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Ensitrelvir for Covid Prevention: This Emperor Has No Clothes

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Just imagine you were tasked to conduct a seasonal flu study in household contacts of a symptomatic index case.  Your intervention may be (your choice): pre-season vaccination, pre-exposure prophylaxis, or some non-anti-infective protective measure such as wearing a face mask, taking a vitamin or analgesic that is believed to confer Continue reading Ensitrelvir for Covid Prevention: This Emperor Has No Clothes→

Some Thoughts about the New Coronavirus Syndrome and its Transmission

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First and upfront, let’s call this virus WARS*, which stands for Wuhan Associated Respiratory Syndrome.  President Xi Jingping called for a war against the new virus, and a war it is.  Therefore our acronym makes intuitive sense.  The naming of new viruses is getting politized and silly: yes, we need Continue reading Some Thoughts about the New Coronavirus Syndrome and its Transmission→