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Coronavirus Tidbits #142 5/30/21
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. ~ ~ ~ Great #scicomm friend, virologist Ian Mackay is donating all profits from his infographic to charity–currently MSF. The image is available on shirts, mask, mugs, etc. at https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/65034354 Love the image…and Ian’s been a friend since first Ebola days a lifetime…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #107 12/27/20
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 Horrifyingly, we have reached the point where 1/1000 in the US has died of Covid. Why? Mostly failed leadership… ~ ~ ~ For a fine example of Science Communication, see Dr. Ian Mackay’s post on the evolution of the Swiss Cheese model…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #106 12/24/20
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 Mutant Covid: First, as Ian Mackay said: “This isn’t a magic virus. It’s a variant of a respiratory virus. So the measures that protected us from the earlier variants, will protect us from this one. If we weren’t taking sufficient measures before,…
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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 #101 12-6-20
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. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that. My latest post on Forbes: The People’s Vaccine—Moderna’s Coronavirus Vaccine Was Largely Funded By Taxpayer Dollars https://bit.ly/37xBK14 News Good overview: How key decisions slowed FDA’s review of a Covid-19 vaccine — but also gave it important data …“It takes a few months usually…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #99 11/29/20
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 Outrageous, unscientific, and unsurprising decision from the stacked Supremes, undermining public health during the middle of a pandemic: Supreme Court on 5-4 vote blocks NY Gov. Cuomo from reimposing strict capacity caps on Catholic churches and synagogues that sued. Barrett joins conservative…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #95 10/29/20
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs  Devices  Epidemiology/Infection control   Tips   Politics   Feel good du jour   Comic relief   Perspective/Poem   Bits of beauty Announcements: I've been trying to stick on a 2x/week schedule recently, weekend and midweek. Since Sunday's issue failed to send, these two are back to back. But I know you won't mind, since there is such interesting content and pics, right? 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'm still immersed…
