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(Originally posted to my GoFundMe earlier today, so I didn't bother to change the timestamp. 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.)
For this week's episode of "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging combined with the usual begging post", it's been three whole weeks since we covered our intrepid pharmalogical chemist and blogger Derek Lowe and his blog for Science Translational Medicine, so let's see what he's been up to in the second half of February.
We start with a somewhat more general post on mRNA vaccines.
More on mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing
And here's a couple more SARS-CoV-2-specific posts.
Coronavirus Variants: Down to the Details
The J&J Vaccine at the FDA
The first week of March got a bit busier on the COVID front but I'll save that for next week. For now it's time to move on to the usual PSA-and-begging part of this post. Unless you're a first time reader of these posts you can predict what comes next: the plea for 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 the semi-lockdown is being tightened back up in response to pandemic surges. What these businesses have in common is that locally owned and operated businesses give better "bang for the buck" when it comes to keeping the local economy moving. 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. )
For this week's episode of "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging combined with the usual begging post", it's been three whole weeks since we covered our intrepid pharmalogical chemist and blogger Derek Lowe and his blog for Science Translational Medicine, so let's see what he's been up to in the second half of February.
We start with a somewhat more general post on mRNA vaccines.
More on mRNA Vaccine Manufacturing
And here's a couple more SARS-CoV-2-specific posts.
Coronavirus Variants: Down to the Details
The J&J Vaccine at the FDA
The first week of March got a bit busier on the COVID front but I'll save that for next week. For now it's time to move on to the usual PSA-and-begging part of this post. Unless you're a first time reader of these posts you can predict what comes next: the plea for 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 the semi-lockdown is being tightened back up in response to pandemic surges. What these businesses have in common is that locally owned and operated businesses give better "bang for the buck" when it comes to keeping the local economy moving. 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. )
