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11 April 2020 – Saturday – #27

As a survivor of the AIDS epidemic, I marvel at the speed of Covid-19 research. Science during the time of AIDS was agonizingly slow. One of the earliest reports of HIV in the US was a September 1981 Lancet article about eight gay men in New York with Kaposi’s sarcoma. Around the same time, gayContinue reading “11 April 2020 – Saturday – #27”

10 April 2020 – Friday – #26

Here’s a Barcelona Covid-19 report from Sky News yesterday. The report makes it clear that, even if Spain has turned the corner, the situation in hospitals here isn’t improving yet. I’m a little unclear now about Spanish Covid-19 mortality numbers, not only from this Sky News report, but also from the research I did afterContinue reading “10 April 2020 – Friday – #26”

9 April 2020 – Thursday – #25

The BCG vaccine may be the phoenix rising from the ashes of the unfolding hydroxychloroquine debacle. French and Swedish hospitals have stopped administering hydorxychloroquine due to risk of cardiac arrest. On the other hand, promising statistic on BCG vaccine are emerging. “BCG, or Bacillus Calmette-Guérin, is a vaccine for tuberculosis and is administered at birthContinue reading “9 April 2020 – Thursday – #25”