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(Originally posted to my GoFundMe, and backdated to the date of that original post. This is basically copied verbatim (modulo formatting), including the fundraising stuff at the end; I *was* posting to GoFundMe after all. Feel free to ignore those bits if you want. Link to the fundraiser will be provided in the comments and upon request.)
It's been a couple of weeks since the last "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging combined with the usual begging post" -- I skipped last week because the available links at the time felt like they were only rehashing stuff I'd already posted. So this week I'm sticking with our pharmaceutical chemist blogging friend Derek Lowe. Let's see what he's had to say about pandemic-related stuff in his posts for Science Translational Medicine in the last two weeks before Labor Day.
Preparing For the Vaccine Results
Thoughts On a New Coronavirus Test (And on Testing)
Cold Chain (And Colder Chain) Distribution
It’s Weird Down There
Coronavirus Vaccine Roundup, Early September
And now we turn to the usual begging part of this post. As anyone who's been reading these posts can guess, before and in addition to the usual plea for help for ourselves, I'm going to ask those of you who are able to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. Some businesses were essential and never closed during the lockdowns. Others, after having opened back up, are now trying to stay open to what extent they can as we struggle through various phases of "reopening" including going back to more restrictions as needed. So please do what you can to help keep your local economy a little bit more afloat. Locally owned businesses are, and will continue to be, struggling to survive and get back on their feet, so please patronize them as much as you can. BUY LOCAL. Please however, do so in a safe manner. Keep on wearing masks and other protective equipment when going shopping in person, continue social distancing. Act intelligently, because I know you can.
( Rest of the begging stuff is behind the cut. )
It's been a couple of weeks since the last "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging combined with the usual begging post" -- I skipped last week because the available links at the time felt like they were only rehashing stuff I'd already posted. So this week I'm sticking with our pharmaceutical chemist blogging friend Derek Lowe. Let's see what he's had to say about pandemic-related stuff in his posts for Science Translational Medicine in the last two weeks before Labor Day.
Preparing For the Vaccine Results
Thoughts On a New Coronavirus Test (And on Testing)
Cold Chain (And Colder Chain) Distribution
It’s Weird Down There
Coronavirus Vaccine Roundup, Early September
And now we turn to the usual begging part of this post. As anyone who's been reading these posts can guess, before and in addition to the usual plea for help for ourselves, I'm going to ask those of you who are able to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. Some businesses were essential and never closed during the lockdowns. Others, after having opened back up, are now trying to stay open to what extent they can as we struggle through various phases of "reopening" including going back to more restrictions as needed. So please do what you can to help keep your local economy a little bit more afloat. Locally owned businesses are, and will continue to be, struggling to survive and get back on their feet, so please patronize them as much as you can. BUY LOCAL. Please however, do so in a safe manner. Keep on wearing masks and other protective equipment when going shopping in person, continue social distancing. Act intelligently, because I know you can.
( Rest of the begging stuff is behind the cut. )
