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Globally, the end of the pandemic isn't near.More than a million lives depend on improving our response quickly.Don’t be blinded by the light at the end of the tunnel. There

In the 1918 pandemic, in many places, the second wave was deadlier than the first. Sadly, this looks likely for Covid. India's challenges may be replicated in many countries. We

The US vaccination campaign is facing a fundamental challenge: getting the vaccine where it’s needed most. Millions of Americans are still unprotected, many of them at high risk of severe

Covid Epi Weekly Thread: Worser and Worser, Every Week Cases increasing exponentially in most of US; current epicenter including increasing hospitalizations, deaths is in midwest. Likely half million new infections/day.

Covid Epi Weekly: Scariest. Halloween. Ever.Hard to imagine a worse confluence. Cases surging in much of US. People are tired of limitations the virus is imposing. Economic harm is real,

Covid Epi Weekly: Turning the Corner on Covid in the US ... Into an Oncoming Tsunami of Cases, Hospitalizations, and DeathYou know who’s NOT tired of winning? Covid, that's who.

1/16 COVID Epi This Week: The Peril and Promise of ImmunityCovid continues to spread in most of the US at rates too high for effective contact tracing, safe in-person schooling,

Covid Epi Weekly: Immunizing Against Herd StupidityBad week for fight against Covid. Reopening without sufficient care. Failure to isolate. Failure to communicate. Dangerously misguided theory on immunity. Cases increasing, hospitalizations

Covid Epi Weekly: The First Cluster Cluster at White House is symptom and symbol of the failure of Federal response. Overconfidence in testing. Lack of basic safety precautions in crowded

We still don't know key elements about the Covid outbreak affecting the White House. This is what needs to happen to assess the outbreak's impact and stop continued spread. 6

3 Issues. 1. POTUS risk. With illness, risk of death now approximately 10%, higher because male and obese, lower with good care. We hope for his full and speedy recovery,

Epi Weekly. 40 million plus 1. And…NYC is on the brink of a precipice.A minimal estimate is about 40 million infections in the United States with the virus that causes