5 years after it appeared, things we know and still don't know about COVID
"In the U.S., an average of about 900 people a week have died of COVID-19 over the past year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."
COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting | Science | AAAS
WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove expressed her frustration that "Everyone is acting as this pandemic didn't really happen."
Five Years On: A Covid Retrospective
“As we approach the five year mark of the first known case of covid-19, as we contemplate a half decade of watching a novel virus rip through our communities, our countries, our world, I wanted to do a retrospective on the pandemic.
A keeping score of sorts.”
As we approach the five year mark of the first known case of covid-19, as we contemplate a half decade of watching a novel virus rip through our communities, our countries, our world, I wanted to do a retrospective on the pandemic.A keeping score of sorts.
(🧵NO ONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS): To answer the question "What does the future hold for 𝑆𝐀𝑅𝑆-𝐂𝑂𝑉-𝟐?" it's worth examining how predictable its evolutionary trajectory has been so far. Evolution is stochastic, but stochastic processes can still yield predictions. (1/)
“(🧵NO ONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED THIS): To answer the question "What does the future hold for 𝑆𝐀𝑅𝑆-𝐂𝑂𝑉-𝟐?" it's worth examining how predictable its evolutionary trajectory has been so far. Evolution is stochastic, but stochastic processes can still yield predictions. (1/)”
How COVID Helped Trump Win
“The pandemic, which has killed 1.2 million Americans to date—40,000 so far this year as of the week of October 12—has hardly been top of mind lately. Media has largely moved on—even if immunocompromised and vulnerable Americans cannot thanks to the still-circulating virus. COVID, far from its political branding as a mere inconvenience, has been linked to a host of serious health complications including diabetes and cardiovascular and neurological problems. But the Biden administration’s response to the worst public health crisis in a century likely played a significant role in Donald Trump’s return to the White House.”