Episode 41: Science Friday with Dr. Jose

Questions: 

1. Update on Numbers 
2. Update on Trends 
3. Update on Models 
4. Some conclusions about all of the above 
5. The Pfizer Vaccine News 
   • What we have (press release of early analysis)
   • What we don’t have (published data)
   • What we know right now 
   • My questions about what we know right now 
   • Some interesting features of the study design (stop me from taking you all into the weeds)
   • What is mRNA and how does an mRNA vaccine work, anyway? 
6. Eli Lilly Mab Received EUA 
7. Two studies of mental health and COVID 
8. Lancet Psych study of bidirectional relationship of COVID and mental health 
9. JAMA WashU study of fluvoxamine to prevent clinical worsening 
10. CDC Updated their Mask Guidance 
11. Herd Immunity: still a terrible idea. 

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