Pandemic: Coronavirus Edition

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Things Discussed on Episode:

• We Accidentally Solved the Flu. Now What?
• All These Simultaneous Disasters Are Messing With Our Brains
• Japan becomes surprise overnight COVID success story
• Vermont Fall Foliage Report
• Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
• Flu season 2021: how worried should we be?

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Things Discussed on Episode:

• How Japan Beat Coronavirus Without Lockdowns
• No, the Unvaccinated Aren't Selfish or Ignorant. Here's Why I'm Not Vaxxed | Opinion
• Ellume recalls hundreds of thousands of home coronavirus test kits over false positive concerns
• WHO says Merck’s antiviral Covid pill is ‘certainly good news’ as it awaits data

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Things Discussed on Episode:

• Winter is coming, again: What to expect from Covid-19 as the season looms
• What We Actually Know About Waning Immunity
• Indian study finds big drop in COVID antibodies within four months of vaccination
• Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Best Prevents Hospitalization, CDC Study Indicates
• 5 reasons why FDA advisers did not recommend Covid-19 booster shots for everyone
• Israeli Study Finds Third Shot Provides Significant Boost in Covid-19 Immunity
• CDC Stands Up New Disease Forecasting Center

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Things Discussed on Episode:

• Biden pledged to ‘follow the science.’ But experts say he’s sometimes fallen short
• Here's what we know about the highly mutated C.1.2 coronavirus variant so far
• Mu COVID Variant, Which Scientists Fear is Resistant to Vaccines, Detected in 39 Countries
• The Masks Were Working All Along
• Past Covid-19 infection ‘gives more protection’
• RNA vaccines seem to produce very different antibody levels
• What Pfizer's scientists consider the 'biggest surprise' about their COVID-19 vaccine
• Most Children With Severe Post-Covid-19 Condition in Fine Health Year Later, U.K. Study Finds

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Things Discussed on Episode:

• Study Shows Covid-19 Can Be Detected In A Single Asymptomatic Person Through Wastewater Surveillance
• As Children's COVID Cases Surge, There's Another Virus On The Rise
• Don’t Panic, But Breakthrough Cases May Be a Bigger Problem Than You’ve Been Told Current public-health messaging may understate the scale and risk.
• Claim that Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is 42% effective leaves out key details
• Delta Has Changed the Pandemic Risk Calculus
• Moderna vaccine gives bigger antibody boost than Pfizer in elderly, say researchers

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Things Discussed on Episode:

• ‘Joe Rogan Is Getting This Completely Wrong,’ Says The Scientist Who Conducted The Vaccine Study

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Things Discussed on Episode:

• U.S. Vaccinations Ramp Up With Shots Passing 700,000 for Four Straight Days
• Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine Is Less Effective Against Delta Infections but Still Prevents Serious Illness, Israel Study Suggests
• Some COVID hot spots see increase in vaccinations; Massachusetts outbreak shows 'vaccines are working': Live COVID-19 updates
• MA Outbreak of 900 COVID Cases Leads to Only 7 Hospitalizations: 'The Vaccines Are Working'
• 21 of 29 People Test Positive for COVID-19 After Oregon Family Reunion—13 Fully Vaccinated
• Should you be wearing a mask again? Here’s a map of the Covid hot spots subject to the CDC’s new guidance

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Things Discussed on Episode:

• A new way to visualize the surge in Covid-19 cases in the U.S.
• Why There's a Big Difference Between a Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Person Testing Positive for COVID-19
• How concerned should we be about breakthrough coronavirus infections? One expert weighs in
• The Tokyo Olympics could be a COVID-19 “super evolutionary event”
• Coronavirus Today: Breakthrough infections break through
• Can vaccinated people get long Covid? Doctors say risk is 'very, very small'
• Mixed AstraZeneca-Pfizer shot boosts COVID antibody level - study
• U.S. life expectancy dropped by 1.5 years in 2020, driven by the pandemic - The Washington Post

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Things Discussed on Episode:

• Delta Covid-19 Variant Is Dominant U.S. Strain, CDC Data Show
• House Speaker Pelosi rejects two GOP selections tapped to serve on committee investigating the Capitol riot. Watch CNN
• Fauci Casts Doubt on Study Suggesting Delta Variant Hit Pfizer COVID Vaccine's Efficacy
• Top health expert says vaccinated people are spreading delta variant
• CDC warns Covid-19 vaccines might not protect people who are immunocompromised
• Going further than CDC, pediatricians group recommends masks in schools even for the vaccinated
  
  

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Things Discussed on Episode:

• Man believed to have longest COVID-19 infection had virus for 300 days
• COVID live updates: Delta variant can spread within '5 to 10 seconds' of exposure
• Dangerous Delta COVID-19 Variant Infecting Vaccinated Adults In Israel
• We’re Not Ready for Another Pandemic
• The mRNA Vaccines Are Extraordinary, but Novavax Is Even Better
• CDC says roughly 4,100 people have been hospitalized or died with Covid breakthrough infections after vaccination

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