I wonder how the other English speaking country in the world is being governed. (Not that the current administration is doing this nation any great favors, either.)
Tag Archives: SARS-CoV-2
Decades of Progress- recognized overnight
So many of the media are declaring how quickly we managed to develop vaccines for the scourge of the 21st Century, the COVID-19 pandemic.
We’re all becoming resourceful masked riders
Given the pandemic and this topic, I had high hopes.
But, unlike the Philadelphia Phillies’ theme song (a song Frank Sinatra sang [from the movie “A Hole in the Head”] decades ago and we half-dozen child prodigies studying in college at the age of 8 adopted as our theme song, too), this hope got deflated in a heartbeat.
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It’s Risk- not Politics
It’s been about a decade since I last discussed risk. Given the pandemic and how folks are reacting to it, it’s clear that this is the time we need to have another review of what risk does or does not entail. (The problem is that too many folks impose their political beliefs on situations- so the risk (or non-risk) of a given path is often lost in the weeds.)
Ethical Dilemna Avoided?
So, the experiment has been canceled. Thankfully.
Um… Maybe not thankfully. But, at least blessedly.
Back to Masks
A chip off the block?
Right now our arsenal for COVID-19 is comprised of face masks and handwashing. No vaccine (yet), no therapy (yet), no quick test. All promised soon.
Stuff the Pocket?
So, yesterday, we discussed the computational chemistry (theoretical) research effected by Anika Chebrolu that won her the 3M Young Scientist fair. Today, we’ll discuss research being done by adults in Bristol (UK), Heidelberg (Germany), and Geneva (Switzerland).
Going, going, gone?
Most of you have heard of the Talmud. This collection of anecdotes, aphorisms, teachings-aka, the oral law of Judaism- is comprised of two collections. The first one is the Mishna (‘repeated study’). This is the older collection arranged by Rav Yehuda haNasi (Venerated Prince Rabbi Yehuda, the head of the Sanhedrin) around 200 CE. Most of this material had been transmitted from generation to generation since the Babylonia Exile (the time of the prophet/scribe Ezra), ca 450 BCE. The Gemara (‘completion’), the discussion and aggrandizement of the facets of the Mishna, was completed two centuries later. Together, these comprise the Talmud.
Just in Time for the 3rd Wave
One of the problems clinicians face when a COVID-19 patient is hospitalized is opining what other complications this patient will present. All too often, kidney failure is among the most common result. (This held for 46% of the patients treated at Mount Sinai, with about 1/3 of them requiring dialysis). The issue is getting the affected patients on dialysis before it’s too late to save their lives.