This is a list of interesting articles I have read on the internet, from a variety of sources, that help you see the larger, important facts and issues concerning COVID-19. There is a lot noise, controversy and fatigue about COVID-19. This list will be updated as I encounter relevant articles.
230814 New Covid vaccines are on the way as ‘Eris’ variant rises | Reuters Number of people getting vaccinated is falling by 50% with each recommendation (graph), now only ~17% of people got one, about 1/3rd of flu vaccines 50%!
230815 New COVID ‘Eris’ variant: The symptoms, how dangerous it is and whether vaccines work (msn.com) Nore dangerous
230815 Medical misinformation: 52 doctors misled public during the pandemic (usatoday.com)
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230818 What to Know About EG.5, the Latest SARS-CoV-2 “Variant of Interest” | Infectious Diseases | JAMA | JAMA Network It’s not more severe and booster vaccinations should help, because EG.5 is a variant of the prior dominant species
230822 A third of adults believe COVID-19 vaccines caused thousands of sudden deaths: poll | The Hill
230823 It may be time to break out the masks against Covid, some experts say | CNN nowhere high, 3% counties medium/
230824 Nearly 2 million excess deaths followed China’s sudden end of COVID curbs, study says | Reuters in 12/22-1/23 span!
230824 These families still mask up to protect against COVID. Here’s why — and what it’s like. (yahoo.com) Good reasons, less colds
230825 CDC, FDA gearing up for fall vaccine campaign with US in ‘strongest position yet’ | The Hill 97% of community has some form of immunity.
230826 What to know about the price of fall COVID booster shots | The Sacramento Bee (sacbee.com) $110-130/dose
230826 With coronavirus on the upswing in California, new vaccine coming sooner than expected – Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) CDC ACIP meeting scheduled 9/12/23, earlier than later September, insider knowledge?
230828 What to know about the new BA.2.86 ‘highly mutated’ COVID variant found in the US (msn.com) levels of concern = 2nd highest for “Pirola”
230829 Can COVID, Flu, and RSV Shots Be Given at the Same Time? | MedPage Today
230829 These 26 states saw ‘substantial increase’ in COVID hospitalizations, CDC says (thehill.com)
230830 New poll finds only 7% of Americans are ‘very worried’ about getting COVID (yahoo.com)
230830 Post falsely links Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, mouse cancer | Fact check (usatoday.com)
230831 What we know about new coronavirus variant ‘Eris,’ from symptoms to how fast it’s spreading
EG% dominant strain in US >20% cases
Neil Kao, M.D. 
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