#Viruses

Reminder that ARDS is a syndrome of hypoxaemia NOT caused via cardiac failure with bilateral infiltrates. Triggers are bacterial infection, viruses, drowning, burns, trauma, TRALI, pancreatitis etc Just as liver
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PUZZLE:A patient came in with urinary frequency & urgency.Here is the urinalysis.What do you suspect as the underlying cause? (I will show the answer after a dozen or so replies.)
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The idea that we will have a coronavirus vaccine within 2 years seems unlikely to me. I think mumps was the fastest and it was identified in 1963 and the
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Covid Epi Weekly: A Week of Great Progress for Vaccines…But Also, Unfortunately, for the VirusEncouraging vaccine news but deeply discouraging lack of action to stop pandemic. Coming weeks will be
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1/ The Problem w/ Moralizing Energy Consumption & BitcoinThere are many who consider the energy spent on Bitcoin Proof-of-Work (PoW) hashing for the purpose of security an unethical activity on
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I wrote about our collective underestimation of people's drive to see loved ones, the limits of lecturing, and how all I want for Christmas is a new public health strategy.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/tis-the-season
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OK. Theodicy thread. 1/x I don't believe that God "lets" people get sick. That God has a set of dice and is going, OK, Bob down there is going to
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As a result of listening to The ABC News breakfast this morning and the complete mischaracterisation of the Victorian second wave and the inane questions asked by the stand in
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Cutting how to.Cut a ~6-8” branch from your plant, we will trim it down as we go I’m cutting the branch with a sterile blade, right about where my baby
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TN stands recommends following the science. What science, you say?Well, the science that had been established for decades before it was hijacked by politicians.1/ Exhibit 1) Dr William Shaffner, professor
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Kijk. De wetenschap zit gelukkig niet stil. De huidige manier van testen is onjuist om besmettelijkheid vast te stellen. Weer een tegenvaller voor hen die ons op grond van 'besmettingsgetallen'
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So various media are reporting a new pandemic flu virus discovered in China.What does this actually mean? Let's look at the original paper. Actually, that's not so easy to do
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COVID variants are a major concern for health officials right now -- not to mention the rest of us.I'm seeing a lot of ?s about how BC is testing for
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Ice, Ice, Baby!Academician Li Lanjuan stated: "The New Coronavirus is particularly cold-tolerant. he virus can survive for several months at -4C and 20 years at -20C. This explains why several
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Excited to see the project I’ve been working on out on @ScienceMagazine. Thanks to @v_hornung for great guidance, as well as @ScherrMatthias from @DuderstadtLab and @PichlmairL for a wonderful collaboration.
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A short thread on how face masks work, why we wear masks *to protect other people from ourselves* and not the other way around, & why wearing face-shields without a
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