COVID-19 / Corona virus
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This Is Why We Couldn’t Control the Pandemic
~14 min read · 84 saves · Sep 14th · To stop the pandemic, some countries slammed their doors. It worked — until they let outsiders back in.
Vaccine Makers Keep Safety Details Quiet, Alarming Scientists
7 min read · Paywall possible · 75 saves · Sep 13th · Katie Thomas · Researchers say drug companies need to be more open about how vaccine trials are run to reassure Americans who are skittish about getting a…
Fast coronavirus tests are coming — here’s what they can and can’t do
9 min read · 71 saves · Sep 16th · Giorgia Guglielmi · Fast coronavirus tests: what they can and can’t do
The Coronavirus Is Mutating, and That’s Fine (So Far)
6 min read · 68 saves · Sep 11th · Edward Holmes · SARS-CoV-2 has been slowly changing in small ways, without getting more dangerous.
Study the role of hubris in nations’ COVID-19 response
3 min read · 55 saves · Sep 15th · Martha Lincoln · Many countries that see themselves as distinctive have handled the pandemic badly.
How COVID-19 can damage the brain
5 min read · 52 saves · Sep 15th · Michael Marshall · Some people who become ill with the coronavirus develop neurological symptoms. Scientists are struggling to understand why.
Advances In ICU Care Are Saving More Patients Who Have COVID-19
3 min read · 40 saves · Sep 20th · Richard Harris · One thing that has improved a lot over the course of the pandemic is treatment of seriously ill COVID-19 patients in intensive care units.…
Surgical, N95 masks block most particles, homemade cloth masks release their own
2 min read · 15 saves · Sep 25th · Laboratory tests of surgical and N95 masks by researchers at the University of California, Davis, show that they do cut down the amount of…
They never officially had Covid-19. Months later they’re living in hell
~14 min read · Paywall possible · Sep 12th · People who fell ill in March are still suffering with life-limiting symptoms. Many never received positive Covid-19 tests, leaving them in a strange, painful…
Hat Virologe Streeck recht?
4 min read · Sep 14th · Dass Virologe Hendrik Streeck im Umgang mit dem Coronavirus einen Strategiewechsel fordert, schlägt hohe Wellen. Manche feiern ihn als Querdenker, andere schimpfen ihn einen…
