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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.

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 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.

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 […]