Pathogens and Humanity – what next?
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For centuries humans have experienced a shortening of their life’s potential due to infection and trauma – in most cases the end being brutal…
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Division and Distrust
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The year ahead is of course simply a continuation of the prior year, nothing magical occurs on the 1st day of January that creates…
The Pandemic Is in Many Ways A Story of Magical Thinking
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Sars-Cov-2 hit at an inauspicious geo-political and geo-environmental moment. An era of rising nationalism and populism made it frustratingly difficult to mount a collaborative…
Is a post COVID-19 Re-Set something we can progress?
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It may be helpful to view the last 12 months from a broad historical perspective for us to see the way forward from this…
More Evidence to Support Vit D as an Anti Viral Compound
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Last year I wrote a number of posts relating to mechanisms related to mucosal immune defences, in particular the innate immune defences and how…
H1N1 – Questions About Profit Incentive
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Swine flu has killed 12 799 people worldwide since it first emerged in Mexico in March 2009, the World Health Organisation said on the…
Pain Killers Adversely Inhibit Vaccination Benefits
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The questions concerning the benefits Vs risks of vaccination in light of the recent global approach to H1N1 (novel influenza) vaccine recommendations has thrown…
Gastric Complications For Patients with H1N1 (Swine Flu)
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The incidence of gastric events in normal seasonal flu is very low, almost never. The H1N1 swine Flu virus has differentiated itself from the…
One Jab Appears to be Effective for H1N1 – Says Preliminary Report
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Leaving aside the questions concerning the validity of receiving the new H1N1(2009) vaccine in terms of need, and whether there may be as yet…
Do Flu Vaccines Provide Real Protection?
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Each year the respective medical authorities in the western world recommend the influenza vaccine and who should receive it. Since 1999 the age groups…