New study shows that unflagged, factual but misleading Facebook posts reduced the intent to receive the #COVID-19 vaccine 46 times more than did false posts flagged by fact-checkers as misinformation, which the authors say points to the need to consider the reach and impact of content rather than just its veracity. Quantifying the impact of misinformation and vaccine-skeptical content on Facebook
😷Masks have been found to be very protective against the virus that causes #Covid, esp. N95:
N95 masks are most effective at slashing the amount emitted by infected people, acc to a new Univ. of MD-led study.
"Duckbill” N95 masks scored highest in the study *measured the exhaled breath of participants who were tested both masked & unmasked to measure comparative outputs of SARS-CoV-2. The inexpensive masks, which have 2 head strps -captured 98% of exhaled virus.
Trial results for longer-lasting Covid vaccines & more news - Next Generation Update 17.
3 sets of trial results: 1 is the first full report of a pancoronavirus vaccine, and it did pretty well, giving developers lots to go on for this ambitious type of vaccine.
18 new preclinical study reports - including another 2 showing intranasal vaccination reduced transmission among animals sharing the same air.
I dunno if anyone will not have heard, but the fancy Cue Health NAAT molecular #Covid test, with the handheld gizmo, has been revealed to be a near-fraud. The FDA found that the company implemented non-approved changes to reagent formulations and device firmware post-EUA that will have significantly reduced the test’s accuracy.
In response to the FDA’s letter, the company elected to go out of business.
One of the most worrying things about having #covid (which I think I have right now) is cooking.
I can't smell anything and can barely taste anything at the minute, so... is the feta cheese that I am putting in the pasta and pesto dish that I have cooked okay?
It could smell rancid for all I know and I'm just quite happily spooning it to top my meal.
As I've said before, I use the Australian Capital Territory (ACT, home of Canberra) as the canary in the coal mine for COVID-19 in Australia (seems to have the most reliable data).
The number of people in hospital with COVID has more than doubled in a week - highest weekly hospital number since the 1st week of January 2023.
In 2020, the ACT reported 3 COVID deaths. In 2021, 12 COVID deaths. And, to date in 2024, 24 COVID deaths.
NEWS in Australia: Some elective surgeries have been paused at public hospitals across South Australia. Hundreds of hospital staff are off sick with COVID-19.
South Australian public hospitals are under strain with the health department boss declaring a system-wide internal emergency after many staff are sick with COVID.
New Long Covid paper: "3 year outcomes for #COVID19-infected (both hospitalized & not) vs controls in 2020 (i.e, no vaccines or antivirals). No matter our specialty, we’re all seeing these patients, & it’s serious."
-T Prowell, MD
"You're very keen on passing it on
You say: sooner we catch it, the sooner it's gone
Move along now, nothing to see
Back to normal, as quick as can be"