Two developments are transforming the U.S. pandemic debate

Mar 3, 2021 8 min

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As COVID-19 vaccine production ramps up in America, some state governors are lifting pandemic restrictions even as the CDC warns against reopening too fast. <a href="https://apple.news/A2TVapwsAQcWibOPgOuUw4Q?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> looks at the tension between state and federal leaders. After the deep freeze, <a href="https://apple.news/Af75iJFk-Sva9QTlCzTWAoA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> explains how many Texans, and people in nearby states, are still dealing with damage done to water supplies. Shipping companies are using James Bond–like measures to protect COVID-19 vaccine shipments, including armed guards, panic buttons, and kill switches. <a href="https://apple.news/A8-A2NgZcQ2OK3OZQw74zrA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Bloomberg Businessweek</a> has the story. Germans have coined more than 1,200 new words to describe living in the pandemic. The <a href="https://apple.news/Aqm9la6U-TyidxQh85sKB1g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> reviews this jawbreaking lexicon.

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