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The Zero COVID debate is one of the hottest controversies at the moment, with supporters on the defense, trying to explain exactly what they mean by the term.
Most epidemiologists and infectious disease experts strongly believe wiping SARS-CoV-2 from the face of the earth is unlikely but that s not what is meant by the concept, argued Deepti Gurdasani, PhD, of Queen Mary University of London, one of its most vocal proponents. Elimination is not eradication, Gurdasani recently tweeted. No one is talking about eradication here.
During a recent
BMJ symposium on Zero COVID, Art Reingold, MD, professor of epidemiology at University of California Berkeley, opened the program by pointing out that the goals and terminology of the movement are unclear.
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Covid-19 accelerated the media’s reporting on early, drafty scientific research (for better and for worse)
More than 25% of Covid-19 preprints have featured in at least one news article, researchers found, and almost 100% of Covid-19 preprints were tweeted about at least twice.
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Since the first reported case of Covid-19, cities across the world have shut down, people have stopped socializing and going to work, economies have taken a hit and there have been far too many deaths. But at the same time the scientific community has come together and produced an immense amount of knowledge on the virus, developing multiple vaccines in less than a year.
Queen Mary University of London
A new smell test developed by Queen Mary University of London researchers has been found to be easy to use in patients with Parkinson’s disease, and could also be helpful in diagnosing COVID-19 in the broader population.
Smell tests have the potential to support the diagnosis of certain neurological conditions, including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Unfortunately, these tests are not widely available, expensive, and take too long to administer in routine healthcare settings.
To address this problem, the team developed a novel smell testing kit which uses capsules of aromatic oils placed between two strips of single-sided tape.
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