Public health: Wow
The pandemic of really bad analogies may never end – Even a brain injured idiot like me can figure out why this is nonsense: The primary function of Twitter is…
Public Health: US Sec of HHS says vaccines only good for 2 months of protection?
Secretary Xavier Becerra on Twitter: “An updated COVID vaccine can help protect you from the worst outcomes of COVID. If it’s been over 2 months since your last dose, make…
Demographics, Labor, Health: UK NHS should consider using robots to address labor shortage
Health Secretary says the risk of introducing technology needs to be judged against the impact staff shortages have on the service Source: NHS should consider robots to plug staffing gaps,…
Public health: Omicron boosters aren’t very effective against mild illness
The vaccines did not live up to their sales pitch claims: Source: Covid: Omicron boosters aren’t very effective against mild illness I’m so old, I remember when vaccines meant we…
Public health follow up: Feigl-Ding’s Mother of God fear mongering Covid variants
Prediction: Actual: The blue line is Feigl-Ding’s prediction for Covid cases. The black line is what has actually happened combing all the variants. Full discussion –> Prof. Michael S Fuhrer…
Public health: Up to 1 in 3 Paxlovid treated Covid patients had rebound symptoms
In total, 33 per cent of Paxlovid users and 16 per cent of non-users experienced either a symptom bounce back or positive test after recovering from virus. President Biden, Dr.…
Public health: We must mandate mask wearing forever, no exceptions
This is the only way forward. You must wear a 100% effective mask, 24 x 7, including at home, for eternity. It is the only way to stop viruses. You…
Public health, Follow up: Yet another superspreader event that didn’t
FanX, a “comic con” like fan event, had up to 125,000 attendees over 3 days at the Salt Palace convention center in Salt Lake City, UT – Sep 22-24, 2022.…
Public health: 60% of world’s population had had Covid by September 2021
Stated another way, our NPI mitigations did nothing: About 3 out of every 5 human beings carried antibodies against COVID-19 in their bloodstream as of September 2021, according to a…
Public health: WHO reports 90% drop in global COVID-19 deaths since February
The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that there has been a 90% drop in global COVID-19 deaths since February, which he called a “cause for optimism” but…