How the pandemic is killing non-COVID patients

Dec 22, 2021 10 min

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A primary-care doctor told the <a href="https://apple.news/A146ECx2cTueOrmBNFAwPsw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> she’s seen more than three times as many deaths among her patients this year as in 2020. None were from COVID. <a href="https://apple.news/AI53D3DHUTfmVSjk4NCmNXw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">NPR</a> examines Joe Manchin’s concerns about the climate spending in Build Back Better. And the <a href="https://apple.news/AY7AVPlLOS-O8Ja4no-nkRg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> looks at how West Virginians feel about the senator’s latest moves. The <a href="https://apple.news/AtH-ckA4BSBuG2chAbkH4yg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a>’s Middle Seat columnist reflects on how air travel has changed in the last two decades. Mostly, it’s gotten worse. <a href="https://apple.news/AyPpaIG2JTpqeJ-g8pKMGEA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wired</a> reports on a new study showing lemurs have rhythm when they sing, and explains how it could help us solve a longstanding mystery about humans and music.

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