Category: Science

Americas by GeoPolitic.orgNov 2, 20206:33 pm

New Nationwide Poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation and The Undefeated Reveals Distrust of the Health Care System Among Black Americans

Half of African Americans say they will not take a coronavirus vaccine KFF/The Undefeated poll shows disparate views on health care between Black and white America Poll results published on The Undefeated beginning today The […]

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgNov 2, 20204:58 pm

Quantitative Detection and Viral Load Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Infected Patients

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has become a public health emergency. The widely used reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method has limitations for clinical diagnosis and treatment.Methods A total of 323 samples from 76 COVID-19–confirmed […]

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgNov 2, 20204:51 pm

RT-qPCR Testing of SARS-CoV-2: A Primer

Abstract Testing for the presence of coronavirus is an essential diagnostic tool for monitoring and managing the current COVID-19 pandemic. The only reliable test in current use for testing acute infection targets the genome of […]

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgNov 2, 20204:43 pm

How is the COVID-19 virus detected using real time RT–PCR?

As the coronavirus that causes the COVID-19 disease spreads across the world, the IAEA, in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), is offering its support and expertise to help […]

Science by GeoPolitic.orgNov 2, 20204:38 pm

RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2: quantitative versus qualitative

We read the Article by Lescure and colleagues1 with great interest. During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, monitoring patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) using viral kinetics or viral loads […]

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgNov 2, 20204:27 pm

Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Children and masks

Should children wear a mask? WHO advises that people always consult and abide by local authorities on recommended practices in their area. An international and multidisciplinary expert group brought together by WHO reviewed evidence on […]

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgNov 2, 20204:20 pm

Considerations for Wearing Masks

Help Slow the Spread of COVID-19 CDC recommends that people wear masks in public settings, like on public and mass transportation, at events and gatherings, and anywhere they will be around other people. Masks may […]

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgNov 2, 20204:13 pm

Lockdown is the world’s biggest psychological experiment – and we will pay the price

With some 2.6 billion people around the world in some kind of lockdown, we are conducting arguably the largest psychological experiment ever; This will result in a secondary epidemic of burnouts and stress-related absenteeism in […]

Eurasia by GeoPolitic.orgNov 1, 20205:40 pm

South Korea reports 83 deaths among people given flu jabs amid safety concerns with govt vaccination program

South Korea has reported that 83 people have died after receiving flu shots, a week after Seoul said it would probe its mass vaccination program. The government continues to insist the deaths aren’t linked to […]

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgNov 1, 20205:26 pm

Johnson & Johnson pauses coronavirus vaccine study, citing ‘unexplained illness’ in volunteer

Johnson & Johnson has temporarily halted its coronavirus vaccine trial after a trial participant contracted an “unexplained illness,” the company said, though offered few additional details about the setback. The pharma firm’s 60,000-patient vaccine study […]