Coronavirus Daily(ish) Updates

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First known (to me anyway) US politician dies of Coronavirus
The case map for my city now breaks things out by zip code, instead of city district. My zip code is tied for most-infected with 14 confirmed. That’s ok I still didn’t want to go outside anyway

I don’t really speak doctor, but if you want to build your own antibody test in your garage, I think this paper tells you how to do it
Estimating how much of the spread is undocumented
These researchers are asking permission to do live virus challenge testing to volunteers. That is, prove the vaccine works by getting a bunch of volunteers, giving half the vaccine and half a placebo, and then infecting them all with coronavirus. They say the situation is dire, and if people want to be heroes and risk their livers to save us all, let them!
Apparently TB vaccine has a significant protective effect on COVID-19
In addition to being a respiratory virus and a cardiovascular virus, the coronavirus is also a neurological virus
More research claiming that warm, windy, humid areas have lower infection risk
“Hospital in Belgium decides to start testing ALL patients for corona whether they have symptoms or not, whether they are there for unrelated reasons. Results: “first results show that five out of fifty patients - or about 10 percent - are infected without showing any symptoms.””
Inexplicably, smoking might actually make you safer from coronavirus. THIS IS NOT MEDICAL ADVICE.