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MB(ASCP)CM Target accountability goal: at least every other article being microbiology or at least molecular biology related. No politics except as relates to science and healthcare, of which there will be plenty
See you in Canada
Hydroxychloroquine is another antieukaryotic that has the side effect of being a low grade anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant. They would get the same result with less toxicity from literally any over-the-counter NSAID - but you can't tell these people anything.
There's a reason ivermectin has a slight impact on a number of different diseases - it's a mild anti-inflammatory, about on the same level as aspirin.
You would be better off using literally any dedicated anti-inflammatory that doesn't make your brain rot. Tylenol through dexamethasone. Anything.
It's strawberry season. Wash them thoroughly with soap. The azoles antifungals we use to keep strawberries from rotting 20min after you buy them accumulate in fat, are toxic, carcinogenic, teratogenic, endocrine disruptors, and we used 4,000,000,000lbs last year
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
"This is fucking stupid. Viruses don't come with an address label you stupid Nazi propagandist fucks. Stick to ruining the government and maybe don't try your hand at mictobiology."
-- signed, the literal microbiology department
Oh hey thanks this is very likely to end up being my journal club article
If you've not seen the new combination COVID and influenza a/b rapid antigen tests, they're now available OTC thanks to a recent FDA ruling. Get them at Amazon if your neighborhood pharmacy isn't carrying them yet.
www.fda.gov/news-events/...
💊🦠OUT NOW - comprehensive analysis of the propensity of ESKAPE pathogens to evolve resistance to new and in development antibiotics by Csaba Pal, Balint Kintses, Balazs Papp and colleagues. Dive in here...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Insufficiently.
Mark, let's face reality. After being dropped by Blue Cross when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, the ACA saved my life twice. It may not be perfect, but I'm alive & grateful.
Oh good cuz I'm bad at that too
The annual flu vaccine is as anticipated "pretty shit," especially against influenza B with confirmed exposure: 79% ineffective, which is obviously terrible
Influenza B is typically less severe and infected vaccinated individuals may be nearly asymptomatic.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/influenza-va...
As a reminder, there is a very large spike in respiratory viruses going on right now, driven by an 18% in flu test positivity which is super-awful.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/us-...
