/oss/taxonomy/term/2985/all en /oss/article/covid-19/do-bad-viruses-always-become-good-guys-end <p>In our social media age, talk of virulence has gone viral, with most of us atwitter about the course the new coronavirus is taking. As novel variants move up the ladder of concern, we are left asking the same questions: is this one more transmissible? is it more dangerous to us? will our vaccines stop it?</p> Sat, 18 Dec 2021 09:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8951 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-critical-thinking-health/exaggerated-villainy-epstein-barr-virus <p>What causes a disease? We saw this important medical question get raised during the pandemic. Some people refused to accept that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was causing COVID-19 because<a href="/oss/article/covid-19-pseudoscience/psychiatrist-who-calmly-denies-reality"> </a><a href="/oss/article/covid-19-pseudoscience/psychiatrist-who-calmly-denies-reality">it failed to meet antiquated criteria for proving a microorganism causes an infectious disease</a>.</p> Fri, 16 Jul 2021 21:50:32 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8786 at /oss /oss/article/you-asked/should-we-be-anti-all-anti-microbial-products <p>We received a question about antibacterial soaps, namely why should or shouldn’t we be using them? And if we’re supposed to avoid antibacterial soap, why is Purell, an antimicrobial agent, allowed?</p> Thu, 08 Feb 2018 15:29:04 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 6919 at /oss