COVID Treatment Strategies
Happy Tuesday, friends! Recently, JdM shared a link to a story on NPR that discusses the effects of COVID on blood vessels. I couldn’t have said it better, so I’m…
How Vaccines Work
Happy Wednesday, Friends. Monday’s post discussed how viruses enter cells, which I admit is pretty scary. However, never fear. Viruses and other pathogens have been around since the dawn of…
How Viruses Enter Cells
JdM recently asked Garn how viruses entered cells. Garn is still sulking after a not-entirely successful haircut, so I agreed to answer this question for him. Check out this Friday’s…
Free coronavirus issue of National Geographic
Hello Friends and Happy Wednesday! Today, I don’t have much news but wanted to share a link to National Geographic magazine’s special Coronavirus Edition. Because of the epidemic, this edition…
Some news on Coronavirus-2019 treatments
Hello Friends! Today’s post will cover some of the potential treatments and preventatives for Coronavirus but first… A news bit from reader JdM: Want to help scientists find possible coronavirus…
Garn Goes Grocery Shopping During the Shutdown
Garn the Magnificent stepped out of the interplanetary portal from Dagon IV and made his way over to the gray-suited attendant manning his section of the arrival hall. He could…
Ask Carol – Coronavirus Edition – Part 2
Happy Wednesday, Friends! As promised – here is the second part of the series. Today, I will answer a question about why viruses seem to be more dormant in the…
Ask Carol – Coronavirus edition – Part 1
Happy Monday, Friends. I had several great questions from last week’s post. In fact – too many to cover all at once – if I want to do them any…
Let’s talk about face masks….
Many localities are going to Universal Masking recommendations. For example – as of today, my workplace is requiring everyone to wear surgical face masks. Use of face masks has been…
My First Blog Post and It’s About…..Coranavirus
Hello and welcome to my first blog post! I had planned to lead with something appropriately fun and light-hearted – like a comparison of 2020 Tech and Star Trek technology,…