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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.)
Back in July, I said (or strongly implied) that it would be August before I got to covering Derek Lowe's July blog posts for "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging meets the usual begging post" -- and not it's August, so let's check out the COVID-related stuff that our favorite pharmacological chemist and blogger talked about in his blog for Science Translational Medicine during the month of July.
An Update on Anti-Androgen Therapy for the Coronavirus
More on Vaccine Side Effects
Too Many Papers
How Well Does the J&J Vaccine Work Against the Delta Variant?
I'll cover Derek's August posts somewhere near the end of the month, and I might have the energy to put together a "links from all over" post before then (and wow is there ever a lot of COVID-related news). But for now let's move on to the usual PSA-and-begging part of this post. Frequent readers of these type of posts will be able to predict 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 initial lockdowns. Others, after having opened back up, are now trying to figure out the best safe ways, if any, to stay open as we move back and forth between varying levels of semi- (or even complete) lockdown, highly dependent on location. What these businesses tend to have in common is that locally owned and operated businesses generally 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, especially now. Keep on, or go back to, wearing masks and other protective equipment when going shopping in person, continue and even increase social distancing. Act intelligently, because I know you can.
( Rest of the begging stuff is behind the cut. )
Back in July, I said (or strongly implied) that it would be August before I got to covering Derek Lowe's July blog posts for "SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 related PSA / traditional weblogging meets the usual begging post" -- and not it's August, so let's check out the COVID-related stuff that our favorite pharmacological chemist and blogger talked about in his blog for Science Translational Medicine during the month of July.
An Update on Anti-Androgen Therapy for the Coronavirus
More on Vaccine Side Effects
Too Many Papers
How Well Does the J&J Vaccine Work Against the Delta Variant?
I'll cover Derek's August posts somewhere near the end of the month, and I might have the energy to put together a "links from all over" post before then (and wow is there ever a lot of COVID-related news). But for now let's move on to the usual PSA-and-begging part of this post. Frequent readers of these type of posts will be able to predict 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 initial lockdowns. Others, after having opened back up, are now trying to figure out the best safe ways, if any, to stay open as we move back and forth between varying levels of semi- (or even complete) lockdown, highly dependent on location. What these businesses tend to have in common is that locally owned and operated businesses generally 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, especially now. Keep on, or go back to, wearing masks and other protective equipment when going shopping in person, continue and even increase social distancing. Act intelligently, because I know you can.
( Rest of the begging stuff is behind the cut. )
