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The Art of Hamad Butt

June 12, 2023 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In The Guardian is an obituary of artist Hamad Butt and a review of his work. Fascinating and dangerous, Butt was one of the Young Brits who, having died in 1994 of AIDS, didn’t receive as much exposure as his peers.   So why haven’t we heard of Butt before? His lack of visibility is … [Read more…]

Posted in: Arts, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Obituaries, Politics, Science, Thinking about Tagged: AIDS, contemporary British art, emotion and intellect, genius, Gilane Tawadros, Hamad Butt, high art and gothic horror, homophobia, London, racism, science and the supernatural, Tate, the sacred and profane, viruses, YBAs, Young British Artists

Dr. Sherif R. Zaki, Acclaimed Disease Detective, Dies at 65

December 4, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Dr. Sherif R. Zaki, Acclaimed Disease Detective, Dies at 65 He helped identify numerous viruses, including Covid-19, as well as the bioterrorism attack that spread anthrax in 2001. By Sam Roberts Dec. 4, 2021 Dr. Sherif R. Zaki in 2006. He was, a colleague said, considered to be “among the most influential infectious disease pathologists … [Read more…]

Posted in: Faits Divers, Obituaries, Pandemic, Science Tagged: anthrax, bacteria, C.D.C., Coronavirus, COVID-19, Ebola, foreign pathogen, immunohistochemistry, infectious disease, pathologist, SARS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, Sherif R. Zaki, unexplained illness, viruses, West Nile, Zika, Zoonotic

Slaughterhouse as Paradise for SARS-CoV-2

June 29, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Meat packing plants, transmission explained Date: Fri 26 Jun 2020 18:06 CEST Source: Spiegel International [edited] If there is a paradise for SARS-CoV-2, it would probably be a slaughterhouse. Work units in meat plants are cooled to under 12 degrees Celsius [53.6 degrees Fahrenheit]. Workers stand near one another and sweat as they labor under … [Read more…]

Posted in: Pandemic, Politics Tagged: Coronaviruses, COVID-19, hygiene, infected workers, meat plants, SARS-CoV-2, slaughterhouse, superspreading, virologist, viruses

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