28 Days later?
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DIY hand sanitizer for escalators -
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Having watched someone fall (repeatedly, for a few minutes) at the bottom of an escalator, damp handrails donāt seem like a good idea*. 
Just FYI, another bad idea is shutoff switches that are hard to find or operate, because it only takes a few seconds for things to go horribly wrong on an escalator. By the time people got to the switch to help the falling traveler, heād been pushed off.
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Horrible people are so happy. Now tell me there is a god.
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I believe that these same scenes must be taking place in other capitals and in other cities around the world.
The impact of this pandemic is yet to be seen for years to come.
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I hate the Guardian for not pointing out that his medical conditions are a VERY likely explanation why he could catch SARS-COV-2 twice.
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Same plot device from The Day of the Triffids and The Walking Dead
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A) Fuck her, she is a blot on our profession.
B) No Relation!!
C) Physician Assistant, not āassistant physician.ā A PA is not an MD. It is just not the same thing. (I guess? This is confusing: "She holds a physician assistantās license in the state that was issued in 2017, according to Missouriās licensing database.
Missouri allows medical school graduates to apply to become an assistant physician if they have passed Steps 1 and 2 of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination, )
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Also happening in Japanā¦
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And who are we specifically not vaccinating? Damn, I wish we did not have to choose between āameliorate current suffering and deathā and āshorten the duration of the pandemic.ā When the group most likely to spread the disease is also the least likely to suffer adverse outcomes, things can go sideways very quickly.
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I would certainly welcome an analysis for Germany, and in fact most European countries.
I am almost sure itās already available, but I am so drained at the moment I donāt even click through to most content I need more than two braincells to process.
Hell, what a ride.
ETA: that kindergarten picture is terrible on so many levels. One of them is that kindergartens here are open, and parents are sending their kids because they canāt apply for special childcare holidays unless the facilities are actually closed.
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In case you need a boost in your blood pressure:
What these poor store workers have to put up with. And yet there is still debate over the $15 minimum wage. 
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But vaccination doesnāt stop the spread, right?
Also from this:
The paperās authors also found that after schools reopened in the fall, children and teens between the ages of 0 and 19 years old contributed to 15% of the COVID-19 cases. Children did not have as much mingling with other groups, according to the report.
Iām no health expert but school age humans 5-18 make up 18% of the total US population so contributing 15% of the COVID-19 cases seems to me like they are pulling their equal weight of infections.
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Wrong. They are not 100% effective at preventing acquisition of the virus, but they are still quite effective. Decreasing the number of people who can catch the bug inherently decreases the number who can spread the bug. If 100% effectiveness if the goal, then no vaccine ever has been effective. If effective enough is the goal, this one meets that easily, if we could just get it out there.
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Thank you, this is great to know, I was under the misconception that these vaccines did not prevent acquisition, only reduced severity.
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The final verdict on this will need time, but preliminary data supports that vaccinations also do prevent infection in some cases, and prevent strong viral loads in infected people. Lower viral loads, especially in the upper respiratory system, means being less infectious to others.
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