Posts Tagged ‘covid19’
COVID-19 antibody tests are raising as many questions as they answer
September 22, 2020Pandemics and the Shape of Human History | The New Yorker
September 14, 2020Aerosols vs. Droplets: In Transmitting COVID-19, There’s a Big Difference | Yale School of Engineering & Appli ed Science
September 13, 2020Funny video on school opening
September 12, 2020Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Immunogenicity in Older Patients
August 31, 2020mRNA-1273 is their candidate
https://www.genengnews.com/news/moderna-covid-19-vaccine-shows-immunogenicity-in-older-patients
Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine Shows Immunogenicity in Older Patients
August 28, 2020Very encouraging results on this vaccine so far. The antibody response is better than the best convalescent plasma antibody titers. The vaccine also elicits T cell response that bodes well for durability of protection. But they still need to complete the randomized,
placebo-controlled trial to see if the vaccine actually is both safe and effective (latter is defined as lower number of symptomatic Covid infections in vaccinated vs placebo subjects.
Yale COVID-19 Statistics | COVID-19: Yale Actions and Response
August 23, 2020How Face Masks Work and Which Types Offer the Best Covid-19 Protection – WSJ
August 23, 2020note indications of an “official N95” mask – need to have the manufacturer name + NIOSH printed on the front
What to Know About KN95 Face Masks – WSJ
August 23, 2020https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-to-know-about-kn95-face-masks-11596460569
has some useful lists of bad KN95 masks, viz:
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/respirators/testing/NonNIOSHresults.html
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