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December 19, 2021Turkey Without Covid – The New York Times
December 19, 2021QT:{{”
The most widely available antigen test seems to be BinaxNOW, from Abbott. You should also feel comfortable using QuickVue, Ellume and Flowflex, among others.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/24/briefing/thanksgiving-covid-rapid-test.html
NPR and Covid
December 19, 2021note, yes to travel & school
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/18/1065268674/covid-omicron-cases-ashish-jha
Meat no longer requires animal slaughter | The Economist
December 19, 2021An ambitious unicorn hopes to up-end DNA analysis | The Economist
December 19, 2021https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2021/10/02/an-ambitious-unicorn-hopes-to-up-end-dna-analysis oxford nanopore
COVID antiviral pills: what scientists still want to know
December 18, 2021QT:{{”
Molnupiravir acts by introducing mutations into the viral genome during viral replication. A metabolite of the drug is picked up by a viral enzyme called RNA-dependent RNA polymerase and incorporated into the viral genome, eventually causing so many errors that the virus can no longer survive.
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Paxlovid acts by inhibiting an enzyme that’s needed to process some viral proteins into their final, functional form. But the drug is a combination of an antiviral and another drug, called ritonavir, which helps to prevent enzymes in the liver from breaking down the antiviral before it has a chance to disable the coronavirus. Ritonavir, a component of some HIV treatment cocktails, can affect how some other medications are metabolized by the body.
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Molnupiravir & Paxlovid
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03074-5
The controversial new clinical trials that promise faster results | New Scientist
December 18, 2021https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25133574-200-the-controversial-new-clinical-trials-that-promise-faster-results/ adaptive trials
Opinion | Why Hospitalizations Are Now a Better Indicator of Covid’s Impact – The New York Times
December 18, 2021Opinion | Why Hospitalizations Are Now a Better Indicator of Covid’s Impact – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/11/opinion/why-hospitalizations-are-now-a-better-indicator-of-covids-impact.html
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