Interesting Articles: COVID-19 Edition

[TimT]

https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/coronavirus/article253248688.html

[TimT]

”I just don't want to watch anyone else die"

[biobook]

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/924394
Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 remain stable, or even increase, seven months after infection

"Rather surprisingly, we even saw an increase of IgG anti-Spike antibodies in 75% of the participants from month five onwards, without any evidence of re-exposure to the virus,”

[S209]

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/science/covid-vaccine-israel-pfizer.html

[PlatinumGuy]

https://twitter.com/jonshorman/status/1422537922939695107

[TimT]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/e2-80-98goldilocks-virus-e2-80-99-delta-vanquishes-all-variant-rivals-as-scientists-race-to-understand-its-tricks/ar-AAN58B4

[Ergel]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/e2-80-98goldilocks-virus-e2-80-99-delta-vanquishes-all-variant-rivals-as-scientists-race-to-understand-its-tricks/ar-AAN58B4

Fascinating article

He knows it can’t keep evolving to become more transmissible forever. Eventually, the virus will hit a ceiling, he said.

“But it’s not exactly clear what that is.”

Would love to understand why he says that with such certainty

[PlatinumGuy]

Fascinating articleWould love to understand why he says that with such certainty

At a certain point we only expel that many aerosols

[Ergel]

At a certain point we only expel that many aerosols

But that's not the only factor in transmissibility.
Unless he means like R has a limit - that limit may be 1000, but it has a limit.
Then it's just stupid

[S209]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/10/us/covid-breakthrough-infections-vaccines.html

[TimT]

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/easy-money-how-international-scam-artists-pulled-epic-theft-covid-n1276789

[ExGingi]

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02237-8

[TimT]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/the-vaccinated-are-worried-and-scientists-don-t-have-answers/ar-AANzgN7

[ExGingi]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/fake-covid-vaccine-cards-anchorage

Where's DJT? First, we had the China Virus, now we have Chinese CDC Vax Cards.

[ShimshonK]

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/08/23/1029827996/new-evidence-points-to-antibodies-as-a-reliable-indicator-of-vaccine-protection

[TimT]

Sad & avoidable
https://www.timesofisrael.com/i-was-wrong-nurses-tell-of-the-regrets-of-dying-unvaccinated-patients/amp/

[aygart]

https://www.njspotlight.com/2021/08/student-mental-health-needs-nj-schools-response-pandemic/

[aygart]

Sad & avoidable
https://www.timesofisrael.com/i-was-wrong-nurses-tell-of-the-regrets-of-dying-unvaccinated-patients/amp/

Over here you have the concept of גדול המעשה יותר מן העושה in the opposite direction

[yzj]

https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300390334/locations-of-interest-in-the-covid19-delta-outbreak-august-25

Reminds me of one of those cartoons where the guy sticks his fingers in the hole in the dam only to have 10 other leaks spring up.

[ExGingi]

This could be a major game-changer. My only question is what happens to the dog's sense of smell if it gets COVID-19.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/24/close-to-100-accuracy-airport-enlists-sniffer-dogs-to-test-for-covid-19

Will any country reopen using this technology?

https://people.com/pets/finland-to-use-coronavirus-sniffing-dogs-at-helsinki-airport/

Never heard of this taking off (can I guess that those who stood to lose money to other methods blocked it?). But now comes this:

https://twitter.com/Quicktake/status/1430863622213935104?s=20

Let's see if this will take off. My guess: it won't since it has the potential to put a huge curb on COVID-19. The political withdrawal syndrome is too strong to allow this.