Public Health crashed into a political brick wall and severed its spinal column in 2020. A few brave paladins have risen from the ashes. This includes some extraordinary individuals but also some critically important media outlets swimming against the mainstream narrative which is drowning us all in shallow currents of misinformation. The Spectator was established … More Basic Public Health Principles
Copy-paste from The New Statesman. The hyper-polarisation of discussions about how to handle the coronavirus pandemic risks stifling nuance and undermining scientific inquiry. By Laurie Clarke. On one side of the Covid-19 debate are the anti-maskers, self-styled freedom fighters versed in the ideals of free market libertarianism and the defence of personal liberties. On the other, are … More Why scientists fear the “toxic” Covid-19 debate
This lovely interview with Sucharit Bhakdi, a Thai-American immunologist / microbiologist of strong repute in Germany. Yet another inspiration speaking out. Tea With a Scientist: Sucharit Bhakdi
Addit: 2 November. Since sharing this blog yesterday, the following has happened, which reveals the apolitical nature of the man that he could make such an error of judgement, and his character that he can openly apologise. The level of vitriol being hurled at him in response has been disturbing. Listening to Scott Atlas speak, … More Proud to be an Outlier
She must have nerves of steel. I stand firmly with her. Professor Sunetra Gupta interview with Nick Hudson of PANDA ~ Pandemics Data and Analysis is at YouTube Tea With a Scientist, 55 minutes of intelligence and heart. A direct copy-paste from The Daily Mail, 30 October 2020 Professor Sunetra Gupta is an infectious disease … More Public Health, Broken Heart
In 2020 Care Homes have been turned into places of punishment and despair. The elderly deserve to see their families and loved ones. This can be done by listening to the experts who are calling for protection of the vulnerable. Instead fragile lives are ending early as people give up, stop eating, and die of … More The Care Home Travesty
At no time in years of public health training and experience did I ever hear of using “lockdown” as a strategy to control an epidemic. In 2003 just after the SARS epidemic, I remember being fascinated by an article about China. A local mayor announced he was going to lockdown his city a few days … More Horror and Hysteria
Seeing The Trumpites packed in, mostly unmasked, against the Bidenites strictly social distancing with chalk circles marking their carefully spaced chairs and masked up in a beautiful green park, feels like a really bad science fiction movie. Yinon Weiss is an American bioengineer who created some charts connecting the timeline of mask mandates against case … More Masks and Politics
She resides at Balfarg Care Home in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland. Her condition in the most recent video, compared to a month prior, has clearly deteriorated. Tonight I tried to call her at +44 333 999 8419. Their phones are so busy that I was diverted to a central call centre where a lovely woman wrote … More Her Name is Mary Fowler
How is this normal or acceptable? Hi ya folks. I just want to say. It’s just been like a prison in here. We’re shut down. We can’t see our family. And I think when you’re my age, you deserve to see your family. And so what you want is a lot of happy faces, round … More Stop the Nonsense
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