Category: Science
Scientific articles about the coronavirus
Sir Patrick Vallance: “I think it is unlikely that we will end up with a truly sterilising vaccine that completely stops infection.”
“It is likely that this disease will circulate and be endemic. More...
Herd Immunity? Or Mass Murder?
A proposal to let people with low risk of #coronavirus infection live without constraint could lead to a million or more preventable deaths
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/opinion/coronavirus-herd-immunity.html More...
China – coronavirus “likely originates from aquatic creatures, not bats and pangolins”
“Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention announced it has detected and isolated living coronavirus in a positive sample from the outer packaging of imported frozen cod, progress that virologists said could push forward research into the virus’ origin, which may be aquatic creature. More...
Long Covid: The debilitating after-effects of coronavirus – Long Covid
Some studies have found 10% of people who have mild COVID-19 will go on to have Long COVID, but other studies have estimated as many as 35% will
Study shows anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin kills coronavirus within 48 hours
Ivermectin, an FDA-approved anti-parasitic previously shown to have broad-spectrum anti-viral activity in vitro, is an inhibitor of SARS-CoV-2
MISC was reported in children. Now it’s showing up in adults as MISA
MIS-A stands for “multi-system inflammatory syndrome in adults #coronavirus #covid
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/rare-covid-19-complication-was-reported-children-now-it-s-n1243161 More...
Living coronavirus samples found on frozen food packaging in east China’s Qingdao
The live covid samples were found on a package of frozen cod that had been handled by two recently infected workers. More...
Coronavirus survives on skin FIVE times longer than flu
The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours. More...
Coronavirus reinfection to be expected as virus spreads says UK Gov
Time between recovery and reinfection may be ‘relatively short’ for those who contract virus twice