Five Quick Links for Tuesday Noonish

"South and North Korea, China and the US have agreed 'in principle' to declare a formal end to the Korean war, almost 70 years after the conflict ended in a shaky truce." [theguardian.com]

Interesting thread from @trvrb about whether the Omicron variant will displace Delta, co-circulate with it, or be displaced by it after an initial surge. [twitter.com]

2021 Hubble Space Telescope Advent Calendar – one new Hubble image every day until Dec 25. [theatlantic.com]

Continued great news about Pfizer's Covid pill (Paxlovid): "[it] retained its 89% efficacy at preventing hospitalization and death in the full results of a study of 2,246 high-risk patients". Pfizer is also confident about its effectiveness vs Omicron. [statnews.com]

Omicron variant update from @erictopol, who has been an essential source of information for me throughout the pandemic. The third shot is looking essential & and the doubling rate seems quite high. [erictopol.substack.com]

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