🚨Well, I wrote about Omicron--what we know & what it means. I feel the core problem is unchanged: The variant poses a much greater threat at the societal level than the individual one, making it the kind of problem the US has consistently flubbed. 1/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

University Of Florida Launches Investigation Into Reports Of Pressure To Destroy Covid Research bit.ly/3dYD4O1 #WhatDoYouThink?

The infectious nature of a virus means that a tiny bad decision can cause exponential harm, but also that a tiny wise decision can do exponential good. We still have agency. And we can still do this, one step at a time. 3/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Delta: Look how transmissible I am! Omicron : Hold my beer

The detrimental effect of virtual schooling was largest in poorer areas econ.st/3yCz8vT

As we look back on the highs and lows of 2021’s sports calendar, it’s tempting to crown certain teams as the best — or worst — in all of sports, not just *their* sport. That’s been difficult to do across the pro sports landscape … until now. 53eig.ht/32xN8Li

Freedom of the press isn’t free This is a breathtaking rationale: Justice Wood has taken it upon himself to decide what The Times can and cannot report on. That’s not how the First Amendment is supposed to work.

Art history. (The early part is cut off but basically, she’s rating whether the painter has ever seen a baby before.)

A little insight into how FLORIDA is handling COVID-positive students🧵: My brother, a freshman, tested positive yesterday. The school called him close to the end of business hours Friday to tell him about his result and that he had to leave his dorm.

@waltshaub Chad Pergram There was no filibuster 232 years ago! There was no supermajority built in! Please read, and share: washingtonpost.com/outlook/five-m…

This happened today: lnkd.in/eY2q8BpK lnkd.in/ec-egYnn

#TampaBay faces an inescapable, and growing, threat. We asked National Hurricane Center to help us analyze how sea level rise will make tropical storm surges worse. Here’s what we found. Part 1 of Rising Threat from Langston Taylor Zack Sampson Tampa Bay Times projects.tampabay.com/projects/2022/…

A Republican enrolled in Mississippi's only critical race theory class. Two weeks in, she wrote a letter to GOP lawmakers telling them they had it all wrong. "To date, this course has been the most impactful and enlightening course I have taken..." mississippitoday.org/2022/02/02/mis…

BREAKING: After 35 years treating children, the nonprofit said it will close its only Tampa facility and team up with another health care provider. The decision will mean layoffs of employees at the clinic, a spokesperson said. Tampa Bay Times tampabay.com/news/health/20…

🚨I wrote about immunocompromised people—what they’ve been through, their frustrations, and their hopes. This is a plea to think about those who don’t get to be done with the pandemic, and to prioritize them as a matter of moral and medical urgency. 1/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

David Remnick speaks with Stephen Kotkin, a scholar of Russian history, about Vladimir Putin, the invasion of Ukraine, the American and European response, and what comes next. nyer.cm/9yRv3UH