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.
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.
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 […]
How to Get People to Take the Vaccine. And More Fresh Science News
How to promote vaccines, which masks offer the best protection, and how dogs might be able to sniff out COVID-19 in my weekly round-up of pandemic science for The Tyee.
Taking stock: Canada’s research funders assess their response to COVID-19 so far
Money was disbursed quickly, researchers stepped up, but some adjustments had to be made along the way. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck Canada in early 2020, the country’s major federal research funding agencies knew they would have a big role to play in the response, and they moved quickly to coordinate their efforts through the […]
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.