Tag: Coronavirus
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In southern China near the border with Laos, there is a mine. To this day, it is heavily guarded by the Chinese government. Any journalist who tries to visit is detained. Inside the mine: the possible origin of the COVID pandemic. Scientists identified the animal that first transmitted the original…
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At 5 a.m. on Saturday, Aparna Bansal’s cellphone rang. “Can you come now?” said a man from the New Delhi hospital where her 76-year-old father is being treated for Covid-19. The instructions were clear, she said: Bring oxygen or take your father away. Her husband lines up at 4 a.m.…
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Reopened restaurants are finding it increasingly difficult to find workers: Capacity restrictions and distancing requirements have drastically cut wages for workers like servers, who rely on tips to make up for an hourly wage at or near the federal tipped minimum of $2.13 in many parts of the country, prompting…
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On the southern tip of Spain, the tiny UK territory of Gibraltar has vaccinated almost its entire population. COVID deaths have dropped to zero: Life is beginning to get back to normal. Masks are no longer required outside, curfews are gone, and bars and restaurants are full. Even sporting events…
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Harvard researchers have invented a mask that can test the wearer for COVID: Researchers at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have figured out how to integrate a freeze-dried diagnostic Covid-19 test into a face mask. The test reacts with exhaled particles and gives a diagnosis in 90…
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If you’ve been vaccinated for COVID, can you finally take off the mask? Early data from Israel says yes: Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said on Wednesday that real-world data from Israel suggests that their COVID-19 vaccine is 94% effective in preventing asymptomatic infections, meaning the vaccine could significantly reduce…
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Merck has come out with great results from a new drug for COVID: Over the weekend, the Big Pharma and its biotech partner Ridgeback announced their drug, molnupiravir, hit one of its secondary objectives from a new trial, namely to reduce time to negativity of infectious SARS-CoV-2 virus isolation from…
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We keep hearing scary stories about people getting sick or dying shortly after getting a COVID vaccine. But we shouldn’t confuse correlation with causation. From the mathematician Gary Cornell’s excellent blog: For example, within one week after vaccinating 10,000,000 people, you will likely have around 98 people keel over and…
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As some US states lag in COVID vaccinations and the EU barely vaccinates at all, some are looking to Russia for help: Lufthansa is reportedly discussing the “medical tourism” jet scheme with bosses at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport. The German airline is also in talks with the Russian foreign ministry about…
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The UK has vaccinated faster than almost anywhere on earth: And it’s working! Cases have fallen off a cliff, dropping by almost 90% in just two months: The US is actually not far behind the UK in vaccinations per person anymore, although we were significantly behind until recently. And we…
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