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    Coronavirus Tidbits #194 5/29/22

    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: Wild Meat Markets Pose Disease Risk to People, Laos Study Finds https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/974609 New post: Wild Meat Markets Pose Disease Risk to People, Laos Study Finds https://t.co/Zb8kZCqbFr @medscape #zoonoses #emerginginfections #IDtwitter (I took this photo in Luang Prabang a lifetime ago, struck…

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    Coronavirus Tidbits #193 5/22/22

    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: Bacteria-Killing Viruses Are Successful In Treating Antibiotic-Resistant Infections https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2022/05/15/bacteria-killing-viruses-are-successful-in-treating-antibiotic-resistant-infections/?sh=5a4248e84e38 ~ ~ ~ CDC Updates PrEP Vaccination Recommendations https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/974298 News  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~…

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    Coronavirus Tidbits #192 5/15/22

    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  North Korea reports first COVID deaths, explosive outbreak spread News reports, citing North Korea’s state media, said the country has reported six COVID-19 deaths, including at least one linked to the Omicron variant, amid explosive spread that has led to about 350,000…

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    Coronavirus Tidbits #191 5/8/22

    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  The map on the L is what CDC wants you to see. The map on the R is what you need to see. The map on the L says all but 13% of US is low risk. The map on the R…

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    Coronavirus Tidbits #190 May 1, 2022

    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: We’re Facing A Critical Shortage Of Medical Laboratory Professionals https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2022/04/28/were-facing-a-critical-shortage-of-medical-laboratory-professionals/ News  the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new seroprevalence data suggesting that as many as three in four children ages 17 and under in the United States has…

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