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The Coronavirus Indian Variant
BBC news explored this virus. What is the Indian Coronavirus Variant? Viruses mutate all the time and produce different versions or variants of themselves. Most of these mutations are insignificant and some make the viruses even less dangerous, but others can...
Does Video Conferencing Cause Fatigue and Who is Affected More and Why?
An interesting article published by Fauville and others from Stanford University looked at this intriguing question. There is little data on “Zoom fatigue”, the exhaustion that follows video conferencing mechanisms. The researchers tested associations...
Early effect of administration of the Pfizer MRA vaccine in long term care facilities in Catalonia, Spain.
Swift coverage with COVID-19 mRNA vaccination has been shown to rapidly control SARS-CoV-2 transmission in long term care facilities. An interesting preprint published by Salazar and others in MedRxiv reviewed the early effect of administration of the...
Blood Clot Risks & The Contraceptive Pill
Blood Clots & The Contraceptive Pill Marie Claire April 2021Dr Paul Ettlinger of The London General Practice speaks with Marie Claire about blood clots, the contraceptive pill and the associated risks of DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis). View Marie Claire article...
What is the Best Method of SARS-CoV-2 PCR Testing?
A study published by Tsang and others in The Lancet April 12th 2021 looked carefully into this important issue. They argued that the comparative performance of different clinical sampling methods for the diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection by PCR among populations...
Blood Clot Risks – OK! Magazine April 2021
BLOOD CLOT RISKS OK! MAGAZINE APRIL 2021Dr Paul Ettlinger of The London General Practice speaks with Sandra Walsh at OK! Magazine about blood clots, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and whether we should be concerned about blood clot risk and Covid-19 Vaccination. ...
Is There Evidence that the Vaccination Programme is Effective?
A preprint published in MedRxiv by Andrejko and others evaluated the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination under real world conditions of use. They found that fully immunised individuals either with Pfizer or Moderna vaccination experienced 86% protection...
Could There Have Been an Ancient Viral Epidemic More Than 20,000 Years Ago in East Asia which Involved Host Coronavirus Interacting Genes?
An interesting preprint in BioRxiv by Souilmi and others investigated this interesting thought. The current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has emphasised the vulnerability of human populations to novel viral pressures, despite the vast array of epidemiological and...
Is It Better to be Vaccinated Quickly or Await a Vaccination With a Higher Efficacy?
An interesting preprint by Kim and others looked at this subject. Recent mutations in SARS-CoV-2 have raised concerns about diminishing vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 caused by particular variants. Even with a high initial efficacy, if a...
Does Having Had COVID-19 Infection and Being Antibody Positive Protect From Future SARS-CoV-2 Infection?
A large, multi-centre prospective cohort study the SIREN study was published in The Lancet on April 9th 2021 by Hall and others. The study aimed to investigate whether antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 were associated with a decreased risk of symptomatic and asymptomatic...
