piper, aka vicka

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@werpiper @PLOS Thanks!

No worries - it was first in the September update: https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/09/30/the-35th-mucosal-covid-vaccine-in-clinical-trial-an-intranasal-self-amplifying-mrna-vax-and-more-nextgen-vaccine-update-33/#mucosal

It's called WSK-V106C. And because it's in clinical trial, it's listed in Addendum 2 now.

A Big Month for Progress on Mucosal Covid Vaccination (NextGen Vax Update 33) - Absolutely Maybe

It was a bumper month for mucosal Covid vaccines. There were some phase 1 results for an intranasal vaccine from China: It’s…

Absolutely Maybe

@hildabast @PLOS

reading the latest covid vaccine update at absolutely maybe and i am having a hard time keeping track of which vaccine is which! looking for the bi- and trivalent subunit vaccine tried in mice and humans reported in nature from xiawei wei and colleagues at (i think) west china hospital

Nature Biomedical Engineering
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-025-01517-2

help a confused reader out? :)

thanks for all the hard work, keeping the light on in the new dark ages <3

My latest update on nextgen Covid vaccines is a whopper, in part thanks to catching up with a new vax tracker:

- Clinical trial results for 2 vaxes

- 3 new clinical trials, incl a phase 2 intranasal vax trial in the US – and a pancoronavirus version of a vaccine that's already been rolled out

- 26 preclinical reports, with more showing prevention of transmission &/or durability

- a shelf-stable mucosal vax

Now @PLOS https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/06/a-bumper-update-on-next-generation-covid-vaccines-no-34/

#Covid #Covid19 #Vaccines

A Bumper Update on Next Generation Covid Vaccines (No 34) - Absolutely Maybe

This was always going to be a big month, with results from clinical trials of 2 vaccines, as well as 3 new…

Absolutely Maybe

I now have my first #BetaReading contract, courtesy of @werpiper. I'll be working on reviewing her novel this week!

Other writers who follow me here, if you need a proofreader or beta reader, please consider me available once I finish my current engagement!

#Writing #Authors #proofreading

Just wanted to put the Covid-Conscious Therapist directory out there again this morning because I see a lot of people are being told they're wrong for wearing a mask:

#COVID19 #Therapists

https://www.covidconscioustherapists.com/

COVID-Conscious Therapist Directory

Directory of psychologists, therapists, and other mental health providers who understand the anxiety and stress you're facing as the COVID-19 pandemic carries on. Living through this already has enough of an impact on our mental health – you shouldn't have to worry that your counselor will say your

COVID-Conscious Therapist Directory
In 1965, Hollywood executives made 15x the average salary of their workers.
By 2021 those top execs were earning 350x more than the average worker – including actors. Those actors also face increasing technological challenges to a steady paycheck.
Here's some essential background on the #actorsstrike. https://theconversation.com/actors-strike-209829 #News #SAGAFTRAstrike
Actors are demanding that Hollywood catch up with technological changes in a sequel to a 1960 strike

Some of the ways that streaming has transformed the industry are jeopardizing actors’ livelihoods.

The Conversation

How Covid affect affects the brain, including after the acute infection.

#COVID #LongCovid
https://time.com/6294762/how-covid-19-affects-brain-memory/

Scientists Are Just Beginning to Understand COVID-19’s Effect On the Brain

COVID-19 can have profound effects on the brain, leading to neurocognitive symptoms like brain fog, memory loss, and even dementia.

Time

In a very special #Fascism Watch, we learn that Elon Musk's twitter is literally paying fascists and other alt-right activists thousands to tens of thousands of dollars to be active on Twitter.

This is a fact. They're posting their #Twitter incomes. It is not in dispute.

If you're active on Twitter too, that means you're making money for Twitter, and therefore, helping him directly fund the alt-right, helping funnel tens of thousands of dollars to people like professional misogynist and accused rapist and sex trafficker Andrew Tate, who actively recruits young boys into misogyny. You're also directly funding fascist propagandists and anti-trans activists.

That's you, if you're active on Twitter. WALK AWAY. NOW.

https://solarbird.net/blog/2023/07/14/fascism-watch-special-edition-elon-musk-doesnt-just-recruit-fascists-to-twitter-he-pays-them/

Fascism Watch Special Edition: Elon Musk doesn’t just recruit fascists to Twitter, HE PAYS THEM. – Solarbird{y|z|yz}, Collected

RFK Jr claiming Covid could have been generically engineered to spare Jews and Chinese people

https://twitter.com/oliver_drk/status/1680201059455713282?t=FPDQrjGubv5A0bLbgfZnng&s=09

Oliver Darko on Twitter

“@nypost When Robert F Kennedy Jr claims covid was genetically engineered to spare “Jews and Chinese people” you can literally see how uncomfortable his campaign team gets.”

Twitter
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