Famous doctor: COVID-19 reinfection rates are actually "very reassuring"

What Are The Odds

Dr. Eric Topol says that, based on existing numbers, the odds of catching COVID-19 a second time after recovering are about one in a million.

Famous Doctor: COVID-19 Reinfection Rates Are Actually “Very Reassuring”

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Developments

"There may be more but [reinfection] appears to be exceedingly rare to date, like ~1 in a million."

FITTER. BETTER. HAPPIER.

It suggests a potential roadmap toward more specific, controlled, LSD microdoses.

Study: Microdosing LSD improves mood and cognition

Brain Booster

A placebo-controlled study identified which impacts of microdosing LSD, from improved focus to anxiety, emerge at which dosages.

Study: Microdosing LSD Improves Mood and Cognition

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Rx/Medicines

Here are the doses they tried.

"But the fact is: They're not dying from that preexisting condition."

Scientists: Yes, the COVID-19 death toll is really that high

Debunking Conspiracies

Scientists are certain that the U.S. COVID-19 death toll is well over 200,000 lives. Conspiracy theories attempting to minimize deaths are easily debunked.

Scientists: Yes, the COVID-19 Death Toll Is Really That High

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/debunking-the-false-claim-that-covid-death-counts-are-inflated/">Debunking the False Claim That COVID Death Counts Are Inflated</a> [Scientific American]

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The attempts to minimize the pandemic's impact don't hold water at all.

Cancer researchers discover new salivary gland

"It seems like they may be onto something."

Scientists claim to discover new organ in human skull

I Spy

New high-resolution brain scans enabled doctors to discover a new organ hiding in the human skull: a fourth pair of salivary glands.

Scientists Claim to Discover New Organ in Human Skull

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/health/saliva-glands-new-organs.html">Doctors May Have Found Secretive New Organs in the Center of Your Head</a> [The New York Times]

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Neuroscience/Brain Science

"If it's real, it could change the way we look at disease in this region."

An initial phase is aimed at finding the minimum dose necessary to give test subjects COVID-19.

Researchers are starting to infect people with COVID on purpose

I'm Out

UK researchers are preparing for a controversial experiment involving injecting healthy human test subjects with the coronavirus.

Researchers Are Starting to Infect People With COVID on Purpose

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/10/20/925723045/u-k-preparing-covid-19-vaccine-trials-that-deliberately-infect-study-subjects">U.K. Preparing COVID-19 Vaccine Trials That Deliberately Infect Study Subjects</a> [NPR]

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Studies

"Deliberately infecting volunteers with a known human pathogen is never undertaken lightly."

The patient spoke to his father for the first time in eight years, but the effect was short-lived.

Ambien temporarily restored a man's ability to walk, speak

Waking Up

In an unusual case report, a high dose of Ambien temporarily restored the ability to speak and walk to a man who'd spent eight years in a coma-like state.

Ambien Temporarily Restored a Man’s Ability to Walk, Speak

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But it only works every few weeks.

"When you have a million deaths and over 30 million infections globally, you cannot say that we're on the road to essentially getting out of this. So quite frankly, I don't know where we are. It's impossible to say."

Trump: Fauci's a 'disaster.' Fauci: Pandemic's not over.

Listen To Scientists

Dr. Fauci warns that as we hit the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, there's no end in sight. Trump is taking it out on Fauci instead of helping.

Trump: Fauci’s a ‘Disaster.’ Fauci: Pandemic’s Not Over.

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"…You cannot say that we're on the road to essentially getting out of this."

"In addition to the human cost, this would impact the workforce as a whole and overwhelm the ability of health care systems to provide acute and routine care.'

Experts: Herd immunity is an absolutely terrible idea, you idiots

Wait For Vaccines

While a popular politically-motivated document calls for the U.S. to focus on herd immunity against COVID-19, but doctors agree that it would be disastrous.

Experts: Herd Immunity Is an Absolutely Terrible Idea, You Idiots

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Treatments

"Instead of selling false hope that will predictably backfire, we must focus on how to manage this pandemic in a safe, responsible, and equitable way."

"When you're talking about relatives that are getting on a plane, being exposed in an airport, being exposed in a plane, then walk in the door and say 'Happy Thanksgiving' — that you have to be careful about."

Dr. Fauci: It's too dangerous to see my kids this Thanksgiving

Teach Grandma To Skype

This year, Dr. Fauci says that Thanksgiving is too risky for his family, and suggests more Americans should cancel their plans as well.

Dr. Fauci: It’s Too Dangerous to See My Kids This Thanksgiving

READ MORE: <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fauci-thanksgiving-covid-different/">Dr. Fauci: &#8220;My Thanksgiving is going to look very different this year&#8221;</a> [CBS News]

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