Note: I urged people recently in several forums to get a flu shot. I should have qualified a little. I think you should get a flu shot THIS SEASON, but I don’t think you need to get it TODAY. Sure, if you want to get it done now so you don’t forget, fine. But I… Continue reading 2024-10-05 BC
Month: October 2024
2024-10-05 General
COVID-19 Long COVID One strange thing about human DNA is that there is DNA for viruses (called human endogenous retroviruses, HERV) embedded in our genome, presumably left over from ancient viral infections. Usually they stay there, but every once in a while they get loose. This paper from Spain (2024-07-31) reports that the levels of… Continue reading 2024-10-05 General