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    Kumudu Ratnayake New Song, බිහිරනේ (Bihirane) Nandasiri Keembiyahetti/ Sarath Peiris

    Nice song with quite meaningful lyrics...
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    Omicron - HK Uni Med Research news release

    HONG KONG.- A study led by researchers from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at The University of Hong Kong provides the first information on how the novel Variant of Concern (VOC) of SARS-CoV-2, the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infect human respiratory tract. The researchers found that Omicron SARS-CoV-2...
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    Omicron largely evades immunity from past infection or two vaccine doses.

    A just released report from The Imperial College London Covid-19 response team estimates that the risk of reinfection with the Omicron variant is 5.4 times greater than that of the Delta variant. This implies that the protection against reinfection by Omicron afforded by past infection may be as...
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    Omicron Tsunami.....

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    Omicron - Latest News from South Africa

    High levels of previous exposure to three previous waves of coronavirus infection in South Africa may explain the relatively low levels of hospitalisation and severe disease in the current outbreak of the Omicron variant, rather than the variant itself being less virulent. The suggestion was...
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    Idiot's Guide to One Country - One Law

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    Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism

    There are many old videos on the Antikythera mechanism. Here's a very recent interesting one.
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    Raj Rajaratnam -CNBC Full Interview

    Raj Rajaratnam, the former hedge fund manager who got slapped with a record 11-year prison sentence in 2011 for insider trading, is publishing a tell-all book about his epic fall from grace. “Uneven Justice: The Plot to Sink Galleon” will recount Rajaratnam’s rise to Wall Street prominence as...
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    Omicron vs Delta - Antibody mediated neutralization efficacy.

    The Omicron variant evades the antibodies produced by booster jabs to a significant extent, according to new research from Germany. Early results points that boosters might not be a solution to Omicron. Blood samples taken from subjects who had received three jabs performed better against...
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    Sex - Railway Crossings in India

    Railway Crossings in India are not gender neutral. There are male and female versions! An inquiry was being held after an accident at a railway crossing in Punjab. A Station Master was asked by the Inquiry Commission: "How many railway crossings are there in your area?" Station Master...
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    Interesting discussion with a Vaccine Expert.

    A discussion with Dr. Jerome Kim, the current Director General of the International Vaccine Institute & one of the leading researchers and vaccine experts in the world. IVI is based in Seoul, South Korea, a non-profit organization started under an UNDP initiative and now mainly funded by the...
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    Extinct tree resurrected back to life after 2000 years

    The story of how two women scientists (Medicine & Agriculture) brought an ancient tree from the time of Jesus back to life.
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    UK SIREN Study findings on Vaccine Effectiveness & Durability of Protection.

    The UK SIREN Study which started in March 2020 and ran till September 2021 on "The impact of detectable anti SARS-COV2 antibody on the incidence of COVID-19 in healthcare workers" has recently submitted a preprint on Vaccine effectiveness & the Durability of protection. Methods - We assessed...
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    Omicron - South Africa reports high reinfection rates

    A recent study by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases in South Africa reports that - "Analysis of routine surveillance data from South Africa suggests that, in contrast to the Beta and Delta, the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 demonstrates substantial population-level evidence for...
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    Omicron, New Antivirals & the Pandemic in 2022

    Here's a recent video of UCSF Medical Grand Rounds. Even though the Grand Rounds are intended for Clinicians & Med students, some useful info can be gained by anyone. 00:04:12-00:27:58 – Annie Luetkemeyer (UCSF Professor of Medicine) - on new antivirals 00:27:59-01:01:36 – John Moore (Professor...
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    Oxford Vaccine - Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia syndrome - New findings

    Further to my post in last April on this issue...(copied below) https://elakiri.com/threads/oxford-vaccine-thrombosis-with-thrombocytopenia-syndrome.1983028/ A just released paper published by a joint team of US & UK scientists led by Alex Baker (Mayo Clinic USA) & Prof Alan Parker (Cardiff...
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    The Snowflake Guy....

    The man who knows everything on Snowflakes....
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    New Claims on the MH370

    Aerospace engineer Richard Godfrey says he is “very confident” on the location of missing flight MH370 which vanished in March 2014. Mr Godfrey claims to have found the missing plane's whereabouts using revolutionary tracking technology. In a new report, Mr Godfrey claimed the plane crashed...
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    How An Infinite Hotel Ran Out Of Room

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