Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité, Rationalité: Covid Control French Style
In the face of a fourth Covid wave, the President of France — a country as tied to the values of personal liberty and freedom as any in the world — made a gutsy move by mandating vaccines for all adults in …
Will COVID-19 Improve Long Term Care?
While much of the world is reopening and life for those vaccinated has returned to a new normal, many nursing home residents are still living under lockdown after lockdown. A single COVID-19 case in a nursing home can trigger a two-week lockdown …
A Pivot Point For Global Leadership On Covid-19
The Biden Administration’s announcement yesterday of its plan to vaccinate the world is an act in keeping with our country’s noblest traditions. No country is better placed to lead an all out attack on Covid-19, a grand global strategy that relies on …
Can We End the Pandemic?
The emergence of dangerous new coronavirus variants is threatening the progress that we have made with the help of COVID-19 vaccines. It is now clear that our pharmaceutical research efforts and public-health interventions will need to be redoubled – and without any …
United Kingdom Data Show Population Based Rapid Antigen Tests Are A Potent Covid Control Tool
Of the many different strategies countries are adopting to combat Covid-19, an increasing number include rapid antigen testing. Austria recently committed to the purchase of rapid tests, while in Canada a program was launched that aims to distribute rapid tests for workplace …
Making The Best Of A Tough Situation: How To Respond To The CDC’s New Mask Guidance
The confusion caused by the Centers for Disease Control when it issued new masking guidance for those vaccinated has already been well debated. The CDC claims that vaccinated people can remove their masks indoors and out, since they pose little risk of …
mRNA Vaccine Booster Shots Likely Required Within Six Months To Protect Against Covid-19 Variants
The majority of new infections in the US, Europe, and most other countries are now driven by variants. Until recently, the B.1.1.7 variant was the most dominant strain in the UK and throughout Europe and is prevalent in the United States as …
New Antiviral Drug Cocktail Could Help India Control Brutal Covid-19 Surge
As a brutal second wave of Covid-19 infections rages on in India, more and more states are reporting critical shortages of ventilators and vaccines. The relative scarcity of these provisions means they’ll be difficult to wrangle in time to staunch further suffering …
Written From The Frontlines Of The Pandemic, Rachel Clarke’s Memoir ‘Breathtaking’ Is A Must Read
Breathtaking: Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic by Rachel Clarke ISBN-13: 978-1408713785 Little, Brown and Company Weeks before the first wave of Covid-19 overwhelmed Britain last spring, palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke came down with symptoms that, any other year, …