Saturday Stories: Bill Gates' Hopeful Thoughts, COVID Mythbusting, And #COVIDZero

Bill Gates, in his blog GatesNotes, explains the science of why 2021 promises many more advances in the treatment and prevention of COVID and science as a whole.

Gid MK, in Medium, busting 20 myths about COVID

Devi Sridhar, in The Guardian, on how the notion of learning to live with the virus rather than eliminating it is a horrible mistake.

Saturday Stories: Caring For Patients With COVID, Side Effects, And Science

Olivia Veira and Joshua M. Sharfstein, in JAMA, with a roundup of healthcare workers' candid thoughts on caring for patients with COVID.

Maryn McKenna, in Wired, on the importance of talking about the vaccines' side effects.

Ed Yong, in The Atlantic, on how COVID has changed the face of science.

Saturday Stories: How Pfizer's Vaccine Works, School Closures And Life Expectancies, And Your Place In The Vaccination Line

Jonathan Corum and Carl Zimmer, in The New York Times, explain how the Pfizer vaccine will work inside of your body.

Melissa Davey, in The Guardian, digs past the alarmist headlines and breathless tweets and speaks with epidemiologist Gid MK to explore that study suggesting school closures shortened kids' life expectancies.

Jordan Kisner, in The Atlantic, on the calculus behind the lineup of when and who should be vaccinated first and last

Saturday Stories: What We Should Be Doing While Awaiting Vaccines, How To Make The Best Of Vaccines, And Our Shameful Failure With Our Racialized Neighbourhoods

Zain Chagla, Sumon Chakrabarti, Isaac Bogoch and Lynora Saxinger, in The National Post, on what we should be doing with vaccines on the horizon.

Helen Branswell, in STAT, on how we might make best use of the vaccines once they arrive.

Jennifer Yang, Kate Allen, and Andrew Bailey, in the Toronto Star, with our shameful failure to protect our racialized neighbourhoods from the second wave.