How to Learn from Harrowing Times
by Matthew
In parallel with Marty Romeo’s work a team of www.EndCoronaVirus.org members including Christian DiPaola MD and Cassidy Mentus Ph.D have developed a “batch testing” method to do more testing with less resources. The testing method was inspired by a World War II protocol used to rapidly identify members of the military with communicable diseases such […]
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My good friend is a biochemist in Charleston SC. He is a Johns Hopkins trained PhD in biochemistry. Find him at @DrMartyRomeo on Twitter. He has developed a PCR method for detecting COVID that is extremely sensitive and is trying to get it tested in some southern states. His technique is 25-100x more sensitive than […]
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I have continued to dig into the COVID-19 antibody testing issue as this will likely remain of concern for the foreseeable future. A few weeks ago I posted about concepts you should consider when getting any test in general and the COVID-19 antibody test in particular. I did not want to get too deep in […]
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A recent article siting Italian doctors implies that the corona virus that is circulating now is “weaker” than what we were seeing just 2 months ago. “In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy,” said Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan in the northern region of Lombardy, which […]
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On April 15, 2020 I woke up to the below email: Type: Informational MessageDescription of Informational Message: Executive Order 202.16 Requiring Face Coverings for Public and Private EmployeesSource Organization: NYSDOHAuthorizing Person: Daniel KuhlesSender’s Jurisdiction: StateNotification ID: 103173Date of Informational Message: 04/14/2020 This informational message contains interim guidance on executive order 202.16 requiring face coverings for […]
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When my brother and I were in college he convinced me in the spring of our freshman year to take a welding and metal fabrication class. He said he wanted to learn how to make his own bike frame. I’m pretty sure we were attending the only Ivy League school to offer metal fabrication. […]
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