2022-03-02 General

Pathology

This preprint says that they used immunopositron emission tomography to see SARS-CoV-2 infection in cells, and found it kind of all over the male genital tract of macaques. Here’s a lay article on the subject, which added that 10-20% of men who get COVID-19 have problems with their genitals.

Men, don’t get COVID-19, it’s bad for your sex life.


This lay article reports on an earlier research study which found that SARS-CoV-2 doesn’t kill smell neurons: it kills the cells around the smell neurons. The resulting inflammation badly messes up the smell neurons.

Vaccines

Good news! This article says that over half the world has now been vaccinated.