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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 #167 11/21/21
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. New post: Should You Worry About Disease Transmission in Public Bathrooms? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/963106 News Austria moves to full COVID-19 lockdown, national vaccine mandate Battling an unprecedented surge like some of its neighbors, Austria’s government today announced a full lockdown, the first in Europe to…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #120 2/11/21
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 The vaccine rollout cont to be a colossal sh*t show. How did Walgreen’s get the contract? We went from showing appts but then being unable to schedule a few days ago to this, the past 2 days: Walgreen’s saying that an ill…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #109 1/3/21
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 Much of the bad news this week is about the incompetent vaccine rollout. See “Drugs” section for more ~ ~ ~ But the “Jim Crow Caucus,” the seditious GOP, and Pence take the prize for appalling news: ~ ~ ~ Questions and…
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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 #65 7/10/20
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. 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…