UNDERNEWS: VIRUS UPDATE SATURDAY

April 25, 2020

VIRUS UPDATE SATURDAY

NJ TC Online - The Rutgers-based team that developed [a saliva] test modeled it on the sampling mechanism employed by the popular 23andMe/Ancestry.com genetic testing companies. The test is self-administered, and entails simply spitting into a tube and closing the cap, which releases a chemical to preserve the virus’ DNA for lab assessment.

Miami goes seven weeks without a homicide for first time since 1957

House Republicans refused to wear masks

Study Finds - In the event of a coronavirus infection, one’s immune system usually needs all the help it can get. To that end, a new study has found that supplements containing vitamin C and D, as well as other micronutrients, are a safe, effective, and affordable way to held fend off COVID-19. Researchers even say that dosage amounts exceeding federal guidelines, in some cases, are beneficial.

Leader of group peddling bleach as coronavirus 'cure' wrote to Trump this week

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The Review is edited by Sam Smith, who covered Washington under nine presidents, has edited the Progressive Review and its predecessors since 1964, wrote four books, been published in five anthologies, helped to start five organizations (including the DC Humanities Council and the DC Statehood Party), was a plaintiff in three successful class action suits, served as a Coast Guard officer, and played in jazz bands for four decades.

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