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Lessons from Graduate School for the COVID Pandemic

Data, medicine, and research have all of a sudden become part of every day life, and I have noticed the world is getting tripped up on a few lessons that every PhD student learns in their first few years of graduate school. Here is a cheat sheet to help you

COVID

UV Light and Disinfectants as COVID Treatments?

There was lots of excitement and kerfuffle surrounding the idea of using UV light or disinfectants to treat coronavirus. Here is the science behind how these things kill viruses. UV Light UV light causes permanent damage to genetic material (like DNA and RNA) by changing its chemical structure. If enough