An interesting article published by Chen and others looked at the epidemiological and clinical findings of short term recurrence of SARS-CoV-2 by PCR positivity in 1282 discharged cases. They found that of 1282 discharged patients, 189, that is 14.74%, tested...
Professor Justin Stebbing looks at this issue in his daily update report and discusses the fact that COVID-19 was detected in nearly 200 mink farms in Denmark. The strain which the minks had showed decreased sensitivity to COVID-19 antibodies. He...
Boris Johnson indicated in his prime ministerial news conference on Saturday that within a very few days, there was going to be a mass testing of the whole population. This is clearly a major undertaking but let’s look and see whether it is being done in any...
This editorial in The Lancet published November 5 looks at this vexing issue. The editorial suggests that the UK Government’s consideration of young people in its COVID-19 response has been inadequate and some eight months into the pandemic it argues that it is...
Does wearing a facemask cause a decline in oxygen saturation in adults over 65? An article published by Chan, Lee and Hirsch in the Journal of the American Medical Association, October 30, 2020 looked at this vaccine question. Participants self-measured peripheral...
An interesting preprint on Medrxiv looked at this vexing question. Harvey and others look at the longitudinal monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 RNA on high touch surfaces in a community setting. They conducted longitudinal swab sampling of high touch non-porous...
