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
"If humans are wood that fuels a flame, and coronaviruses are the sparks that ignite it, vaccines are the fire suppressants that protect best against the worst of the viral burn: severe disease, hospitalization, and death."
(Katherine J. Wu)
Delta variant
- A good overview of the Delta variant and what we know. (unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com)
- The Delta variant is a good reason to get vaccinated even if you had Covid. (theconversation.com)
Vaccines
- Israel will begin offering third doses of the BioNTech/Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine this week to adults with serious pre-existing medical conditions. (ft.com)
- The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine generates much higher antibody levels than the Sinovac vaccine. (bloomberg.com)
- Fractional doses are the way forward for the world. (ft.com)
Unvaccinated
- Covid hot spots are popping up in low vaccination counties. (npr.org)
- The administration is trying all sorts of strategies to get vaccination rates up. (theatlantic.com)
- Health care workers are now treating a new wave of unvaccinated Covid patients. (newyorker.com)
- ICUs are filling with people in their 20s, 30s and 40s. (theatlantic.com)
Treatments
- Even Merck ($MRK) doesn't think Ivermectin is an effective treatment for Covid. (bloomberg.com)
- The much-touted Ivermectin study has been withdrawn. (theguardian.com)
- Health care workers need to be vaccinated to protect patients. (statnews.com)
Children
- Schools are encouraging all 12+ to get vaccinated before the start of the new school year. (wsj.com)
- The next big fight is going to be over vaccinations for kids. (wired.com)
Long Covid
- Long Covid affects patients across the spectrum. (ft.com)
- What Fitbit data tells us about long Covid. (nytimes.com)
- One theory on long Covid is that is reactivates old viruses. (wsj.com)
Data
- How big a role are previous infections playing in today's Covid situation? (statnews.com)
- How the pandemic has played out for kids. (nymag.com)
- How we'll know when the pandemic is over. (npr.org)
Global
- Why Australia is struggling to get its population vaccinated. (washingtonpost.com)
- South Korea and Taiwan are struggling to catch up with vaccinations. (global-macro-monitor.com)
- Israel and South Korea recently did a vaccine swap. (marginalrevolution.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: the delta warning. (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
- The U.S. Surgeon General is warning about the dangers of Covid misinformation. (npr.org)
- The pandemic has exacerbated all sorts of trends, including hunger worldwide. (washingtonpost.com)
- Absent a smoking gun, we may never know the origin of SARS-Cov19. (wsj.com)
- How to avoid Covid-denying clusters. (thereformedbroker.com)
