while the covid vaccines have been an incredible success, significantly lessening the rates of hospitalization and death from the novel coronavirus, unfortunately, as cases continue to rise around the world, they may not be enough right now.
“don’t get me wrong: vaccines are necessary for this response, but not sufficient,”
science writer katherine j. wu
said in the atlantic
. it’s “bizarre” to see the u.s. government talk about boosters, “
while also loosening guidance around gathering, masking, and distancing, and claiming that america can practically declare
independence
from the virus.
these things don’t match up.”
a study published this week
compared the spread of covid among people who wore masks and those who didn’t, in both health care and community settings and found that in health-care settings, nine per cent of people who wore masks, and 33 per cent of people who didn’t, tested positive for covid. in community settings, the difference was even more stark: six per cent of mask wearers contracted covid, versus 83 per cent of non-mask wearers. (the study is a pre-print that has not yet been peer-reviewed.)
drake’s toronto show is back on
drake’s young money reunion show is back on after he tested negative for covid. you may remember that the concert was originally scheduled for aug. 1, but
was postponed
when the toronto-born rapper tested positive. in an instagram post on thursday, drake announced that he had recovered from covid and that the show, featuring lil wayne and nicki minaj, will now happen saturday.