Covid Spilled From Animals to Humans. Now It’s Spilling Back
Bats likely gave it to a mystery animal that then gave it to people. We passed it on to minks. Where does it go from there—and could it come back to us? ...
Bats likely gave it to a mystery animal that then gave it to people. We passed it on to minks. Where does it go from there—and could it come back to us? ... Testing a vaccine on children takes longer and comes with more challenges. But inoculating kids can protect an entire population. ... Across the globe, SARS-CoV-2 is evolving ways to evade the immune system and become more infectious. Blown pandemic response plans are to blame. ... Mega-sites need a lot of personnel and pose problems of access and equity. But other vaccination campaigns might point us in the right direction. ... It won't prevent teens from later becoming smokers. But some health experts say that focusing on the risk of addicting new smokers cuts off a chance to help adults quit. ... Researchers are finally getting good data on how severely SARS-CoV-2 affects children and how they transmit it. What does it mean for reopening classrooms? ... Millions of follow-up doses have been languishing in freezers, causing a massive logjam—and not everyone likes the ideas for a fix. ... The discovery of more contagious variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the US sparks a push for a long-overdue national genomic surveillance network. ... Disinformation could thwart distribution before government messages have a chance to push back. Debunking might turn out to be everyone’s job. ... The agency is close to authorizing Pfizer's Covid-19 shot. That raises questions about the fate of study volunteers and lost opportunities to collect their data. ...Covid Spilled From Animals to Humans. Now It’s Spilling Back
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