understand how pandemics unfold — and some are taking divergent and even risky paths to tackle the problem. · Shared by 46
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The Atlantic
One of Long COVID’s Worst Symptoms Is Also Its Most Misunderstood
The Atlantic
~11 min read · Sep 12th · Brain fog isn’t like a hangover, depression, or ADHD. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard. · Shared by 267, including Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停, Garance Franke-Ruta, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Merkstatt, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Ed Yong, Matt Walton R.TCMP, Cedric Paternotte, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Liv 😷
The New York Times
The Pandemic Erased Two Decades of Progress in Math and Reading
The New York Times
5 min read · Sep 1st · The results of a national test showed just how devastating the last two years have been for 9-year-old schoolchildren, especially the most vulnerable. · Shared by 150, including Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, The Indian Express, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Mitch Kapor, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Josh Bersin ✨, Elad Gil, Jameson Lopp, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #SuiteWorld #UIPathForward, John Schwartz, Jeff Jarvis, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, ProfEmilyOster, Brittany Berger, Deborah Blum, Eghosa Omoigui, David Wallace-Wells
STAT
FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna Covid boosters targeted against Omicron strains
STAT
3 min read · Aug 31st · The FDA authorized new Covid booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer that more closely match the strains of the coronavirus that are currently circulating in the U.S. · Shared by 144, including Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, Dr. Syra Madad, Matthew Herper
STAT
A third Covid autumn is upon us. Here’s a look at where we stand
STAT
6 min read · Sep 1st · Where things stand now with the pandemic, and who is being hurt the most, as the country prepares to enter its third Covid autumn. · Shared by 142, including Gregory Zuckerman, Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, Timothy Caulfield
WIRED
The Mystery of Why Some People Don’t Get Covid
WIRED
7 min read · Sep 12th · A small number of people appear naturally immune to the coronavirus. Scientists think they might hold the key to helping protect us all. · Shared by 135, including Eric Topol, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
Atlas Obscura
Why Birds Changed Their Tune During the Pandemic
Atlas Obscura
4 min read · Sep 7th · We don't know if they'll ever sing their old songs again. · Shared by 133
Chicago magazine
One Neurologist's Quest to Solve Long COVID
Chicago magazine
10 min read · Sep 13th · Inside Igor Koralnik's efforts to solve the mystery of COVID’s most puzzling complication. · Shared by 120, including Jane, Taylor Lorenz
Prevention Magazine
Scientists Found a New Antibody That Neutralizes All COVID Variants
Prevention Magazine
3 min read · Sep 6th · Researchers hope to create a new vaccine with it. · Shared by 117, including Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Amesh Adalja
ProPublica
Montana COVID Policy Brought a Hospital to the Brink
ProPublica
20+ min read · Sep 6th · How Republicans in Montana hijacked public health and brought a hospital to the brink · Shared by 108, including Tim Bray, Steve Silberman, Dan Gillmor
TIME
Advocates Want the Government to Do More About Long COVID
TIME
~12 min read · Sep 19th · They say it's "the greatest mass-disabling event in human history" · Shared by 98, including Bob Wachter, Eric Topol, #DigitalHealth Futurist 👨💻, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, slumos
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POLITICO
Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.
POLITICO
Summary · 20+ min read · From 2020 · The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the 2008 financial crisis changed how Americans perceive their country and the world. The coronavirus pandemic has quarantined people in their homes, and altered their relationships and how they view the institutions that govern them. As with earlier crises, the coronavirus crisis may change people and US society as a whole in fundamental and lasting ways. No one can predict how this will play out. Politico Magazine asked experts and thinkers for their visions of the future. · Shared by 1346, including Jamie Burke ⛺️, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Ward Plunet, Richard Joerges, Gerd Leonhard, Kate Nasser, Mark Kaigwa, Susannah Fox, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, Stowe Boyd, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, William Gibson, Nilofer Merchant, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Sherry Turkle, Alexandra Lange, hardmaru, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Oliver Bussmann
The Washington Post
Why outbreaks like coronavirus spread exponentially, and how to “flatten the curve”
The Washington Post
7 min read · From 2020 · Shared by 1346, including Steve Case, Vala Afshar, Hiroko Tabuchi, David Meerman Scott, Prof Michael E. Mann, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Rami Ismail (رامي), Mike Quindazzi ✨, Henry Reich, Atul Gawande, Laura Shin, Brad Frost, George J Huba PhD, Jameson Lopp, FANZO 🧢 #NFT365, Jeff Atwood, Tristan Harris, hiten.eth, Anil, Ryan Hoover
The Atlantic
How the Pandemic Will End
The Atlantic
20+ min read · From 2020 · The U.S. may end up with the worst Covid-19 outbreak in the industrialized world. This is how it’s going to play out. · Shared by 1202, including Eric Topol, William Gibson, Tomas Pueyo, Matt Goodwin, Ezra Klein, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Food Babe, Sam Harris, Phil Plait, Marc Lipsitch, Jeff Atwood, Paul Graham, Guy Kawasaki, Steve Silberman, Tim Harford, Jay Rosen, Alexis C. Madrigal, Ed Yong, Hiroko Tabuchi
The Atlantic
You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
The Atlantic
Summary · ~12 min read · From 2020 · You’re washing your hands, practicing social distancing and coughing into your arm like a good citizen, but will this stop the spread of COVID-19? Your efforts may slow the spread, which offers social benefits, but the ship probably already sailed when it comes to actually stopping the virus. So will the world be able to pull it together and limit impending global disaster? James Hamblin, MD explains the barriers to a happy COVID-19 resolution in this article from The Atlantic, and describes what would be necessary for effective global responses to future pandemics. · Shared by 982, including Matthew Green, Anil, zeynep tufekci, Brian Lovin, George J Huba PhD, Christopher Mims 🤌, Tom Raftery 🇮🇪🇪🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦💉💉💉, Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, Mathew Ingram, Renee DiResta, Martin Varsavsky 🇺🇦, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, davidcowan, Balaji Srinivasan, Nate Silver, Klaus Eck, Pete Skomoroch, Carla Gentry, Alexis C. Madrigal, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்)
The New York Times
How the Virus Got Out
The New York Times
7 min read · From 2020 · We analyzed the movements of hundreds of millions of people to show why the most extensive travel restrictions to stop an outbreak in human history haven’t been enough. · Shared by 954, including Aral Balkan, Eric Topol, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, hardmaru, Carl Zimmer, Matt Goodwin, Stefan Ottlitz, Renee DiResta, Niall Ferguson, Christopher Mims 🤌, Johnny Harris, Jon Matonis, Mathew Ingram, Manu Kumar (recruiting @HiHello 🚀), Azeem Azhar, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #SuiteWorld #UIPathForward, Carla Gentry, Kevin Roose, Chris Fralic
The New York Times
There’s a Name for the Blah You’re Feeling: It’s Called Languishing
The New York Times
Summary · 7 min read · 2021-04-19 · It’s the neglected middle child of mental health, and can dull your motivation and focus. And it may be the dominant emotion of 2021. · Shared by 805, including Jennifer Doleac, Brad Frost, Hiroko Tabuchi, Natalie E. Dean, PhD, swissmiss, Marsha Collier, Claire Cain Miller, Chris Heilmann, Taylor Lorenz, Bethany Brookshire, Jeff Jarvis, Anne Thompson, Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Julia Ioffe, Dr. Saskia Popescu, Dr Melanie Greenberg, Amy Walter, Scott Galloway, Muge Cevik, Nir Eyal
EL PAÍS
A room, a bar and a class: how the coronavirus is spread through the air
EL PAÍS
6 min read · 2020-10-29 · The risk of contagion is highest in indoor spaces but can be reduced by applying all available measures to combat infection via aerosols. Here is an overview of the likelihood of infection in three… · Shared by 743, including Scott Galloway, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, swissmiss, Abraar Karan, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #Abolishthemonarchy, William Gibson, Chris Heilmann, Scott Stratten, Scott Santens, ɪᴀɴ ᴍ. ᴍᴀᴄᴋᴀʏ, ᴘʜᴅ 🦠🤧🧬🥼🦟, Brent Toderian, Taylor Lorenz, Carl T. Bergstrom, Merlin Mann, Chris Messina, Esther C, MD MPH, Wolfgang Blau, Anil, Mo Ryan, Mathew Ingram
Harvard Business Review
That Discomfort You’re Feeling Is Grief
Harvard Business Review
6 min read · From 2020 · The coronavirus pandemic has led to a collective loss of normalcy. · Shared by 727, including Mike Allton, Michael Hyatt, Alex Cavoulacos, Hrag, Marsha Collier, Mathew Ingram, Biz Carson, Matt Heinz, 🌻 Laura Fitton (she/her) 🌻, Charles Duhigg, Rachel Botsman, Nilofer Merchant, Whitney Johnson, Sylvia Duckworth, Eric Holthaus, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Dr. Laura Markham, Dave deBronkart, Paul Ekman, getify
WIRED
The Doctor Who Helped Defeat Smallpox Explains What's Coming
WIRED
8 min read · From 2020 · Epidemiologist Larry Brilliant, who warned of pandemic in 2006, says we can beat the novel coronavirus—but first, we need lots more testing. · Shared by 726, including Jeff Atwood, John Koetsier, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, The 420 Radio Show 🇨🇦💨💨✌️, Danny Sullivan, Shervinator 🚀 ∞ 👟 🚄, Andreas Staub, Christopher Mims 🤌, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Mathew Ingram, Tiffany Shlain, Marc Benioff, Carla Gentry, Simon Hix, OM, Azeem Azhar, DHH, Rene Ritchie, Chris Heilmann, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
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