The benefits of vaccination likely outweigh the risks for people who are pregnant or breastfeeding, mortality is falling in intensive care, and a psychological model of panic buying in this week’s roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.
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People Follow COVID Rules When Their Friends Do. And More Science News
People follow COVID rules when their friends do, vaccine allergies are rare, and good contact tracing saves lives in this week’s roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.
PPE Littering Is Worsening Plastic Pollution. And More Science Journal News
What COVID might look like in 10 years, air quality didn’t improve as much as expected, and the scourge of PPE litter in this week’s roundup of the latest pandemic science for The Tyee.
US Fisheries Hit Hard by COVID-19
Demand for fresh seafood has plummeted as people avoid dine-in restaurants. The COVID-19 pandemic that has gripped the world for much of the past year has disrupted many industries, and fisheries are no exception. An early analysis estimates that in the United States, the pandemic has caused fresh seafood catches to decline by 40 percent […]
Immunity Seems to Last a Long Time. And More New Virus Science
How to convince people to get the vaccine, trust in science has risen, and Quebecers ate better during lockdown in this week’s roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.
Averting COVID Hospitalizations With Monoclonal Antibodies
The United States has allocated more than 641,000 monoclonal antibody treatments for outpatients to ease pressure on strained hospitals, but officials from Operation Warp Speed report that more than half of that reserve sits unused as clinicians grapple with best practices. Read more in Medscape.
Don’t Hold Back the Vaccine for a Second Dose. And More New Virus Science
Don’t hold back vaccines for the second dose, why COVID is worse than flu, and countries led by women don’t necessarily fare better, plus more in my weekly roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.
What I Learned by Reading Hundreds of COVID-19 Research Studies
I’ve scanned the latest science almost every day for nine months. Three themes kept coming up. For the better part of the past year, I have spent almost every day reviewing the latest scientific papers on the COVID-19 pandemic — everything from the nitty gritty science of virology, immunology and epidemiology, to studies of how […]
What Cleaners Work Best? Which Are Harmful? And More Fresh COVID-19 Science
Most countries are breaking international law, why misinformation is hard to stop, and how to safely share a car ride in this week’s roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.
One-Third of Infected Kids Show No Symptoms. And More New Virus Science
Many kids don’t show symptoms, narcissists love being essential workers, and dark chocolate could fight the virus in my weekly roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.