COVID-19 / The Science of the Virus

The Science of the Virus

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Dan Webster
Dan E. Webster, PhD is a biomedical researcher leading the Digital Health team for Sage Bionetworks, a non-profit research organization...
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Jessica Mazerik
Earned my undergraduate degree from The Ohio State University in biology and Ph.D. in Cell Biology from Vanderbilt (’13). Six-plus...
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Marina Kozak
Pro-Science, Pro-Health. Pro-Pup. Opinions my own.
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Posted by Jessica Mazerik 3 years ago

An excellent overview of cytokine storms, the not fully understood phenomena involved in severe COVID-19... Cytokine Storm | NEJM
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Posted by Andrew 4 years ago

A good beginning look at whether you can get seriously reinfected. Can You Get Covid-19 Again? It’s Very Unlikely, Experts Say
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Posted by Jessica Mazerik 4 years ago

Declining antibody levels don't necessarily mean you're losing immunity, and doesn't spell doom for vaccine... Your Coronavirus Antibodies Are Disappearing. Should You Care?
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Posted by Marina Kozak

Developed immunity and antibody testing is emerging as cornerstones of plans to reopen the economy,... Everything we know about coronavirus immunity, and plenty we still don’t
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Posted by Marina Kozak 4 years ago

Thinking about transmission from the perspective of viral loads and where the virus is in... How much of the coronavirus does it take to make you sick? – STAT
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Posted by Marina Kozak

One of the easiest to understand explanations of how the coronavirus attacks the body that... An Explanation of How Coronavirus Damages Your Body
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Posted by Andrew 4 years ago

A look at how the immune system ages and why it places older people more... Older people are at more risk from COVID-19 because of how the immune system ages
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Posted by Dan Webster 4 years ago

A basic explanation of the Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered (SIR) model, a key tool in projecting outbreaks. Simulating an epidemic
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Posted by Jessica Mazerik

Clarifying what it means when you hear "antibody levels go away quickly" and why it... Covid could become the new common cold – UnHerd
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Posted by Jessica Mazerik 4 years ago

A 101-level review of how scientists are tracking mutations of the coronavirus. Here’s how scientists are tracking the genetic evolution of COVID-19
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