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January 27, 2022

Coronavirs week 94B: Odds and ends

The Dallas Observer points out that medical labs are also facing staff shortages.

Your Local Epidemiologist explains what antigen tests are all about.

Biden's OSHA officially withdrew its nationwide vax-or-test mandate after the recent Supreme Court ruling, but may try something less expansive, yet above and beyond the health care workers mandate.

Lots of people like free test kits and free N95s. Shows you how big of a flub it was late last year to not go through with these things then, instead of viewing a vax mandate as a hammer for everything being a nail. The story notes that the unvaccinated are the least likely to use them even if they're the ones that most need them. Disagree on "most need them." We're in Darwin Awards territory.

Type 2 diabetes is one of four risk factors for long COVID. That said, it's not the most significant; something called autoantibodies is.

Antivaxxer groups were talking blather about COVID vaccines even before the first was created, or even before we had an idea we could create one.

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