A coronavirus-focused linkfest is still 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
"As variants become more and more infectious, we face the reality that nearly everyone is likely to get COVID-19 at some point unless they’re vaccinated. Even for kids, the latter is so, so much better than the former."
(Dr. Aaron Carroll)
Chart of the Day
Why it helps to look across cohorts for vaccine efficiency.
Boosters
- The administration is recommending booster shots eight months after a person's last vaccination. (biopharmadive.com)
- People who got the J&J ($JNJ) vaccine need booster shot guidance. (washingtonpost.com)
- Why booster shots for healthy individuals is not the highest and best use for vaccines. (theatlantic.com)
- Booster shots for the immunocompromised would do a lot to reduce hospitalizations. (theconversation.com)
- The mRNA sales boom is set to expand with booster mandates. (wsj.com)
Vaccines
- Penny Ward, “No vaccine is completely protective against infection with the delta variant...” (bloomberg.com)
- In light of the Delta variant, vaccine numbers are on the rise. (bloomberg.com)
- The drop in case counts this Summer lulled some people into vaccine complacency. (daily.jstor.org)
- CureVac has a second generation mRNA vaccine in development. (ft.com)
- Why the Moderna ($MRNA) vaccine hasn't been approved for adolescents yet. (washingtonpost.com)
Vaccine mandates
- Vaccine mandates are spreading. (axios.com)
- Schools already mandate a raft of vaccinations. So what's different about Covid? (theatlantic.com)
- Your holiday gathering should have a vaccine mandate. (slate.com)
- The NFL's mandates are working. (latimes.com)
Treatments
- How close is fluvoxamine to being a standard treatment for Covid? (blogs.jwatch.org)
- The use of monoclonal antibody treatment is on the rise. (washingtonpost.com)
- Health care workers are worn out by the new flood of Covid patients. (statnews.com)
Countries
- Despite having a third wave, Iceland is a success story. (washingtonpost.com)
- Could 80% of South Africans already had Covid? (bloomberg.com)
Data
- Putting a number on how many lives the Covid vaccines have saved to-date. (nia.nih.gov)
- The CDC is not collecting and disseminating the information needed to make good policy decisions. (washingtonpost.com)
- We don't have good enough data to answer some fundamental questions about Covid. (theatlantic.com)
- We are lacking data in a number of areas including school-based spread. (emilyoster.substack.com)
Masking
- There really isn't great data on the efficacy of masking in schools. (nymag.com)
- Masking is just one tool in keeping kids safe in school. (scientificamerican.com)
- One Texas district has made masks a part of its dress code. (npr.org)
- In this study some 25% of people wear masks incorrectly. (insideindianabusiness.com)
- Why are children wearing masks so triggering? (theatlantic.com)
- Leave it to a child to have the right answer: "It's just a mask." (washingtonpost.com)
Research
- The novel coronavirus keeps evolving and mutating. How much more can we expect? (sfchronicle.com)
- Why Delta spreads so quickly: higher viral loads and asymptomatic spread. (nature.com)
- Why Delta has pushed aside other variants. (statnews.com)
- Clear barriers don't really do anything to slow the spread of the virus. (nytimes.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: a recurring part of our lives. (abnormalreturns.com)
- There's only one way through the pandemic tunnel. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Why we are eventually going to need digital health passes, i.e. vaccine passports. (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)
