How Singapore Has Kept the Coronavirus Off Campus

New York Times

The Value of Virus Mitigation

Inside Higher Ed

Biden Must Tackle the Pandemic With a New Deal for Public Health

The Nation

Yes, there’s risk in opening schools. But we can find ways to manage it.

Washington Post

How Taiwan Plans to Stay (Mostly) Covid-Free

New York Times

New coronavirus variant may have been in US since October

The Guardian

Trump’s Focus as the Pandemic Raged: What Would It Mean for Him?

New York Times

The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb

The Atlantic

As a nurse, she knew the daily traumas of Covid-19. Then her father landed in her ICU

STAT

“Those of Us Who Don’t Die Are Going to Quit”: A Crush of Patients, Dwindling Supplies and the Nurse Who Lost Hope

ProPublica

Are schools safe? A growing body of evidence suggests that, with the right measures, they contribute little to virus spread.

Washington Post

A Q&A about the new coronavirus variant with the Fred Hutch scientist who’s been tracking its spread

Seattle Times

Covid-19 Vaccine Outlook Prompts Businesses to Dust Off Return-to-Office Plans

Wall Street Journal

This is why we should test everyone for COVID-19

Pandemic Year Two

The Atlantic

Kids infected more at gatherings than class

Los Angeles Times

The Plague Year

The New Yorker

The new virus strain is ~60% more infectious. We haven’t processed what that means.

Thread Reader

Where We Stand with Covid-19 — December 25

Off the Silk Road

The U.S. was supposed to be equipped to handle a pandemic. So what went wrong?

Washington Post

Schools Rethink Covid Rules. ‘We’re Over-Quarantining Kids Like Crazy.’

Wall Street Journal

There is (rightly) concern about the variant SARS-CoV-2 strains. I want to talk about what this means for vaccines, our future, and why we MUST have contingency plans.

Thread Reader

Covid-19 Test Makers Aim to Broaden Virus Testing Well Into Spring

Wall Street Journal

These breakthroughs will make 2021 better than 2020

Gates Notes