The COVID-19 History Project
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The COVID-19 History Project is a curated archive of the events and policy decisions surrounding the emergence of COVID-19. Visit us at covid19-history.com
On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:
Amanda Gorman shares new poem on pandemic life
Source: The Hill
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/584670-amanda-gorman-shares-new-poem-on-pandemic-life/
Amanda Gorman shares new poem on pandemic life
Source: The Hill
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/584670-amanda-gorman-shares-new-poem-on-pandemic-life/
December 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:
Amanda Gorman shares new poem on pandemic life
Source: The Hill
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/584670-amanda-gorman-shares-new-poem-on-pandemic-life/
Amanda Gorman shares new poem on pandemic life
Source: The Hill
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/584670-amanda-gorman-shares-new-poem-on-pandemic-life/
On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:
Cuba’s COVID vaccines: the limited data available suggests they’re highly effective
Source: The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/cubas-covid-vaccines-the-limited-data-available-suggests-theyre-highly-effective-172725
Cuba’s COVID vaccines: the limited data available suggests they’re highly effective
Source: The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/cubas-covid-vaccines-the-limited-data-available-suggests-theyre-highly-effective-172725
December 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:
Cuba’s COVID vaccines: the limited data available suggests they’re highly effective
Source: The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/cubas-covid-vaccines-the-limited-data-available-suggests-theyre-highly-effective-172725
Cuba’s COVID vaccines: the limited data available suggests they’re highly effective
Source: The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/cubas-covid-vaccines-the-limited-data-available-suggests-theyre-highly-effective-172725
On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:
Vaccine co-creator: The next pandemic could be worse | CNN
Source: CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/12/07/next-pandemic-vaccine-cocreator-covid-19-warning-ovn-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn
Vaccine co-creator: The next pandemic could be worse | CNN
Source: CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/12/07/next-pandemic-vaccine-cocreator-covid-19-warning-ovn-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn
December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:
Vaccine co-creator: The next pandemic could be worse | CNN
Source: CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/12/07/next-pandemic-vaccine-cocreator-covid-19-warning-ovn-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn
Vaccine co-creator: The next pandemic could be worse | CNN
Source: CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2021/12/07/next-pandemic-vaccine-cocreator-covid-19-warning-ovn-intl-hnk-vpx.cnn
On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:
Time of day matters when getting COVID vaccine
Source: Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/12/time-of-day-matters-when-getting-covid-vaccine/
Time of day matters when getting COVID vaccine
Source: Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/12/time-of-day-matters-when-getting-covid-vaccine/
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 7, 2021:
Time of day matters when getting COVID vaccine
Source: Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/12/time-of-day-matters-when-getting-covid-vaccine/
Time of day matters when getting COVID vaccine
Source: Harvard Gazette
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/12/time-of-day-matters-when-getting-covid-vaccine/
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
South Africa prepares hospitals as COVID cases surge
Source: Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/6/south-africa-prepares-for-unprecedented-spike-in-covid-cases
South Africa prepares hospitals as COVID cases surge
Source: Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/6/south-africa-prepares-for-unprecedented-spike-in-covid-cases
December 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
South Africa prepares hospitals as COVID cases surge
Source: Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/6/south-africa-prepares-for-unprecedented-spike-in-covid-cases
South Africa prepares hospitals as COVID cases surge
Source: Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/6/south-africa-prepares-for-unprecedented-spike-in-covid-cases
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
In India, as the virus abates, a hunger crisis persists
Source: The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/06/india-hunger-coronavirus/
In India, as the virus abates, a hunger crisis persists
Source: The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/06/india-hunger-coronavirus/
December 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
In India, as the virus abates, a hunger crisis persists
Source: The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/06/india-hunger-coronavirus/
In India, as the virus abates, a hunger crisis persists
Source: The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/06/india-hunger-coronavirus/
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Coroners in England issue rare warnings over avoidable deaths in pandemic
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/06/coroners-in-england-issue-rare-warnings-over-avoidable-deaths-in-pandemic
Coroners in England issue rare warnings over avoidable deaths in pandemic
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/06/coroners-in-england-issue-rare-warnings-over-avoidable-deaths-in-pandemic
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Coroners in England issue rare warnings over avoidable deaths in pandemic
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/06/coroners-in-england-issue-rare-warnings-over-avoidable-deaths-in-pandemic
Coroners in England issue rare warnings over avoidable deaths in pandemic
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/06/coroners-in-england-issue-rare-warnings-over-avoidable-deaths-in-pandemic
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
The colonial undertones of Omicron travel bans
Source: Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/12/6/the-colonial-roots-of-western-responses-to-omicron
The colonial undertones of Omicron travel bans
Source: Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/12/6/the-colonial-roots-of-western-responses-to-omicron
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
The colonial undertones of Omicron travel bans
Source: Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/12/6/the-colonial-roots-of-western-responses-to-omicron
The colonial undertones of Omicron travel bans
Source: Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/12/6/the-colonial-roots-of-western-responses-to-omicron
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Where did the coronavirus omicron variant come from? Scientists suggest it evolved in one person.
Source: USA Today
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/12/06/omicron-evolution-coronavirus-possibly-one-person/8795603002/
Where did the coronavirus omicron variant come from? Scientists suggest it evolved in one person.
Source: USA Today
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/12/06/omicron-evolution-coronavirus-possibly-one-person/8795603002/
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Where did the coronavirus omicron variant come from? Scientists suggest it evolved in one person.
Source: USA Today
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/12/06/omicron-evolution-coronavirus-possibly-one-person/8795603002/
Where did the coronavirus omicron variant come from? Scientists suggest it evolved in one person.
Source: USA Today
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/12/06/omicron-evolution-coronavirus-possibly-one-person/8795603002/
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Coronavirus: Fauci calls Republican ‘overhyping’ claim ‘preposterous’
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/05/anthony-fauci-covid-omicron-aids-hiv-republican-ron-johnson
Coronavirus: Fauci calls Republican ‘overhyping’ claim ‘preposterous’
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/05/anthony-fauci-covid-omicron-aids-hiv-republican-ron-johnson
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Coronavirus: Fauci calls Republican ‘overhyping’ claim ‘preposterous’
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/05/anthony-fauci-covid-omicron-aids-hiv-republican-ron-johnson
Coronavirus: Fauci calls Republican ‘overhyping’ claim ‘preposterous’
Source: The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/dec/05/anthony-fauci-covid-omicron-aids-hiv-republican-ron-johnson
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
In Armenia, why are just 15 percent fully vaccinated?
Source: Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/6/covid-19-vaccine-denial-still-rife-in-armenia
In Armenia, why are just 15 percent fully vaccinated?
Source: Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/6/covid-19-vaccine-denial-still-rife-in-armenia
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
In Armenia, why are just 15 percent fully vaccinated?
Source: Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/6/covid-19-vaccine-denial-still-rife-in-armenia
In Armenia, why are just 15 percent fully vaccinated?
Source: Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/6/covid-19-vaccine-denial-still-rife-in-armenia
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Healthcare in 2022: the aftermath of coronavirus
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
https://www.eiu.com/n/healthcare-in-2022-the-aftermath-of-coronavirus/
Healthcare in 2022: the aftermath of coronavirus
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
https://www.eiu.com/n/healthcare-in-2022-the-aftermath-of-coronavirus/
December 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Healthcare in 2022: the aftermath of coronavirus
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
https://www.eiu.com/n/healthcare-in-2022-the-aftermath-of-coronavirus/
Healthcare in 2022: the aftermath of coronavirus
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
https://www.eiu.com/n/healthcare-in-2022-the-aftermath-of-coronavirus/
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Pandemic stress weighs heavily on Gen Z: AP-NORC, MTV poll
Source: AP News
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-lifestyle-anxiety-generations-d79bee29d08f68b85c5b537ebf5004ed
Pandemic stress weighs heavily on Gen Z: AP-NORC, MTV poll
Source: AP News
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-lifestyle-anxiety-generations-d79bee29d08f68b85c5b537ebf5004ed
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Pandemic stress weighs heavily on Gen Z: AP-NORC, MTV poll
Source: AP News
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-lifestyle-anxiety-generations-d79bee29d08f68b85c5b537ebf5004ed
Pandemic stress weighs heavily on Gen Z: AP-NORC, MTV poll
Source: AP News
https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-lifestyle-anxiety-generations-d79bee29d08f68b85c5b537ebf5004ed
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
British vaccine developer Sarah Gilbert says next pandemic ‘could be worse’ than coronavirus
Source: The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/06/sarah-gilbert-coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine/
British vaccine developer Sarah Gilbert says next pandemic ‘could be worse’ than coronavirus
Source: The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/06/sarah-gilbert-coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine/
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
British vaccine developer Sarah Gilbert says next pandemic ‘could be worse’ than coronavirus
Source: The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/06/sarah-gilbert-coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine/
British vaccine developer Sarah Gilbert says next pandemic ‘could be worse’ than coronavirus
Source: The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/06/sarah-gilbert-coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine/
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
We’re Not at Endemicity Yet
Source: The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/12/covid-is-not-endemic-yet-and-may-not-be-for-a-long-time/620914/
We’re Not at Endemicity Yet
Source: The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/12/covid-is-not-endemic-yet-and-may-not-be-for-a-long-time/620914/
December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
We’re Not at Endemicity Yet
Source: The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/12/covid-is-not-endemic-yet-and-may-not-be-for-a-long-time/620914/
We’re Not at Endemicity Yet
Source: The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/12/covid-is-not-endemic-yet-and-may-not-be-for-a-long-time/620914/
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Frontiers | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Membrane (M) and Spike (S) Protei...
Source: Frontiers
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.766922/full
Frontiers | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Membrane (M) and Spike (S) Protei...
Source: Frontiers
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.766922/full
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Frontiers | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Membrane (M) and Spike (S) Protei...
Source: Frontiers
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.766922/full
Frontiers | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Membrane (M) and Spike (S) Protei...
Source: Frontiers
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-and-infection-microbiology/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.766922/full
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Omicron Is Fast Moving, but Perhaps Less Severe, Early Reports Suggest (Published 2021)
Source: The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/world/africa/omicron-coronavirus-research-spread.html
Omicron Is Fast Moving, but Perhaps Less Severe, Early Reports Suggest (Published 2021)
Source: The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/world/africa/omicron-coronavirus-research-spread.html
December 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Omicron Is Fast Moving, but Perhaps Less Severe, Early Reports Suggest (Published 2021)
Source: The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/world/africa/omicron-coronavirus-research-spread.html
Omicron Is Fast Moving, but Perhaps Less Severe, Early Reports Suggest (Published 2021)
Source: The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/world/africa/omicron-coronavirus-research-spread.html
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Comparative assessment of favipiravir and remdesivir against human coronavirus NL63 in molecular docking and cell culture models - Scientific Reports
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02972-y
Comparative assessment of favipiravir and remdesivir against human coronavirus NL63 in molecular docking and cell culture models - Scientific Reports
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02972-y
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Comparative assessment of favipiravir and remdesivir against human coronavirus NL63 in molecular docking and cell culture models - Scientific Reports
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02972-y
Comparative assessment of favipiravir and remdesivir against human coronavirus NL63 in molecular docking and cell culture models - Scientific Reports
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02972-y
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
COVID-19 laid bare barriers faced by 1 billion people with disabilities
Source: Welcome to the United Nations
https://www.un.org/en/desa/un-chief-covid-19-laid-bare-barriers-faced-1-billion-people-disabilities
COVID-19 laid bare barriers faced by 1 billion people with disabilities
Source: Welcome to the United Nations
https://www.un.org/en/desa/un-chief-covid-19-laid-bare-barriers-faced-1-billion-people-disabilities
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
COVID-19 laid bare barriers faced by 1 billion people with disabilities
Source: Welcome to the United Nations
https://www.un.org/en/desa/un-chief-covid-19-laid-bare-barriers-faced-1-billion-people-disabilities
COVID-19 laid bare barriers faced by 1 billion people with disabilities
Source: Welcome to the United Nations
https://www.un.org/en/desa/un-chief-covid-19-laid-bare-barriers-faced-1-billion-people-disabilities
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
A 1-minute blood test detects decreased immune function and increased clinical risk in COVID-19 patients - Scientific Reports
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02863-2
A 1-minute blood test detects decreased immune function and increased clinical risk in COVID-19 patients - Scientific Reports
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02863-2
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
A 1-minute blood test detects decreased immune function and increased clinical risk in COVID-19 patients - Scientific Reports
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02863-2
A 1-minute blood test detects decreased immune function and increased clinical risk in COVID-19 patients - Scientific Reports
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-02863-2
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Adherence and sustainability of interventions informing optimal control against the COVID-19 pandemic - Communications Medicine
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-021-00057-5
Adherence and sustainability of interventions informing optimal control against the COVID-19 pandemic - Communications Medicine
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-021-00057-5
December 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Adherence and sustainability of interventions informing optimal control against the COVID-19 pandemic - Communications Medicine
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-021-00057-5
Adherence and sustainability of interventions informing optimal control against the COVID-19 pandemic - Communications Medicine
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43856-021-00057-5
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
This is how COVID-19 hit household expenditure in Europe
Source: The World Economic Forum
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/12/pandemic-impact-europe-consumer-spending/
This is how COVID-19 hit household expenditure in Europe
Source: The World Economic Forum
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/12/pandemic-impact-europe-consumer-spending/
December 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
This is how COVID-19 hit household expenditure in Europe
Source: The World Economic Forum
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/12/pandemic-impact-europe-consumer-spending/
This is how COVID-19 hit household expenditure in Europe
Source: The World Economic Forum
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2021/12/pandemic-impact-europe-consumer-spending/
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Metabolic disorders, COVID-19 and vaccine-breakthrough infections - Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-021-00608-9
Metabolic disorders, COVID-19 and vaccine-breakthrough infections - Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-021-00608-9
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Metabolic disorders, COVID-19 and vaccine-breakthrough infections - Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-021-00608-9
Metabolic disorders, COVID-19 and vaccine-breakthrough infections - Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Source: Nature
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41574-021-00608-9
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Covid: Blackpool's sex infection cases fall during pandemic
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-59551787
Covid: Blackpool's sex infection cases fall during pandemic
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-59551787
December 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Covid: Blackpool's sex infection cases fall during pandemic
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-59551787
Covid: Blackpool's sex infection cases fall during pandemic
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-59551787
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Sarah Gilbert: Next pandemic could be more lethal than Covid
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59542211
Sarah Gilbert: Next pandemic could be more lethal than Covid
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59542211
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
On this day in COVID history, December 6, 2021:
Sarah Gilbert: Next pandemic could be more lethal than Covid
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59542211
Sarah Gilbert: Next pandemic could be more lethal than Covid
Source: BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-59542211