Margaret Rayman, University of Surrey and Philip C Calder, University of Southampton If we’re going to rely on COVID-19 vaccines to bring an end to the pandemic, we need to maximise their effects. But one thing that risks undermining their protectiveness is nutritional deficiency, particularly in the elderly. Older people have weaker immune responses…
By Nir Menachemi, IUPUI How deadly is SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19? And what are the risks of death for people of different ages and demographics? These have been hard numbers to calculate during this pandemic. To calculate the true death rate – more accurately called the infection–fatality ratio (IFR) – you would…
How Many Survivors of the Trump Virus Will Survive Trump’s War on the Postal Service? Watch this short but outrageous Rachel Maddow video (3 min 47 sec), then call Doug LaMalfa’s office and ask him if he supports Trump’s war on the Postal Service, and — if not — what he’s going to do…
Dear Dad: It’s been about forty years since you died. I’m sorry I’ve waited so long to write to you. We got busy raising kids … well, I know you know what that’s like. But ours are all grown up now and have lives of their own. Actually they’ve been grown-up and on their…
Don Pelton As someone who is a member of at least four demographic groups associated with a higher risk of death from Corona virus, I’m distressed to live in the least vaccine-compliant county in California. The scientific understanding of the Corona virus is changing rapidly, and the degree of vaccine compliance required to achieve…