The Premonition -- A Pandemic Story, by Michael Lewis, should be required reading for anyone with a serious interest in the pandemic. Better still, it is so well written, by such brilliant in depth deconstruction of complex subjects, that it reads like a thriller...
Cases of COVID-19 are rising fast. Vaccine uptake has plateaued. The pandemic will be over one day—but the way there is different now. By Ed Yong Originally Published August 12, 2021 In september 2020, just before COVID-19 began its wintry surge through the...
New York Times, June 1, 2021 How the World Ran Out of Everything Global shortages of many goods reflect the disruption of the pandemic combined with decades of companies limiting their inventories. Read the Full Article
May 31, 2021 ~ Reuters ~ Stephanie Nebehay ‘Time has come’ for pandemic treaty as part of bold reforms - WHO’s Tedros The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) called on Monday for launching negotiations this year on an international treaty to boost pandemic...
New York Times, May 15, 2021, Claire Cain Miller 723 Epidemiologists on When and How the U.S. Can Fully Return to Normal Government mandates are lifting, but these experts say the pandemic won’t really end nationally until more people, including children, are...
May 20, 2021 ~ Ed Yound ~ The Atlantic What Happens When Americans Can Finally Exhale The pandemic’s mental wounds are still wide open. This time last year, the United States seemed stuck on a COVID-19 plateau. Although 1,300 Americans were dying from the disease...
Comment: We all know social isolation is a serious stressor but there do not appear to be many studies that quantify its impact. Here are two studies that do. The impact clearly differs among groups. But functionally, children kept out of school, teens kept from...
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/covid-has-created-a-perfect-storm-for-fringe-science/ Originally published by: Scientific American Author: David Grimes Date: 4/26/2021 Categories: News & Science
Larry Brilliant Has a Plan to Speed Up the Pandemic’s End From Wired, 4/1/2021 by Steven Levy We'll never get herd immunity, but with speedy, deft combat against new infections, the epidemiologist says we could get back to normalish life.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/swedens-pandemic-experiment?utm_source=pocket-newtab Originally published by: The New Yorker Author: Mallory Pickett Date: 4/6/2021 Categories: News & Science
https://wsimag.com/science-and-technology/65247-the-first-pandemic-of-the-anthropocene Originally published by: Wall Street International Author: Ernesto Burgio Date: 3/18/2021 Categories: Science & News
https://undark.org/2021/03/17/lab-leak-science-lost-in-politics/ Originally published by: Undark Author: Charles Schmidt Date: 3/17/2021 Categories: News & Science
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/22/health-workers-covid-quit/?utm_campaign=wp_to_your_health&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_tyh&wpmk=1&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsIm...
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/03/01/why-does-the-pandemic-seem-to-be-hitting-some-countries-harder-than-others?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Magazine_022221&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bea12dc3f92a4046968aa76&cndid=26996849&hasha=...
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