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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.)
Welcome to May! April was a very busy month for us outside of posting here, and the second half of the month was especially busy, so it's really no surprise that the latest episode of "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging combined with the usual begging post" waited so long. Warning: May looks to be busy as well. For now, let's take a look at the second half of April with pharmacological chemist and blogger Derek Lowe and his blog for Science Translational Medicine,
Posts on topics more general but still related to RNA, vaccines against viral infections, and such...
Moderna’s Upcoming Clinical Trials
Great Malaria Vaccine News
And then we have the posts more specific to SARS-CoV-2:
A Look at Novavax
Brazil Rejects the Gamaleya Vaccine
Russian Vaccine Behavior
And one more post about mRNA, specifically relating to cancer treatments:
Two Steps to Activation
Time now to shift to the usual PSA-and-begging part of this post. Longtime readers of these tyoe of posts can easily guess what comes next: the plea for those of you who are able to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. Some of these were "essential" and never closed during the lockdowns. Others, after having opened back up, are now trying to figure out the best safe ways to stay open as we move back and forth between varying levels of semi-lockdown, highly dependent on location. 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. )
Welcome to May! April was a very busy month for us outside of posting here, and the second half of the month was especially busy, so it's really no surprise that the latest episode of "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging combined with the usual begging post" waited so long. Warning: May looks to be busy as well. For now, let's take a look at the second half of April with pharmacological chemist and blogger Derek Lowe and his blog for Science Translational Medicine,
Posts on topics more general but still related to RNA, vaccines against viral infections, and such...
Moderna’s Upcoming Clinical Trials
Great Malaria Vaccine News
And then we have the posts more specific to SARS-CoV-2:
A Look at Novavax
Brazil Rejects the Gamaleya Vaccine
Russian Vaccine Behavior
And one more post about mRNA, specifically relating to cancer treatments:
Two Steps to Activation
Time now to shift to the usual PSA-and-begging part of this post. Longtime readers of these tyoe of posts can easily guess what comes next: the plea for those of you who are able to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. Some of these were "essential" and never closed during the lockdowns. Others, after having opened back up, are now trying to figure out the best safe ways to stay open as we move back and forth between varying levels of semi-lockdown, highly dependent on location. 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. )
