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Getting Health Care Was Already Tough In

Rural Areas. The Pandemic Has Made It
Worse

NPR · 7 min

A new nationwide poll shows that one in every four rural

U.S households have been unable to get medical care for
serious problems.

How to Keep Connecting with Strangers

During the Pandemic

greatergood.berkeley.edu · 7 min

I love my husband and my son. But I never expected that

they would be practically my only companions for seven
months in a row. Since COVID hit, we’ve been cooped up
at home together, barely going out of the house except for

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groceries and exercise.

Charting a Coronavirus Infection

The New York Times · 6 min

No single timeline can encompass the range of Covid

cases. But months of data have helped scientists home in
on the general portrait of a symptomatic coronavirus case.

A 'herd mentality' can’t stop the COVID-19

pandemic. Neither can a weak vaccine.

National Geographic · 12 min

Debates over herd immunity and natural infection arise

with every outbreak. Effective vaccination always wins.

India's new paper Covid-19 test could be a

‘game changer’

BBC · 5 min

A team of scientists in India has developed an

inexpensive paper-based test for coronavirus that could
give fast results similar to a pregnancy test.

Concern rises for White House residence

staff as their workplace emerges as a virus
hot spot

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The Washington Post · 3 min

Much of today’s staff is composed of African American,

Latino or Filipino employees, and many are older, making
them among the most vulnerable populations in the
pandemic.

CDC Acknowledges Coronavirus Can Spread

Via Airborne Transmission

NPR · 3 min

Airborne transmission of the coronavirus can occur,

especially in poorly ventilated and enclosed spaces,
according to the CDC.

How do pandemics end?

BBC · 8 min

We are in the grip of a pandemic like none other in living

memory. While people are pinning their hopes on a
vaccine to wipe it out, the fact is most of the infections
faced by our ancestors are still with us.

Doctors Tell Me I Have COVID. Why Won't the

Tests?

GQ · 20 min

Her search for answers tell us about the faith we invest in

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a testing system that's trickier than we think?

The Virus Sent Droves to a Small Town.

Suddenly, It’s Not So Small.

The New York Times · 8 min

As city dwellers scrambled to settle their families far away

from hot spots, Vermont’s regular summer influx swelled
by approximately 10,000.

The covid-19 recession is the most unequal

in modern U.S. history

The Washington Post · 18 min

Job losses from the pandemic overwhelmingly affected

low-wage, minority workers most. Seven months into the
recovery, Black women, Black men and mothers of
school-age children are taking the longest time to regain
their employment.

Ski, Party, Seed a Pandemic: The Travel

Rules That Let Covid-19 Take Flight

The New York Times · 12 min

The World Health Organization said open borders would

help fight disease. Experts, and a global treaty,
emphatically agreed. But the scientific evidence was

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never behind them.

What Will Cold-and-Flu Season Mean for the

Coronavirus Pandemic?

The New Yorker · 16 min

Without a national strategy to limit the virus’s spread, the

country faces the “darkest winter in modern history.”

Free to Work Remotely, Young Americans

Are Covid Road Tripping

Bloomberg · 5 min

No kids. No mortgage. Flexible work options. Why stay in

one place?

Covid-19 tests that give results in minutes to

be rolled out across world

The Guardian · 3 min

Global initiative will supply 120m rapid antigen tests to

low- and middle-income countries.

Some covid-19 rule-breakers could be

narcissists, experts say. Here’s how to
approach them.

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The Washington Post · 2 min

“It’s just a weird time, and people are breaking for different
reasons, with narcissism being one but not the only one.”

10 facts about school reopenings in the

Covid-19 pandemic

Vox · 15 min

Schools across America have opened their doors. Here’s

how it’s going so far.

Covid Doctors Find a Turning Point in Life-

Threatening Cases

Bloomberg · 6 min

When two brothers fell critically ill with Covid-19 around

the same time in March, their doctors were baffled. Both
were young -- 29 and 31 years old -- and healthy. Yet
within days they couldn’t breathe on their own and,
tragically, one of them died.

This Overlooked Variable Is the Key to the

Pandemic

The Atlantic · 22 min

It’s not R.

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The code: How genetic science helped

expose a secret coronavirus outbreak

The Washington Post · 22 min

Something had gone terribly wrong in Postville.

Something that provided fuel for a single virus spark to
erupt into an inferno.

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