https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/why-do-zebras-have-stripes-flies/583114/
Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? To Shoo Away Flies. – The Atlantic
October 7, 2020After Biden’s Exposure to Trump, His Team Is Cagey on Health Questions – The New York Times
October 5, 2020aerosols at the debate
After Biden’s Exposure to Trump, His Team Is Cagey on Health Questions – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/us/politics/biden-covid-test-trump.html
CDC: Coronavirus May Be Adrift in Indoor Air – The New York Times
October 5, 2020CDC: Coronavirus May Be Adrift in Indoor Air – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/05/health/cdc-coronavirus-airborne-indoor-air.html
When you browse Instagram and find former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s passport number
October 5, 2020this is quite interesting privacy leak
Science Activity: Watch Tiny Molds Grow On Food | Exploratorium
October 5, 2020Feel It Still – Wikipedia
October 4, 2020https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feel_It_Still
“Feel It Still” is a hit song by American rock band Portugal. The Man.
Covid-19 data – Tracking covid-19 excess deaths across countries | Graphic detail | The Economist
October 4, 2020https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/07/15/tracking-covid-19-excess-deaths-across-countries
Important Google Photos Change Impacts Millions Of Users
October 4, 2020How to Keep the Coronavirus at Bay Indoors – The New York Times
October 4, 2020thought this was useful…
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Tips for dodging the virus as Americans retreat from colder weather: Open the windows, buy an air filter — and forget the UV lights. …
For a classroom or office, a portable air cleaner suited to the room’s size “is a great low-cost plug-and-play strategy to give you several air changes per hour of clean air,” Dr. Allen said. These are compact devices that can be plugged into any outlet; effective models are available for less than $200.
Some people mistakenly think that the average air filter, portable or part of a larger system, is no match for the microscopic virus. But “the virus is not naked in the air,” Dr. Marr said. “It comes out in respiratory droplets.”
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/health/coronavirus-transmission-indoors.html
Wearing a mask but not covering your nose? You’re doing it all wrong | The Star
October 3, 2020anosmia & sniff tests
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While it’s well established that the primary way people get infected with COVID-19 is from inhaling aerosol droplets, Kennedy said there is emerging evidence it’s “a lot easier” for the virus to get a grip on our internal system when it enters through the nasal passage versus the mouth.
That’s because the nasal passage tissue is rich in cells that have a certain receptor the virus attaches to.
“There’s more cells in the upper airway in the nasal passages that have high levels of receptor expression,” Kennedy explained. “So the virus is more likely to find the cell to infect, and it’s easier for the virus to infect cells sort of in the upper airway in the nasal passages than it is down in the lungs.”
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It’s evident the nose and our sense of smell hold many answers to understanding COVID-19. It’s now clear a loss of sense of smell, known as anosmia, is one of the most common symptoms of COVID-19. Valentina Parma, chair of the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research, said her organization’s data seems to show that anosmia is a better indicator of COVID-19 than fever.
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For this reason, she’s an advocate of objective tests to measure sense of smell, such as sniff tests. To that end, her organization has developed an online smell and sniff test which can be completed by people by using scents in their own home, such as banana or shampoo. “}}
