I tested positive for Covid-19. What does that really mean?

PLUS: DIY booze-making, tribulations of love, and devastating wildfires. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 12.12.20   IDEAS Republicans Are P-Hacking the Supreme Court BY BENJAMIN MAZER Texas is seeking to overturn the 2020 election based on a shoddy statistical analysis. It's just what you would expect from medical researchers.   PUBLIC HEALTH The FDA's Green Light for a Vaccine Might Tank Ongoing Trials BY MEGAN MOLTENI The agency is close to authorizing Pfizer's Covid-19 shot. That raises questions about the fate of study volunteers and lost opportunities to collect their data.   BIG GULP Everything You Need to Make Beer, Wine, Cider, and Mead BY PARKER HALL Indoor plants and sewing projects don't always make you forget how terrible everything is right now. Here's what you need to make booze at home.   VIRAL LOAD I Tested Positive for Covid-19. What Does That Really Mean? BY WILL KNIGHT We reduce test results to "positive" or "negative." Some experts think patients, and the community, would be better served by a more nuanced approach. GET WIRED Cyber Week Sale extended. Now with free stickers! Last chance to get one year of WIRED access for $10 $5. Tech news and analysis you won't find anywhere else. Subscribe now.   FICTION The Future of Work: 'Beyond These Stars Other Tribulations of Love,' by Usman T. Malik BY USMAN T. MALIK "The trick was to lift consciousness into a superposition and help it lock into distinct space-time coordinates."   TOO HOT Severe Wildfires Are Devastating the California Condor BY JESSE KLEIN This year's aggressive fire season wiped out a record number of the endangered birds, as well as a facility wildlife biologists use to track and care for them.   THE MONITOR Charlize Theron and the Best Movie Never Made BY ANGELA WATERCUTTER As with so many things in 2020, it all started with a tweet.   PODCASTS The Hollow Earth Theory Isn't So Funny Anymore BY GEEK'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Owen Egerton's 2017 book Hollow used the theory to tell its story. Now that conspiracies are everywhere, he's reconsidering that move.   OPINION Copyright Law Is Bricking Your Game Console. Time to Fix That BY KYLE WIENS Repairing your own console is either impossible or illegal. An exemption to Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act could change that.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions