At last mainstream media are starting to question events of the past year. Hopefully this is a sign that normalcy will begin to return and our lunatocracies revert to democracies again before it is too late. Coronavirus lockdown lunacy is frying our minds: Adam Creighton in The Australian reported ten days ago on this study … More Cracking the Lunacy
Dr John Lee has been a Professor of Pathology and NHS Consultant Pathologist for over 20 years, and a university teacher for over 30 years. He is now the spokesman on Pathology for HART (Health Advisory and Recovery Team). This is a new, independent UK public health organisation trying to offer some balance to the … More The Vast Wall of Fear
Do we need to fear different variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus? One of the most basic concepts students of Virology learn is that virus mutation is an evolutionary process which affects a virus’ chances of survival. Lethal viruses render their hosts too unwell for human contact, limiting the virus’ ability for ongoing transmission. Milder viruses, … More Vanquishing Variants
The New York Times describe Scott Atlas as having “unorthodox” ideas, and “pushing a suite of disputed policy prescriptions” in this article https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/us/politics/trump-scott-atlas-coronavirus.html#click=https://t.co/0jLWPfUQ7g. Yet for anyone who has read a little bit of public health and heard Atlas speak, this seems to be very far from the truth. Atlas recommends an evidence based public health … More Turning Tides
Florence Nightingale invented the coxcomb during her time nursing soldiers in the Crimea in the 1850s. This pie chart demonstrated that more soldiers were dying from contagion (mainly cholera and typhus) than battle injury. It helped her convince authorities of the need for infection control practices. Another English influencer who used mathematical diagrams to explain … More Coxcombs and Bell Curves
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