3/3 — Until then, a layered approach remains our best defence: wearing a well-fitting N95 mask, improving indoor ventilation and using HEPA air filtration to reduce airborne transmission.

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2/3 — Boosters are struggling to keep up with new variants, so we need better vaccines that can help our immune systems recognise these new threats. A broadly protective sterilising vaccine could potentially break transmission chains and dramatically slow the virus's evolution.

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A new preprint suggests SARS-CoV-2 has evolved to become harder for our immune systems to recognise. Researchers found that newer variants, including XBB.1.5 and KP.2, are less easily recognised by immune cells that detect new threats. KP.2 was recognised 3 times less often than the original strain.

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Abdul El-Sayed on "MAGA bingo": The thing about MAGA is whenever they're talking, they are trying to distract you. Every time you hear one of those buzzwords, just remember: When they're distracting you, they're also trying to pick your pocket.

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by virtue of being a dem senator from Texas, Talarico will immediately have a lot of clout in the party if he wins I think it’s good that Elon has made him a personal enemy

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