America’s Pandemic Star Loses Some Luster - Vermont’s COVID-19 surge could point the way toward an uncertain endemic future - The Atlantic

by Russell Berman - November 24, 2021

Is Vermont the envy of America no more? The state long hailed for its pandemic response is experiencing one of the most intense COVID-19 surges in the country. Cases are twice as high as they’ve been at any other point. Hospitalizations are up sharply as well, confounding hopes that Vermont’s best-in-the-nation vaccination rate would protect its people from the Delta wave.

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Vermont COVID-19 Coronavirus Surge

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What’s known and unknown about Omicron, the coronavirus variant identified in South Africa - STAT

by Andrew Joseph - November 26, 2021

“Scientists in South Africa have identified a new coronavirus variant with a worrisome combination of mutations that experts fear could make it more transmissible and allow it to evade immune protection — including the protection generated by vaccines.”

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What's Known and Unknown about the Coronavirus Variant identified in South Africa

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