Covid-19 Diary : Thursday 29 April, 2021
This is a surprising and special diary entry today. It is sort of special, because it is the 200th article we’ve published on the topic of the Covid virus. It is surprising, because, much …
This is a surprising and special diary entry today. It is sort of special, because it is the 200th article we’ve published on the topic of the Covid virus. It is surprising, because, much …
In very good news, after several days of falling new cases in the US, Sunday saw the lowest number of new cases reported since mid September (34,746). A similar feat occurred in the UK with …
The lovely Johnson & Johnson vaccine remains “paused” in the US, it now being over a week since the FDA and CDC jointly “recommended” not to use it due to concerns over blood clotting. …
You may have heard of how a stunning 47 passengers on an A321 flight from India to Hong Kong all tested positive for Covid, 12 days into their Hong Kong quarantine. They had to …
The US passed through another “milestone” on Monday, when we broke through 32 million people who have now officially been recorded as having had the virus. The real number is of course much higher, …
If you are infected by the coronavirus, you have about a 1.8% chance of dying, and a 20% chance of getting a severe infection that will impact on your quality of life for years …
Out of “An Abundance of Caution”, the FDA and CDC Increases Our Risk of Dying from Covid Read More »
The presence and growing availability of vaccines, at least here in the US, have blinded a lot of people to how the virus remains a problem. Plenty of Americans are still getting infected, every …
Today saw the largest number of new Covid cases reported in the US since 26 February. After enjoying three days in a row of dropping case numbers, we’ve now had three days in a …
Aaagh. My computer crashed just as I was about to send out today’s diary entry, and the Microsoft Expression Web software I use does not auto-back up my work. Of course, Murphy’s Law dictates …
The temptation to fill this with April Fool’s Day jokes is almost overwhelming, although – at least in New Zealand, where I grew up – the convention is that you only conduct such jokes …