When can you stop wearing face masks?
Masks and social distancing will need to continue into the foreseeable future – face masks are now the new social normal.
Medicine
COVID-19 Misinformation
There is a great deal of COVID-19 misinformation in circulation. To work out what is accurate and true, stick with the scientific experts.
More anti Vaccine quackery via Republicans
Discredited vaccine critic invited to testify before Congress about vaccines. This is not fact finding, it is pandering to a fantasy.
COVID-19 Vaccine approved for widespread use in UK
With the announcement of the availability of the COVID-19 vaccine in the UK, I’ve written up a few quick notes on it.
Study into COVID-19 Deaths in the US
Excess mortality gives a more complete picture of the death toll of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than official daily estimates. A research letter published in JAMA estimates that between March and July 2020, there were 225,530 excess deaths in the US. If the trend continues, the US could see more than 400,000 excess deaths by the end of 2020.
Nobel Prize 2020 – Physiology or Medicine
2020 Nobel Medicine Prize is awarded to three scientists who have made a decisive contribution to the fight against blood-borne hepatitis.