August 7, 2021

Universal indoor mask mandates return as the Delta wave builds, with the CDC again recommending face coverings in all schools. New York Magazine notes the debate remains politically fraught, and cartoonists mine the whiplash of guidance that told vaccinated Americans they could go maskless only weeks earlier.

Dick Farrel, a right-wing radio host who had ridiculed Anthony Fauci and urged listeners to skip the shot, dies of COVID-19. His death draws national coverage of a kind rarely given to the vaccinated who die, and friends say he had changed his mind near the end.

Not everyone shares the alarm. The UCL geneticist Francois Balloux, who calls himself a ‘militant corona centrist,’ tells the Guardian the pandemic has ‘created a market for gloom and doom’ and questions the constant focus on new variants and on what he terms psychosomatic long Covid.

Thai police fire tear gas at protest over COVID response

AP News

Universal Face-Mask Mandates Are Back. Here’s What to Know.

Amid the Delta wave, the CDC is once again recommending indoor mask mandates, including in all schools. But the debate remains politically fraught.

New York Magazine

7 brutally funny cartoons about America's endless mask debate

Artists take on changing recommendations, southern states' COVID surges, and more

The Week

Vocal anti-vaccine broadcaster dies from COVID-19 complications

Former radio talk show host Dick Farrel, known and beloved by fans for his over-the-top right-wing opinions, has died from complications from COVID-19.

FOX 13 News Utah

Masks Aren't Going Anywhere. So Why Not Beta Test This Sci-Fi Mask From Razer?

Project Hazel is now out of the concept stage and has been given a proper name, the Razer Zephyr.

Forbes

The Kindergarten Exodus (Published 2021)

The New York Times

As Virus Cases Rise, Another Contagion Spreads Among the Vaccinated: Anger (Published 2021)

The New York Times

As Covid Cases Hit Record High in Tokyo, Can the Olympic Bubble Hold? (Published 2021)

The New York Times

India reports 39,070 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours

Reuters

United States’ Johnson and Johnson Vaccines Arrive in Malawi

Unicef

Alarmed Louisiana Residents Turn to Vaccines in ‘Darkest Days’ of Pandemic (Published 2021)

The New York Times

I want this pandemic to end – yet I secretly pine for another lockdown

For some of us, living with Covid the past 18 months gave us permission to slow down, and to re-evaluate how we want to live when this is finally over

The Guardian

Berkshire Hathaway Shakes Off the Ill Effects of the Pandemic (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Prof Francois Balloux: ‘The pandemic has created a market for gloom and doom’

The UCL scientist and ‘militant corona centrist’ on the risk of new variants, psychosomatic long Covid and when he expects the crisis to end

The Guardian

18 percent of migrant families leaving Border Patrol custody positive for Covid

In addition, over 25 percent of migrants recently scheduled for some “expedited” deportation flights tested positive, says a document obtained by NBC News.

NBC News

August 7, 2021

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