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Covid versus the flu, revisited

Covid versus the flu, revisited Published: March 21, 2021Share on: Twitter / FacebookSelect LanguageDutchEnglishFrenchGermanGreekHebrewHungarianItalianJapaneseKoreanPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishSwedishTurkishPowered by The legitimacy of comparing covid-19 and “the flu” has been a heatedly debated topic during the current pandemic. To clarify the situation, the above chart shows US influenza and pneumonia … Continue reading

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Pre-symptomatic transmission is very real

Pre-symptomatic transmission is very real Published: June 2021Updated: August 2021Share on: Twitter / FacebookSelect LanguageDutchEnglishFrenchGermanGreekHebrewHungarianItalianJapaneseKoreanPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishSwedishTurkishPowered by Pre-symptomatic transmission is real. But face masks still don’t work. Because many authorities justified mask mandates with pre-symptomatic or asymptomatic coronavirus transmission, many skeptics and critics tried … Continue reading

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Why Covid-19 Is a “Strange Pandemic”

Why Covid-19 Is a “Strange Pandemic” Published: September 2020 (updated)Share on: Twitter / FacebookSelect LanguageDutchEnglishFrenchGermanGreekHebrewHungarianItalianJapaneseKoreanPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishSwedishTurkishPowered by Why does covid-19 appear to be a somewhat strange pandemic? It is because of the covid-19 mortality profile, which is almost identical to natural mortality. To better understand this … Continue reading

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The failure of PCR mass testing

The failure of PCR mass testing Published: June 19, 2021Share on: Twitter / FacebookSelect LanguageDutchEnglishFrenchGermanGreekHebrewHungarianItalianJapaneseKoreanPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishSwedishTurkishPowered by A new German study confirms and explains the failure of PCR mass testing. In March 2020, SPR warned that PCR mass testing in the general population (“test, test, test”) … Continue reading

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Obesity and The Pandemic: New Insights

Obesity and The Pandemic: New Insights Published: June 10, 2021Share on:  Twitter / FacebookSelect LanguageDutchEnglishFrenchGermanGreekHebrewHungarianItalianJapaneseKoreanPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishSwedishTurkishPowered by Has obesity driven not just covid mortality, but the pandemic itself? Several studies have shown that obese people not only have a higher covid fatality risk, … Continue reading

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Coronavirus Variants: What’s Next?

Coronavirus Variants: What’s Next? Updated: November 2021Published: July 2021Share on: Twitter / FacebookSelect LanguageDutchEnglishFrenchGermanGreekHebrewHungarianItalianJapaneseKoreanPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishSwedishTurkishPowered by So far, no variant has achieved escape from all three major antibody classes. (See update on the Omicron variant below). Existing coronavirus variants – including the British, South … Continue reading

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Are the new COVID-19 swab tests accurate?

Are the new COVID-19 swab tests accurate? The last year has seen a flurry of announcements about rapid access swab tests. But what are the practicalities of having one of these new tests and should you trust them? First there … Continue reading

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Graphene can be used to detect COVID-19 quickly, accurately

Graphene can be used to detect COVID-19 quickly, accurately by Jacqueline Carey, University of Illinois at Chicago Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago have successfully used graphene—one of the strongest, thinnest known materials—to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in laboratory experiments. … Continue reading

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Immune System

A Snapshot of the Immune System The Immune System Recognizes and Eliminates Pathogens Immunology may be described as the summation of all those physiologic processes that endow the host with the capacity to recognize materials as foreign to itself and … Continue reading

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Covid-19 Mortality: A Global Overview

Covid-19 Mortality: A Global Overview Updated: September 2021Published: May 2021Share on:  Twitter / FacebookSelect LanguageDutchEnglishFrenchGermanGreekHebrewHungarianItalianJapaneseKoreanPolishPortugueseRussianSpanishSwedishTurkishPowered by The following article provides an overview of covid-19 mortality per country. A) Excess mortality ⇓ B) Life expectancy ⇓ C) Care homes ⇓ D) Covid vs. the flu ⇓ E) Countries ⇓ A) Excess Mortality Per Country The following live … Continue reading

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