I’m still not a doctor. Which is good. Because during the operation, I’d be too busy staring out the window at passing clouds than focusing on the task at hand. I am just a conduit…
Tag: COVID-19
7/2/20 COVID-19 Update: New numbers, notes from WHO, Mayo Clinic and Harvard, and a note on re-infection concerns
Still not a doctor. But that’s okay. Because there are tons of great doctors and researchers in this world already. This is a cultivation of some of the latest news and notes on COVID from…
6/28/20 PM COVID UPDATE: Doctor uses simple experiment to highlight mask effectiveness, false-negative tests continue, update on vaccines
I’m still not a doctor. So, on these posts you’ll never hear my opinion about anything medically-related. All I will do is cultivate and distribute medical data from real, actual doctors. Because while I didn’t…
6/27/20 PM COVID update: That OSHA post is mostly false, Masks don’t reduce O2 in blood, research investigates schools re-opening
The number continue to climb across the country, regionally, and locally. Nothing new there. We all know that in Mississippi the average number of new cases per day, since the start of June, is around…
6/27/20 AM UPDATE: New numbers, new COVID-19 research, clearing the air
I’ve heard from a handful of people with questions about some of the news that has come out in recent weeks about increased numbers, effectiveness of masks, and what some of the newest research means…
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6/26/20 COVID Update: CDC adds potential symptoms to COVID-19
Reminder! I am not a doctor. I’ve never wanted to be a doctor. I have friends who are nurses and doctors, but I leave the medical stuff to them. I am a scientists, though. And…
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Study finds treatment reduces the risk of contracting COVID-19 by nearly 75-percent
That treatment is pretty simple: Wear a mask. In the paper, “The role of community-wide wearing of face mask for control of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic due to SARS-CoV-2” authors looked at a small…
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6/10/20 COVID Update: Adding context to the numbers
So, now that the number of new cases every day is fluctuating between 200 and 500, you may be left wondering, what does all this mean now and why should I care? And that’s okay!…
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5/28/20 COVID-19 Update: New numbers & new research
As always, I’d like to take this time to remind everyone that I’m not a doctor. I’m more of a science and mathematics guy. These updates are meant as a way to turn the math…
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Back of the napkin COVID math shows we aren’t out of the woods
I just want to run some quick numbers by everyone as the State of Mississippi continues to re-open. Dates New Cases Estimated Currently Sick 05/07/20 404 3,937 05/08/20 288 3,944 05/09/20 123 3,783 05/10/20 173…
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