Virus Briefing: Fewer seniors are getting boosters

And did the pandemic change your personality?

View in browser|nytimes.com October 24, 2022 Here's your update on the coronavirus pandemic and other virus news. TOP NEWS Christopher Occhicone for The New York Times Among Seniors, a Declining Interest in Boosters Americans over 65 remain the demographic most likely to have received the original series of vaccinations. But fewer are getting the follow-up shots, surveys indicate. By Paula Span Cydney Scott for Boston University Lab Manipulations of Covid Virus Fall Under Murky Government Rules Mouse experiments at Boston University have spotlighted an ambiguous U.S. policy for research on potentially dangerous pathogens. By Carl Zimmer and Benjamin Mueller Carlos Osorio/Reuters Getting People Back on Trains, After the Pandemic Turned Many to Cars While the federal government is committed to a multibillion-dollar improvement to train service, an already long schedule may face delays. By Ian Austen Kaiti Sullivan for The New York Times Did the Pandemic Change Your Personality? Possibly. For more than two years, Covid disrupted social rituals and rites of passage. Now a recent study suggests we have become less extroverted, creative, agreeable and conscientious. The declines in some traits were sharper among young people. By Christine Chung The New New World A Lonely Protest in Beijing Inspires Young Chinese to Find Their Voice As beginner dissenters, they're timid and scared. But they are experiencing a quiet political awakening, unhappy about censorship, repression and "zero Covid." By Li Yuan Jaedoo Lee Guest Essay We May Have Only a Few Months to Prevent the Next Pandemic The window to act is closing fast. By Craig Spencer Ting Shen for The New York Times Did You Start Your Career During the Pandemic? Tell us about what it's been like to navigate entering the working world amid so much change. By Emma Goldberg What else we're following Coronavirus President Biden will receive his updated booster tomorrow, CNN reports. Most of the Covid relief funds for schools have not been spent, The Washington Post reports. The Economist looks at research that suggests Covid was genetically engineered. The Atlantic explores the effectiveness of hand washing against respiratory viruses. Scientists are trying to build a better mask, The Atlantic reports. In his newsletter Ground Truths, Eric Topol explores the "variant soup" of new Omicron offshoots. Monkeypox Six people in the U.S. have recently died from monkeypox, CNN reports. Ebola Uganda said the Ebola outbreak should be over by the end of the year, Reuters reports. Officials in Uganda are looking for an Ebola patient who escaped from the hospital, The Independent reports. Email your thoughts to virusbriefing@nytimes.com. Did a friend forward you the briefing? Sign up here. Need help? Review our newsletter help page or contact us for assistance. You received this email because you signed up for Virus Briefing from The New York Times. To stop receiving these emails, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. Subscribe to The TimesGet The New York Times app Connect with us on: Change Your EmailPrivacy PolicyContact UsCalifornia Notices The New York Times Company. 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018