A coronavirus pandemic linkfest is now a weekly feature here on Abnormal Returns. Please stay safe. You can read last week’s edition here.
Quote of the Day
"Vaccine passports could have all kinds of emotional and economic benefits, as well as public health ones."
(Faye Flam)
AstraZeneca
- After some back and forth, AstraZeneca ($AZN) now says its vaccine is 76% effective. (washingtonpost.com)
- What we know about the AstraZeneca ($AZN) vaccine. (nature.com)
- Some of AstraZeneca's ($AZN) problems are of its own making. (washingtonpost.com)
- What to make of AstraZeneca's ($AZN) rough week. (statnews.com)
Vaccines
- Covid manufacturing in the U.S. is set to triple. (wsj.com)
- The rollout of the Johnson & Johnson ($NJ) vaccine has been slower than officials would like. (politico.com)
- Pfizer ($PFE) has begun testing its vaccine in children under age 12. (wsj.com)
- CureVac is still on track for vaccine approval in the EU in June. (wsj.com)
- Pfizer ($PFE) is using its pandemic success to push farther into mRNA vaccines. (wsj.com)
Vaccine distribution
- The Biden administration now plans to deliver 200 million shots in its first 100 days. (cnbc.com)
- The Feds are spending $10 billion to ease the disparities in vaccine distribution. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why the state of California turned to Blue Shield to distribute vaccines. (politico.com)
- Kroger ($KR) wants to leverage its role as a vaccine site. (wsj.com)
Vaccine hesitancy
- The future of the pandemic is in the hands of the vaccine hesitant. (theatlantic.com)
- How much vaccine hesitancy is due to the fear of needles, i.e. trypanophobia? (marginalrevolution.com)
- There's no reason to believe the Covid vaccines have any effect on fertility. (statnews.com)
- Vaccine confidence has many layers. (nytimes.com)
Vaccines in practice
- Breakthrough cases are going to happen among the fully vaccinated. (nytimes.com)
- Why you should get the vaccine even if you've had Covid. (theconversation.com)
- Fully vaccinated older Americans are making plans once again. (nytimes.com)
- Don't forget: hold onto your vaccination card. (fatherly.com)
Vaccines in the workplace
- Rutgers University has become one of the first major universities in the U.S. to require students on campus to get coronavirus vaccines before they start the fall 2021 semester. (thedailybeast.com)
- More businesses are offering freebies and discounts to customers who can prove their vaccination status. (axios.com)
- Bolthouse Farms is paying workers $500 to get vaccinated and is hosting weekly clinics. (wsj.com)
- 12 unusual places Americans are getting vaccinated. (politico.com)
Long haulers
- A look at the neurological symptoms some long-haulers are still experiencing. (nytimes.com)
- What we know, and mostly don't know, about long Covid. (statnews.com)
- Researchers are looking into the relationship between Covid and tinnitus. (nytimes.com)
Research
- It's likely that the novel coronavirus was circulating for months undetected in China. (medicalxpress.com)
- How to best test for the novel coronavirus in wastewater. (sciencedaily.com)
- We have passed the novel coronavirus onto animals like the mink. (wired.com)
- In the future airborne testing for pathogens like the novel coronavirus may be widespread. (nytimes.com)
- Believe it or not, there is a downside to this year's depleted flu season. (politico.com)
Testing
- Why routine testing is viewed as a path forward for fully reopened businesses and schools. (politico.com)
- Amazon ($AMZN) is now the developer of an authorized Covid-19 test. (statnews.com)
Treatments
- Regeneron's ($REGN) antibody drug reduced the risk of Covid-19 hospitalization or death by about 70% in a large clinical trial. (wsj.com)
- Health care professionals are burned out and exhausted. (ft.com)
Data
- We are in the midst of a 'vaccine vs. variant' race in the U.S. (slate.com)
- Case counts are rising in 19 states. (axios.com)
Global
- India has halted the export of vaccines manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. (reuters.com)
- Europe is not happy that the EU hasn't engaged in vaccine nationalism. (bloomberg.com)
- Israel's vaccine passport has helped reopen the service industry including restaurants and bars. (theglobeandmail.com)
- Skepticism is rising about China's vaccine push. (ft.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: not enough tests. (abnormalreturns.com)
- There's only one way through the pandemic tunnel. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The 'Swiss cheese model' and the importance of avoiding single points of failure in pandemic and life. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Get used to the term 'digital health passport' as the coronavirus vaccine rolls out nationwide. (abnormalreturns.com)
- On the challenge of holding two competing thoughts on the pandemic in your head a the same time. (abnormalreturns.com)
