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jumping into the covid fire

How Biden will try to deal with the catastrophe left by Trump and his minions. (via The New Yorker)

 

 

dealing with vaccine worries

How South Korea dealt with fear from bad flu vaccine news may be a model for getting people to get vaccinated for Covid-19.

 

 

the marshmallow test

It appears many Americans are failing it this Thanksgiving.

 

an anti-mask rant from 1919

 

 

mask effectiveness

A discussion of a new paper by Linsey Marr's group on common face coverings.

 

on vector immunity

The AstrZeneca vaccine isn't very effective in one of the test regimes (two full doses a month apart).  It has been suggested vector immunity may be the issue.  Here's a general backgrounder on vector-based vaccines.

 

thanksgiving 1918 and a pandemic

What the US did back then.

a tip of the hat to Jim

 

 

what is the best strategy to deploy a vaccine?

Many variables, but very interesting.  Of course the US doesn't have a viable national plan. 

 

 

the vaccine race

A look behind the scenes at Pfizer and Moderna - US govt aid in one case, none in the other.

 

sledhead

It's not healthy to bang the brain around - another in a series of NY Times pieces on brain injury and sliding sports.