some health related papers

Importance of fit-testing your mask and not relying on "the seal feels good": ~75% of people who failed a fit test, passed a seal check. Jump to Table 3 to save time: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0310057X20974022

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And finally, a very long paper on why some vaccines suck and others are one-and-done. Had a lot of new info even for me, even without getting too technical. https://deplatformdisease.substack.com/p/some-vaccines-are-one-and-done-why Some highlights:

• I've been right! Reproduction dynamics are a key part to how good our protection is; if a virus reaches infectiousness faster than our memory B cells respond, we can't control it. Delta was faster than original covid and Omicron even faster.

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