Saturday Stories: Vaccines Alone Aren't Enough, Women And Vaccines, Why Every Country Should Be Aiming At #COVIDZero, J&J And Novavax

Angela Rasmussen, in Slate, on how we can't rely on vaccines alone to end this pandemic (this is especially true right now in Canada where our vaccination program is barely off the ground)

Alice Lu-Culligan and Akiko Iwasaki, in the New York Times, on the safety of COVID vaccines for women of all ages

Michael Baker and Martin McKee, in The Guardian, on the 16 reasons why every country should be aiming for #COVIDZero.

Derek Lowe, in Science and Translational Medicine, on the new vaccines on the block - Novavax and J&J

Saturday Stories: Anti-Vaxxer COVID Playbook, A Potentially Scarier Variant, And Ontario's Abysmal Response To Date

Scott Gavura, in Science Based Medicine, on the anti-vaxx campaign to erode confidence in COVID vaccines.

Julia Belluz and Umair Irfan, in Vox, on the new South African COVID variant that may challenge current vaccines.

André Picard and Adalsteinn Brown in conversation with Matt Galloway on CBC's The Current on Ontario's disappointments in our fight against COVID (do give this a listen, and wow, Dr. Brown's frustration is something to hear)

Saturday Stories: The Myths Of Pandemic Fatigue, COVID Is Absolutely Controllable, And On Being A Female Expert

If you're not already following Dr. Popescu, you should be.

Stephen Reicher and John Drury, in the BMJ, on how adherence to COVID recommendations is reliant more on resources and less on motivation or energy.

Gideon M-K, in Medium, with the plain truth - COVID is absolutely controllable through government interventions and if your government isn't controlling it, that's a choice they've made.

Jessica Gold, in Forbes, on the many layers of added nonsense that women who are COVID experts face online and in the media.

Saturday Stories: Vaccination, Variants, and Lockdowns

Daniela J. Lamas, in The New York Times, reflects as a front line physician on her vaccination.

Julia Belluz in Vox, on the new COVID variants and their implications for vaccinations

Alex Crozier, in The Guardian, on how lockdowns can't work without social supports.

Saturday Stories: Year Two And The New Strain

Ed Yong, in The Atlantic, with a typically phenomenal piece (and sadly the last he'll be writing for a while as he finishes up a book) where he discusses the pandemic's year two.

Kai Kupferschmidt, in Science, with what you need to know, and why people are concerned, about the more virulent new strain.