Political Brief: Looking at redistricting and 2022

Plus: Monitoring Omicron and remembering Stephen Sondheim

Dear Friends,

We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving, and we are glad for the start of Advent!

And here we are: another week, another chance for public health officials to navigate the pandemic with a new variant at-hand. Already, President Biden announced today that he does not foresee new lockdowns or shutdowns, but the US has banned travel from 8 Afr…