September 11, 2021

Thousands protest in Turkey against new rules requiring vaccination or testing for access to public venues, part of a growing pattern of pushback against restrictions across Europe and beyond. The demonstrations get little sustained coverage compared with the domestic mandate debate.

The Economist joins the promotion of the Bangladesh mask trial as evidence that simple nudges raise mask use and lower symptomatic infection, while SciTechDaily takes up the recurring question of what is actually driving new variants and whether the vaccines themselves play a role. On the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, an Inquirer piece observes that today’s crises, the pandemic among them, are dividing Americans rather than uniting them.

Pope Francis Encourages Covid Vaccines in Media Campaign (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Biden’s Vaccine Push Aligns Him With a Fed-Up, Vaccinated Majority (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Berlin Clubs Return With a Vengeance (Published 2021)

The New York Times

Behind the masks: Inside the studios of the artists who give goalies their game faces

Designing goalie masks is a niche business. The client list is long, and some goalies can be particular about the details.

The New York Times

Thousands protest new Turkish vaccine and test rules

Reuters

How has the pandemic changed the way you’ll learn?

As students gradually return to campus, many universities will be offering blended learning – mixing face-to-face lectures with the best of digital teaching

The Guardian

What Is Causing All These New Coronavirus Variants? Is It the COVID–19 Vaccines?

SciTechDaily

Refugees fear COVID risk in Australian immigration detention