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
"The more transmissible a virus is, the harder it is for the population to reach herd immunity, where the epidemic dies out because the virus keeps dead-ending at people who can’t be infected."
(Megan McArdle)
Vaccines
- Pfizer ($PFE) is planning for booster shots. (washingtonpost.com)
- We are moving closer to fractional dosing. (marginalrevolution.com)
- Would you rather your kids get Covid or the vaccine? (nytimes.com)
Vaccine mandates
- What you watch affects your vaccination status. (fivethirtyeight.com)
- Most Americans support employer vaccine mandates. (morningconsult.com)
Spread
- A new study showing how birthday parties helped spread Covid last year. (nytimes.com)
- Why the pandemic didn't affect mental health more - people adapt. (theatlantic.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: unpopular mandates. (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)