
The Death Toll Says It All
We know how America really feels about the 800,000 lives lost to COVID.
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We know how America really feels about the 800,000 lives lost to COVID.

The new variant poses a far graver threat at the collective level than the individual one—the kind of test that the U.S. has repeatedly failed.

America is in for a lot more breakthrough infections. Here’s what to do if you fall sick.

We’ve broken down the chances of transmission at a gathering with one unvaccinated adult, multiple unvaccinated adults, and unvaccinated or semi-vaccinated kids.

Despair is not a mild symptom.

The new variant may undermine some vaccine-derived defenses. But the immune system’s best assassins are likely to hold the line.

A coming winter surge and the spread of Omicron have made it clear that COVID is everyone’s problem.

We don’t know how severe Omicron is, but we do know it’s spreading very fast.

The variant will change the risk landscape for the vaccinated. The question is, how much?

For a while I was on the fence about getting another shot. Then came the newest variant of concern.