My Virtual Reading Room

The Man in the Iron Lung, from The Guardian

A very interesting (and lengthy) article about a polio survivor, who is one of the last people in the world still using an iron lung.

(thanks to lindahoyland for the link!)

Teddy bears riding a roller coaster in an amusement part in the Netherlands

(very cute, do take a look ;))

Covid-19 Rx: Treatment Simulations, from The New England Journal of Medicine

(if you want to try your hand at some clinical scenarios, this is a pretty good virtual simulation)

As the virus-battered DC and northern Virginia reopen, signs of normalcy are scarce, from The Washington Post, May 29

Six Medscape articles:

COVID-19 Vaccine Won't Be a Slam Dunk

More Evidence Hydroxychloroquine Is Ineffective, Harmful in COVID-19

Autopsy Data Show Extensive Lung Damage From COVID-19

Can Nitric Oxide Prevent COVID-19 Infection or Progression?

Retesting Positive for SARS-CoV-2 Doesn't Mean Infectious, Study Suggests

COVID 'Immunity Passport' No More Reliable Than a Coin Flip

(a very good and straightforward explanation as to why)

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We’ll have to be a lot ruder if we want to make it through covid-19, from The Washington Post

Is it possible to safely see friends again? How to have a judgment-free conversation about it, also from The Washington Post