Category Archives: COVID-19

Infectious opinions

Posted on 14 October 2021 by drtregoning

It’s been a funny old 18 months as world events suddenly came crashing into my corner of science – the immune response to viral infections in the lung. One of the unexpected outcomes of the pandemic was that I wrote … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Microeuoi

Posted on 7 January 2021 by Henry Gee

Somewhere in Neal Stephenson‘s sprawling Baroque Cycle, two men are urinating against a wall — and remark on the simple joy of such an action. Both had undergone lithotomy, an operation to remove painful calculi, in their case, bladder stones. … Continue reading →

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Differetail

Posted on 2 December 2020 by Henry Gee

News has reached Cromer that the Pfizer vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, has been approved for use in the UK. This information followed the news yesterday that Debenhams, a department store founded well over a century ago, … Continue reading →

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Covinfamy

Posted on 28 November 2020 by Henry Gee

Are you frightened of COVID-19? Being frightened is not good enough. If you are one of those legislators who dismiss lock-downs as over-reaction; or a person anxious about the cancellation of Christmas; or one of the seeming large number of … Continue reading →

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Uncertain Times

Posted on 21 July 2020 by Athene Donald

We live currently in a world of great and sometimes terrifying strangeness, where the rules and customs by which we have lived for so long have been turned upside down. Some people may be focussing on whether they need to … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Source of Inequality?

Posted on 27 April 2020 by Athene Donald

It is far too early to know what the long-term social, economic and educational impacts of the current pandemic are. However, some predictions are easier to make than others. One unfortunate but obvious side-effect is the perpetuation and accentuation of … Continue reading →

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Working From Home

Posted on 28 March 2020 by Athene Donald

Hugh Kearns wrote this week Don’t compare your work output this week with other weeks. These are not normal times so don’t expect your normal output. Things will take longer. There are most disruptions and distractions. It’s hard to focus.

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Preliminary lessons from a global pandemic

Posted on 8 March 2020 by Steve Caplan

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) map of COVID-19 infections as of March 8, 2020 1)         All humans on this planet are one species, with a genetically identical composition. The Coronavirus doesn’t distinguish between any of the so-called “races” … Continue reading →

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