Loneliness, Anxiety and Loss: the Covid Pandemic’s Terrible Toll on Kids

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WSJ Loneliness, Anxiety and Loss: the Covid Pandemic’s Terrible Toll on Kids https://www.wsj.com/articles/pandemic-t ... 1617969003

It’s behind a paywall, but you can listen to it in its entirety. Very sweet and moving, WSJ reporters are the ne plus ultra.

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Thanks, Joe. I'll check it out after breakfast....

[Rach3]

From AxiosAM Newsletter today:

" ' All the things that could prolong the COVID pandemic are playing out right in front of our eyes,' Axios health care editor Sam Baker writes.

Why it matters: Although the pace of vaccinations is still strong, experts fear it's about to slow down. In some parts of the country, particularly the South, demand for shots has already dropped.

Here's a preview of what our future could hold if the vaccination push loses steam:

Variants are beginning to infect more kids, even as schools are on the fast track to reopening, making the pandemic "a brand new ball game," as University of Minnesota epidemiologist Michael Osterholm put it.

New research confirms that our existing vaccines don’t work as well against the South African variant.

The U.K. variant is driving another surge in Michigan, and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has resisted reimposing lockdown measures.

What's next: If we don’t control the virus well enough, we could spend years living through new variants — some of which might be more deadly, and some of which might be more resistant to vaccines. "