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Corona-Schnelltests bei Omikron weniger zuverlässig
6 min · · Im globalen Kampf gegen das Corona-Virus spielen Antigen-Schnelltests inzwischen eine zentrale Rolle, nicht nur für Ungeimpfte, sondern künftig auch vermehrt wieder für Geimpfte. Getestet wird bei der… · Shared by 5, including Matthias Lampe
The Guardian
Some Covid masks are better than others. I know
4 min · · A cloth or surgical mask just doesn’t cut it, says engineer Aaron Collins · Shared by 27, including Fern, Digg, Abraar Karan, Matthias Lampe
Tomas Pueyo
The Omicron Question
10 min · · We’re missing one fundamental piece of information. It’s the Omicron question. This article will look at what we know so far to zero in on that big question. · Shared by 11, including Matthias Lampe, Bob Wachter
Scientific American
How the New Antiviral Pills Help Thwart COVID
6 min · · A drug made by Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics—which an FDA panel recently greenlit—and one made by Pfizer work in different ways, but both prevent the virus from replicating · Shared by 9, including Matthias Lampe
tagesschau
Umfassende Studie: Infektionsrisiko mit FFP2-Maske minimal
2 min · · Infektionsgefahr nur noch im Promille-Bereich: Eine neue Studie zeigt, wie effektiv FFP2-Masken sind - wenn sie korrekt getragen werden. Ohne Maske und selbst mit viel Abstand beträgt das Risiko… · Shared by 99, including Esther-Mirjam de Boer, Matthias Lampe, Ines Bieler, Dirk Spannaus, Martin Steiger 🦈, Nils Hitze, Marc Brupbacher, DON’T PANIC, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, tanja 🤯 malle, Clemens M. Schuster, Stefan Diepolder, Christopher Lauer™
wbez.org
New clues to the biology of long COVID-19 are starting to emerge
4 min · · Scientists have begun to find abnormalities in the immune systems of some long-COVID patients that might help explain the syndrome, at least in some people. But there is still much more to learn. · Shared by 4, including Matthias Lampe
ProPublica
Here’s Why Rapid COVID Tests Are So Expensive and Hard to Find
14+ min · · Months-long silences. Mysterious rejections. Here’s what's behind the shortages of a critical tool for ending the pandemic. · Shared by 130, including Jennifer A. Frey, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Marc Benioff, Alex Tabarrok 🛡️, David Andolfatto, Danny Sullivan, David Wallace-Wells, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Bill Gurley, Amesh Adalja, 👨🏻💻☕️, Alice Wong 王美華, @jason, Adam Posen, Gavin Andresen, Gregg Gonsalves, Michael Mina, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Ari Paul ⛓️, zeynep tufekci
Vox
What an enormous global study can tell us about feeling better during the pandemic
8 min · · Hundreds of psychologists looked for ways to make people feel better during the pandemic — and they found one. · Shared by 247, including Lee Keyes, Matthias Lampe, Neil Hart 💙, Philanthropy News Digest, Brian Resnick, Shelley Bonanno, MA, LLP (she/her/hers)
jacobsingh.name
Open letter to my unvaccinated friends
2 min · · To all my friends who are still unvaccinated: It is a personal choice, and I respect your freedom to make it. And I still care about you. However, there is also a public health consequence. The R… · Shared by 4, including Matthias Lampe
Slate
The Unbelievable Grimness of HermanCainAward, the Subreddit That Catalogs Anti-Vaxxer COVID Deaths
7 min · · This is not a forum that attempts to change minds. It’s much darker. · Shared by 47, including Matthias Lampe, ➤ Cyril Druesne, John Koetsier, William Gibson, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Rand Fishkin, Lyz Lenz, Steve Portigal 🇨🇦🇺🇸, Barry Ritholtz, Jenn Dowd
The Atlantic
No, Vaccinated People Are Not ‘Just as Likely’ to Spread the Coronavirus as Unvaccinated People
4 min · · This has become a common refrain among the cautious—and it’s wrong. · Shared by 255, including Helen Branswell 🇺🇦, Tsion Firew, MD, MPH, Esther Choo, MD MPH, Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH, Megan Ranney MD MPH 🌻, Timothy Caulfield, Eric Topol, Craig Spencer MD MPH, Nir Eyal, Maggie Koerth, Abraar Karan, Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🥼🤹🦟🧀, zeynep tufekci, Dara Kass, MD, Carlos del Rio, Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician), Dr. Tom Frieden, Monica Gandhi MD, MPH, Dr. Syra Madad, Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH
nature
How the coronavirus infects cells — and why Delta is so dangerous
13+ min · · Scientists are unpicking the life cycle of SARS-CoV-2 and how the virus uses tricks to evade detection. · Shared by 171, including Eric Topol, Azeem Azhar, Roger Highfield, Carl Zimmer, Matthias Lampe, Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD
wbur.org
mRNA Was Supposed To Stay Ahead Of Variants. Why Aren't We Using Its Full Potential?
3 min · · Updated vaccines could generate antibodies that are better at fighting the now-dominant delta strain of the coronavirus. But probably not by much. · Shared by 5, including WBUR, Matthias Lampe
Tomas Pueyo
COVID FAQ Summer 2021, Part 1
11+ min · · You shared the last article about the Delta Variant so much that over 350,000 people read it. Thanks for spreading the word on something so important. You then asked so many good questions that I… · Shared by 7, including Matthias Lampe
The Atlantic
The mRNA Vaccines Are Extraordinary, but Novavax Is Even Better
7 min · · Persistent hype around mRNA vaccine technology is now distracting us from other ways to end the pandemic. · Shared by 149, including Tomas Pueyo, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Hilda Bastian, PhD @hildabast@mastodon.online, Charles Hoskinson, David McCandless, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Dr. Saskia Popescu, Carl Zimmer, Francine Hardaway (hardaway.eth), Liv 😷
Quanta Magazine
How Vaccines Can Drive Pathogens to Evolve
13+ min · · Andrew Read became a scientist so he could spend more time in nature, but he never imagined that would mean a commercial chicken farm. Read, a disease ecologist who directs the Pennsylvania State… · Shared by 14, including Paddy Zab, Matthias Lampe