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What Have We Learned From Intentionally Infecting People With Covid-19?
Mixed lessons from intentionally infecting people with COVID-19
“Challenge trials help researchers study immune responses. Skeptics still doubt the approach is worth the risks”
What Covid tried to teach us — and why it will matter in the next pandemic
“What Covid tried to teach us — and why it will matter in the next pandemic”
Five years after COVID appeared, mysteries remain. Here’s what we know
How did COVID change your relationships?
Covid smell loss eased by injecting blood cells into the nose
“Just three nasal injections of blood cells called platelets helped people whose smell was affected by covid-19 identify new odours”
Just three nasal injections of blood cells called platelets helped people whose smell was affected by covid-19 identify new odours
Institutional COVID denial has killed public health as we knew it. Prepare to lose several centuries of progress.
"Zero public health projects in the history of ever have had a stated goal of “ignore it because we have to live life.” It’s fundamentally antithetical to the very concept of public health."
Structure-guided engineering of a mutation-tolerant inhibitor peptide against variable SARS-CoV-2 spikes | PNAS
“We demonstrated the efficacy of the peptide against various mutant spike proteins and authentic SARS-CoV-2 variants and confirmed its tolerance to existing and potential future mutations.”
We demonstrated the efficacy of the peptide against various mutant spike proteins and authentic SARS-CoV-2 variants and confirmed its tolerance to existing and potential future mutations.
Japanese researchers develop peptide preventing COVID-19 infections
"The peptide comprises 39 natural amino acids, and it is inexpensive and easily synthesized," Institute of Science Tokyo Distinguished Professor Yoshinori Fujiyoshi said. "It only binds to spike proteins, so it can be considered to have no side effects."
Azvudine beats paxlovid in reducing COVID-19 deaths
Azvudine beats paxlovid in reducing COVID-19 deaths
Aerosol research shows how easily COVID-19 can be caught through the air
“A few minutes in the same room as an infected person is enough to catch the virus yourself.”
few minutes in the same room as an infected person is enough to catch the virus yourself.
I am sorry to say that after nearly five years since my SARS-CoV-2 infection & in year six of this ongoing pandemic, these are some of the conclusions I have arrived at. Integrity, ethics, & morality are in short supply in some corners of the scientific research community. /1
FDA authorizes REGEN-COV monoclonal antibody therapy for post-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) for COVID-19 | FDA
FDA authorizes REGEN-COV monoclonal antibody therapy for post-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) for COVID-19
🧵 Something some of you might not know about me is that I lost my sense of smell entirely for 18 months at the beginning of the pandemic after contracting COVID. It was before the 1st UK lockdown and well before smell and taste loss was a recognised symptom of the virus.
Closing toilet lid before flushing doesn't keep viral spray inside, study suggests
people w/COVID-19, even those who are asymptomatic, excrete severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in fecal matter & other excretions," the researchers wrote. "Viruses contaminating urine & feces can be aerosolized in building restrooms during toilet flushing
Conformational dynamics of the membrane protein of MERS-CoV in comparison with SARS-CoV-2 in ERGIC complex
NOT A FLU
SARS-CoV-2 is more closely related to the virus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) than the flu virus.
Blake Lively Claims Son Contracted COVID on Set: References to Her Kids in Justin Baldoni Lawsuit
“In her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively claimed a lack of protocols led to her and her infant son contracting COVID on set of It Ends With Us.”
In her lawsuit against Justin Baldoni, Blake Lively claimed a lack of protocols led to her and her infant son contracting COVID on set of It Ends With Us.
Exploring pyrazolines as potential inhibitors of NSP3-macrodomain of SARS-CoV-2: synthesis and in silico analysis
researchers present the synthesis of new and potential anti-viral pyrazoline compounds.
The future of excess mortality after COVID-19 | Swiss Re
the people who study risk for insurance companies (whose bottom lines depend on accurate understandings of pandemic-related excess mortality) are pointing out that we're looking at 10 more years of covid and covid-related deaths.
Imprinted SARS-CoV-2 humoral immunity induces convergent Omicron RBD evolution
A nasal spray prevented 80% of Covid infections; ~300,000 people in China have received SA55, a broad spectrum monoclonal antibody
Dead family, lost friends: How the coronavirus changed one small town
“Dead family, lost friends: How people’s inability to do the right thing to reduce COVID19 transmission has changed the entire planet.”
This interview!! 🔥
“I think most people who are alive today will face the reality that COVID is a contributing factor to their death. Do people know this?… I’ve never seen such a wide disconnect between what the public thinks and what science says.”
Seasonal effects decouple SARS-CoV-2 haplotypes worldwide
SARS-CoV-2 variants are not simply competing with each other, but are in fact WORKING TOGETHER in a COOPERATIVE MANNER
After a long lull, Covid-19 levels are surging in the US | CNN
January 1, 2025
“Trends started to shift in early December, though, with levels rising from low to high by the middle of the month. In the week ending December 21, there was nearly three times as much Covid-19 circulating in the US than there was during the week ending December 7, CDC data shows.”
Trends started to shift in early December, though, with levels rising from low to high by the middle of the month. In the week ending December 21, there was nearly three times as much Covid-19 circulating in the US than there was during the week ending December 7, CDC data shows.
Northern Ireland ambulance patient waits 19 hours outside hospital
here we go again
“Ambulance patient waits 19 hours outside hospital”
Ambulance patient waits 19 hours outside hospital
Testing and Masking Policies and Hospital-Onset Respiratory Viral Infections
Stopping universal masking and SARS-CoV-2 testing at 10 US hospitals was associated with a substantial increase in hospital-onset COVID-19, influenza, and RSV.
Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty
“If people really understood the science behind all this, they would have a very different attitude”
Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty
If people really understood the science behind all this, they would have a very different attitude”Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty
Dublin hospital imposes visitor restrictions due to high Covid and flu numbers
"Dublin hospital imposes visitor restrictions due to high Covid and flu numbers"
well, I'm sick, and it's my fault. I agreed to unmasked family dinner with neg rapid tests, despite knowing the rate of false negatives. now I'm suffering the consequences. I've done so many masked family dinners, eating with my partner outside or in an isolated room
“well, I'm sick, and it's my fault. I agreed to unmasked family dinner with neg rapid tests, despite knowing the rate of false negatives. now I'm suffering the consequences. I've done so many masked family dinners, eating with my partner outside or in an isolated room”