Pandemic Effects on RA, SLE and FH Pts; Working Toward the Common Good and Other Stories

By Marie Rosenthal, MS

This week’s curated roundup has a diverse group of stories, but we think they are all pretty interesting. Early in the pandemic, many people asked what was the harm in trying hydroxychloroquine. A new study showed that it hurt an unintended group of folks. People who really needed the product could not get it, and it affected their chronic conditions. The California variant of SARS-CoV-2 appears to be very transmissible, but so far, vaccination is highly effective