– US President Joe Biden mocks masking – US First Lady reports 2nd infection, is on Paxlovid – CVS ended Medicaid/Medicare access to Paxlovid – FDA: updated booster “not intended for everyone” – Whoopi Goldberg has a third infection – CDC data: over 38 million US adults have/had long covid – New Zealand: rise in cases – UK to resume covid tracking – Scotland wastewater at highest point in 12 months – Nearly 1 in 2 phones in hospitals harbor covid – Novavax’s new vaccine data looks really good – Great advice on supporting friends with long covid – Difficult news from new long covid studies – With 2/3 of all countries withholding covid data, WHO now reporting monthly – US: 7th week rising hospitalizations, 2nd month of rising cases, covid ER visits at winter levels