What It’s Like Having COVID: As of today, September 16, I am recovering from a bout of COVID over the last week. I am posting this summary as the newsletter for September 10-12, the days which illness prevented me from corresponding. Today’s newsletter follows. My Vaccination Status: I received a two-dose Moderna vaccine when it …
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New variant BA.2.86 nicknamed Pirola: https://www.aol.com/know-covid-pirola-lineage-seen-225541783.html . Sigh. The headline on AOL says “this one may be a little different from variants like Omicron”. As we pointed out two days ago, because the media was commenting on the lineage without providing details, we researched this subvariant. Our conclusion? “BA.2.86 is a descendant of BA.2, which …
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South Korea leads COVID spike: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-08-11/who-global-covid-19-cases-spike-80-in-one-month . South Korea reported 1.2 million COVID cases in the last month, 80% of the cases reported to WHO for that period. WSJ: EG.5, aka Eris, spreads globally: https://www.wsj.com/articles/eg5-eris-new-covid-19-variant-fa3cc260 . Gene behind long COVID: https://www.inverse.com/health/new-gene-behind-long-covid-found . The gene is FOXP4, which I thought was the gene behind MAGA. WSJ: …
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September availability for COVID vaccines: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-booster-xbb-variants-september-2023/ . Three vaccines are expected to be available – Pfizer, Moderna and Novovax. The bivalent approach has been replaced this year by a monovalent vaccine. As all varieties currently circulating in the US are descendants of the XBB subvariant, the new approach should result in an effective vaccine and …
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Omicron EG.5 top COVID subvariant: https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-08-04/covid-19-variant-eg-5-takes-top-spot-from-arcturus . With the top two variants at only 33% total, obviously there are at least 7 COVID variants currently in circulation in the US. Post-partum depression pill approved by FDA: https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/04/health/fda-approves-first-postpartum-depression-pill-in-the-us/index.html . WSJ: More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-pill-for-postpartum-depression-is-approved-by-fda-62376e41 . The key is that this medication works rapidly on post-partum depression; current medications …
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