How to Manage a Pandemic and How Not To

Professor Harvey Risch, Professor of Epidemiology at Yale University’s School of Public Health gives this two minute lesson in Infectious Disease Epidemiology 101. What he doesn’t say, because his point is made so succinctly, is that the chart he shares is the “case fatality rate”, which means the number of people who died of the … More How to Manage a Pandemic and How Not To

Science vs Science Fiction in an Upside Down World

A cardiac surgeon in NZ has claimed the parents wishing to have Covid-unvaccinated blood for their baby who needs to receive donor blood during heart surgery, “believe in science fiction“. It is starting to look as though science and science fiction have flipped on their heads. This form was recently removed from the NZ Blood … More Science vs Science Fiction in an Upside Down World

Is Your Doctor Trained in Matters of Vaccines?

Years ago I trained health workers who wanted to become certified vaccine providers. It was impossible to attract doctors to the course, despite being available to them. They seemed to think there was no need as they already had prescribing rights. Yet they regularly wrote incorrect prescriptions – the wrong vaccine, wrong dose, wrong administration … More Is Your Doctor Trained in Matters of Vaccines?