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Coronavirus Tidbits #180 2/20/22
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 Post: New Nanosensor Assay Detects Viruses Like SARS-Cov-2 and Ebola https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/968479 ~ ~ ~ Recommended reads: https://twitter.com/edyong209/status/1493969707849953284?s=20&t=KOtnCHDDBsdIiDgHrcr-tQ ~ ~ ~ The Moral Danger of Declaring the Pandemic Over Too Soon Gregg Gonsalves- https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/17/opinion/aids-pandemic-covid.html News Omicron: Rumblings suggest the CDC may relax its indoor masking…
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Coronavirus Tidbits # 96 11/18/20
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 Another successful looking vaccine! Moderna, joined by U.S. government scientists, announced Monday that their mRNA vaccine candidate was 94.5% effective in preventing Covid-19. The Moderna vaccine appears to have been protective in important subsets of participants — the elderly and people from…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #95 11/15/20
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 This is sick and so irresponsible. @GovLarryHogan @UPMC @upmcwesternMD Each of these people should be fined for violating the mask guidelines and endangering others in the community. cc @CumberlandTN @teresamcminn1 @AlleganyHlthMD https://t.co/ABpF5fPrFD— Judy Stone (@DrJudyStone) November 14, 2020 ~ ~ ~ 40%…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #55 6/6/20
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. Pesach is always a bit rough anyway, so I will turn to…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #26 4-1-20Â
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs    Epidemiology/Infection control    Tips    Politics   Feel good du jour    Comic relief    Perspective/Poem    Bits of beauty News: New post: People Can Spread Coronavirus For Up To Three Days Before Having Symptoms This means we will have to be much more careful to maintain distancing and STAY at HOME. It will also likely lead to a push for the public to wear masks when out. ~ ~ ~ NYTimes: nearly a quarter of the city’s emergency medical service workers out sick, according to the Fire Department. In all, 2,800 members of the Fire Department are sidelined, including about 950 of the city’s 4,300 paramedics. Nearly 16%…