A coronavirus-focused linkfest is for now a weekly feature here on Abnormal Returns. Please stay safe and find a vaccination site near you. You can read last week’s edition here.
Quote of the Day
"I'm pretty darn libertarian, but not about vaccinations. The US should be pushing for near universal vaccination. This is like finishing your dose of antibiotics."
(John Cochrane)
Vaccines
- The Novavax ($NVAX) vaccine showed strong efficacy in a big trial. (statnews.com)
- The Novavax ($NVAX) vaccine is not an also-ran. (bloomberg.com)
- How Pfizer ($PFE) pushed to produce mass quantities of vaccine. (washingtonpost.com)
- Mixing and matching vaccines could work for other diseases. (nytimes.com)
- Transplant patients may need a third shot to achieve immunity. (statnews.com)
Delta variant
- The Delta variant is set to become the dominant strain in the U.S. (wsj.com)
- The spread of variants make a booster shot inevitable. (unherd.com)
Vaccination
- We're all going to get vaccinated, the question is whether it is by needle or virus. (slate.com)
- The persistence of a large unvaccinated population is going to continue complicating things. (theatlantic.com)
- There are hundred of counties where the vaccination rate is below 25%. (medium.com)
- After a successful vaccination effort Vermont is pretty much back to normal. (wsj.com)
- Teachers are getting vaccinated at a rapid rate. (wsj.com)
Long haulers
- Some Covid survivors are still having problems with their sense of smell. (nytimes.com)
- There is strong evidence Covid infections affect the brain. (medrxiv.org)
Data
- Vaccinated adults help protect unvaccinated children. (nytimes.com)
- What you need to know about myocarditis and teenagers. (npr.org)
- A look at the years of life lost to Covid in 2020. (pewresearch.org)
Global
Spread
- The next pandemic will likely be caused by zoonotic disease. (modernfarmer.com)
- There does seem to be a seasonal component to Covid spread. (news.yale.edu)
- A recent cold could provide some protection against Covid. (newatlas.com)
Testing
- The U.S. botched testing in 2020. What should we do going forward? (marketwatch.com)
- Covid was in the U.S. before commonly thought. (wsj.com)
- You can get Covid twice, but the second time is likely to be mild. (newscientist.com)
Vaccine passports
- Other countries are creating vaccine passports. The U.S. is taking a pass. (latimes.com)
- How California's new digital verification system works. (sfgate.com)
- What you need to know about your Covid vaccine card. (nytimes.com)
- Businesses are pushing hard to get everyone vaccinated before returning to the office. (wsj.com)
Treatment
- Regeneron's ($REGN) REGEN-COV is helpful in hospitalized Covid patients. (wsj.com)
- As demand wanes what Eli Lilly ($LLY) is doing with its antibody treatment business. (ibj.com)
- The U.S. is investing in anti-viral pills that could treat Covid. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: creating incentives. (abnormalreturns.com)
- There's only one way through the pandemic tunnel. (abnormalreturns.com)
- The 'Swiss cheese model' and the importance of avoiding single points of failure in pandemic and life. (abnormalreturns.com)
- On the challenge of holding two competing thoughts on the pandemic in your head a the same time. (abnormalreturns.com)
Mixed media
- Nothing has changed about the possibility of a lab-leak, except the narrative. (foreignpolicy.com)
- CVS ($CVS) and Walgreen's ($WBA) have benefited from the vaccination push. (wsj.com)
- Technology saved us during pandemic. (future.a16z.com)
- The pandemic is not over for the immuno-compromised. (slate.com)
- Why 'hygiene theater' persists. (washingtonpost.com)
