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Will COVID’s Spring Lull Last?
Things look calm right now. They may even stay that way—but we won’t know for sure for a good long while. By all official counts—at least, the ones still being tallied—the global situation on COVID appears to have essentially flatlined.
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My 6-Year-Old Son Died. Then the Anti-vaxxers Found Out.
Opponents of COVID vaccines terrorize grieving families on social media. My 6-year-old boy died in January. We lost him after a household accident, one likely brought on by a rare cerebral-swelling condition. Paramedics got his heart beating, but it was too late to save his brain.
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Life Is Worse for Older People Now
Last December, during a Christmas Eve celebration with my in-laws in California, I observed what I now realize was the future of COVID for older people.
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A New Turn in the Fight Over Masks
For many Americans, wearing a mask has become a relic. But fighting about masks, it seems, has not. Masking has widely been seen as one of the best COVID precautions that people can take.
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What Not to Ask Me About My Long COVID
Before I got long COVID, I tuned out virtually all stories about it. They were tedious because I was tired of the pandemic, because we are all tired of the pandemic, because it is as familiar as rain and honestly just as dreary; I can hardly believe we once called the coronavirus novel.
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The 1918 flu didn’t end in 1918. Here’s what its third year can teach us.
Just as the country was easing restrictions, a fourth wave hit some areas hard in early 1920, causing death and devastation.
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Messonnier, Birx detail political interference in last year’s coronavirus response
The Trump administration repeatedly interfered with efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year to issue warnings about the evolving coronavirus pandemic, six current and former health officials told congressional investigators in recent interviews.
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Front Porch Reflections 