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 * 05 Sep 2021, Economist.com, The pandemic’s true death toll, Our daily estimate of excess deaths around the world
 * 04 Sep 2021, Economist.com, How the pandemic became stagflationary, As the virus has changed, so has its relationship to the economy
 * 27 Aug 2021, Politico.eu, Blood clot risk from coronavirus infection outweighs risk from vaccine: study, This is the largest study to date, covering almost 30 million people.A study of nearly 30 million people in England who’ve received either the Oxford/AstraZeneca or the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine indicates that the risk of blood clots after contracting coronavirus is many times larger than the risk presented by either vaccine.
 * 22 Aug 2021, Politico.eu, UK launches first countrywide covid antibody survey, The initiative aims to improve understanding of the interaction between vaccines and virus variants.
 * 11 Aug 2021, (fr) francetvinfo.fr, Contaminations, hospitalisations... De nouvelles données confirment l'efficacité du vaccin contre le Covid-19, Des données publiées le 6 août par le ministère de la Santé permettent de connaître le profil vaccinal des personnes contaminées, hospitalisées ou admises en réanimation. Graphiques à l'appui, elles confirment fortement la protection apportée par la vaccination.
 * 07 Aug 2021, Economist.com, Vaccine development - Scientists’ pandemic response could be even faster next time, New research suggests mass vaccination can be scaled up more quickly
 * 31 Jul 2021, Economist.com, Why have some places suffered more covid-19 deaths than others?, Income inequality is a big part of the answer. The first factor relates to pre-existing health. The second potential factor is workplace relations.  The third factor relates to social capital.
 * 31 Jul 2021, Economist.com, Who’s against the jab, Our statistical model throws light on America’s vaccine hesitancy
 * 27 Jul 2021, Economist.com, America’s vaccination woes cannot be blamed only on politics, Surging covid infections and slow vaccinations in some states are caused by health illiteracy, not just partisanship
 * 08 Jul 2021, ECDC, covid-19 in children and the role of school settings in transmission - second update