Links for you. Science:

Shifts in global bat diversity suggest a possible role of climate change in the emergence of SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2
The one crucial vaccine trial result that could end our covid nightmare
Delay Second Doses? A Guide To The Latest COVID-19 Vaccine Debate
U.K. coronavirus variant spreading rapidly through United States, study finds
Putin’s Once-Scorned Vaccine Now Favorite in Pandemic Fight

Other:

Beware the GOP’s coming covid revisionism
‘A waste of money’: The home Covid-19 test funded by the Biden administration is too costly and complex, critics say
Frustration Is Spreading Faster Than the Vaccine Is. America’s distribution plan is no more fair or logical than a Soviet-style queue for cabbage.
Rural community in shock after Georgia raids clinic vaccinating teachers (no more vaccine for them until late July…)
A no-bid contract to track vaccinations leads to frustration and a cease-and-desist letter.
Paid family and sick leave could expand for the first time in decades because of the pandemic
Biden Beats Back The Austerians At The Gates. The Age of Larry Summers is over.
The Democratic Party Has a Fatal Misunderstanding of the QAnon Phenomenon
Confusion and chaos: Inside the vaccine rollout in D.C., Maryland and Virginia
Higher Ed’s Dirty Little Secrets
What the next generation of editors need to tell their political reporters
‘We’ve learned to love the guy’: How Biden charmed the left
The Horrible Politics of $1,400 Checks
Brothers in Arms: Josh Hawley and the Christian Brotherhood
Trial by Combat and the Myths of Our Modern Legal System
Romney’s Child Caps and Phase-outs Are Pointless
The pandemic is devastating a generation of working women
Romney’s Child Allowance Improves on Biden Proposal
The First Step Is Admitting You Have a Problem: What my time working on a North Dakota oil patch taught me about America’s fossil fuel addiction — and how to curb it.
GOP governor ends mask mandate, removes limits on businesses, placing state in danger of new surge
Congress Could Finally Make Life Better For Parents — If It Doesn’t Blow It