Morning Coffee Link Roundup (4/8/21)

Thursday!

Today is Thursday and I am now half vaccinated! My arm is sore and I’m very tired and SO HAPPY ABOUT IT.

Great news: Biden To Announce Actions On Firearms, Tap Gun Safety Advocate To Lead ATF (NPR)

Study finds Black women are dying from COVID-19 at three times the rate of both White and Asian men (The 19th*)

Can Vaccinated People Spread the Virus? We Don’t Know, Scientists Say. (NYT)

Study: Republican control of state government is bad for democracy (Vox)

New UN report details the best ways to prevent deforestation in Latin America. What’s that got to do with U.S. food needs? (The Counter)

How pro-life of them: Catholic Leaders Fought a National Suicide Hotline that Supported LGBTQ+ People (them.)

Gender gap narrows in tech but COVID-19 is a major setback for parity (ZDNet)

Micronesian scientist becomes first Pacific Islander to reach ocean's deepest point (The Guardian)

Mummified Parrots Reveal 'Sophisticated' Trade In Ancient South American Desert (NPR)

John le Carré, chronicler of Englishness, died Irish, son reveals (The Guardian)

And some longer reads:

Photos: The Great Vaccination Campaign (The Atlantic)

The details here are JAW-DROPPING: How Trump Steered Supporters Into Unwitting Donations (NYT)

The Two Hospitals Have Similar Infant Death Rates — Until You Look at Extremely Premature Babies (ProPublica)

The influencer industry is so fascinating: The Beauty of 78.5 Million Followers (NYT)

To Really Understand Agatha Christie, You Need to Know About Poisons (CrimeReads)

xoxo, Katie