Jun 16, 2023
Link to today’s one hour show below:
At this time, it appears that COVID-19 can spread by droplet, aerosol, fomites (objects) and through intestinal secretions. The incubation period, it seems, may be up to 14 days. Or much longer. People who recover may still be able to spread virus–this is unclear (it depends on their viral load) but adds another problem to…
From the Daily Mail, excerpts follow: The investigation into the death of Dr David Kelly would be re-opened under a Tory government, according to a senior Conservative. Shadow Justice Secretary Dominic Grieve said the public has ‘not been reassured’ that the Whitehall scientist took his own life. Mr Grieve said that, if the Tories take…
According to the Indian Express, we only know details about one case, a 41 year old Brazilian with lymphoma, a serious cancer. https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-health/explained-man-monkeypox-died-kerala-you-must-not-panic-8062774/ “… Outside Africa, there have been only three deaths, not counting the Kerala death. The first monkeypox-related death outside the African continent was reported in Brazil on Friday (July 29). Also on…
From STAT: “NIAID virologist Vincent Munster and his colleagues used a nebulizer — a device that creates an aerosol from liquids — to release samples into the air of both the new coronavirus and the one that caused the SARS outbreak in the early 2000s. They reported detecting viable virus in aerosols for up to three hours….
From STAT, a report of an online meeting between Johns Hopkins infectious disease doctors and doctors from Zhejiang, one of China’s top medical schools, who had responded to the COVID-19 epidemic: …We want to work together with you to help fight Covid-19, Wang told the Americans as the hourlong meeting began. Their first question: If…
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/24december2021 59% of the UK aged 12 and above has already received their third shot. Has it helped? Below is a breakdown for estimated cases that week: London 1 in 20 England 1 in 35 Wales 1 in 45 Northern…