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Everything we know about COVID-19 variants like delta-plus: Mutations are normal, but there’s still a lot virologists don’t understand about the new variants.

https://www.popsci.com/health/infectious-coronavirus-variants-guide?utm_source=Camden%20Contacts&utm_campaign=e194848112-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_11_05_01_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_387276506e-e194848112-514821738#affinity=Health

FROMA HARROP: Idaho descends into body bag shortage

https://www.bakersfield.com/opinion/froma-harrop-idaho-descends-into-body-bag-shortage/article_ad45d7c2-209b-11ec-8d93-b3b12d54d669.html

Killed by COVID By Way of Myeloma

http://www.populist.com/27.20.Uretsky.html

FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna boosters for all adults: The decision comes after a number of states and cities moved on their own to recommend the shot.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-authorizes-pfizer-moderna-booster-adults-rcna5856?cid=sm_npd_ms_fb_ma&fbclid=IwAR3olIqMajrSG8iGKzXLUI6qcyLZbJDcq6PASVmjlRYseboUye2tG2pxIxc

Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination rates and distribution plans by state

https://ballotpedia.org/Coronavirus_(COVID-19)_vaccination_rates_and_distribution_plans_by_state?_wcsid=496B24E2B065EAAB026F344791376B5EB558BE67C6B73424#Booster_vaccine_availability_by_state

Germany's record coronavirus numbers: What went wrong? | COVID-19 Special

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYCiVgEq0FQ

No Big Pharma Monopolies on COVID Vaccines or Treatments: WTO TRIPS Waiver Now!

https://www.citizen.org/topic/globalization-trade/wto-trips/

Here Come the Thanksgiving Covid Fights: Vaccines are making many holiday gatherings possible this year. But not everyone agrees on the acceptable level of risk.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164518/thanksgiving-covid-holiday-gathering-travel?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

Fighting COVID Disinformation

http://www.populist.com/27.21.Uretsky.html

OSHA Advances COVID-19 Standard to Protect Workplaces

http://www.populist.com/27.21.Sandronsky.html

Announcement of new virus variant alarms world, as stocks crash and flights are banned

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/europe-south-africa-variant-coronavirus/2021/11/26/0f7f5a78-4e99-11ec-a7b8-9ed28bf23929_story.html

What to know about omicron, the new COVID variant

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/11/26/1059339865/coronavirus-variant-covid-omicron-travel-bans?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR0RqWgCkN6P19genAcUrPOSjy5IvszMq5CV292aCzbiyZFYxDuSH-Xn70A

It’s Not Too Late to Punish Andrew Cuomo for His Covid Atrocities: Yes, the former New York governor has been out of office for months. But his administration's deliberate cover-up of nursing home deaths remains an outrage.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164533/andrew-cuomo-nursing-home-deaths-covid?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

How Omicron, the New Covid-19 Variant, Got Its Name: The World Health Organization began naming the variants after Greek letters to avoid public confusion and stigma.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/world/africa/omicron-covid-greek-alphabet.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20211128&instance_id=46476&nl=the-morning&regi_id=168579403&segment_id=75547&te=1&user_id=c2e7b902faa70db20b1eaaead145c496

New Virus Variant Stokes Concern but Vaccines Still Likely to Work: The Omicron variant carries worrisome mutations that may let it evade antibodies, scientists said. But it will take more research to know how it fares against vaccinated people.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/health/omicron-variant-vaccines.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20211128&instance_id=46476&nl=the-morning&regi_id=168579403&segment_id=75547&te=1&user_id=c2e7b902faa70db20b1eaaead145c496

Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna expect data on shot's protection against new COVID-19 variant soon

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/biontech-says-expect-more-data-new-variant-2-weeks-2021-11-26/?taid=61a1ec8d838dea0001e1a16f&utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

Wealthy Countries Are to Blame for the Omicron Variant’s Spread: Nationalist vaccine hoarding and pharmaceutical companies’ profit motives have contributed to the endless pandemic.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164556/omicron-variant-vaccine-inequality?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

Editorial: Another COVID Thanksgiving — sigh

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-11-23/editorial-sigh-another-covid-thanksgiving

Yes, You Should Get a Covid Booster: Vaccine effectiveness is waning. A third shot restores it with few side effects.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/yes-get-a-covid-booster-vaccine-third-dose-shot-safe-effective-side-effects-11637617768

We Don’t Have to Make the Same Mistakes on Omicron That We Made on Delta: We have a chance to get this right this time. We know what to do. Do we have the will?

https://newrepublic.com/article/164563/omicron-variant-covid-same-mistakes-delta?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

Gravitas Plus: Here's what the pandemic will look like in 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqlvTJbtJxg

FDA clears AstraZeneca's Covid antibody treatment for immunocompromised: The antibody cocktail therapy involves getting preventive injections as often as every six months.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-clears-astrazenecas-covid-antibody-treatment-immunocompromised-rcna8130?fbclid=IwAR1OJM-zedRjUs2M3NHlqMFwubZrom9GFJ153P-Km5tKhq93--okeJRFt60

COVID Surge: One Of Pennsylvania’s Largest Health Systems Runs Out Of Hospital Beds

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2021/12/09/geisinger-health-system-covid-surge-pa/

What the early evidence tells us about vaccine protection from Omicron: Answers on the omicron variant are coming, but they're not here yet.

https://www.popsci.com/science/3-important-questions-about-the-omicron-variant/?utm_source=Camden+Contacts&utm_campaign=352800f7e0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2021_12_10_05_41&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_387276506e-352800f7e0-514821738#affinity=Health

South African study adds more evidence Omicron is less severe, only partly vaccine-resistant

https://theweek.com/omicron/1008048/south-african-study-adds-more-evidence-omicron-is-less-severe-only-partly-vaccine?utm_campaign=afternoon_newsletter_20211214&utm_source=afternoon_newsletter&utm_medium=email&refid=20E8D3B3314CD84F82A7DD5120915E94

Covid News: What the U.S. Vaccination Campaign Looks Like One Year On. Pfizer said a combination of pills reduced the risk of hospitalization and death by 89 percent if given within three days of the onset of symptoms.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/12/14/world/covid-omicron-vaccines#pfizer-covid-pill-paxlovid

Does omicron cause unusual symptoms?

https://qz.com/india/2101674/what-unusual-omicron-symptoms-say-about-the-new-variant/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=quartz-at-work&utm_content=d702291d-5d29-11ec-b1fd-4a35bb6edd1f

Omicron spreading rapidly in U.S. and could bring punishing wave as soon as January, CDC warns

But federal and some pharmaceutical executives signal they do not currently favor revising vaccines, saying existing regimen plus boosters are effective

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/14/omicron-us-spread/

Six Questions about COVID-19 Boosters: Boosters are now available to millions of Veterans

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/mhv-portal-web/web/myhealthevet/ss20211027-five-questions-covid-19-boosters

A tantalizing clue to why omicron is spreading so quickly

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/12/15/1064597592/a-tantalizing-clue-to-why-omicron-is-spreading-so-quickly?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&fbclid=IwAR1QY3h4j0uhMkJcqXFI1BRbr-IznhJqqR-CnPUt6DUIARLQticc1cVKgV8

Majority of breakthrough COVID-19 hospitalizations involve seniors: analysis

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/585953-majority-of-breakthrough-covid-19-hospitalizations-involve-those-aged-65?fbclid=IwAR24Kr7W09t_vV65I77cHzMl_sB5-RYjp2PEs-EhNFL17UGK8dtk7cWcG_A

Omicron is spreading. Dr. Ashish Jha answers 9 questions about it and what you can do

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/18/1065268674/covid-omicron-cases-ashish-jha?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR0Ydqolg-bRqmOd3RM0cO-bagWxmWWZ5ESvgT7MtmigcVGVCiPwPe2qr0k

What Have We Learned from the Pandemic?: A Conversation with Nicholas Christakis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vod4aOOucaY&fbclid=IwAR2FZL7NJahYmCMU9BnWHxT5kryfhP0RSW2_3oxu5E5XjGzNw9xndV3mwm8

We Can't Give Up on the Pandemic Now