Spike Proteins, COVID-19, and Vaccines
A recent study looks at the effects of the SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins, showing that they can cause some of the harm of COVID-19 by themselves. This is an important advance in…[...]
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Simplifying Covid-19 Into One Mechanism: The Epithelial-endothelial Crosstalk
The Multifaceted Covid-19 We see all imaginable symptoms with Covid-19, which is supposed to be a pneumonia disease. Yet Covid-19 can affect the brain, peripheral nerves, olfaction, taste, throat, thyroid, liver, gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, spleen, semen, skin, blood vessels, toes, and probably more to…[...]
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COVID-19 Autopsies Put Endothelial Damage, Angiogenesis in the Spotlight
More autopsy reports on COVID-19 patients, some from the United States, are helping researchers piece together a picture of a virus that damages endothelial cells, causing a clotting disorder that…[...]
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Clots, Strokes and Rashes: Is COVID a Disease of the Blood Vessels?
Whether it’s strange rashes on the toes or blood clots in the brain, the widespread ravages of COVID-19 have increasingly led researchers to focus on how the novel coronavirus sabotages…[...]
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WHO changes definition of herd immunity
In a June 14, 2021 article by Christianity Daily, Dr. Marty Makary of John's Hopkins School of Medicine is quoted as saying the the US has achieved herd immunity for…[...]
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Will this pandemic never end?
Truly worth reading is a piece by Donald G. McNeil Jr., "The End IS Near. No, Seriously." He has written for the NY Times since 1976 and Global health beat…[...]
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Why is no one talking about immunity in people who have had corona virus?
The fully vaccinated have finally been given a "get out of jail free card" from the CDC, while those who suffered through the covid infection remain personae non gratae. The…[...]
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To Mask or Not to Mask, That is the Question?
As more people are vaccinated and summer weather brings us out of doors, the social distancing and masking debate continues. Many states are loosening restrictions and most schools finally opened…[...]
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COV19 cases hit a 7 month low in the US while spiking world wide, especially in India and Brazil
Axios reported on May 6 that 20 of the United States have declined in reported cases of COV19 and only 10 have increased slightly. The sharpest declines were reported in…[...]
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New York hits lowest COVID-19 positivity rate since October
The New York Post reported that the COVID-19 positivity rate in New York State fell below 1.5 percent on May 1 for the first time since Oct. 28, 2020. Gov.…[...]
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