In the likely event that you can't handle some grim news right now, just close this post and put on a mask next time you go out.

Almost everyone's going to get long COVID:
https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/debilitating-a-generation-expert-warns-that-long-covid-may-eventually-affect-most-americans

There's a summer wave underway:
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/covid-summer-wave-rcna158638

Want to relieve your anxiety by smoking a joint? NOPE!
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cannabis-use-linked-worse-covid-19-outcomes

These tidbits from the excellent Data Science Community Newsletter:
https://academicdatascience.org/resources/newsletter/