Katherine J. Wu
Your Vaccinated Immune System Is Ready for Breakthroughs
Getting COVID-19 when you’re vaccinated isn’t the same as getting COVID-19 when you’re unvaccinated.
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The Atlantic The Worst of the Omicron Wave Could Still Be Coming
A long descent from a peak in cases could exact a larger toll than even Omicron’s blistering ascent.
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The Atlantic Calling Omicron ‘Mild’ Is Wishful Thinking
We are far past the point of hoping that this variant will spare us.
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Lambert / Lambert / Getty COVID Isolation Is a Lot Like … Muffin Baking
Stay with me.
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Getty; The Atlantic America’s COVID Rules Are a Dumpster Fire
If you’re confused by the CDC’s new isolation guidelines, you’re not the only one.
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Jon Challicom / Getty Should I Just Get Omicron Over With?
If you’re vaccinated, an infection might not make you super sick, but don’t count on it making you super immune, either.
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Getty / The Atlantic Our Relationship With COVID Vaccines Is Just Getting Started
We probably will need additional shots. But just how many depends on our immune systems, the virus, and how often they collide.
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Ben Hickey Omicron Is Our Past Pandemic Mistakes on Fast-Forward
We’ve been making the same errors for nearly two years now.
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Getty / The Atlantic How Long Does Omicron Take to Make You Sick?
The new variant seems to be our quickest one yet. That makes it harder to catch with the tests we have.
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Getty / The Atlantic Fully Vaccinated Is About to Mean Something Else
The CDC might update the definition very soon, even though we still don’t know for sure how many shots we’ll need.
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Getty / The Atlantic T Cells Might Be Our Bodies’ Best Shot Against Omicron
The new variant may undermine some vaccine-derived defenses. But the immune system’s best assassins are likely to hold the line.
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Getty; The Atlantic Our First Preview of How Vaccines Will Fare Against Omicron
The variant will change the risk landscape for the vaccinated. The question is, how much?
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Laurent Coust / Sipa / AP Omicron Has Created a Whole New Booster Logic
For a while I was on the fence about getting another shot. Then came the newest variant of concern.
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Mathieu Thomasset / Hans Lucas / Redux Why Are We Still Isolating Vaccinated People for 10 Days?
If vaccinated people are less likely to transmit the coronavirus, maybe they should be able to test out of isolation.
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Justin Tallis / Getty / The Atlantic Omicron Won’t Ruin Your Booster
Sometimes, dips in immunization quality can be rescued with a little extra quantity.
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Getty / The Atlantic What J&J Can Still Teach Us
A vaccine’s value isn’t just in its peak performance.
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Mohd Rasfan / AFP / Getty We Know Almost Nothing About the Omicron Variant
Here’s everything we do.
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José Pedro Granadeiro / University of Lisbon It’s Not You, It’s Climate Change
Warming oceans could be driving albatrosses to divorce unnecessarily.
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Getty; Paul Spella / The Atlantic COVID Tests Weren’t Designed for This
Testing is so complicated because we’re asking it to do too much.
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Getty / The Atlantic No Bird Wants to Live in a Murder Nest
Some birds use a few well-placed feathers to fake their own death and scare off intruders.
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Andrew Aitchison / Getty The One Thanksgiving Necessity America Forgot to Stock
Your turkey won’t be the most expensive thing on the table anymore.
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