It's a week before Thanksgiving and all through the house, every creature is stirring, every dog, cat and mouse. The food was selected and prepared with care, in the hopes that the family would soon be there. The tragedy is that our holidays change, to keep everyone safe we all must refrain. For those who … Continue reading COVID Holidays
Category: Collateral Science
COVID Minks
Today's blog post is going to look at what's going on with Minks in Denmark that hit the news this week. While the first cases were reported in June, months of additional tracking and sequence comparison led to the conclusion that a variant of SARS-CoV-2 mutated and is now capable of spreading between minks and … Continue reading COVID Minks
COVID Fall
This will be a tricky week coming up, so let's briefly chat about how to best protect yourself for Halloween, voting, and the coming season of holidays. When making choices about what you will be doing during the holiday season, it is important to recognize when you will be outside of your bubble. Bubbles are … Continue reading COVID Fall
COVID-19 in the News
It's been a pretty busy few weeks for COVID-19 news so it seemed time to delve into a few headlines. WHO and Lockdowns The first recent COVID-19 news that had big headlines was that the World Health Organizations (WHO) had changed its stance on lockdowns, no longer recommending them as a means of controlling the … Continue reading COVID-19 in the News
A Review of Clinical Trials
With each passing week we grow closer to the conclusion of clinical trials and the eventual release of COVID-19 vaccines. Reporting on the details of what actually occurs in each phase of a clinical trial isn't consistent, so today's post will feature an explanation of how a drug goes from an idea to a clinical … Continue reading A Review of Clinical Trials
COVID-19, Kids, and Schools
There's little guidance and a lot of questions when it comes to having school in the days of COVID. It can be difficult to sort through everything especially with a lot of information coming from unreliable sources. To help clear the cloud of confusion about COVID-19 in children, this post will look at known examples … Continue reading COVID-19, Kids, and Schools
COVID-19, Herd Immunity, and Vaccines
News this past week has been full of information about COVID-19 vaccines and the antibody responses of people who have become sick. While some sources take care to explain the information, others are hyping up whatever headline they think will grab more clicks from their viewers. Because of the chaos and conflicting information, I will … Continue reading COVID-19, Herd Immunity, and Vaccines
COVID-19 by the Numbers
For whatever reason, this week felt particularly long. While most states are seeing an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases there is very little movement to limit the spread of the disease with anything beyond mask orders and polite requests to maintain social distancing. There's a lot of numbers and information being shared around … Continue reading COVID-19 by the Numbers
A Rebuttal to Dr. Kelly Victory’s Breaking Down COVID-19
Hi Everyone, looks like misinformation doesn't take a break so here we are watching a new video from an MD who is speaking lies and misinterpreting information about COVID-19. If you haven't seen the video yet, don't waste your time watching it. If you have seen the video or want to give correct information to … Continue reading A Rebuttal to Dr. Kelly Victory’s Breaking Down COVID-19
Lasting Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
As the spread of COVID-19 increases across the USA we're seeing a wider variety of patients being admitted into hospitals and ICUs that are younger and healthier than the patients seen in the initial surge across the world. Because these patients have a lower incidence of death we're starting to see more of the lasting … Continue reading Lasting Effects of SARS-CoV-2 Infection
PMP in the Lab 