Items of recent pandemic news: Compounds found in hemp slow viral growth in the lab; the durability of SARS-CoV-2 in air; the virus’s danger to unvaxed pregnant people; and striking down federal workplace mandates. Plus a pair of fripperies. Quote … Continue reading →
Items of recent pandemic news: Deer may provide a SARS-CoV-2 reservior; OSHA promulgates rules implementing the Biden administration’s workplace vaccine mandate; and a strong showing for Pfizer’s oral medication against SARS-CoV-2. Plus a frippery. Pfizer’s anti-Covid pill shows strong results … Continue reading →
Items of recent pandemic news you may have missed: Delta Air Lines’ strong encouragement for vaccination; contaminated vaccine in Japan; good news on a J&J booster; and the dent approval is not making in vaccine hesitancy. Plus two fripperies. Approval … Continue reading →
Items of recent pandemic news: Is the FDA moving too fast or too slow? Flying blind on Delta breakthrough data; an early hint that boosters do what was hoped; and full FDA approval for Pfizer / BioNTech. Plus a frippery. … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Items of recent pandemic news: Moderna’s vaccine works in those 12 to 17 years old; the political nature of college mandates to vaccinate returning students; and a new, fast-spreading variant out of India. Plus news briefs and a frippery. B.1.617.2 … Continue reading →
