BBC Future – There’s no evidence that any of the current Covid-19 vaccines can completely stop people from being infected – and this has implications for our prospects of achieving herd immunity – “…In fact, most vaccines don’t fully protect against infection, even if they can block symptoms from appearing. As a result, vaccinated people… Continue Reading
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The body’s fight against COVID-19 explained using 3D-printed models
Via LLRX – The body’s fight against COVID-19 explained using 3D-printed models – In this interview, Nathan Ahlgren, assistant professor of biology at Clark University, uses 3D-printed models to explain what proteins do in viruses, how they interact with human cells, how the vaccine delivers mRNA into the cell, and how antibodies protect us. Continue Reading
E&C Committee Leaders Investigate COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation Online
“Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Health Subcommittee Chairwoman Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chair Diana DeGette (D-CO), Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA), and Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee Chair Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) demanded answers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google today as part of their ongoing investigation… Continue Reading
Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 31, 2021
Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, January 31, 2021 – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly… Continue Reading
Testing positive after the vaccine
The New York Times – The scattered reports from around the country can play like a cruel irony: Someone tests positive for the coronavirus even though they have already received one or both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine. How can that happen? Experts say cases like these are not surprising and do not indicate that… Continue Reading
When can everyone in the US get a Covid-19 vaccine?
Vox – We still don’t know: “As America’s bumpy Covid-19 vaccine rollout continues, a lot of people still have one very big question: When can I get a Covid-19 vaccine? For the vast majority of people, we don’t know yet. There are too many variables, from how much the new federal government can improve vaccination rates… Continue Reading
Why epidemiologists are so worried about the new Covid-19 variants, in 2 charts
Vox – A slightly more transmissible variation of Covid-19 can be much more dangerous. “A more contagious SARS-CoV-2 virus is a deadlier one. Not because it gets any individual sicker but because it reaches more people. More illness means more cases: more mild cases, more severe cases, more long-term complications, more hospitalizations, and more deaths.… Continue Reading
New Variants of the Virus that Causes COVID-19
CDC – “Viruses constantly change through mutation, and new variants of a virus are expected to occur over time. Sometimes new variants emerge and disappear. Other times, new variants emerge and persist. Multiple variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 have been documented in the United States and globally during this pandemic. The virus that… Continue Reading
See Covid-19 Risk in Your County and a Guide for Daily Life Near You
The New York Times – “In a majority of United States counties, residents are at an extremely high risk for contracting Covid-19 right now, according to an analysis of coronavirus case and testing data by The New York Times and public health experts. Even as cases fell from record highs earlier in the month, an… Continue Reading
Do your neighbors want to get vaccinated?
MIT Technology Review: “As the coronavirus vaccines have rolled out across the US, the process has been confusing and disastrous. States, left by the federal government to fend for themselves, have struggled to get a handle on the logistics of distribution. Many, including Georgia, Virginia, and California, have fallen woefully behind schedule. But even if… Continue Reading
This is how America gets its vaccines
MIT Technology Review: The Biden administration has inherited a web of tech systems and policies that it must navigate to meet its goal of administering 100 million doses in the first 100 days. After just a week in office, the Biden administration is already under immense public pressure to fix America’s mangled vaccine rollout. Operation… Continue Reading
Worrisome New Coronavirus Strains Are Emerging. Why Now?
Wired – “Across the globe, SARS-CoV-2 is evolving ways to evade the immune system and become more infectious. Blown pandemic response plans are to blame…All viruses mutate. They are, after all, just autonomous bits of protein-encased, self-replicating strings of code equipped with imperfect internal spell-checkers. Make enough copies and there are bound to be mistakes.… Continue Reading
