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(Originally posted to my GoFundMe, and backdated to the date of that original post. Link to the fundraiser will be provided in the comments and upon request.)
Living during a pandemic crisis does change some things. Not that it's changed much of my personal routine, aside from not having choir practice or church. But it is affecting this not-really-a-blog. For one thing, until now I would only rarely post on a weekend. Posts made during the week got seen more; I suppose it's because people weren't getting online as often on weekends. These days, "normal" Internet use patterns are all at sixes and sevens. So maybe people will actually see this Saturday post.
Another thing that's changing... you may have noticed that this is the FOURTH non-photo post in a month. Up until now it was because I was getting desperate, and in all honesty, that HASN'T changed, so yes, there will be a familiar begging bit at the end. But I am now deliberately going to make non-photo posts a more frequent thing than they had been prior to this month, with the specific intent of posting links to websites or articles about COVID-19 that I find useful.
With that in mind, here's today's link. It's to an article called "What the Coronavirus Proteins Are Targeting", and anyone who's an advanced beginner at chemistry should understand enough of the terminology to know what's going on. This article addresses how existing drugs, or those that were already in advances stages of development, could be repurposed to combat COVID-19, and why. Seems to me that there's also a nod to what NEW drugs just starting development might be targeting. It was written by Derek Lowe, a medicinal chemist by trade, in his blog. If you go and read it and have more time, check out his category of blog posts "Things I Won't Work With". Those posts are HILARIOUS. Mostly about Things That Go BOOM In The Lab. Anyway, here's the URL to the aforementioned article:
https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/03/26/what-the-coronavirus-proteins-are-targeting
Once again, in addition to our aforementioned plea for help for ourselves, I'm going to ask those of you who can to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. Help keep your local economy a little bit more afloat, if you can. And now, as the prophecy foretold, ;-) here's my shameless and desperate plea for help. Please PLEASE spread the word as much as you feel able; share this fundraiser on lots of social media, by email, even by writing the link on pieces of paper and passing them around. Encourage folks you know to donate and to spread the word themselves. I've long since estimated that I'll need about 1,000 different contributors to make the goal, so getting the word out is important. And IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, please donate, though we know that a few of you have done so already this month (for which A GREAT BIG THANK YOU) and lots of you just can't. But even a spare 5 or 10 clams, if that's all you can afford, is appreciated. Every little bit helps. (Remember, NO FEELING GUILTY if you don't have the means to contribute, or enough spoons to spread the word as far as you'd like.) And just as with the last several of these photo-less begging posts, if you have any job leads for either of us, PLEASE contact us! Relocation is TOTALLY an option.
Again, if anyone here actually is in a position to help out, right now would be a truly awesome time to do so. If you can't, you can't; I understand that better than most... thanks in advance for whatever you can do, and Happy Early Spring and its related holidays (any and all that you choose to celebrate) to you and yours. STAY SAFE. Wash your hands, keep hydrated, boost your immune system by whatever means works for you. Practice social distancing as much you realistically can. Keep in touch with your friends and loved ones from a safe distance. Tell them you care and that you're thinking of them. And as always, thank you for your continued support.
Living during a pandemic crisis does change some things. Not that it's changed much of my personal routine, aside from not having choir practice or church. But it is affecting this not-really-a-blog. For one thing, until now I would only rarely post on a weekend. Posts made during the week got seen more; I suppose it's because people weren't getting online as often on weekends. These days, "normal" Internet use patterns are all at sixes and sevens. So maybe people will actually see this Saturday post.
Another thing that's changing... you may have noticed that this is the FOURTH non-photo post in a month. Up until now it was because I was getting desperate, and in all honesty, that HASN'T changed, so yes, there will be a familiar begging bit at the end. But I am now deliberately going to make non-photo posts a more frequent thing than they had been prior to this month, with the specific intent of posting links to websites or articles about COVID-19 that I find useful.
With that in mind, here's today's link. It's to an article called "What the Coronavirus Proteins Are Targeting", and anyone who's an advanced beginner at chemistry should understand enough of the terminology to know what's going on. This article addresses how existing drugs, or those that were already in advances stages of development, could be repurposed to combat COVID-19, and why. Seems to me that there's also a nod to what NEW drugs just starting development might be targeting. It was written by Derek Lowe, a medicinal chemist by trade, in his blog. If you go and read it and have more time, check out his category of blog posts "Things I Won't Work With". Those posts are HILARIOUS. Mostly about Things That Go BOOM In The Lab. Anyway, here's the URL to the aforementioned article:
https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2020/03/26/what-the-coronavirus-proteins-are-targeting
Once again, in addition to our aforementioned plea for help for ourselves, I'm going to ask those of you who can to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. Help keep your local economy a little bit more afloat, if you can. And now, as the prophecy foretold, ;-) here's my shameless and desperate plea for help. Please PLEASE spread the word as much as you feel able; share this fundraiser on lots of social media, by email, even by writing the link on pieces of paper and passing them around. Encourage folks you know to donate and to spread the word themselves. I've long since estimated that I'll need about 1,000 different contributors to make the goal, so getting the word out is important. And IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, please donate, though we know that a few of you have done so already this month (for which A GREAT BIG THANK YOU) and lots of you just can't. But even a spare 5 or 10 clams, if that's all you can afford, is appreciated. Every little bit helps. (Remember, NO FEELING GUILTY if you don't have the means to contribute, or enough spoons to spread the word as far as you'd like.) And just as with the last several of these photo-less begging posts, if you have any job leads for either of us, PLEASE contact us! Relocation is TOTALLY an option.
Again, if anyone here actually is in a position to help out, right now would be a truly awesome time to do so. If you can't, you can't; I understand that better than most... thanks in advance for whatever you can do, and Happy Early Spring and its related holidays (any and all that you choose to celebrate) to you and yours. STAY SAFE. Wash your hands, keep hydrated, boost your immune system by whatever means works for you. Practice social distancing as much you realistically can. Keep in touch with your friends and loved ones from a safe distance. Tell them you care and that you're thinking of them. And as always, thank you for your continued support.
