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Having a Cold Might Temporarily Protect Against Covid19, New Study Finds

...colds, the rhinovirus can outcompete the novel coronavirus, suppressing the coronavirus and preventing a severe Covid19 infection. This might reduce the number of new cases among the population during cold...

By Devrupa Rakshit

It Doesn't Matter

Why People Feel the Need to Blame China For the Pandemic

...be seen reflected in the way conspiracy theories regarding the coronavirus pandemic evolved. As the pandemic spread and claimed more lives, people started suspecting whether the coronavirus was born in...

The Doctor Must See You Now

How Doctors Are the Unwitting, Frustrated Soldiers in the War Against Covid19

...are exposed, unprotected and even antagonized for doing the job they’re outwardly exalted for. They say the coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the cognitive dissonance with which this country treats...

Pandemic Patois

‘Blursday,’ ‘Covidiot,’ ‘Doomscrolling’ — How the Covid19 Pandemic Changed the English Language Forever

...however, the coronavirus pandemic and all the responses to it took over not just the world, but our language, too. In March, for example, the word “coronavirus” was everywhere, overtaking...

The Quality of Scientific Research Has Deteriorated Amid the Covid19 Pandemic. Ethicists Explain How to Fix It.

Since the Covid19 pandemic began, medical and research institutions have fallen over each other trying to publish research explaining the complexities of the novel coronavirus, while testing new methods to...

The Buzz Cut: What’s All the Fuss About Wet Ass Pussy (WAP)?

...the scientific truth. * What is India’s best chance at a fast, accessible and affordable coronavirus vaccine? This profile of the vaccine billionaires of India — the Poonawallas, founders of...

Progress Undone

Covid19 Pandemic Can Throw Half a Billion People Into Poverty: Oxfam

...only to be turned away from neighbors afraid of being infected by the coronavirus. The informal sector in India has been one of the hardest hit in this coronavirus-induced economic...

Is Spraying Disinfectant in Public Spaces an Effective Way to Stop the Spread of Covid19?

...diluted solution of sodium hypochlorite, may not be effective in killing coronaviruses. “Bleach itself breaks down under ultraviolet (UV) light. And coronavirus exposure from outdoor surfaces may be limited already....

By Anubhuti Matta

Woe Is Me! “My Flatmate’s Partner Is Compromising My Self‑Quarantine”

...especially since we’re working from home due to the coronavirus quarantine. However, what’s making me anxious about this is that he travels around the city all day and returns home,...

By The Swaddle Team

Community Immunity

CDC Says Less Than Half of Positive Covid19 Antibody Tests Results Are Accurate

...determine immune status in individuals. When someone is infected with any virus, including the novel coronavirus, their body’s immune system produces antibodies to fight it. Even after their recovery, these...

By Devrupa Rakshit

The World’s First Covid19 Reinfection Was Just Confirmed. We Asked a Doctor Why This Matters.

After months of speculation and inconclusive studies, researchers from Hong Kong have just announced the world’s first-ever confirmed case of coronavirus reinfection. The scientists at the University of Hong Kong’s...

To Do Or Not To Do

Goa Is Now Open For Tourism. But Does That Mean We Should Go?

...how the tourism industry is coping amidst the coronavirus pandemic, we see a bigger problem reveal itself — that the health of a population is often at odds with their...

Covid19 Reinfection: Myth or Not? Well, It’s Complicated.

...almost half a year. They are now seeing (often sensationalized) news that they might not ever be safe from the novel coronavirus, that people are getting reinfected all around the...

Ayush-maan Bhava

AYUSH Disciplines Have Value in the Context of Covid19, Despite Unscientific Claims Like Patanjali’s

...now being forced to sell the product as an ‘immunity booster.’ Another such major claim of a faith-based coronavirus treatment came from Tamil Nadu. The ‘Siddha treatment for coronavirus,’ sans...

By Ranju Anthony

Peeling The Onion

Blame Institutions That Failed Us, Not ‘Covidiots,’ for Covid19 Surge

...collectively handle the coronavirus pandemic. It’s not people’s thoughtless behavior, selfishness, or lockdown fatigue that’s causing them to step out. In most cases, their reasons are not psychological, but practical,...

Government Should Raise Taxes on ‘People Like Us’: U.S. Millionaires on Covid19 Recovery

The coronavirus pandemic has caused a severe global economic crisis — the worst since the 1930s depression, according to the IMF — which has left governments around the world scrambling...

What Is In A Jab

Waiting for a Vaccine Cannot Be Our Pandemic Response Strategy

...a very long pandemic, rather than base policy on the promise of a vaccine. The vaccine is currently theoretical There are currently several promising candidates for a novel coronavirus vaccine....

By Akhila Vijayaraghavan

For The Greater Good

WHO Publishes Ethical Criteria for Vaccine Trials that Require Infecting Healthy Volunteers With Covid19

...options available for these diseases in case the vaccines didn’t work. But the coronavirus pandemic proves to be one of the few unique instances in which there are no curative...

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