Science
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Do I Still Need to Wear a Mask if I Had the Covid-19 Vaccine?
If you’ve already had the Covid-19 vaccine or if you’ve already had the virus, do you still need to mask up in public or with people outside of your social bubble? The answer is yes, and there are both scientific and ethical reasons for you to continue to wear your mask for the near future. Just so we’re clear, wearing…
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If You Only Care About the Covid-19 Death Rate, You Are Missing the Big Picture
Frequently, when I’m browsing Facebook, I see friends post stories about the devastation of Covid-19. And then I see others posting comments like, “only 1% of people die from it” or “most of the people died from something else.” In addition to these anti-science statements being utterly heartless, they’re also missing the point. If you say something like, “most people…
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Covid-19 Questions: Why Exactly is the Virus More Contagious in Colder Weather?
For months, scientists have predicted that Covid-19 cases would rise as the weather got colder. This wasn’t just speculation; rather was based on what we already know about the structure of common viruses and how exactly colder weather can make them more contagious. Interestingly enough, if you have a stick of butter in your fridge, you already know something about…
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Do Not Give Away Our Shot!!
I woke up at about 2 am to use the bathroom, as women my age are prone to do. After a profoundly unsatisfying pee, I checked Twitter. I’ve got a friend on a crazy COVID-19 sleep schedule and he’s usually up at about that time. He’s got a perfume blog that you should check out. Remember blog rolls? I miss…
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Covid-19 Vaccine Questions: Are mRNA Vaccines Safe? Will They Alter my DNA? How Do They Work?
There has been so much excitement in the news recently about the recently-approved mRNA-based vaccines. But there are also a lot of questions, like how do we know it’s safe? How exactly is mRNA different than a normal vaccine? Do you trust it enough to take it yourself? I can answer a lot of these questions as a scientist who…
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On The 1st Day of Winter Break My True Love Gave to Me: A Day That Was Fun and Care Free
Yesterday I submitted my grades and had my last lab meeting of 2020. Strange is working this upcoming week. He’s taken Christmas attending coverage every year that we’ve been together, but I have absolutely nothing pressing today. No deadlines. No urgent emails. No home school. Nothing that can’t wait a spell. It has been at least nine months since I…
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Who “Deserves” COVID-19 Vaccine Priority?
This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Well, the United States is now approving COVID-19 vaccines for distribution, so the pandemic is over, right? Yeah. No. This is about to be the biggest public health project in our nation’s history, as an ineffectual and apathetic federal government…
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COVID-19, mRNA, FDA and Other Important Initialisms
Rebecca chats with Mary Brock and Topher Hunter about the intricacies of the new COVID vaccines, plus what the FDA is doing during approvals. https://media.blubrry.com/skepchick/content.blubrry.com/skepchick/COVID-19_mRNA_FDA_and_Other_Important_Initialisms.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Blubrry | RSS
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