COVID-19 Reinfection, Microplastics in Seafood, Best-by Dates, Refreezing Food, Urine Color & Hydration

July 23, 2020

[00:02:00] COVID-19 - Can you get it more than once?

Resources:

• CDC: Clinical Questions about COVID-19: Questions and Answers
• Video: Coronavirus Pandemic Update 73: Relapse, Reinfections, & Re-Positives - The Likely Explanation
• Beyond the Spike: identification of viral targets of the antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 patients
• Longitudinal evaluation and decline of antibody responses in SARS-CoV-2 infection
• SARS-CoV-2 infection induces robust, neutralizing antibody responses that are stable for at least three months
• Clinical and immunological assessment of asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infections
• Primary exposure to SARS-CoV-2 protects against reinfection in rhesus macaques
• Hiding in Plain Sight

[00:06:43] Microplastics in seafood - risks, choosing good seafood.

Resources:

• Microplastics in Seafood and the Implications for Human Health
• Microplastics and seafood: lower trophic organisms at highest risk of contamination
• Microplastics in Fish and Shellfish – A Threat to Seafood Safety?

[00:10:47] Wild Planet.

[00:11:27] “Best by”, “use by”, and expiration dates on food - what do they mean?

[00:13:46] Is it ok to refreeze food?

[00:15:10] Urine color and hydration status.

Resources:

• Urine color for assessment of dehydration among college men students in Hebei, China – a cross-sectional study
• The Validity of Urine Color as a Hydration Biomarker within the General Adult Population and Athletes: A Systematic Review
• Urine colour change as an indicator of change in daily water intake: a quantitative analysis