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Weekly coronavirus-related chat, questions, and minor updates - week of September 6
This thread is posted weekly, and is intended as a place for more-casual discussion of the coronavirus and questions/updates that may not warrant their own dedicated topics. Tell us about what the situation is like where you live!
The Plan to Stop Every Respiratory Virus at Once (The Atlantic)
I was talking with one of my coworkers who had a mild case of COVID almost a year ago, and I was floored when she divulged that she still has not recovered smell or taste. She's understandably worried that she might have lost them permanently.
We're hearing of more exposures and some fatal complications. For people already weakened by other factors it's been fatal in my circles. It seems like Covid just hangs around a person and wears them out. I remember regular flu seasons like this where the influenza could often bring on a relapse if you didn't take it easy.
CEPI warns of major hurdle to developing new Covid-19 vaccines and studying best booster approaches