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The following discussion comes straight from consumerlab, which is a subscription service.  This is the best information I have found for producing a washable, highly effective mask that can protect both the user and everyone else nearby–Meryl Here is their August 2020 update. Question: How can I make a mask that is as good as…

I recently spent a lot of time in Spain, did a lot of reading about Spain, and got some surprises. The Spanish are the longest-lived people in Europe (barring tiny places like Monaco and San Marino), and are between the 5th and 10th most long-lived nation in the world, depending on who is counting. The…

The LA Times’ Rosie Mestel wrote about the timeline for swine flu vaccine production July 20: Five companies are at work producing the H1N1 vaccine right now. Testing is starting this month–and by month’s end, an advisory committee will meet to decide who in the U.S. is likely to be first in line for a…

FiercePharma on other drugs being considered for Covid-19: Other than remdesivir and chloroquine, researchers and physicians are also looking at other existing drugs to treat COVID-19. These include AbbVie’s HIV combo therapy Kaletra (Aluvia), which just failed a clinical study in China in critically ill patients. Chinese authorities, which have been dealing with the virus longer, are…

From StatNews: Already, there have already been several dozen documented reinfections around the world, though current numbers are almost certainly an undercount. If subsequent infections are indeed mild or asymptomatic, many of them will go undetected. It can also be difficult to establish two separate infections in the same person. But so far, the available research suggests…