How Joe Biden did so well in Georgia
In Atlanta, people gather to dance and celebrate the election of Joe Biden as the next president.
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In Atlanta, people gather to dance and celebrate the election of Joe Biden as the next president.
AP Photo/Brynn Anderson
How mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna work, why they're a breakthrough and why they need to be kept so cold
Moderna’s new mRNA vaccine is almost 94.5% effective in large-scale trials.
Sanjay Mishra, Vanderbilt University
As the weather cools, the number of infections of the COVID-19 pandemic are rising sharply. Hamstrung by pandemic fatigue, economic constraints and political discord, public health officials have struggled to control the surging pandemic. But now, a rush of interim analyses from pharmaceutical companies Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech have spurred optimism that a novel type of vaccine made from messenger RNA, known as mRNA, can offer high levels of protection by preventing COVID-19 among people who are vaccinated.
3 ways to get your point across while wearing a mask – tips from an award-winning speech coach
Cheryl Chambers, Mississippi State University
You wear your mask, keep six feet between yourself and others and are committed to safety. But the measures that help minimize your risk of COVID-19 can also have an impact on your interactions with others.
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Twitter posts show that people are profoundly sad – and are visiting parks to cheer up
Joe Roman, University of Vermont and Taylor Ricketts, University of Vermont
The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is the deepest and longest period of malaise in a dozen years. Our colleagues at the University of Vermont have concluded this by analyzing posts on Twitter. The Vermont Complex Systems Center studies 50 million tweets a day, scoring the “happiness” of people’s words to monitor the national mood. That mood today is at its lowest point since 2008 when they started this project.
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