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Coronavirus Tidbits #162 10/17/21
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. Recent articles: Transparency in Communications Is Essential for Trust A few days ago, my local hospital announced it was on “diversion.” The “explanation” from UPMC was cryptic and unsatisfying. The hospital diverted ambulances to other communities more than 75 minutes away over mountain…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #155 8/29/21
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 posts: Covid-19 Vaccine Boosters - What You Should Know https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2021/08/23/covid-19-vaccine-boosterswhat-you-should-know/?sh=1be85e1a1b86 EpiPen: Price-Gouging of Essential Medicine https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957169 News An unvaxed teacher carrying the #DeltaVariant, with mild #COVID19 symptoms passed virus to 55% of students, as far away as 5 rows, while reading to…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #131 3/21/21
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. News ~ ~ ~ New Variant Classification scheme: defines three classes of SARS-CoV-2 variants: Variant of Interest; Variant of Concern; and Variant of High Consequence. The B.1.1.7, B.1.351, P.1, B.1.427, and B.1.429 variants circulating in the United States are classified as Variants of…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #123 2/21/20
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. Texans Need Help: Want to volunteer? I’v been working through Beto’s Powered by People to match people in need of water, food, heat, with local resources. They have a spreadsheet of people and their needs. Volunteers are calling them and then trying to…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #121 2/14/21
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 Mutations Did Convalescent Plasma for COVID-19 Unleash Viral Mutation? https://link.broadcaster3.medpagetoday.com/click/22882587.131202/ ~ ~ ~ Virus variant first detected in the U.K. has been deadlier, study confirms . #COVID19 https://t.co/3glLOAgo10— Deborah Blum (@deborahblum) February 14, 2021 Diagnostics: still an incredible, negligent lack of rapid,…
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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 #116 1/28/21
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. Latest post at Forbes: Covid Killed A Tiger. Are Your House Cats At Risk? https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2021/01/26/covid-killed-a-tiger-are-your-house-cats-at-risk/?sh=229983512cb2 News Mutations: New data: not only is U.K. variant B.1.1.7 more transmissible, it may also be 30% more deadly. Britain’s chief scientist said, and NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, MD, cautiously…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #81 9/10/20
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. Happy to continue to answer your questions/concerns as best I can, so don’t be shy about that. New Post @Forbes: Rural Communities Needlessly Risk Covid-19 From Prisons Even as I wrote this today, the US Marshals irresponsibly transferred in more prisoners, including at least 1 who has already tested positive. News Trump Knew… And yet the Republicans remain silent… ~…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #79 9/3/20
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 Trump says we won’t join WHO-linked effort to develop, distribute coronavirus vaccine This unilateralism will come back to bite us in the ass. If our vax doesn't work, no one will want to share theirs. And if it does, turning our backs…
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Coronavirus Tidbits #78 8/30/20
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 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/28/us/politics/joe-biden-trump-conventions.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage ~ ~ ~ Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) informed congressional intelligence committees that it will cease to provide in-person briefings on foreign interference with the 2020 elections...They will only provide written notices. ~ ~ ~ The Kenosha shooter…