Pandemic Update for 2021-09-23: Pentatonic
Items of recent pandemic news: Auto-antibodies in long Covid; Moderna’s durability benefit over Pfizer; results from Johnson & Johnson’s two-dose trial; Pfizer’s effectiveness in kids 5-11; and who gets a Pfizer booster. Plus a frippery. FDA, CDC committee approve boosters … Continue reading →
Pandemic Update for 2021-09-17: Ventilation
Items of recent pandemic news: How to fix indoor air; Covid-sniffing dogs at Miami airport; an account of a “mild” breakthrough case of Covid-19; and today’s pivotal FDA meeting on boosters. Plus two fripperies. The booster debate comes to a … Continue reading →
Pandemic Update for 2021-09-10: Acceleration
Items of recent pandemic news: Visualizing the pandemic’s acceleration; the first DNA vaccine is authorized in India; the WHO extends its (mostly ignored) call for a moratorium on boosters; President Biden mandates vaccinations; and more. Plus a frippery. Biden’s vaccination … Continue reading →
Pandemic Update for 2021-09-04: Auto-antibodies
Items of recent pandemic news: Vaccination halves chances of long Covid; the role of auto-antibodies in severe disease; rising out-of-pocket costs of Covid; the unlikelihood that September 20 will see booster shots; and more. Plus a frippery. 1. Boosters will … Continue reading →
Top FDA Vaccine Officials Resign in Protest of Undermining
Two senior FDA officials have resigned — “giants who helped bring us many safe and effective vaccines over decades of public service,” according to a former FDA scientist — reportedly in protest of political meddling in the work of the … Continue reading →
This blog is a weekly current awareness service for the pandemic, with occasional feature articles. It began as a group blog chronicling lives in the Twin Cities in the time of coronavirus social distancing, quarantine, working from home, and distance learning. For nine months the blog posted pandemic awareness content twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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