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A few days ago, I expressed some frustration because I don’t know who is vaccinated. That makes me feel unsafe when I’m among strangers. I was worried about this because Alberta seems to have a high number of people who are vaccine-hesitant or resistant. In response to that blog post, Tildeb provided extensive comments for which I am very grateful. I have taken from those comments some…

39 states reporting downward trends in new Covid-19 cases

The United States has actually seen a 58% reduction in new Covid-19 instances considering that mid-January, with 39 states reporting descending fads in brand-new infections. #CNN #News

Bengal, Bihar, UP and MP lag behind in testing

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New Delhi: West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are lagging behind in testing suspected Covid-19 patients with an average of 25% of the national figure.

After the total tests done in the country exceeded 1 million, tests per million went upfrom 57.9 on April 4 to 818 on Monday. However, the Indian Council of Medical Research figures for West Bengal showed that it was the…

Okay, readers, I posted on the basics of the immune system. If you missed that post, click here to read it. Bare bones version: we have an innate immune system that immediately goes to work against pathogens, and a slower adaptive immune system that kills pathogens, remembers them, and confers immunity by producing antibodies to those specific pathogens.

Since SARS-CoV-2 is a novel (new)…