August 28, 2021

Caleb Wallace, a Texas man who organized anti-mask protests in the name of freedom, dies of COVID-19 at 30 after weeks unconscious. His death draws heavy coverage, part of a recurring media pattern of spotlighting individual skeptics who fell ill, while his widow’s account of a husband devoted to his family is largely secondary to the cautionary framing.

The Wall Street Journal presses on the arithmetic behind the headline figures, asking what vaccine efficacy numbers actually mean and how relative percentages can mislead a public rarely shown the absolute risks. More than half of Michigan students are now under school mask requirements, and the Philippines extends its lockdown as cases hit a new record, one more instance of restriction outrunning results.

More than half of Michigan students must wear mask in school

AP News

Protecting clinical trials in cystic fibrosis during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: risks and mitigation measures - Trials

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has disrupted clinical trials worldwide. The European Cystic Fibrosis Society-Clinical Trials Network (ECFS-CTN) has tracked clinical trial disruption by surveying its 58 trial sites across 17 European countries and collated information on measures to mitigate the impact of the pandemic and ensure trial continuity. Here, we present recommendations on how to reduce the risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure to patients and trial staff by implementing remote trial visits where possibl...

BioMed Central

Why older people are so much more vaccinated than younger people | CNN

CNN

4 in 10 Americans cried about money during the COVID-19 pandemic: study

It’s no secret that the coronavirus pandemic has caused financial hardships for American families, but some have been burdened so much that they’ve been reduced to tears.

Fox Business

Resilience and personality as predictors of the biological stress load during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany - Translational Psychiatry

Nature

Covid-19 Vaccine Efficacy: What Do the Numbers Really Mean?

WSJ

Texas Anti-Mask 'Freedom Defender' Caleb Wallace Dies Of COVID-19

Yahoo

Intelligence Review Yields No Firm Conclusion on Origins of Coronavirus (Published 2021)

The New York Times

In lockdown I entered the abortion clinic alone, hiding trepidation behind my mask | Madison Griffiths

With no way of knowing how long her fertility would prevail, Madison Griffiths did what she felt she had to, with the tools she was afforded

The Guardian

Vaccine wars: how the decision not to get the shot is tearing loved ones apart

When friends and family disagree about getting vaccinated, close ties can fray. Some siblings have even stopped talking to each other

The Guardian

1-year outcomes in hospital survivors with COVID-19: a longitudinal cohort study

The Lancet

How the pandemic set back women’s progress in the global workforce

The Washington Post

Philippines' Duterte extends coronavirus curbs as cases hit new record high

Reuters

August 28, 2021

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