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You may as well give up. It's impossible to debate someone who is willfully obtuse.
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You may as well give up. It's impossible to debate someone who is willfully obtuse.
Looks like it's time to buy and wear the space age plastic shield:
Virus ’eminently capable’ of spreading through speech
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Virus ’eminently capable’ of spreading through speech
Virus 'eminently capable' of spreading through speech: study reveals
Microdroplets generated by speech can remain suspended in the air in an enclosed space for more than ten minutes, a study published Wednesday showed, underscoring their likely role in spreading COVID-19.Researchers at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)...
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Interestingly, this study was sponsored by Jetblue's founder.
JetBlue’s Founder Helped Fund A Stanford Study That Said The Coronavirus Wasn’t That Deadly
A Stanford whistleblower complaint alleges that the controversial John Ioannidis study failed to disclose important financial ties and ignored scientists’ concerns that their antibody test was inaccurate.
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Cuba credits two drugs with slashing coronavirus death toll
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Cuba credits two drugs with slashing coronavirus death toll
Communist-run Cuba said this week that use of two drugs produced by its biotech industry that reduce hyper-inflammation in seriously ill COVID-19 patients has sharply curbed its coronavirus-related death toll.
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Love this guy!!!!! Absolutely fascinating interview. Could listen to him for hours
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THE HIGHWIRE INTERVIEW | Zach Bush MD
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From the Financial Times - June 8, 2020
Study links blood type to lower risk of catching coronavirus
Preliminary data show that people with type O blood were less likely to test positive
People with type O blood may be at a lower risk of catching coronavirus and being admitted to hospital by the disease, according to a study from 23andMe, the genetics testing company.
Preliminary data from a study of more than 750,000 participants showed that people with type O blood were 9-18 per cent less likely to have tested positive for Covid-19.
Individuals who had been exposed to the virus — including healthcare and frontline workers — were 13-26 per cent less likely to test positive, according to the data, which has not yet been peer reviewed or published in a medical journal.
The 23andMe researchers identified a variant in the ABO gene, which encodes for different blood groups, that may have been responsible for the people who tested negative being at lower risk. They said the findings were also notable because Covid-19 has been associated with blood clotting and cardiovascular disease.
23andMe is combining the database it has collected from selling direct-to-consumer genetic tests with surveys from customers. This includes information on whether they had been tested for or hospitalised by the virus and the nature of their symptoms.
The data follow two other studies, yet to be peer-reviewed, that have linked the development of the disease to the ABO gene. One in China found that the O blood group was associated with a lower risk of acquiring Covid-19.
Another, from scientists at Columbia University in New York found it was only people with the O-positive blood type that were less likely to have a confirmed case of Covid-19. The 23andMe study found no difference between the O-positive and O-negative blood types.
Before Covid-19, scientists had detected a link between blood groups and susceptibility to infection, for example, in malaria. Blood groups can be receptors for viruses, toxins or parasites — or serve as ‘false receptors’, preventing them from binding to tissue.
The effects of having type O blood were still seen when adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, body mass index and underlying conditions. There was little variation between other blood types.
Study links blood type to lower risk of catching coronavirus
Preliminary data show that people with type O blood were less likely to test positive
People with type O blood may be at a lower risk of catching coronavirus and being admitted to hospital by the disease, according to a study from 23andMe, the genetics testing company.
Preliminary data from a study of more than 750,000 participants showed that people with type O blood were 9-18 per cent less likely to have tested positive for Covid-19.
Individuals who had been exposed to the virus — including healthcare and frontline workers — were 13-26 per cent less likely to test positive, according to the data, which has not yet been peer reviewed or published in a medical journal.
The 23andMe researchers identified a variant in the ABO gene, which encodes for different blood groups, that may have been responsible for the people who tested negative being at lower risk. They said the findings were also notable because Covid-19 has been associated with blood clotting and cardiovascular disease.
23andMe is combining the database it has collected from selling direct-to-consumer genetic tests with surveys from customers. This includes information on whether they had been tested for or hospitalised by the virus and the nature of their symptoms.
The data follow two other studies, yet to be peer-reviewed, that have linked the development of the disease to the ABO gene. One in China found that the O blood group was associated with a lower risk of acquiring Covid-19.
Another, from scientists at Columbia University in New York found it was only people with the O-positive blood type that were less likely to have a confirmed case of Covid-19. The 23andMe study found no difference between the O-positive and O-negative blood types.
Before Covid-19, scientists had detected a link between blood groups and susceptibility to infection, for example, in malaria. Blood groups can be receptors for viruses, toxins or parasites — or serve as ‘false receptors’, preventing them from binding to tissue.
The effects of having type O blood were still seen when adjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, body mass index and underlying conditions. There was little variation between other blood types.
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Scientists tested 14 types of masks — here are the ones that worked and didn’t
Bandannas, gaiters and knitted masks are some of the least effective face coverings for preventing the spread of coronavirus, according to a new study. Researchers at Duke University made the disco…
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I guess generic 2 layer cotton masks that are sold on the street is close to #8 in their mask collection. And when you are wearing it droplet count goes down about 5 times.
Previous vaccines and masks may hold down Covid-19, some researchers say
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This information has turned up in a couple of quality media outlets recently, as some depth of scientific discoveries and data on the virus have begun to be possible.
Welcome news if it proves to be the case.
Previous vaccines and masks may hold down Covid-19, some researchers say | CNN
As US leaders work to control the spread of coronavirus, researchers across the globe are working to answer the mysteries that remain around infections.
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Welcome news if it proves to be the case.
