• Coronavirus - Covid19,  Medicine,  Medicine & Politics,  Public health

    Coronavirus Tidbits #173 1/2/22

    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. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Recent posts: COVID Misinformation From the Top Offers False Cheer and True Risk https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/965724 ~ ~ ~ Climate Change And Infections https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2021/12/30/climate-change-and-infections/?sh=2b21953a3fd4 News  See What to do if newly infected, under Tips, below: ~ ~ ~ Omicron:…

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  • Coronavirus - Covid19,  Infectious disease,  Medicine,  Medicine & Politics

    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 - Covid19,  Infectious disease,  Medicine,  Medicine & Politics,  Public health

    Coronavirus Tidbits # 147 7/4/21

    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  This is a huge story. An Australian virologist at WIV in late 2019 notes:-no sick employees at WIV-best-practice biosafety protocols in place-did not witness GoF work which she's qualified to recognizeLab leak odds just got even longer.https://t.co/LKrQe9H3N2— Dr. Angela Rasmussen (@angie_rasmussen) June…

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  • Coronavirus - Covid19,  Drug development,  Infectious disease,  Medicine,  Medicine & Politics

    Coronavirus Tidbits #81 9/10/20

    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. New Post @Forbes: Rural Communities Needlessly Risk Covid-19 From Prisons Even as I wrote this today, the US Marshals irresponsibly transferred in more prisoners, including at least 1 who has already tested positive. News  Trump Knew… And yet the Republicans remain silent… ~…