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Coronavirus Covid 19 Archive

Archives for August 2021

Explainers
Why false claims about Covid-19 vaccines and infertility are so powerfulWhy false claims about Covid-19 vaccines and infertility are so powerful
Explainers

The anti-vax fertility panic, explained.

By Anna North
Should vaccinated people worry about long Covid?
Explainers

Here’s what we know about long Covid — with some hope for the future.

By German Lopez
Science
Hurricane Ida could ravage the Covid-strained Gulf CoastHurricane Ida could ravage the Covid-strained Gulf Coast
Science

Hospitals in the South are already stretched with coronavirus patients. The powerful storm could make things worse.

By Ellen Ioanes
The lab leak hypothesis — true or not — should teach us a lesson
Explainers

As Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc, humans still aren’t doing enough to prevent the next pandemic.

By Umair Irfan
How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment
Future Perfect

Most Covid-19 drug treatments that have been included in trials haven’t panned out. A large new study suggests fluvoxamine might be different.

By Kelsey Piper
4 lessons from the early pandemic that no longer apply
Future Perfect

We need new mental models to make sense of the pandemic as it exists today.

By Sigal Samuel
How Florida’s massive Covid-19 spike got so bad
Covid-19

The Florida surge is a microcosm of a summer gone wrong.

By Dylan Scott
Explainers
What full FDA approval for Covid-19 vaccines really meansWhat full FDA approval for Covid-19 vaccines really means
Explainers

The Pfizer/BioNTech shot got the green light from regulators — which could encourage some holdouts to get vaccinated.

By Umair Irfan
Politics
Biden backs school districts in fight against GOP mask mandate bansBiden backs school districts in fight against GOP mask mandate bans
Politics

Eight states, including Florida and Texas, are trying to ban mask mandates.

By Cameron Peters
What we actually know about the vaccines and the delta variant
Covid-19

Covid-19 vaccines still are effective in preventing hospitalization. But vaccinated people are more likely to get sick than before.

By Dylan Scott
Politics
School boards are in open revolt against Ron DeSantis’s anti-mask crusadeSchool boards are in open revolt against Ron DeSantis’s anti-mask crusade
Politics

Some of Florida’s most populous counties don’t want their children to get Covid-19.

By Ian Millhiser
Some companies are mandating vaccines — but not for front-line workers
Money

Walmart, Uber, and McDonald’s are requiring office workers to get vaccinated. Stores, cars, and warehouses are a different story.

By Emily Stewart
The long road to India’s unparalleled pandemic catastrophe
Covid-19

India’s health system was broken. Then the delta surge arrived.

By Dylan Scott, Pamposh Raina and 1 more
Why no one knows how bad Facebook’s vaccine misinformation problem is
Technology

Facebook is being cagey about Covid-19 content on its platform, researchers say.

By Shirin Ghaffary
Why it’s so hard to be a nurse in America, according to two nurses
Politics

Nurses were struggling even before the pandemic. We have the tools to change that.

By Katherine Courage