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COVID-19
Curated by Peter Hulm
Special sections: Science, Impact, Response, Economy, Good sources
COVID-19 scoreboard
Reported cases and deaths by country, ordered by totals
Science
Omicron's secrets revealed under a microscope at EPFL — epfl — 29 December 2021 (LINK)
Study: COVID-19 sneaks past immune system by spreading from cell to cell — upi — 29 December 2021 (LINK)
The CDC shortened its COVID-19 isolation recommendation to 5 days for asymptomatic people after some disease experts said 10 days was too long — businessinsider — 27 December 2021 (LINK)
Booster shots protect against symptomatic Omicron infection for about 10 weeks, one study finds — which could mean more doses for some in 2022 — businessinsider — 24 December 2021 (LINK)
Stanford neurobiologist: FDA authorization of Merck COVID pill called "worst decision in its history" — newatlas — 23 December 2021 (LINK)
"It has the potential to generate new SARS-CoV-2 variants." Newsy: The Food and Drug Administration authorization comes one day after the agency cleared a competing drug from Pfizer (LINK).
You might get a breakthrough case of Covid-19 this winter. Here's how to prepare — vox — 18 December 2021 (LINK)
Facing intense criticism, Moderna pauses bitter dispute with the NIH over Covid-19 vaccine patents — statnews — 19 December 2021 (LINK)
BMJ Facebook faceoff: Lead Stories' Response To BMJ Open Letter Objecting To A Lead Stories Fact Check — leadstories — 18 December 2021 (LINK)
WTF happened to The BMJ? — respectfulinsolence — 15 November 2021 (LINK)
Covid-19: Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer's vaccine trial: Open letter from The BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg — bmj — 2 November 2021 (LINK)
How bad research clouded our understanding of Covid-19: as many as 200 Covid-19 papers have been retracted since the start of the pandemic — vox — 17 December 2021 (LINK)
Omicron spreads to 57 countries but too early to tell if variant more infectious, WHO says — fao — 9 December 2021 (LINK)
Australia finds a new 'Omicron-like' COVID strain that’s harder to track through typical screening — fortune — 8 December 2021 (LINK)
FactCheck.org: Q&A on the Omicron Variant — factcheck.org — 4 December 2021 (LINK)
No, Vaccinated People Are Not 'Just as Infectious' as Unvaccinated People if They Get COVID around COVID vaccines: WHO — lifehacker — 27 November 2021 (LINK)
'False sense of security' around COVID vaccines: WHO — aljazeera — 24 November 2021 (LINK)
COVID-19 increases the risk of stillbirth for pregnant women — but 65% still aren't vaccinated — businessinsider — 19 November 2021 (LINK)
WHO: Europe is only region with increasing COVID deaths — apnews — 17 November 2021 (LINK)
Merck v Pfizer: here's how the two new COVID antiviral drugs work and will be used — theconversation — 12 November 2021 (LINK)
Moderna Struggles With Vaccine Ramp-Up, Cuts 2021 Sales View; Shares Drop 16% — reuters / usnews — 4 November 2021 (LINK)
When will the Wall Street Journal stop publishing COVID lab-leak propaganda? — latimes — 8 October 2021 (LINK)
New evidence suggests coronavirus jumped from animals to humans multiple times — xinhuanet — 4 October 2021 (LINK)
If confirmed by further analyses, the findings would make the "lab leak" hypothesis less likely.
Merck's antiviral pill could change the game for COVID-19 — nationalgeographic — 2 October 2021 (LINK)
COVID-19 origins: Closest viruses to SARS-CoV-2 found in Laos — medicalnewstoday — 1 October 2021 (LINK)
Chinese media says Maine lobster shipment was 'Pandora's box' behind pandemic — pressherald — 1 October 2021 (LINK)
The Bill For a COVID Test In Texas Was A Whopping $54,000 — npr — 30 September 2021 (LINK)
A 3D Printed Vaccine Patch Offers Vaccination Without A Shot — eurasiareview — 25 September 2021 (LINK)
Impact
The US shattered its average daily Covid-19 case record two days in a row. Experts say numbers will keep climbing in the coming weeks — cnn — 31 December 2021 (LINK)
Dialysis Patients: the Pandemic's Perfect Victims — propublica — 28 December 2021 (LINK)
The pandemic killed so many dialysis patients that their total number shrunk for the first time in nearly half a century.
France has recorded more than 100,000 coronavirus infections in a single day for first time — dailymail/wires — 26 December 2021 (LINK)
Covid: Travel misery for tens of thousands as flights are cancelled — bbc — 26 December 2021 (LINK)
Bali only received 45 international tourists in 2021 despite reopening — cnn — 16 December 2021 (LINK)
U.S. Prices Expected to Rise Two Times Higher Than Wages: Fed Survey — theepochtimes — 14 December 2021 (LINK)
WHO: 'Omicron spreading at rate not seen with previous variants' — euronews — 14 December 2021 (LINK)
83 percent surge in COVID-19 cases reported in Africa — who / thehill — 14 December 2021 (LINK)
700,000 Americans now dead from COVID-19—but deaths reveal deep disparities — nationalgeographic — 2 October 2021 (LINK)
Covid is officially America's deadliest pandemic as U.S. fatalities surpass 1918 flu estimates — cnbc — 20 September 2021 (LINK)
Response
CDC warns against cruises, regardless of vaccination status — apnews — 31 December 2021 (LINK)
Emails confirm Trump administration ignored own medical experts over COVID — pbs — 18 December 2021 (LINK)
WHO sounds warning over fast-spreading Omicron — reuters — 20 December 2021 (LINK)
"There is now consistent evidence that Omicron is spreading significantly faster than the Delta variant," WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing. "And it is more likely people vaccinated or recovered from COVID-19 could be infected or re-infected," Tedros said.
Retiring U.S. NIH director says Trump and other Republicans pressured him to endorse unproven Covid-19 remedies and to fire Fauci — cnn — 20 December 2021 (LINK)
A Day After Telling Congress That 'Masks Don't Add Much' On Planes, Southwest CEO Gary Kelly Tested Positive For Covid-19 — forbes — 18 December 2021 (LINK)
New COVID testing rules for international air travel into U.S. start: What you need to know — usatoday — 3 December 2021 (LINK)
Postponement of the Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization due to Covid — proiqra — 27 November 2021 (LINK)
A third lockdown in Switzerland: economists' analysis (German original) — blick/msn — 27 November 2021 (LINK)
No, Vaccinated People Are Not 'Just as Infectious' as Unvaccinated People if They Get COVID around COVID vaccines: WHO — lifehacker — 27 November 2021 (LINK)
Covid: Swiss vote on ending restrictions while cases surge — bbc — 27 November 2021 (LINK)
Covid: Swiss vote on ending restrictions while cases surge — bbc — 27 November 2021 (LINK)Vaccine makers move quickly against new omicron Covid variant, testing already under way — ap / yourcentralvalley — 26 November 2021 (LINK)
60 Countries With the Best Covid-19 Vaccination Rates in the World — gizmodo — 15 November 2021 (LINK)
The U.S. has slipped to 55th place despite being ranked 18th most vaccinated as recently as July.
