10 Weekend Reads
The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of
El Borbollón coffee, grab a seat by the fire and get ready for our longer form weekend reads:
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How Science Beat the Virus in fall of 2019, exactly zero scientists were studying COVID‑19, because no one knew the disease existed. By the end of March 2020, it had spread to more than 170 countries, sickened more than 750,000 people, and triggered the biggest pivot in the history of modern science. Thousands of researchers dropped whatever they were doing and began working on the pandemic instead. In mere months, science became thoroughly COVID-ized. (The Atlantic)