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Merck was responsible for bringing the Ebola vaccine to market but couldn't succeed with their COVID effort. Now they're in talks to replicate the J&J vaccine.

Why the world’s most vaccinated country is seeing an unprecedented spike in coronavirus cases looks like issue is lower effectiveness vaccines r the problem

“All his life he drove a four-door family sedan but when motorcyclists roared past him on his left, he felt that life had passed him by as well.” Happy people focus on "eulogy virtues" rather than "résumé virtues"

Applications surge after big-name colleges halt SAT and ACT testing rules "a 2 percent dip in applicants with enough financial need to receive fee waivers, and a 3 percent drop in those who would be among the first in their families to go to college."

"Within hours, scientists in Thailand used the instructions to deploy a new test.

The CDC would not roll out one that worked for 46 more days."

Read every word of this on American institutional failure.

@hamsanandi @talekaayi @mankuthimma @hpnadig likely FB:

"Facebook and other advertisers, Apple says, gather data on users even when they’re not using Facebook."

Dolly Parton being involved in the COVID vaccine is one of those charming 2020 twists. Though if you know about Parton's philanthropic efforts (which are vast), it's perhaps not so surprising.

Plus, it somehow also involves @JadAbumrad of @Radiolab.

Much better article about India. Numbers, interviews, focus on what people are doing to improve their situation.

This disease gets weirder and weird by the minute: legs turning blue, patients on blood thinners developing clots, clogging of dialysis machines.

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