This week @elemental has a special series called "Six Months In," where we take some time to reflect on the toll of pandemic and focus on what comes next. Think of it as an attempt to bring some clarity to the clusterf--k. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤯" title="Explodierender Kopf" aria-label="Emoji: Explodierender Kopf"> https://elemental.medium.com/were-six-months-into-the-pandemic-how-do-we-get-out-739928016eab">https://elemental.medium.com/were-six-...

First up is a powerful and gut-punching oral history of the first few months of the pandemic told by Black essential workers. @kiah_irene talked to everyone from mental health counselors to postal service employees to ER docs to warehouse workers. https://elemental.medium.com/an-oral-history-of-the-pandemic-told-by-black-essential-workers-d217a59cb5b8">https://elemental.medium.com/an-oral-h...

To get an inside look at life in a NYC ER in the peak of the pandemic and what has changed since then, @wudanyan interviewed the inimitable @Craig_A_Spencer, who has been vocal and on the frontlines since the beginning. https://elemental.medium.com/what-life-is-like-in-the-er-then-and-now-e05b781eb2c6">https://elemental.medium.com/what-life...

ICUs have been treating the sickest Covid-19 patients—what have they learned so far, and how have their treatments evolved to save more people? @chrisbaraniuk investigates. https://elemental.medium.com/why-more-covid-19-patients-are-surviving-the-icu-34e05fe9eba7">https://elemental.medium.com/why-more-...

Remember how we used to wipe down our apples and leave packages outside for 3 days before bringing them in? @SmithDanaG explains how people *actually* get infected with Covid-19, based on the latest science. https://elemental.medium.com/the-most-likely-way-youll-get-infected-with-covid-19-30430384e5a5">https://elemental.medium.com/the-most-...