July 2020
5 entries
Corona Diaries
How much have I learned?
The other day I asked a handful of individuals, all non-medical, about their worries. What troubled them most? “The late effects,” one replied. “What about those?” “Which ones?” I queried.…
Corona Diaries
How safe is air conditioning?
When all this started, I remember being told that Covid-19 could only be transmitted by direct contact with a sufferer, or from a fomite , or from large droplets that…
Corona Diaries
Threat to the nervous system
I should have thought harder when I noticed patients’ symptoms were changing. I overlooked that the nature of the scientific literature was shifting at the same time. At the start,…
Corona Diaries
Mischief for the future
When Covid-19 first appeared, all the discussion was respiratory. The chances were, if you caught the bug, you might make it through in one piece. If you were old or…
Corona Diaries
The forgotten sector
When I feel it is time to have a snapshot view of my country, I make a beeline for the Office for National Statistics (ONS) and its coronavirus (COVID-19) roundup…