Viruses are small packets of proteins and genetic material. They have no metabolism on their own, but have proteins on their surface that can bind to one or more proteins on the surface of the host’s cells. This binding of viral protein to host protein can act like an ‘all access pass’, triggering the hostContinue reading “Viruses, the immune system, and coronavirus”
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Social distancing? Quarantine? Lockdown? Take a breath… now take another, and read on:
I thought you might like to see some of the data being used to inform public health decisions being made across the country. Here is a news article summarizing a preprint (not yet published) of data from small sample sized cohort of coronavirus patients: https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/09/people-shed-high-levels-of-coronavirus-study-finds-but-most-are-likely-not-infectious-after-recovery-begins/ The study looks at viral shedding over the course ofContinue reading “Social distancing? Quarantine? Lockdown? Take a breath… now take another, and read on:”
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