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  5 Things We Should Know About Infection Control, Viruses and Respiratory Droplets. Courtesy of: CDC Project First Line   The CDC created the Inside Infection Control vlog series to share some basic ideas behind infection control, how they apply to COVID-19 and how these ideas can help yourself and others.   The difference between SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 is the scientific name of the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). COVID-19 Symptoms   A person with the disease COVID-19 may experience these symptoms: fever, chills, cough, difficulty breathing, etc. When discussing the pandemic, we often talk about the number of people with COVID-19. All viruses have a couple of parts, including genes and proteins. These parts help the virus get around inside the infected person's body and transmit to others. The genes contain the information a virus needs to multiply. Most of the proteins in a virus come together to create a shell or...

    One of the frequent comments from the hesitant unvaccinated Americans is that they need more data to be sure that the Covid vaccines are safe.  No vaccine is absolutely safe and various side effects in healthy volunteers have been reported in the vaccine related clinical trials. However, there is pre-ponderance of evidence that the adverse events associated with Covid-19 are far greater (including death), than the adverse effects of the Covid vaccine.  A recent paper from Israel caught my attention and is the subject of this blog.  The study was published in the “New England Journal of Medicine”, one of the most prestigious peer reviewed medical journals. As I scanned the table of content of my September 16 issue, I quickly jumped to the paper titled “Safety of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine in a Nationwide Setting” by Dr. Barda and his colleagues and the accompanying editorial. .  This large observational study was carried out in Israe...