Coronaviruses like Covid 19 seem to evolve more slowly, it’s quite a sluggish virus compared with the influenza virus which can mutate much more frequently. This is why we have to tweak the seasonal influenza virus vaccine every year to cover the new variants and mutations. On the other hand the measles vaccine has beenContinue reading “March 15 2021”
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March 14 2021
A bit short on statistical data today, but it is often the case on a Sunday. The number of tests done on the 11 March was 1,514,145. Today the number testing positive was 4,618. And the rate 58.7 per 100k of the population. The number of deaths recorded was only 52. This is a 31.4%Continue reading “March 14 2021”
March 21 2021
“ Nobody is safe until we are all safe “. It is partial immunity that will drive mutations. There are large swathes of our global population that remain un-immunised. These could act as a reservoir where mutations can emerge and therefore cause previously immunised communities to become reinfected with a resistant mutation. We are seeingContinue reading “March 21 2021”
March 12 2021
The mass testing of school children has led to a doubling of the number of tests done each day. 1.61 million tests were done in the last 24 hours. The number found positive is 6,609 which still is a drop of 7.3% and the rate is now only 59.4 /100k. The actual number being foundContinue reading “March 12 2021”
March 11 2021
Dr Melissa Heightman is a member of NHS England’s Long Covid task force. She commented to confirm some new evidence emerging that patients who are hospitalised with covid 19 and then recovered are more likely to avoid any of the Long Covid after effects. It seems up to 1/5th or 20% of patients may developContinue reading “March 11 2021”
March 10 2021
Last night I had temporarily forgotten that we were about to start tests on school children en mass for Covid. It was not therefore surprising the figure for the tests done were several hundred thousand more than usual. My thanks to one of you for pointing that out. So today 1.37 million tests have beenContinue reading “March 10 2021”
March 9 2021
As people are now beginning to have their second Covid 19 immunisations, scientists have reminded us not to have a second dose of the same vaccine if you had a significant immediate reaction to the first one. If you had the typical reaction of fatigue, shivers, sore arm and muscle aches coming 12 hours orContinue reading “March 9 2021”
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