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It’s a long and complicated answer, but here is the gist of it. We know that an individual’s immune response to a virus varies from person to person. As a
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Bad news. The day before yesterday, we had confirmation of 3 new variants of concern in the US. As of yesterday, we now have 4. Three of the 4 variants
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In the continuing theme of me being shocked by state and National politicians, the Republicans on the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee are so &@$$-bent on making a symbolic gesture
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We must dramatically reduce the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 through adoption of public health measures and getting people vaccinated ASAP. Unfortunately, continued significant transmission is also leading to an increased number
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We are facing a new epidemic. It seems to be affecting only some Republicans in the state legislature. The infection seems to be manifesting itself in several ways. One form
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No, this whole thing is a mess. Idaho received a fraction of what the federal government initially told us we would get and even if their revised number. The government
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I commend and praise @lawrencewasden and the Idaho Attorney General’s office for the very wise decisions they have recently made not to join the Texas lawsuit seeking to challenge other
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Great question, @audreydutton! The short answer is we still don’t have this all worked out and are not completely sure. Now, here’s the longer answer. Men throughout the world do
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No, I think it is a very misleading discussion to focus on death rates. First we have to decide what death rate to use. I think the case fatality rate
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Good question, Tracy. First of all, we had an influenza vaccine. Therefore, we could protect many people from the flu. Second, we also have antivirals that have been proven to
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Sure.Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, hydroxychloroquine quickly came to be widely used on the basis of very thin evidence—a very small randomized trial (1) and a poorly done small observational
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I don’t think I can get it down to kindergartner level, but I’ll shoot for 5th or 6th grade level. Then you can ask me specific questions about things that
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