Five Quick Links for Monday Noonish

New research: Twitter users tweeting about "pneumonia" in January 2020 were an early signal that Covid-19 was spreading in Europe before the first official cases were announced. [nature.com]

I used Photopea to make a goofy Bernie meme last week and was blown away by this fully functional Photoshop clone running in the browser. [photopea.com]

"Israel sees 60% drop in hospitalizations for age 60-plus 3 weeks after 1st shot." The vaccines are amazing. We need to get them into people's arms faster! [timesofisrael.com]

Great episode of You're Wrong About on Shannon Faulkner, the first female student to attend The Citadel (after a lengthy sexual discrimination lawsuit). Long overdue recognition of a forgotten feminist hero. [podcasts.apple.com]

We should be wearing better masks indoors around others. Double-masking can help. "One big advantage of double-masking that I've found is that it creates a better fit and closes the gaps around the edge of your mask." [nytimes.com]

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