Links for you. Science:
Evaluation of Test to Stay Strategy on Secondary and Tertiary Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in K–12 Schools — Lake County, Illinois, August 9–October 29, 2021
Evaluation of a Test to Stay Strategy in Transitional Kindergarten Through Grade 12 Schools — Los Angeles County, California, August 16–October 31, 2021
mRNA COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 infection in a prospective community cohort, rural Wisconsin, November 2020-December 2021 (not much vaccination, mostly 2 doses, pre-Delta)
QTQTN motif upstream of the furin-cleavage site plays key role in SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis. (one more nail in the coffin of it being an engineered virus)
Omicron blindspots: why it’s hard to track coronavirus variants
The value of vaccine booster doses to mitigate the global impact of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant
Protect Abortion Rights? Virginia Democrats’ Vacation Plans Get in the Way. Some Virginia Democrats want to codify abortion rights into state law in their final weeks in power. But several state senators do not want to upend their travel to Hawaii, Europe and Africa. (THERE IS A PANDEMIC RIGHT NOW. WHY ARE THEY TRAVELING?)
Other:
How a Kennedy built an anti-vaccination juggernaut amid COVID-19
What Republicans know that Democrats don’t: Power matters more than policy
Jan 6 investigators believe Nov. 4 text pushing ‘strategy’ to undermine election came from Rick Perry
Clap Louder
Pandemic fatigue has Americans glossing over Omicron. But we can’t give up
Vacuuming Up All The Money
Anti-Vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s House Party Guests Told to Get Vaccinated Before Coming (only assholes blame their wives)
120 Manufacturers in the Global South Could Be Producing mRNA Vaccines If Big Pharma Would Only Show Them How
“Epstein Had a Precise Plan”: How the Only Known Photo of Prince Andrew and the Pedophile Happened
House committee releases new evidence from investigation into Trump administration interference with CDC during Covid-19 pandemic
NFL Hastily Reorganizes Week 15
As omicron spreads, health experts push for mask mandates. But few states have one
Biden set to surpass Trump in first-year judicial nominees; a window into a major Democratic push
Let’s Admit That Covid-19 Is Airborne — How Can You Protect Yourself?
The Pandemic Isn’t Over, But It’s Already Changed D.C. Restaurants
As parents protest critical race theory, students fight racist behavior at school
Surprise! Press stopped caring about Critical Race Theory exact time GOP did
D.C. Police Tried to Fire 24 Current Officers for ‘Criminal Offenses.’ A Powerful Panel Blocked Nearly Every One, Documents Show
Kanye West’s ‘Independent’ Campaign Was Secretly Run by GOP Elites
I Canceled My Birthday Party Because of Omicron: Here’s how I thought through the decision.
mikethemadbiologist
OK … I know it’s Forbes … but “Let’s Admit Covid-19 Is Airborne – How Can You Protect Yourself” … WHERE THE F HAVE THEY BEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS? & yeah, maybe I hang around universities libraries more than other adults my age but HEY EVER HEAR OF A MASK? I’ve been seeing them on students for the LAST TEN-FIFTEEN YEARS at the very least