May 25, 2022 In a recent article in The Mirror, the author gives a haunting statement that SARS-CoV-2 can cause cells to explode after entering cells which can lead to severe damage. The authors quotes a recent article in Nature from April 6 in which the researchers discuss the mechanism…

May 11, 2022 In an article that appeared in Nature on May 5, 2022, the authors discuss a comparison of rapid antigen test (RAT) oral swab collection with rapid PCT (RT-PCR) on detection of SARS-CoV-2, but when we read through the article it is mainly more of a comparison of…

April 27, 2022 In a very interesting recent article that appeared in the Harvard Gazette on April 21, attention is brought to the negative effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on childrens’ mental health. The article appears to be focused on surveys done in 1999, 2004, and 2017 conducted in England…

April 13, 2022 In one of the latest Scientific American article, “What We Know about Omicron’s BA.2 Variant So Far”, the article summarizes some of the latest research about this new COVID-19 variant, Omicron. However, that is just what it does, summarizes the latest information. Several research findings are mentioned…

March 30, 2022 Latest research published in the Lancet shows diabetes onset was higher for those with post-acute sequelae or long-haul COVID-19 however these may be preliminary results. The results came from a cohort study which used databases from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to extract a cohort…

March 15, 2022 In a recent article in The Scientist than appeared back in January, they mentioned using several pre-print articles which are cited for this article. In one of the pre-print articles by Adamson et al published on March 5 about a very recent small study by researchers in…

March 2, 2022 According to a February 28, 2022 recent article n U.S. News World based on several studies, the research is suggestive that the Wuhan China wet market was the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The article is largely based on two pre-print studies, meaning neither study has been…

Issues in COVID-19 research and statistical analyses (Part XVVIII) February 22, 2022 In a pre-print article published recently, the authors used life table and survival analyses methods to compare probability of dying from COVID-19 against probability of dying from other causes using data from the province Hubei of China, of…

February 2, 2022 A recent article in the Lancet Infectious Diseases presents a large scale study of post-vaccination infection conducted in the United Kingdom to assess potential long-haul symptoms. It was a prospective, community-based, nested, case-control study that used self-reported data such as demographics, geographical location, health risk factors, COVID-19…