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Coronavirus Tidbits #148 7/11/21
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 Long Covid: Persistent symptoms in adult patients one year after COVID-19: a prospective cohort study Jessica Seeßle, et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciab611, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab611 Background Long COVID is defined as the persistence of symptoms beyond 3 months after SARS-CoV-2 infection. To better understand…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #104 12/16/20
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 Electoral College votes without incident – Joe Biden acknowledged to be President although a few naysayers remain, and Congress has to confirm. ~ ~ ~ Almost 2 billion people depend on health care facilities without basic water services Worldwide, 1 in 4…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #102 12/9/20
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. Chanukah begins tomorrow night at sundown. In that spirit, this seemed apt: News Greatly encouraging results from Pfizer released today. Red = Covid infections in Placebo group; Blue = vaccine group. Darker spots are severe cases. See Drugs section, below for details ~…