Those of us who have been hoping that life can go back to some kind of normal after a vaccine is available may need to reset our expectations. The vaccines under development will protect against disease, not against infection. What … Continue reading →
We still don’t know for sure whether you can catch Covid-19 twice. Four recent accounts of what might be cases of reinfection suggest that our future with the virus could be very different than what we have been hoping. Scattered … Continue reading →
Mystery surrounds those who get infected by SARS-CoV-2 but never develop any symptoms. How common are they in the population? Can they infect others? For how long? Do they develop immunity? Answers are starting to emerge. Early in February, Chinese … Continue reading →
This open question has huge bearing on how soon we can reopen the economy, what the course of this disease could be beyond the first wave, how successful an eventual vaccine might be, and how we should treat those who … Continue reading →
This one took me completely by surprise. People who have not had the SARS-CoV-2 virus are rejecting, ostracizing, stigmatizing, and shunning those who have recovered from it. Read any of the press accounts listed below and you will appreciate the … Continue reading →
