Sam & Julie are back to talk pandemic news here in small town Pennsylvania. Though we’d rather not be back to talk about the pandemic, it’s an unfortunate reality that cases are high and the hospitals are crowded. Again. Get the basics on what you need to know -- even if it feels nicer not to know -- about COVID during the winter holidays. 

SHOW NOTES

• The uses and limits of testing: "COVID Tests Weren't Designed For This," Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic
  
  
• The context just before this wave and the need to focus on hospitalization stats rather than case rates: Twitter thread by John Burn-Murdoch
  
  
• Everything you should to know about this wave of the pandemic - NPR, "UCSF Medicine Chair Answers our Omicron Questions"
  
  
• Why vaccine mandates helped hospitals avoid staffing shortages: "Vaccine mandate has improved Pa. hospital staffing, even after 153 workers left: health system CEO," David Wenner, PennLive
  

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