Here is Dr. Klotman’s weekly COVID update. The main takeaways are:
- Public health measures like masking work
- Lots of animals can get COVID (including deer in the wild)
- New vaccines are on the way
- We now have two anti-virals for COVID
- A gene that explains why/how some COVID patients die has been identified
The last of these is particularly exciting since it could provide another therapeutic approach – one that focuses on how the body responds to the infection rather than focusing on the virus itself. IFL Science!