If you are interested in how complicated the supply chain of the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines are, this article by Jonas Neubert is what…
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Anti-Aging – Overview of the State of the Art
On Lesswrong JackH posted a very interesting overview of aging and the scientific progress made to reverse it. If we think about aging as a…
First Doses First
The UK moved to a first dose first strategy, where they prioritize vaccine uptake over administering second doses. This means that instead of administering the…
Could we Vaccinate Twice as Many People?
Michael Minna raises an intriguing possibility in an opinion piece in the New York Times: Instead of giving people two shots of a vaccine, we…
Who Should Get a Vaccine and When?
Announcements of early coronavirus vaccine breakthroughs have inspired new hope this may be the beginning of the end of Covid-19. Developing a vaccine is one…
How the Virus Spreads
El País published an article with very nice visualizations of how the coronavirus spreads via aerosols. It’s a light and informative read. Main takeaways: The…
More Evidence for Vitamin D and Covid
Vitamin D has been among the supplements researchers suggested may be helpful against Covid-19 for a long time. Now we have the results from a…
Spit, Don’t Rinse. Also Floss.
The more you know! Apparently, you should not rinse your mouth with water after brushing your teeth. Instead you should spit, in order to keep…
First Attempts to Reverse Aging in Humans
Most people think of aging as something inevitable. But not all agree and the research into aging and how to reverse it has become more…
1 Day Sooner
Covid-19 has stirred up a lot of discussions about the ethics of science. I have written before about experiments on humans to learn more about…