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Pandemic Update for 2022-01-19: Nocebo

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2022-01-19 by Keith Dawson2022-02-03

Items of recent pandemic news: After-effects of a saline shot; a genetic correlate to the Covid-19 loss of smell & taste; international coordination for deciding on targeted boosters; and the administration’s program of free rapid tests. Plus a frippery. Quote … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Update for 2022-01-05: Sheep

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2022-01-05 by Keith Dawson2022-02-03

Items of recent pandemic news: Monitoring sewage for Covid early warning; therapeutics in short supply; a variant of little concern; antigen tests may miss early infectivity; Pfizer boost authorized for 12-15-year-olds; and more. Plus a frippery. Quote of the week … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Reservoir, Government, Oral Antivirals, Surveillance, Testing, Viral Variants, Wastewater | 2 Replies

Pandemic Update for 2021-10-13: SAGO

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2021-10-13 by Keith Dawson2021-11-27

Items of recent pandemic news you may have missed: How to get the most out of home rapid testing; new evidence that breakthroughs don’t transmit much; a new WHO committee to investigate virus origins; and more. Plus a frippery. A … Continue reading →

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Pandemic Update for 2021-08-17: Smoke

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2021-08-17 by Keith Dawson2021-08-17

Items of recent pandemic news: Saliva tests may not be sen­si­tive enough for the asymp­tom­atic; early antiviral promise for a cholesterol-lowering drug; booster shots coming to the immunocompromised and then to all US citizens; and more. Plus a frippery. 1. … Continue reading →

Posted in Antivirals, Booster Shots, Medical Studies, Testing, Vaccine Mandates | 4 Replies

Pandemic Update for 2021-08-12: Test & Stay

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2021-08-12 by Keith Dawson2021-08-12

Items of recent pandemic news you may have missed: Moderna kids’ trial is enrolling; a new variant seen in Polish mink; a rapid-testing approach to in-person schooling; the tidal wave of vaccine mandates; and more. Plus a frippery. 1. Vaccination … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Reservoir, Medical Studies, Reinfection, Testing, Vaccine Mandates | Leave a reply

Pandemic Update for 2021-07-27: Calculus

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2021-07-27 by Keith Dawson2021-08-12

Items of recent pandemic news you may have missed: Too much testing of asymp­tom­atic immune people? The new risk calculus of the delta variant, the coming mitigations, the anatomy of why delta spreads so fast, and more. Plus a frippery. … Continue reading →

Posted in Medical Devices, Medical Studies, Testing, Vaccine Hesitancy, Vaccine Mandates, Viral Variants | Leave a reply

Pandemic Update for 2021-07-14: Breathalyzer

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2021-07-14 by Keith Dawson2021-07-22

Nine items of recent pandemic news you may have missed: Rapid testing, mixing and matching vaccines, booster shots, the genetics predicting severe Covid-19, another blow to J&J, some mechanisms behind neurological damage, and more. Plus a frippery. 1. Pfizer wants … Continue reading →

Posted in Booster Shots, Correlates of Protection, Heterogeneous Prime-Boost, Medical Devices, Medical Studies, Testing, Vaccine Side Effects, Viral Variants | Leave a reply

Pandemic Update for 2021-06-30: Spikevax

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2021-06-30 by Keith Dawson2021-07-02

This week the Update moves from its former strictly biweekly cadence to a weekly format; each issue will encompass a larger number of brief items. There may oc­cas­ionally be longer features. Fear not, the frip­pery is here to stay. mRNA … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Update for 2021-05-04: Adolescents

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2021-05-05 by Keith Dawson2021-05-05

Belatedly, three items of recent pandemic news: Novavax and the EU; a detailed study of long haulers in the VA health care system; and the imminent auth­or­i­za­tion of Pfizer’s vaccine for young adolescents. Plus news briefs and a frippery. Authorization … Continue reading →

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Friday Update for 2021-01-01: Threshold

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2021-01-01 by Keith Dawson2021-01-01

Herewith three items of pandemic news: the UK var­i­ant seems to spread faster in the young; what’s next in vaccines (by new contributor Doug Pardee); and the import of the PCR test cycle threshold. Plus the accustomed frippery. Cycle threshold … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Update for 2020-12-15: CureVac

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-12-15 by Keith Dawson2020-12-15

Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: How wear­able computers could predict Covid-19; the complicated situation with auto­anti­bodies; and the late-stage trial of German company CureVac’s vaccine candidate. Plus the accustomed frippery. CureVac’s candidate enters Phase … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Update for 2020-12-01

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-12-01 by Keith Dawson2020-12-01

Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: Covid tests you should not use; all about dry ice; and the imminence of shots going into arms. Plus a frippery. Vaccinations should start soon In England, regulators are … Continue reading →

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Friday Update for 2020-11-13

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-11-13 by Keith Dawson2021-04-16

Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: mental health associations with Covid-19; an anti-depressant possibly protective against worsening disease; and using testing to shorten the time of quarantine. Plus the usual frippery. OCD drug fluvoxamine may … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Update for 2020-11-03

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-11-03 by Keith Dawson2020-11-03

Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: testing a thyroid hormone for Covid-ARDS; grocery store clerks at high risk; and a simulator for rapid testing scenarios. Plus a frippery. A dashboard for exploring rapid testing Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Friday Update for 2020-10-30

Suddenly at Home Posted on 2020-10-30 by Keith Dawson2020-10-31

Herewith three items of pandemic news you may have missed recently: Using arti­ficial intelligence to diag­nose asymptomatic Covid-19; Medicare will pay for an EUA’ed vac­cine; and how obesity may complicate vac­cination. Plus a pair of frip­peries. Cough twice into the … Continue reading →

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