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    Coronavirus Tidbits #155 8/29/21

    Quick links News     Diagnostics     Drugs    Devices    Epidemiology/Infection control     Tips     Politics    Feel good du jour     Comic relief     Perspective/Poem     Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. New posts: Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters - What You Should Know https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2021/08/23/covid-19-vaccine-boosterswhat-you-should-know/?sh=1be85e1a1b86 EpiPen: Price-Gouging of Essential Medicine https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957169 News  An unvaxed teacher carrying the #DeltaVariant, with mild #COVID19 symptoms passed virus to 55% of students, as far away as 5 rows, while reading to…

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    Coronavirus Tidbits #154 8/22/21

    Quick links News     Diagnostics     Drugs    Devices    Epidemiology/Infection control     Tips     Politics    Feel good du jour     Comic relief     Perspective/Poem     Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. News  How does COVID-19 affect the brain? A troubling picture emerges. large portion of COVID-19 patients—possibly as high as 30 percent, according an estimate from the National Institutes of Health—who suffer some type of neurological or psychiatric symptoms...“The big surprise was the people who…

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    Coronavirus Tidbits #153 8/14/21

    Quick links News     Diagnostics     Drugs    Devices    Epidemiology/Infection control     Tips     Politics    Feel good du jour     Comic relief     Perspective/Poem     Bits of beauty Announcements: First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I'm getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don't be shy about that. New post: CDC Reports #Burkholderia cepacia and B pseudomallei #Outbreaks - The #Melioidosis is especially intriguing because this bacteria is tropical, usually found in SE Asia. Why here, in 4 different states?  https://medscape.com/viewarticle/956548?src=soc_tw_share… via @medscape News  Column: Major study of Ivermectin, the anti-vaccine…

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    Coronavirus Tidbits #152 8/8/21

    Quick links First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I’m getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that. My latest posts: Probable Marburg virus in W. Africa for first time https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2021/08/06/probable-case-of-ebola-like-marburg-virus-in-guinea/?sh=6f6aed1f1373   interesting issues at play between economic development and #publichealth: Malaria Transmission in Africa Worsened by Small Dams https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/956114?src=soc_tw_share via Medscape News  Monoclonal Antibody Cocktail Authorized for Post-COVID Exposure ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Research shows many with mild COVID-19 infections still experience long-term symptoms The majority of individuals who experience mild or moderate COVID-19 infection also experience long COVID, or persistent symptoms…

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    Coronavirus Tidbits #151 8/1/21

    Quick links First, there is now a Resources Page here for the most commonly asked questions I’m getting. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that. Politics Trumping Science Is Increasingly Disheartening https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/955487 and Summer, Saltwater, And Sickness From Vibrio Untreatable, Drug-Resistant Fungus (C. auris) Found in Texas and Washington, DC   News  New Covid cases reported on July 23, 2020 => 70,006 New Covid cases reported on July 23, 2021 => 81,732 ~  ~ ~ Arizona, Arkansas, Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, and Vermont & Florida have banned schools from requiring masks. #Texas passed #NewYork in #COVID19 deaths ~ ~ ~ ~ ~…

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