A linkfest dedicated to the coronavirus pandemic is now a weekly feature here on Abnormal Returns. You can read last week’s edition here. Please be careful and stay safe.
Quote of the Day
"The acceptance of Wakefield’s study in as prominent an outlet as The Lancet will go down as one of the worst decisions in the history of scientific publication."
(Stuart Richie)
Vaccines
- What if the first Covid-19 vaccines aren't the best? (nytimes.com)
- Vaccine trials have a number of endpoints to consider. (scientificamerican.com)
- The Covid-19 vaccines in development are not designed to prevent the further transmission of the virus. (nytimes.com)
- China's Sinovac Biotech goes old school with its Covid-19 vaccine. (bloomberg.com)
- mRNA vaccines need to be stored at very cold temperatures. (marketwatch.com)
Vaccine policy
- Can governments and companies require Covid-19 vaccinations? (daily.jstor.org)
- Vaccine doubt is growing from both sides of the spectrum. (wsj.com)
- Another reason why people may 'boycott' coroanvirus vaccines. (fnlondon.com)
- A successful vaccine strategy needs to be global in nature. (ft.com)
Testing
- The new Abbott ($ABT) rapid Covid-19 test will greatly expand testing availability. (marketwatch.com)
- The federal government has been slow to deploy money to increase testing. (wsj.com)
- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will for the first time require the regular testing of nursing home staff for the novel coronavirus. (washingtonpost.com)
- Cheap, fast testing would allow us to reopen most of the economy. (slate.com)
Long haulers
- Long haulers are putting stress on their health insurance. (wsj.com)
- Many Covid-19 long haulers can't necessarily prove they had it in the first place. (statnews.com)
- Doctors are now keeping an eye on the lingering aftereffects on children. (wsj.com)
- The story of one Covid-19 long hauler. (marketwatch.com)
Influenza
- Why you should get your flu shot in September. (marketwatch.com)
- What you need to know about getting a flu shot this year. (nytimes.com)
- Flu season is going to put additional pressure on testing resources. (nytimes.com)
Spread
- The Biogen ($BGEN) conference in February spread the coronavirus far and wide. (wbur.org)
- The evidence is clear that Covid-19 spreads via aerosols. (time.com)
- How one unmasked woman sitting near an A/C unit in a Seoul Starbucks ($SBUX) infected some 56 people. (marketwatch.com)
- How some Maine sleepaway camps kept the virus at bay. (washingtonpost.com)
- We need better ventilation, coronavirus or not. (vox.com)
Data
- The Arizona surge is over for now. (politicalcalculations.blogspot.com)
- Restrictions are helping to bring case counts down in the US. (nytimes.com)
Outcomes
- Covid-19 symptoms seem to present in a specific order. (bigthink.com)
- Metabolic syndrome has a negative effect on Covid-19 outcomes. (sciencedaily.com)
- Re-infection is not necessarily a bad thing if illness is prevented. (wired.com)
- Why do some people weather the coronavirus with no ill-effects? (scientificamerican.com)
Immunity
- Four scenarios on how we develop Covid-19 immunity over time. (statnews.com)
- Researchers are learning more about collective immunity as they watch hot spots cool. (washingtonpost.com)
FDA
- The FDA's EUA for convalescent plasma does not inspire confidence. (wired.com)
- How the FDA is being suborned to the administration's political desire. (blogs.sciencemag.org)
Coronavirus
- The administration's failure to try and corral the coronavirus is unique among major countries. (vox.com)
- The story of a family whose two healthy teenage sons ended up on ventilators with Covid-19. (washingtonpost.com)
- The pandemic changes what a populace wants from their leaders. (washingtonpost.com)
