Interesting Links for 02-08-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Nasal COVID-19 vaccine halts transmission (in hamsters)

(tags:hamster pandemic vaccine noses )

2. There's a massive Covid spike in Scotland right now - highest it's been in two years

(tags:pandemic Scotland )

3. Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter to star in Waiting for Godot on Broadway

(tags:KeanuReeves acting theatre )

4. Two more women accuse Neil Gaiman of sexual assault and abuse

(tags:neilgaiman abuse assault )

5. Edinburgh's Gorgie farm could reopen but without animals for at least five years

(tags:farm Edinburgh animals sad )

6. A protein called Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer's

(tags:protein alzheimers )

7. British tech tycoon: I only got justice because I'm rich

(tags:justice money USA )

Comments

[pseudomonas]

Huh. Wastewater covid in Belgium seems pretty low. I wonder if this is a very localised spike or a sampling methodology difference. https://wastewater.sciensano.be/dashboard/covid19/en/

[mountainkiss]

Possibly don't even need vaccine.

Reelin?

[fanf]

Sounds fishy 🤔

[anna_wing]

The traditional practice in some populations here is to wash one's nose out with salt water immediately upon returning home, after going out anywhere.