Tag Archives: 2019ncov

I was wrong

Posted on May 18, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

I don’t enjoy being wrong, but if you search my blog you will find a number of posts about me, being wrong. This one is most likely such a one. — But I am not sure if it is. The … Continue reading →

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Why are children not getting COVID-19?

Posted on Nov 26, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

This paper points to a possible reason why children below the of 14 may be protected against COVID-19: The MMR (Danish: MFR) vaccine. Specifically, the mumps (Danish: fåresyge) vaccine, of which seropositivity decreases substantially over time, the paper finds that … Continue reading →

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“90%? Pfft, ours is at 94,5%”

Posted on Nov 16, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Ah, a lot of news about vaccines coming this month. Like Pfizer’s impressive-but-still-preliminary report of possibly having a 90% effective COVID-19 vaccine, now topped by Moderna’s more-impressive-but-also-still-preliminary report of possibly reaching 94,5% efficiency. If true, if side-effects are mostly negligible, … Continue reading →

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Yet another reason to get rid of open-plan offices

Posted on Nov 2, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

As promised, I will return to the scourge that is open-plan offices. And yes, it’s personal. It’s personal, because I in a former employment fought against being moved into an open-plan office alongside my colleagues and we lost. We didn’t … Continue reading →

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Mask, social distancing and changing risks

Posted on Aug 27, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

This chart is great, not only at showing the risk categories but also how to lower risk of transmission of COVID-19: To reduce risk you must try to move from one block to a block on the left and/or above; … Continue reading →

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Bad news for herd immunity, but otherwise good news

Posted on Aug 25, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Regarding the news of the first confirmed reinfected COVID-19 patient, this tells us two things. First, his immune system reacted as it should with a heightened secondary immunity response, protecting him from the disease. Second, it did not protect him … Continue reading →

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Global economy recovering from COVID-19

Posted on Aug 7, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Financial Times has the best infographics about COVID-19, based on the most sound data – much better than the Johns Hopskins data I linked to some time ago. So I’ll just link to their article, which is free to read … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 most likely spreads indoors and what to do about that

Posted on Aug 4, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Research may* indicate that the risk of indoor transmission is 19 times higher than outdoor transmission of COVID-19, at least according to “Indoor transmission of SARS-CoV-2” which studied 318 clusters of outbreaks. That is of course great news during the … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 immunity

Posted on Jul 26, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Anyone reading headlines like “Immunity to Covid-19 could be lost in months” must be forgiven for feeling a bit depressed. Fortunately, that is not exactly what the science says. Or rather, the article refers to a study that show that … Continue reading →

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Zoonoses don’t leap to humans, they flow through channels we made

Posted on Jun 27, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Zoonoses, diseases that originated in animals and started to infect humans, are again in focus due to COVID-19 and the SARS-CoV-2 virus. But smallpox, measles, influenza and many others also came this way so we should by now know this … Continue reading →

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