Absolutely 100% wrong on suicides. They haven't increased since the start of the pandemic. Locally, nationally or internationally.
So sorry to hear that sad news. I well remember watching in awe as Arthur stood up to Ian Mann who, shall we say, was more than a bit quick....
True for PCRs not so for LFTs. They only detect active infections.
On LFTs No test is perfect. End of. PCRs give false results as well - although less often Without labouring the point and boring everyone with...
Lateral flow tests don't stop spread either. They give lots of false negatives and provide reassurance that your aren't infected when you are....
Sorry my bad. Rushing and misread. Thought you were saying there's no evidence that vaccines reduce transmission when you were talking about COVID...
There's evidence. You may be looking in the wrong place. Try the Lancet or the new England journal of medicine.
Modelling the weather doesn't change the weather Modelling an infectious disease wave, or inflation in the economy, changes policy and behaviour...
Of course, and I've read a lot from SA. Mild for most can and does mean serious for many. I know you think it shouldn't and I hope it doesn't....
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Hopefully Omicron is a step in the right direction severity wise - and early evidence suggests it might be - it may well be the break we need to...
Even if Omicron creates less serious illness it's increased transmissibility could easily create significant problems. Having said that - this...
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Think I may be missing something - but if you set up a pivot table based on your data. You can add the fields that you want to filter - e.g. Day...
No, there isn't. The Measles part of MMR is very effective; Mumps less so - which is why in normal years you often get Mumps outbreaks during...
*** Made up figures to illustrate the point *** Let's say 100 people have COVID 90 of them are vaccinated. 10% are admitted to hospital. That's...
Played friendly footy with and against Malc Shotton. Great bloke but by 'eck he can tackle. Long time ago but was chatting with David Hirst in...
It's an awful bit of 'research' - it was raised on another thread and several posts explained why it should be ignored. Sorry to keep harping on...
Good old Dr John Campbell is a nurse. He uses Dr because he has a PhD but it isn't in medicine.
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