A coronavirus-focused linkfest is a weekly feature here at Abnormal Returns. Please stay safe and find a vaccination site near you. You can read last week’s edition here.
Quote of the Day
"We have to accept that there is no inoculum for uncertainty—that no human contact is risk-free, that no vaccine is perfect, that we can never guarantee safety in life."
(Dr. Lucy McBride)
Vaccines
- The FDA advisory panel voted in favor of Moderna ($MRNA) boosters. (nytimes.com)
- The FDA panel endorsed a second shot for adults who received J&J ($JNJ) vaccine. (biopharmadive.com)
- People who are vaxxed and had Covid likely don't need a booster. (wsj.com)
- Mix-and-match vaccines seem to induce bigger immune responses. (biopharmadive.com)
- Should you feel guilty about getting a booster shot? (statnews.com)
- Modern ($MRNA) vaccines have gone almost exclusively to wealthy nations. (nytimes.com)
- A first-hand account of a mom who is nervous to get her children vaccinated. (slate.com)
- Why didn't the U.S. do challenge trials? (nytimes.com)
Mandates
- Hospital systems say that vaccine mandates are working. (washingtonpost.com)
- Despite Covid being the leading work-related cause of death among officers, police unions are steadfast against mandates. (nytimes.com)
- Vaccine mandates work where other entreaties don't. (wired.com)
Data
- How many lives have Covid vaccines saved? A lot... (theconversation.com)
- 90,000 unvaccinated Americans died needlessly this Summer. (marketwatch.com)
Long Covid
- An estimate at the high end for the percentage of Covid patients experiencing lingering issues. (sciencedaily.com)
- How vaccines may help fight long Covid. (wsj.com)
Health care
Antivirals
- How Merck ($MRK) jumped ahead in the race for a Covid-19 antiviral. (scientificamerican.com)
- Timing matters when it comes to antivirals. (msn.com)
Testing
- At-home testing will become more important as antiviral therapies roll out. (wsj.com)
- Three lessons on the effort to scale up rapid Covid-19 tests. (statnews.com)
- Why at-home tests are hard to find. (washingtonpost.com)
Global
- Vaccinated travelers can enter the U.S. starting in November. (nytimes.com)
- Italy has implemented strict vaccine requirements for workers. (wsj.com)
- Australia is easing is quarantine restrictions. (washingtonpost.com)
- New Zealand is mandating vaccines for health care workers and teachers. (npr.org)
- A review shows flaws in the UK's initial approach to Covid. (cnbc.com)
Immunocompromise
- The immunocompromised are being left in limbo. (slate.com)
- On the prophylactic use of monoclonal antibodies. (slate.com)
Misinformation
Influenza
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Coronavirus links: triple protection. (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)
Mixed media
- Andy Slavitt talks with Larry Brilliant about the future of the pandemic. (podcasts.apple.com)
- This Wisconsin brewery is helping parents sue school boards that flout public health advice. (arstechnica.com)
- Why banning travel from China in early 2020 wasn't enough. (papers.ssrn.com)
- Why we should be laying out the plans to reduce Covid restrictions. (theatlantic.com)
