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Coronavirus Tidbits #56 6-9-20
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. 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…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #Â 27 4-2 to 4-3-20
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs    Epidemiology/Infection control    Tips    Politics   Feel good du jour    Comic relief    Perspective/Poem    Bits of beauty Note: Tidbits will be abbreviated for a bit while I try to catch up and deal w technical issues. Also need to take a bit more breaks. I’ve moved people from my emails to this automated mailing when I have a new issue. Please refer people to this site: https://www.drjudystone.com/politics-science-and-other-assorted-musings/ My web designer is working to put that signup on each post as well, to make it easier for folks to sign up. Please continue to send questions, great resources, or nice things that are happening. Thx. News: CDC now…
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Staying Safe: Bone Marrow Transplant Survivor Tells You How
I had no immune system for months after my bone marrow transplant. Here’s how I avoided viral illness, and how you can, too. It’s easier than you think. writes AM Carter This is by far and away the best post I’ve read on how to stay safe. I urge you to check it out here. Her major advice: “Constant, thorough hand washing and hand sanitizing. Constant, thorough cleaning and sanitizing of surfaces that I touched. Completely avoiding primary vectors of transmission. Clean the things you touch. Avoid People, and the things people touch. Upon returning home from any excursion, I wipe down my keys, phone, credit card (if I…
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Staying Safe: Bleach and Gloves
COVID-19 Protection Strategy: BLEACH and GLOVES from Dr. Robin Bissell https://www.facebook.com/groups/DrBandG/ COVID-19 transmission was once thought to be primarily caused by infected persons with symptoms and airborne transmission. We now realize that a significant form of transmission of COVID-19 occurs by this path: An infected person who may have no symptoms is shedding the virus and they touch their face They touch a surface (like a doorknob or a credit card machine). The virus survives 3 days. A non-infected person touches the same surface and later they touch their face The virus enters the body through the eyes, nose or mouth The newly infected person may develop no symptoms, mild…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #25 3-31-20
Quick links News   Diagnostics   Drugs    Epidemiology/Infection control    Tips    Politics   Feel good du jour    Comic relief    Perspective/Poem    Bits of beauty Coronavirus Tidbits #  News: Please take the time to do this: It is a travesty that publicly funded research is behind a paywall! @WHOSTP has extended the comment period on the request for information on public access to peer-reviewed scholarly publications, data, & code resulting from federally funded research to May 6, 2020. Comments submitted in response to this notice may be submitted online to Lisa Nichols, Assistant Director for Academic Engagement, OSTP, at publicaccess@ostp.eop.gov. Email submissions should be machinereadable [pdf, doc, txt] and not copyprotected. Submissions should…
