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damont(Originally posted to my GoFundMe, and backdated to the date of that original post. This is basically copied verbatim, 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.)
In today's installment of "SARS-COV-2/COVID-19 related useful links meets the traditional non-photo begging post," I'm circling back around to Derek Lowe, to whom I've linked before. He writes a blog for Science Translational Medicine. Back at the end of March he conceded that he's probably going to be "all corona all the time" during the present crisis, and I'm going to be linking to him rather a lot in the next few weeks. No, Derek Lowe is not sponsoring these posts; not that I would mind if he WERE (after all, there's a begging section at the end of this post) but it is what it is. So, I have several links today to a few of his posts about one of the proposed repurposed medicines.
"More on Chloroquine/Azithromycin. And On Dr. Raoult."
"Comparing HydroxyChloroquine Trials"
"Hydroxychloroquine Update For April 6"
Again I highly recommend this blog in general. And if you're looking for some, er, "lighter" and more entertaining reading, once more I recommend looking up the posts under "Things I Won't Work With" and "Things I'm Glad I Don't Do".
Following the PSA portion of this post comes the usual begging stuff. As you may expect, in addition to the usual plea for help for ourselves, I'm going to ask those of you who can to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES that are still open. Help keep your local economy a little bit more afloat, as and if you can. For example, my parents are taking part in this by getting takeout for dinner tonight. And remember that once the worst of this has passed, locally owned businesses will be struggling to get back on their feet, so please be ready to patronize them as much as you can when it's time for them to reopen.
And now, because we STILL can't afford shame, here's my shameless and desperate plea for help. Please PLEASE spread the word as much as you feel able; share this fundraiser on lots of social media, by email, even by writing the link on pieces of paper and passing them around. Encourage folks you know to donate and to spread the word themselves. I've long since estimated that I'll need about 1,000 different contributors to make the goal, so getting the word out is important. And IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, please donate, though we know that a few of you have done so in the past couple of weeks (for which A GREAT BIG THANK YOU) and lots of you just can't. But even a spare 5 or 10 clams, if that's all you can afford, is appreciated. Every little bit helps. (Remember, NO FEELING GUILTY if you don't have the means to contribute, or enough spoons to spread the word as far as you'd like.) And just as with the last several of these photo-less begging posts, if you have any job leads for either of us, PLEASE contact us! Relocation is TOTALLY an option.
Again, if anyone here actually is in a position to help out, right now would be a truly awesome time to do so. If you can't, you can't; I understand that better than most... thanks in advance for whatever you can do, and best greetings of the season to you and yours. If you are celebrating Passover, may you continue to have a blessed Pesach; and for Western Christians, a blessed Good Friday today and Happy Easter this weekend. STAY SAFE. Wash your hands, keep hydrated, boost your immune system by whatever means works for you. Practice social distancing as much you realistically can. Keep in touch with your friends and loved ones from a safe distance. Tell them you care and that you're thinking of them. And as always, thank you for your continued support.
In today's installment of "SARS-COV-2/COVID-19 related useful links meets the traditional non-photo begging post," I'm circling back around to Derek Lowe, to whom I've linked before. He writes a blog for Science Translational Medicine. Back at the end of March he conceded that he's probably going to be "all corona all the time" during the present crisis, and I'm going to be linking to him rather a lot in the next few weeks. No, Derek Lowe is not sponsoring these posts; not that I would mind if he WERE (after all, there's a begging section at the end of this post) but it is what it is. So, I have several links today to a few of his posts about one of the proposed repurposed medicines.
"More on Chloroquine/Azithromycin. And On Dr. Raoult."
"Comparing HydroxyChloroquine Trials"
"Hydroxychloroquine Update For April 6"
Again I highly recommend this blog in general. And if you're looking for some, er, "lighter" and more entertaining reading, once more I recommend looking up the posts under "Things I Won't Work With" and "Things I'm Glad I Don't Do".
Following the PSA portion of this post comes the usual begging stuff. As you may expect, in addition to the usual plea for help for ourselves, I'm going to ask those of you who can to SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES that are still open. Help keep your local economy a little bit more afloat, as and if you can. For example, my parents are taking part in this by getting takeout for dinner tonight. And remember that once the worst of this has passed, locally owned businesses will be struggling to get back on their feet, so please be ready to patronize them as much as you can when it's time for them to reopen.
And now, because we STILL can't afford shame, here's my shameless and desperate plea for help. Please PLEASE spread the word as much as you feel able; share this fundraiser on lots of social media, by email, even by writing the link on pieces of paper and passing them around. Encourage folks you know to donate and to spread the word themselves. I've long since estimated that I'll need about 1,000 different contributors to make the goal, so getting the word out is important. And IF YOU ARE ABLE TO, please donate, though we know that a few of you have done so in the past couple of weeks (for which A GREAT BIG THANK YOU) and lots of you just can't. But even a spare 5 or 10 clams, if that's all you can afford, is appreciated. Every little bit helps. (Remember, NO FEELING GUILTY if you don't have the means to contribute, or enough spoons to spread the word as far as you'd like.) And just as with the last several of these photo-less begging posts, if you have any job leads for either of us, PLEASE contact us! Relocation is TOTALLY an option.
Again, if anyone here actually is in a position to help out, right now would be a truly awesome time to do so. If you can't, you can't; I understand that better than most... thanks in advance for whatever you can do, and best greetings of the season to you and yours. If you are celebrating Passover, may you continue to have a blessed Pesach; and for Western Christians, a blessed Good Friday today and Happy Easter this weekend. STAY SAFE. Wash your hands, keep hydrated, boost your immune system by whatever means works for you. Practice social distancing as much you realistically can. Keep in touch with your friends and loved ones from a safe distance. Tell them you care and that you're thinking of them. And as always, thank you for your continued support.
