On another forum someone reported a chat with a microbiologist who said that cloth masks were too large a mesh to prevent the virus entering - likened it to marbles being thrown at building scaffolding. No idea whether true or not but the ensuing recommendation is high quality surgical masks.
Also I read a study which said that 36% of people who have had coronavirus never make antibodies. Not a very large test though, 72 people. wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/9/21-1042_article
And also there is a new variant of Interest - Mu, in Columbia.
A (again reasonably small sample) study on the Az vaccine in the Lancet said that a longer interval between 1st and 2nd dose gives higher antibody titres - 44 weeks between doses was best - and a 3rd booster was successful at boosting antibody titres www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)01699-8/fulltext
Lastly Germany are ending free testing on 11 Oct. I've not seen a similar statement for the UK but I guess it will happen.
Last edited by: VxFan on Thu 2 Sep 21 at 12:39
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