(AP Photo/Themba Hadebe) Demonstrations have broken out in South Africa regarding the proposed vaccine trials being run by the University of Oxford, one of the competitors in the race to bring a COVID19 vaccine to market. The demonstrators Continue reading
Physicians for Informed Consent COVID19 Factsheet CFR 0.26%
Physicians for Informed Consent have issued a COVID19 fact sheet to help make sense of the current situation. In May the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated the Case Fatality Rate of COVID19 to be at 0.26%, not much higher than a busy flu season. The fact sheet includes 25 rock solid references from official sources that support what we have been saying since the beginning. Continue reading
Flu vaccine increases the risk of COVID19 – research
The flu vaccine has become a familiar refrain every year as winter approaches. This year the flu vaccine has already been recommended as a way of helping to protect the NHS from a “second wave” of COVID19. The US government recommends the flu vaccine every year for all age groups and this year will be no exception. The rationale is that those Continue reading
Protecting the Elderly: New York Failed, Florida Got an A
As more information surfaces about how individual states handled the directive to “protect the elderly” some stark and tragic differences are coming to light. The comparison between New York and Florida highlights the cost paid by families and their loved ones. Continue reading
What are we doing to our children?
As children are returning to school throughout the world, many parents are still concerned about COVID19 and reluctant to let them go. Even young children are being asked to conform to social distancing, mask wearing and other mitigation behaviours, when all evidence Continue reading
The Latest UK Figures: Was Lockdown Needed?
The UK released the latest breakdown for COVID19 deaths in hospitals up until June 4th. The figures support what we knew from the beginning, the elderly and the vulnerable were the ones at risk and the ones that needed protection. Continue reading
Contact Tracing: a Bad Idea at the Wrong Time
Contact tracing is now a central part of most government agendas in the monitoring and control of the COVID19 outbreak. It involves widespread tracing, testing and isolation. Is it too late for this strategy and does this level of monitoring and surveillance pose a threat to our privacy? Continue reading
WHO, the Lancet and the French lock horns. Patients lose?
Only half of medical research can be trusted, according to Dr. Richard Horton, Editor in chief, The Lancet, 2015.
On May 26th, the WHO announced it was stopping the solidarity trials into Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) Continue reading
5 Steps to Unlock the UK?
Our comments on the UK Strategy: In April the UK government outlined the following 5 steps needed to unlock the country. As of May 13th, the UK has loosened the lockdown restrictions but many restrictions remain in place. Are the government’s plans realistic or is it simply delaying releasing Continue reading
Prof Gupta, Oxford – COVID on its way out
Unherd spoke to Professor Gupta, Professor of Theoretical Epidemiology at Oxford University and head of the team that challenged the Imperial College’s prediction that triggered the global lockdown. She discusses anti-bodies, Infection Fatality rate, Lockdown, the UK government’s Continue reading
Sweden and Tanzania: resisting lockdown
Sweden has stood out as an alternative example of how to deal with COVID19. Instead of imposing a full lockdown, based on the recommendations and mathematical models of experts in the field, they chose a more voluntary form of social distancing, closing large gatherings and protecting the elderly, but otherwise Continue reading
Pharma monopoly? Medical colonialism? Alive and well
‘I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.’ ~ Jeff Bezos
The WHO announced the world is in the grip of a devastating pandemic, millions of deaths are predicted and in order to stop the spread of SARS-cov-2, the virus that causes COVID19, the world’s economy Continue reading
Ten Reasons to End the Lockdown Now
Dr John Lee, recently retired pathologist and former NHS consultant pathologist, wrote an insightful article about the numbers in order to bring some clarity at a time when media hysteria was at its zenith. We quoted him in our own ongoing analysis of the numbers. In the face of a rising death rate, Continue reading
The Computer Code That Shut Down the World
Professor Ferguson co-founded the MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis at Imperial College London. The centre was responsible for the COVID19 computer modelling that warned of 500,000 deaths in the UK Continue reading
UK Govt: We are guided by the science. What science?
The UK has been under lockdown / house arrest for six long weeks, the economy has been put on hold, income has vanished, parents are now teachers and people isolated from their friends and families. By and large the Brits, encouraged by Johnson’s evocation of the war-time “your country needs you”, Continue reading
Is a Vaccine the answer to COVID19?
It is now a fundamental assumption amongst governments and health experts world wide that a new vaccine for COVID-19 is the only solution to the current pandemic crisis. Billions of dollars, backed by taxpayers money and through philanthropic donations are being channelled to pharmaceutical companies to fast track a new vaccine to the market Continue reading
UK update: Watching the language of COVID
As the country decides how to unlock, the government is discussing possible strategies of ongoing social isolation, the social bubble, lockdown scenarios, and possible quarantine with forced removals from homes or care homes. An article in The Guardian, on April 30th quoted, “Social bubbles’ of small groups could be Continue reading
The Limited Capacity of Ventilator Use in treating COVID19
The world has a shortage of ventilators. Most countries, even in the USA and Europe have been speaking about the lack of ventilators needed to treat the sickest of patients with COVID19. In the USA, General Motors Continue reading