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Coronavirus stated in wild animals, so they say. ATM, Finland and the USA are researching vaccines for animals, but Russia has released the first coronavirus vaccine for animals.
Russia releases first coronavirus vaccine for animals | DW News - latest news and breaking stories | DW | 11.05.2021
The one tiny mistake by WHO, that helped COVID kill. The difference in the interpretation of the definition of droplets, and aerosols, led to a huge mistake. To combat droplets, we wash our hands. Often. To fight infectious aerosols, the air itself is the enemy. That means expensive isolation wards , and N95 masks for all medical personnel. And purpose built quarantine accommodation. We've been doing it wrong.
The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill | WIRED
The New York Times Coronavirus briefing. Including what happens when the horrendous hospital bills come in.
Coronavirus Briefing: When hospital bills come due (nytimes.com)
The New York Times coronavirus briefing, post vaccination infections; from the NYT.;
Coronavirus Briefing: Post-vaccination infections (nytimes.com)
Tales from the Australian frontline. What our leaders could learn from the Health workers at the front line.
Madonna King, , from inQueensland.;
Tales from the frontline: What our pollies could learn from these everyday heroes (inqld.com.au)
Very dangerous COVID variant , the fastest spreading yet, a combination of the UK and Indian variant, now in Vietnam. Spreading quickly by air, this variant of the virus replicates itself very quickly, an Indian variant with mutations that originally belonged to the UK variant.
'Very dangerous': New Vietnam variant combines Indian and UK strains (thenewdaily.com.au)
What the COVID rookies saw. Doctors aren't supposed to spend their first training days on the front lines of a pandemic. but in the spring of 2020, a group of Medical School graduates volunteered to do just that.
Opinion, from the New York Times.
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By Emma Goldberg
Ms. Goldberg is an editorial assistant at The Times and the author of the forthcoming “Life on the Line: Young Doctors Come of Age in a Pandemic,” from which this essay is adapted.
Opinion | What the Covid Rookies Saw - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
The New York Times coronavirus briefing- from 'awful' to 'good'.;
Coronavirus Briefing: From "awful" to "good" (nytimes.com)
Australian researchers have developed a saliva test to detect COVID -19 in five minutes.;
Australian researchers unveil five-minute COVID saliva test (thenewdaily.com.au)
Pandemics may be as old as human history. Ancient coronaviruses are written in human DNA, adaption to disease leaves genetic traces.
- https://cdn.theconversation.com/avat...00-1s5wkbf.jpgYassine SouilmiVisiting Investigator, Australian National University
- https://cdn.theconversation.com/avat...-17-90qbxk.jpgRay ToblerPostdoctoral fellow, Australian National University
Disclosure statement
The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
We found traces of humanity's age-old arms race with coronaviruses written in our DNA (theconversation.com)