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Dec 18, 2020

COVID-19 Cases Are Rising, So Why Are Deaths Flatlining?

The gap between soaring cases and falling deaths is being weaponized by the right to claim a hollow victory in the face of shameless failure. What’s really going on? — Image: The Atlantic By Derek Thompson For the past few weeks, I have been obsessed with a mystery emerging in the national COVID-19 data. Cases have soared to terrifying levels since June. Yesterday, the U.S. had 62,000 confirmed cases, an all-time high — and about five times more than the…

Covid 19

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COVID-19 Cases Are Rising, So Why Are Deaths Flatlining?
COVID-19 Cases Are Rising, So Why Are Deaths Flatlining?

Dec 17, 2020

The Most Likely Way You’ll Get Infected With the Coronavirus

You don’t have to sanitize your apples anymore, but you do have to wear a mask — This story is part of “Six Months In,” a special weeklong Elemental series reflecting on where we’ve been, what we’ve learned, and what the future holds for the Covid-19 pandemic. At the beginning of the pandemic in March, Jeffrey VanWingen, MD, a Michigan family physician, scared the bejeezus out of…

Six Months In

13 min read

The Most Likely Way You’ll Get Infected With the Coronavirus
The Most Likely Way You’ll Get Infected With the Coronavirus

Dec 15, 2020

What It’s Like to Get — and Give — the First Covid-19 Vaccine

The two women at the heart of the momentous occasion discuss its emotional significance — Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the Covid-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester in New York City. Credit: Pool/Getty Images Shortly after 9 AM eastern time yesterday morning, Michelle Chester, MD, administered the first Covid-19 vaccine in the U.S. to Sandra Lindsay…

Covid 19

4 min read

What It’s Like to Get — and Give — the First Covid-19 Vaccine
What It’s Like to Get — and Give — the First Covid-19 Vaccine

Dec 14, 2020

Can Israel Become the First Country to Vaccinate All of Its High-Risk People?

Demographics, an effective health system, and a fast acquisition of vaccines might help Israel end Covid-19 spread —

Covid 19

6 min read

Can Israel Become the First Country to Vaccinate All of Its High-Risk People?
Can Israel Become the First Country to Vaccinate All of Its High-Risk People?

Dec 5, 2020

Lebanon Co. nurse on frontlines of COVID-19 fight describes conditions, grief inside hospitals

Emily Aston is a registered nurse at Wellspan Good Samaritan hospital in Lebanon, where her unit is operating at full capacity with COVID-19 patients. LEBANON, Pa. — Emily Aston has been a registered nurse for the last two years. There are nurses who she says have been working at Wellspan…

Covid 19

2 min read

Lebanon Co. nurse on frontlines of COVID-19 fight describes conditions, grief inside hospitals
Lebanon Co. nurse on frontlines of COVID-19 fight describes conditions, grief inside hospitals
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