/oss/taxonomy/term/5753/all en /oss/article/covid-19-health-and-nutrition/mens-genitals-meet-coronavirus <p>Maybe we should focus on the penis.</p> <p>I have seen this suggestion proposed by science communicators many times during the pandemic. That the COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective doesn’t seem to matter to some men: they see the illness itself as nothing worse than a bad cold.</p> <p>Maybe we should focus on the penis.</p> Fri, 04 Mar 2022 20:53:54 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 9043 at /oss /oss/article/covid-19-health-and-nutrition/great-covid-19-immunity-test-kit <p>The kit arrives in the mail. You swab the inside of your cheek and mail it back. Two weeks later, the company emails you a report. You are told you have a 2% risk of getting COVID-19 and a 5% chance of passing the virus on to another person. The report claims these risks will never change. You decide that the risk is low enough and return to your pre-pandemic lifestyle.</p> Sat, 23 Oct 2021 08:00:00 +0000 Jonathan Jarry M.Sc. 8907 at /oss