Facemasks, Should they be Washed after every use and How Often? Facemasks have become a necessity in the midst of this COVID-19 pandemic. It is now illegal to be on public transport, be in a taxi, be in an Uber or be in a public place without wearing a...
COVID-19 A Global Perspective The Gates Foundation gives us a perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic. This is in both human terms, country terms, worldwide terms and economic terms. COVID-19 has killed more than 850,000 people. It has plunged the world...
Testing for SARS-CoV-2, What is New COVID Nudge Our friends at Imperial describe their novel, lab free, point of care test for SARS-CoV-2 known as COVID nudge in The Lancet September 17. This was based on work done by Gibani and Toumazou. Between...
COVID-19, Can it be Cured? An interesting editorial in The Lancet Infectious Diseases published September 10, 2020 reflects on this question and helps to provide answers. As the COVID-19 pandemic moves into its tenth month, there is a greater patient survival which...
COVID-19 and Influenza, Will there be a Double Epidemic? A news article in The Lancet reviewed this double whammy. Vijay Balakrishnan reviewed and considered the evidence for this. As I discussed last week, the WHO reported that the worldwide circulation of...
When did SARS-CoV-2 become established in Europe and North America? An interesting study by Worobey and others published in Science 10 September 2020 looks at the emergence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in both Europe and North America. They conclude that rapid early...
