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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.)
Well, It has now been two full months since I last made one of these posts. June turned out to be even more crazy than I had expected, and July has been even more of a hot mess. I'm kind of amazed that I have time enough to put this together. Thus, for this episode of "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging and the usual begging post mashup" I am taking the "easy" way out. Therefore, let's take a look at what COVID-related stuff pharmacological chemist and blogger Derek Lowe was talking about in his blog for Science Translational Medicine during the month of June.
Machine Learning Deserves Better Than This
Ivermectin As a COVID-19 Therapy
The Novavax Vaccine Data, and Spike Proteins in General
CureVac Comes Up Short
Drug Repurposing for Coronaviruses: Be Careful
I'll cover Derek's July posts in a couple of weeks; 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 type of posts, you pretty much know 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. )
Well, It has now been two full months since I last made one of these posts. June turned out to be even more crazy than I had expected, and July has been even more of a hot mess. I'm kind of amazed that I have time enough to put this together. Thus, for this episode of "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging and the usual begging post mashup" I am taking the "easy" way out. Therefore, let's take a look at what COVID-related stuff pharmacological chemist and blogger Derek Lowe was talking about in his blog for Science Translational Medicine during the month of June.
Machine Learning Deserves Better Than This
Ivermectin As a COVID-19 Therapy
The Novavax Vaccine Data, and Spike Proteins in General
CureVac Comes Up Short
Drug Repurposing for Coronaviruses: Be Careful
I'll cover Derek's July posts in a couple of weeks; 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 type of posts, you pretty much know 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. )
