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Mortality fell during the second wave, vaccination alone can’t contain the spread, and the carbon footprint of PPE in this week’s roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.

Healthcare professionals can still fall for fake news, the UK variant is more deadly, and the pandemic exacerbates gender inequality at home in this week’s roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.

Lockdown drives us to make bad choices, the fall in carbon emissions will have little effect, the danger of new variants and more in my weekly round up of pandemic science for The Tyee.

Fighting Zoom fatigue, real world vaccine results, and overcoming Indigenous vaccine hesitancy in this week’s roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.

Longer gaps between vaccine doses are OK, Neanderthal genes are protective, and 20 million years of life has been lost in this week’s roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.

The virus knows what we did last summer, animals know how to social distance, and how the humidity of masks may help reduce disease severity in this week’s roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.

Turning discarded masks into roads, misinformation reduces vaccination intent, and Tom Hanks’ diagnosis changed people’s behaviour in this week’s roundup of pandemic science for The Tyee.

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.

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.

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.