More coronavirus testing: New antigen test Sofia antigen test by Quidel New antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 infection A few days ago, the US FDA issued an emergency use authorization for a third category of coronavirus test. I’ve written previously about the RT-PCR...
Bats and zoonotic viruses Image courtesy of CDC Public Health Image Library Coronaviruses and bats SARS-CoV-2 is a coronavirus that infected a human for the first time in the autumn of 2019. We believe this virus originated in some kind of bat because its genetic...
What’s the deal with contact tracing? PCR reagent test kits. Image courtesy of CDC Public Health Image Library Testing and Contact Tracing Yesterday the Sacramento Bee reported an escalation in the tension between California’s governor and the counties in the...
Coronavirus on campus: The UCSD plan Last week I posted about considerations for colleges reopening this fall in the time of coronavirus. The following email recently arrived from my son’s school, the University of California-San Diego. I am so impressed by this...
The Coronavirus Endgame 5: Let the dance begin Tomas Pueyo, Coronavirus: The hammer and the dance on Medium https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-the-hammer-and-the-dance-be9337092b56 Part 5 of 5 in a series on how the pandemic ends, and how we get there. Please...
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