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Now that things are normal-ish, people are shedding their athleisure wear, hopping in the shower, and brushing those teeth in an effort to be presentable again. At the beginning of the pandemic, toilet paper and cleaning supplies were flying off the shelves while no one was buying pants. However, today, toilet paper sales are down 18.3%. Get our free mobile app Walmart reported that alarm clocks are in high demand. They reported selling more alarm clocks last month than in the same month last ...

The Atlantic We’re behind, but that may change quickly. January 8, 2021 Operation Warp Speed pledged to vaccinate 20 million Americans by the end of 2020. We fell far, far short of that. How worried should we be? Juliette Kayyem, a former assistant secretary of homeland security and an Atlantic contributor, joins staff writer James Hamblin and executive producer Katherine Wells on the podcast Social Distance. She explains what’s going on, what the problems have been, and why we shouldn’...