The United States plans to send millions of doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to Mexico and Canada. Meanwhile, Europe resumes its use. / The Wall Street Journal, CNBC Did the EU halt on AstraZeneca increase vaccine hesitancy? / Marginal Revolution "It's really hard to go back on on a
The UN Conference on Trade and Development revises its global growth forecast from 4.3% to 4.7% for this year. / Reuters Two recent studies quantify the consequences of flooding hospitals with Covid patients. / NPR Post-pandemic advertising is coming up fast, but brands are wary of celebrating prematurely. / Vox
Shootings killed eight people at three massage parlors in Atlanta. Six of the victims were Asian American women. / The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CNN Graphs show lifestyle and mental health disruptions during Spring 2020. / Twitter In early January, a secretive scramble took place inside the White House: political appointees trying to
The White House is about to unveil a billion-dollar PR campaign aimed at convincing every American to get vaccinated. / STAT A large Facebook study on users’ doubt in vaccines finds a small group appears to play a big role in pushing skepticism. / The Washington Post Congress has its own
The Justice Dept. says its Capitol attack investigation "will likely be one of the largest in American history, both in terms of the number of defendants prosecuted and the nature and volume of the evidence." / NPR New York congressional Democrats, now including Schumer and Gillibrand, are calling on
Today marks the one-year anniversary of coronavirus taking hold in the United States. An oral history of where people were, from the Oval Office to the Utah Jazz locker room. / WIRED, BuzzFeed News Readers share the final picture they took before the coronavirus was declared a pandemic. / NBC News
White House officials prepare a sprawling sales campaign designed to draw attention to the benefits of President Biden’s Covid-relief package. / Politico “Many Republican politicians conservative commentators had other priorities in recent days.” / The Associated Press Both administrations deserve credit for the vaccine rollout, although “neither wants to grant
The Centers for Disease Control grants fully vaccinated Americans more freedom to socialize and engage in routine daily activities. / The Washington Post In the last week, an average of 2.17 million doses per day were administered. / Bloomberg A new Pew Research survey finds public intent to get vaccinated is
It was around this week last year that CNN began to use the term “pandemic” to describe the outbreak. / CNN See also: Comments from Fox’s Sean Hannity around that time. / Twitter To travel backward a bit further, here’s Ed Yong in 2018: “The Next Plague Is Coming. Is
The Senate has passed Biden's $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill. / CNBC Details on the legislation: Lower caps on who receives checks, no minimum wage hike. / Vox Biden is currently polling around 10 points higher than Trump ever did. / The New York Times A lack of presidential landslides,
