An interesting article published in PLOS1 March 15th 2021 by Hoben and others reviewed this question. They analysed CCTV clips to assess people’s behaviour in public spaces. They concluded that compliance with social distancing directives...
An interesting commentary published in The Lancet March 12th by Benedict and Cedernaes discusses this issue. Within an extraordinarily swift timeframe vaccines to control the COVID-19 pandemic have been developed using either an mRNA protein subunit or...
An interesting article published by Dalbeth and Robinson in The Lancet rheumatology March 9th 2021 discusses this issue. There has been a rapid acceleration in the understanding of predictors for poor outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection since first reports of...
An article published by Hopkinson and others in the British Medical Journal Thorax looked at this important issue. They tried to associate current tobacco smoking with the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 and the severity of illness. They looked at the...
An interesting retrospective cohort study by Wilcox and others published in the BMJ Open Respiratory Research Journals suggested that influenza vaccination may offer some protection against COVID-19 severity. The study used routinely collected health records...
The CDC in America has published guidelines for what you can and cannot do when you have been fully vaccinated. Here in the United Kingdom we must abide by the guidelines as set out by the Government and Public Health England. It is, however, interesting to...
