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Moved from the spread and control thread. A new coronavirus mutation is taking over the world. Here's what that means. https://www.livescience.com/new-coronavirus-mutation-explained.html It goes on to rather blind me with science a bit, but I guess quite a few people here will be able to...

Daily Mail again, sorry, but: Protein drug 'reversed' deadly cytokine storm in COVID-19 patients http://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/protein-drug-reversed-deadly-cytokine-storm-in-covid-19-patients/ar-BB174xSi?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=ASUDHP

Women and parents of under-fives worst-hit psychologically, study says http://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/mindandbody/covid-19-women-and-parents-of-under-fives-worst-hit-psychologically-study-says/ar-BB171jgn?li=AAnZ9Ug&ocid=ASUDHP

France has hundreds of active outbreak clusters - and has tightened the rules on face coverings: http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/global-report-france-reveals-400-500-active-covid-19-clusters-as-mask-rules-tighten/ar-BB16XOfn?ocid=ASUDHP

There was an interesting report on the BBC 10 o'clock news tonight to the effect that scientists are rather clearer now about the risk factors caused by Covid-19, such as gender, ethnicity, job, pre-existing conditions and so on, and that they've created a "Covid score" system, whereby you use...

Would you like to explain what that is? I haven't heard the phrase before.

Information on which treatments appear to work - and which don't: http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/new-studies-clarify-what-drugs-help-hurt-for-covid-19/ar-BB16Siwt?ocid=ASUDHP See also...

There appear to be six different groupings of symptoms for Covid-19: http://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/coronavirus-symptoms-fall-into-six-different-groupings-study-finds/ar-BB16Rqg5?li=AAnZ9Ug&ocid=ASUDHP

Skin rash 'could be important Covid-19 symptom' http://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/medical/skin-rash-could-be-important-covid-19-symptom/ar-BB16OWyK?li=AAnZ9Ug&ocid=ASUDHP

And, as they said on the news the other night, that hot weather/sunlight kills the thing off :( Meanwhile, Contact tracing won't curb COVID-19 spread if testing is too slow...

Some useful information about mask wearing in here, even if it needs filtering: http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsscotland/the-face-coverings-people-should-not-wear-to-shops/ar-BB16M9Zg?li=AAnZ9Ug&ocid=ASUDHP

I keep meaning to ask whether anyone has tried Sainsbury's "Chop Chop" service, I think they call it - up to 20 items delivered in one hour, it claims. It's not available everywhere.

Some positives but more negatives in the USA: If you want to know why coronavirus is spiking in the US, compare Florida with Illinois http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/if-you-want-to-know-why-coronavirus-is-spiking-in-the-us-compare-florida-with-illinois/ar-BB16Jzm6?ocid=ASUDHP Four...

Something positive-sounding for once: some apparent progress in vaccine development: http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/first-covid-19-vaccine-tested-in-us-poised-for-final-testing/ar-BB16JEn9?ocid=ASUDHP

I think all supermarkets have to some extent decided to concentrate on a smaller core of items for the time being, in the hope of being able to keep up with demand better. But I started abandoning Sainsbury's for Waitrose a couple of years ago, when they stopped selling a lot of what I thought...

Winter COVID-19 outbreak in UK could be worse than first peak and cause 120,000 deaths, scientists warn (seems like a worst-case scenario)...

Copied post In that case, might it not invalidate the warranty on it if it's new? Getting back to the original topic, I suppose this probably belongs here - Urgent parliamentary enquiry into the UK Government's handling of the pandemic, presumably with the aim of rectifying errors before a...

Thanks for the info about Ocado - I'd always assumed they did only Waitrose, and nothing else. Will have a look at them sometime.

How do you tell if there are 3 layers? I'm finding it very difficult, since I can't separate them out. I have a nasty feeling some I bought (from the local pharmacy, of all places!) are only two, because they seem very thin. Some of mine, I'm not sure whether they have 2 or 3 layers. And...

This may already be largely known: Wearing face mask cuts your own risk of coronavirus by 65%, California doctors say https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/wearing-face-mask-cuts-your-own-risk-of-coronavirus-by-65percent-california-doctors-say/ar-BB16yjRs?ocid=ientp2