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Coronavirus Tidbits #234 February 26, 2023
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: A New Tool May Help Reduce The Burden Of Antibiotic Resistant Infections https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2023/02/23/a-new-tool-may-help-reduce-the-burden-of-antibiotic-resistant-infections/?sh=2786860d30be News Covid: XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant now dominant in all US regions In its new variant estimates today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the XBB.1.5 Omicron…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #233 2/19/22
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: Very happy to have had this OpEd with Dr. Gregg Gonsalves, a long-time AIDS activist, published in the Baltimore Sun: You can’t mandate the end of a pandemic OpEd here https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-op-0215-covid-work- return-20230214-nbskbi5jingkfospmqnx32tco4-story.html (Rumor has it that you can bypass the log-in by…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #232 2/12/23
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. Reminder, Resilience: One Family's Story... is increasingly pertinent, as some of our politicians shift rightward. All proceeds go to Holocaust education. Available here. News Scientists have discovered a protein in the lung that blocks SARS-CoV-2 infection and forms a natural protective barrier in the human body. This protein,…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #231 2/5/23
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. Reminder, Resilience: One Family's Story... is increasingly pertinent, as some of our politicians shift rightward. All proceeds go to Holocaust education. Available here. News Could a popular COVID-19 antiviral supercharge the pandemic? Merck & Co.’s molnupiravir appears to be speeding evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Science A widely…