COVID-19 daily science article thread
 

I'll start with news on vaccines... Moderna will soon begin a phase II trial.

"Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Have Delivered Their First Results—But Their Promise Is Still Unclear"

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...Im2iBOR3lnnm5I

Bonus from yesterday. A possible explanation why children are less susceptible to disease.

Nasal Gene Expression of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 in Children and Adults

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...rticle/2766524

since everything my government does is shit, how do I post about it here

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...ronavirus-dead

Systemic racism created the health disparities that made black and brown Americans more vulnerable to dying from coronavirus, public health experts say; and now the same racism is also shaping, and undermining, the country’s political response to the pandemic.

I was about to make a serious COVID thread before I saw this.

Let's not shitpost in this thread. I deleted some posts, deal with it

yes that was for pave, but maybe i should have just subtitled "science please"

Or "serious and moderated"!

there is already a thread where people generally complain, i guess trump stuff should go there as well.

I'd like this to be science-centric rather than 🇺🇸-centric and politics. News articles and discussion on them.

Do we have infectious disease scientists here

Gut saying no

Open to being wrong here though

With any luck, some will have contributed to the articles put forward for discussion within the thread.

Chloroquine or hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19: why might they be hazardous?

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...174-0/fulltext

The study:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...36(20)31180-6/


many people still seem hopeful for HCQ+zinc... I don't know if there are any ongoing RCTs.

I finished reading the Remdesivir trial

If you want my thoughts you will have to read this thread

[thread] pic.twitter.com/GqA30lCOLI

— Vinay Prasad (@VPrasadMDMPH) May 23, 2020

so the benefits are there but mild, it seems

Research reveals gene role in both dementia and severe Covid-19

"People with a genetic mutation that increases the risk of dementia also have a greater chance of having severe Covid-19, researchers have revealed.

The study is the latest to suggest genetics may play a role in why some people are more vulnerable to the coronavirus than others, and could help explain why people with dementia have been hard hit: dementia is one of the most common underlying health conditions among those who have died from Covid-19 in England and Wales."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...evere-covid-19

Is this the thread for choice Fuzzy tweets?

Why scientists are changing their minds and disagreeing during the coronavirus pandemic

"The situation is complicated by the fact that pre-print research is often being debated in public on social media, instead of behind closed doors."

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/23/why-...-disagree.html

The chronic uncertainty of the science community has certainly proven to me that I'm better off taking my facts from one political blog.

people can't bear not to have certainty. hence religion.

when i feel uncertain and anxious, i just ruminate and stare at walls. but sometimes i can keep it cool and walk away from the feeling and go do something productive. i never pray, though, but i do make wishes under trains still.

science: https://www.livescience.com/topics/l...s-live-updates

i think we all know what i do when i feel uncertain and anxious

:D :2thumbsup :D

you gonna keep washing those hands and wearing a face mask, though?

When Mask-Wearing Rules in the 1918 Pandemic Faced Resistance

https://www.history.com/news/1918-sp...ing-resistance

Sux that the Spanish Flu started here, but it got named after the Spanish just cause they were the first to report it. Should have named measles, mumps, smallpox, and Mexican Christianity after them, though.

it is not recommended today to name diseases after people or places

Q: What borders on stupidity?
A: Mexico and Canada!

scientific american has a free download of their june issue about the 'rona

https://www.scientificamerican.com/m...omepage-banner

usually they charge so it's a pretty hot deal

Here is a nice overview in the history of significant papers.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00502-w

Public Health Experts Say the Pandemic Is Exactly Why Protests Must Continue

https://slate.com/technology/2020/06...lth-racism.amp

That's a topic I've been concerned about, and this is an interesting perspective on it. Thanks for finding that.