January 3, 2023
¿Esta temporada de enfermedades respiratorias (como VRS e influenza) se debe a una “deuda de inmunidad”?
Infectious Diseases Posts en EspañolSandra Albrecht, PhD MPH
La expresión “deuda de inmunidad” es confusa e inútil. No existe tal “deuda de inmunidad” para las personas. No es necesario infectarnos para protegernos de un contagio. Cuantas menos exposiciones a patógenos durante la vida, mejor. (Tan sólo pregúnteles a las generaciones anteriores que sufrieron sarampión, cólera, polio, viruela, etc.). Para que los niños desarrollen Read more…
January 3, 2023
How concerned should I be about the new XBB.1.5 variant?
COVID Variants
Jennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
XBB.1.5 has a transmission advantage, but this doesn’t make it a game-changing “super variant.” Keep calm, get boosted (and ramp-up precautions), and carry-on. At this stage of the pandemic, new variants are *guaranteed* to come and go. Variants arise from random errors as viruses make copies of itself. Most of these errors will be neutral Read more…
La expresión “deuda de inmunidad” es confusa e inútil. No existe tal “deuda de inmunidad” para las personas. No es necesario infectarnos para protegernos de un contagio. Cuantas menos exposiciones a patógenos durante la vida, mejor. (Tan sólo pregúnteles a las generaciones anteriores que sufrieron sarampión, cólera, polio, viruela, etc.). Para que los niños desarrollen Read more…
January 3, 2023
How concerned should I be about the new XBB.1.5 variant?
COVID VariantsJennifer Beam Dowd, PhD
XBB.1.5 has a transmission advantage, but this doesn’t make it a game-changing “super variant.” Keep calm, get boosted (and ramp-up precautions), and carry-on. At this stage of the pandemic, new variants are *guaranteed* to come and go. Variants arise from random errors as viruses make copies of itself. Most of these errors will be neutral Read more…
XBB.1.5 has a transmission advantage, but this doesn’t make it a game-changing “super variant.” Keep calm, get boosted (and ramp-up precautions), and carry-on. At this stage of the pandemic, new variants are *guaranteed* to come and go. Variants arise from random errors as viruses make copies of itself. Most of these errors will be neutral Read more…