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Ever more calls for donation of blood plasma to harvest antibodies from former patients and treat covid-19 patients.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-potenti...apy-for-covid-19-patients Donation of the plasma can be done more often than donating blood. |
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Jim Slade
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Protesting during a pandemic? Dr. Ohl, "It's not a good idea."'
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Infectious Disease Expert, Dr. Christopher Ohl does not recommend people attend protests or marches, even if people have strong convictions about during so in a pandemic. https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/wellness/pro...0%9d/ar-BB14Zk2D?ocid=se2  |
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Jim Slade
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Experts: Protests Unlikely to Cause Huge Wave of COVID Cases
"For those expecting an explosion of cases from protests, I doubt that," wrote Howard Forman, Professor of Radiology at the Yale School of Medicine, in a recent tweet, "Outdoor events are seemingly low risk." "The highest risk activity is being arrested and taken away," Forman added in his tweet. https://futurism.com/experts-protests-unlikely-cause-huge-wave-covid-cases |
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yoerik
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we'll just have to wait and see what happens - the results will have to speak for themselves.
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Jim Slade
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NIH chief worried "skepticism" might cause some to skip coronavirus vaccine
Speaking with CNN, NIH Director Dr. Collins describes the status of clinical trials for vaccine candidates and offers reassurance that rigorous safety and effectiveness standards will be maintained. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/04/health/nih-collins-vaccine-skepticism/index.html |
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People with type O blood might be more protected against covid-19:
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Jim Slade
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Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker
A look at the vaccines that have reached trials in humans. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/scie...ker.html?smid=email-share |
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Jim Slade
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C.D.C. Calls for Masks at Large Gatherings, Warning of Crowd Risks
----------------------------------------In a briefing, officials said the "highest risk" gatherings are those attended by people from outside the local area and where it is hard to stay six feet apart. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/health/cor...erings.html?smid=em-share [Edit 1 times, last edit by Jim Slade at Jun 13, 2020 4:07:03 PM] |
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Jim Slade
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Mutations could make coronavirus more infectious, study suggests
Researchers in Florida say they believe they have shown that the new coronavirus has muted in a way that makes it more easily infect human cells. https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/12/health/coronav...s-scripps-gene/index.html |
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Glen David Short
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Coronavirus massive simulations completed on Frontera supercomputer
----------------------------------------On March 12-13, 2020, the Amaro Lab ran molecular dynamics simulations on up to 4,000 nodes, or about 250,000 processing cores, on Frontera. Frontera, the #5 top supercomputer in the world and #1 academic supercomputer according to November 2019 rankings of the Top500 organization, is the leadership-class high performance computing system supported by the National Science Foundation.  |
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