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Coronavirus Tidbits #118 2/3/21
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 And now for the bad news. *sigh*It looks like #B117, the more transmissible variant first detected in England, has now picked up the E484K mutation as well. That is the one linked to evading SOME immunity in SAfrica and Brazil.h/t @_b_meyerhttps://t.co/2iQLr8uJx7— Kai…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #103 12/13/20
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: Genes May Hold Key To New Treatments For Covid-19 Infections Exciting work shows why some people become deathly ill and others remain asymptomatic. https://bit.ly/3gHrwz9 News It’s interesting that Allegany and Garrett Counties have the highest Covid-19 rates in Maryland yet we…
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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 ~…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #47 5/13/20
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. Tidbits will likely be a bit shorter and a little less frequent for the next little bit. I have been immersed in it and I need to spend a little more time on self-care, which for me means seeing the spring flowers emerge and digging in the dirt. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so…