All Stories published by Medium Coronavirus Blog on January 12, 2021

Scientists Predict Covid-19 Will One Day Be Like a Common Cold

In the New York Times, science reporter Apoorva Mandavilli writes that some experts predict that once immunity from Covid-19 is widespread among adults—either through vaccination or infection—the virus will come to…


Is It Ever Ethical to ‘Cut’ the Vaccine Line?

Science writer Dana G Smith interviewed bioethicist Arthur Caplan about what people should do if they are offered an available vaccine even though it might not be their group’s turn yet. There have been stories of people being at a pharmacy near…


Orthodox Judaism and the Pandemic

In a feature for Elemental, Keren Landman, MD reports on how what makes Orthodox Jewish communities special can also give them an extra layer of risk — or an extra layer of protection. Read the full story below.