#The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—’the known unknown’

#The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—’the known unknown’

“#The team of scientists guarding Canada against COVID variants—’the known unknown’” The CoVaRR-Net rapid response network was set up to analyze the variants quickly (Photograph by John Kealey) NOTE, Nov. 29, 2021: The print version of this article went to press before researchers identified the B.1.1.529 variant, which the WHO on Nov. 26 named “Omicron”…

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#Don’t let the Omicron bug in, Joe!

#Don’t let the Omicron bug in, Joe!

“#Don’t let the Omicron bug in, Joe!” Joe Biden ran for president saying he was the best person to handle the COVID-19 outbreak. His performance has been middling at best, and he needs to step up to face the most important challenge of his term so far — a dangerous new strain of the virus…

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#An ode to my work-from-home dining table

#An ode to my work-from-home dining table

“#An ode to my work-from-home dining table” Pandemic life happened here: work calls by day, home-cooked meals by night, a baby’s first delightful laugh. And now it’s hard to imagine having to leave. (Photograph by Carmen Cheung) Every morning at 8:30, I’d put on a sweatshirt and yoga pants, brush my hair and slather on…

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