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COVID-19 Vaccinations, How Do We Vaccinate All?
An editorial in The Lancet Infectious Diseases published on May 14th 2021 queries this question. As of May 9th 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused 3,277,272 deaths and disrupted the lives of billions of people. The editorial argues that the...
Understanding Covid testing
International Travelto and from England Understanding Covid-19 Testing including Travel from Green list and Amber list countries. Here at the London General Practice we have been working with government approved laboratories to deliver Covid testing to our patients...
Do You Need to Have the Vaccination If You Have Had COVID-19?
Katelyn Jetelina helps to explain the answer yes in her site, ‘Your Local Epidemiologist’. She says that the vaccines strengthen the immune response to the virus by giving effectively another dose of virus protection. She also indicates that the...
Who Sheds and Thus Transmits SARS-Cov-2 Virus More, Symptomatic Children, Adolescents or Adults?
Who Sheds and Thus Transmits SARS-Cov-2 Virus More, Symptomatic Children,Adolescents or Adults? An interesting study published in the Clinical Infectious Diseases Oxford Academic Journal by Bellon and others 5 May 2021 investigated this subject. The risk of...
What Are the Persistent Neuropsychiatric Symptoms Following COVID-19 Infection?
An interesting preprint published by Badenoch and others in medRxiv posted 4 May evaluated this issue. They searched various databases and used their own curated database including peer reviewed studies reporting neuropsychiatric symptoms at post-acute or later...
Is the Pfizer Vaccine Effective Against the Variants of SARS-Cov-2?
This question appears to have been answered in correspondence in the New England Journal of Medicine May 5 by Abu-Raddad and others. Qatar launched a mass immunisation campaign with the Pfizer vaccine on December 21, 2020. As of March 31, 2020, a...
Does Taking Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Such as Ibuprofen Result in a Poor Outcome If One Has COVID 19?
An article by Thomas Drake and others published in The Lancet Rheumatology May 7, 2021 explores this issue. Early in the pandemic, it was suggested that pre-existing use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, NSAIDs, would lead to an increased disease...
COVID-19 Vaccines, Where Are We and How Can We be Reassured and Confident about Them?
An interesting editorial in The Lancet Haematology published May 2021 explores this issue. COVID-19 vaccines are being rolled out globally, yet the AstraZeneca vaccine still continues to be marred with controversy. This varies from its slow and still...
SARS-CoV-2 Infection, How Should We Detect It, by PCR or Antibody Testing?
An interesting article by Murad and others in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology assessed both methods. Clinical lab testing plays a central role in the management of this ongoing pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. At its most basic level, it is important to...
What About Breastfeeding and Vaccination?
An interesting preprint published by Bertrand and others in medRxiv evaluated this issue dated April 25th 2021. The American College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and the Society for Maternal Fetal medicine have recommended that the mRNA vaccines produced by...
