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    Coronavirus Tidbits #279, January 28, 2024

    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. My latest: California Drastically Cuts Isolation Guidelines For Covid https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2024/01/22/california-drastically-cuts-isolation-guidelines-for-covid-19/?sh=336a683f595d News  https://twitter.com/JPWeiland/status/1749975581800669310?s=20 ~ ~ ~ % Test Positivity   11.8%   (January 7 to January 13, 2024) Hospital Admissions   32,861, -9.6% % of All Deaths in U.S. Due to COVID-19   4.3%, +10.3% in most recent week…

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    Coronavirus Tidbits #278, January 21, 2024

    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:  Hospitals Vary On Universal Masking Amid Covid-19 Surge How little even prominent hospitals are doing is obscene... https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2024/01/17/hospitals-need-to-resume-universal-masking-heres-what-they-are-doing-now/?sh=342242362d5b ~ ~ ~ #LongCovid treatment survey has launched! There are many treatment surveys, but this one is special - the data will be used…

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    Coronavirus Tidbits #277, January 14, 2024

    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. ~ ~ ~ My latest: Doctors Aren’t Prescribing Paxlovid Often Enough. Here’s Why https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2024/01/09/doctors-arent-prescribing-paxlovid-often-enough-heres-why/?sh=3e9e6cc92d10 ~ ~ ~ Check out Field Team 6: MISSION:Register Democrats.Save the World. https://www.fieldteam6.org/ I've just started text banking with them--they've automated much of it! Looking forward to exploring them further.…

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    Coronavirus Tidbits #276, January 7, 2024

    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. It's hard getting settled back into work. Our trip to Costa Rica was a dream of mine; more and better pics are now posted at bugdoc.smugmug.com/Travel/Costa-Rica-1/ Given what is going on with the Supremes and in the world, it's clearly more important than…

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