Here are all the mutations in the Omicron variant and why they are scaring scientists


Authors: Marianne Guenot December 1, 2021 Here are all the mutations in the Omicron variant and why they are scaring scientists Omicron was named a “variant of concern” in part because of its peculiar set of mutations. It is not yet clear whether this variant spreads faster or causes more severe infections. It’s not yet […]

Focused Protection


Focused Protection: The Middle Ground between Lockdowns and “Let it Rip.” Jay Bhattacharya, Sunetra Gupta, Martin KulldorffNovember 25, 2020 Both COVID-19 itself and the lockdown policy reactions have had enormous adverse consequences for patients in the US and around the world. While the harm from COVID-19 infections are well represented in news stories every day, […]

T-Cells “Minimize” Damage Caused By Omicron, Studies Show


Authors: Joseph Adinolfi Jr.  Two new studies – one from Erasmus University in the Netherlands and one from the University of Cape Town in South Africa – have just reminded humanity that our antibodies aren’t the last line of defense against COVID, and its newest variant, omicron. Both have confirmed that T-cells, what Bloomberg describes as the […]

Increases in COVID-19 are unrelated to levels of vaccination across 68 countries and 2947 counties in the United States


Authors: S. V. Subramanian & Akhil Kumar  European Journal of Epidemiology (2021) Vaccines currently are the primary mitigation strategy to combat COVID-19 around the world. For instance, the narrative related to the ongoing surge of new cases in the United States (US) is argued to be driven by areas with low vaccination rates [1]. A similar narrative also has […]

Coronavirus Can Persist for Months After Traversing Body


Authors: Jason Gale Bloomberg The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 can spread within days from the airways to the heart, brain and almost every organ system in the body, where it may persist for months, a study found. In what they describe as the most comprehensive analysis to date of the SARS-CoV-2 virus’s distribution and persistence […]

Colchicine could cut COVID-19 deaths – Israeli scientist


Authors: By MAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN Published: DECEMBER 14, 2021 17:37 An ancient Greek drug derived from the saffron plant could improve the treatment of people with severe COVID-19 and reduce the COVID mortality rate by as much as 50%, according to a report published earlier this month in the European Journal of Internal Medicine by an Israeli researcher from the Hebrew University of […]