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Past COVID infection ‘as good as vaccines’ at preventing severe illness | Science & Tech News
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Previous COVID infection boosts long-term immunity and lowers the risk of hospitalisation and death at the same level as vaccination, new peer-reviewed research shows. The study, led by the University of Washington and published by The Lancet medical journal, is said to be the “most comprehensive study to date” on the impact of natural immunity…
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Twitter quietly drops policy preventing sharing of COVID-19 misinformation | Science & Tech News
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Twitter has quietly dropped its policy preventing the sharing of false or misleading information about COVID-19. Under the policy, tweets containing misleading information about the disease could be given a label including corrective information about the claim. Tweets that violated the policy and were severely harmful could be deleted and the users temporarily locked out…