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Electro microscope photo of SARS-CoV-2 virus. Blue background, coral-coloured virus with a corona of blue and green spikes

Omicron—some new data

Two recent studies confirm the Omicron variant is very bad new in terms of infectiousness, ability to evade immunity, and resistance to existing therapies. In addition, UK data hints that there’s no significant difference in severity between Omicron and Delta.

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Posted on December 18, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
A diagram of SARS-CoV-2 replication and method of action understood in early 2020.

Two years later and 17 million dead

By some estimates Covid has killed 17 million people in two years. What will happen in the next two years?

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Posted on November 18, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized
Two small vaccine vials against a blue-grey background

Pfizer vaccines well over 90% effective against variants

From the New England Journal of Medicine, a very encouraging analysis of the real-world effectiveness of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against variants of concern.

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Posted on May 8, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Vaccinated: Now What?

Team Vaccine has Team Virus—even with its superstar variants waiting on the bench—comprehensively beaten

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Posted on April 17, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

Catching up

What have I been up to in the last month? Many things! And not much.

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Posted on April 10, 2021 by Nicola Griffith in Uncategorized

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