“COVID-19. Here’s Why You Can’t Trust Any of the Statistics on the Number of Victims.” Thanks to Piers Corbyn for pointing this article. Dr. Malcolm Kendrick is a MD GP in the NHS and authored the book ‘Doctoring Data – How to Sort Out Medical Advice from Medical Nonsense” Excerpts:As an NHS doctor, I’ve seen… Read More »
The ‘economic cost’ of lockdowns in developing nations ‘outweighs’ health benefit.Great interview by Bjorn Lomborg to Sky.au The “significant cost” of the hard-line closure of world economies may do more overall damage than good. “We have good studies from the US that actually indicate a moderate sustained reduction in social interaction probably makes sense in… Read More »
Why do some COVID-19 patients infect many others, whereas most don’t spread the virus at all? Kai Kupferschmidt, May 19https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/why-do-some-covid-19-patients-infect-many-others-whereas-most-don-t-spread-virus-all Some takeaways:Researchers in China … identified 318 clusters of three or more cases between 4 January and 11 February, only one of which originated outdoors. A study in Japan found that the risk of infection… Read More »
The author of the Oxford model defends her view that the virus has passed through the UK’s population. “I think that the epidemic has largely come and is on its way out in this country so I think it [Infection Fatality Rate] would be definitely less than 1 in 1000 and probably closer to 1… Read More »
Freddie Sayers, of UnHerd.com, interviews Professor Karol Sikora, the Founding Dean and Professor of Medicine at the University of Buckingham Medical School and an ex-director of the WHO Cancer Programme. Professor Karol Sikora has become something of a celebrity in the UK over the past months for his expert commentary on the pandemic. We had… Read More »
Beyond the models and curve flattening. Great stuff from The Economist, once again. 01:45 – Pascal Soriot, Astra Zenec´s CEO interviewed. He mentions 3 major approaches to fight the pandemia: The virus itself and how it acts. They are working on a monocle antibody. Our immune system’s response. This seems to be what kills people… Read More »
“Show me the incentive and I’ll show you the outcome”Charlie Munger, sócio de Warren Buffett e vice chairman da Berkshire Hathaway, Os hospitais americanos estão provavelmente a reportar mais casos de mortes por covid-19 do que o que seria normal.Não por teorias de conspiração. Mas por simples incentivo económico enviezado, provocado pelas políticas públicas.Sabemos que… Read More »
Uma brilhante crónica de Tiago Tribolet de Abreu, no Observador, sobre a catástrofe que não veio, e a calamidade bem real causada pelos preparativos para aquela. Cito: “No meu hospital, público, mantêm-se encerradas as consultas e exames e continuamos com enfermarias e UCIs vazias ou quase, à espera de uma enchente de doentes com Covid… Read More »
Sei pouco de imunologia, mas isto faz sentido, embora esteja a causar polémica. Dr. Dan Erikson, chefe da clínica Accelerated Urgent Care, em Bakersfield, California, onde se testaram mais de 5.000 doentes de covid-19, apresenta uma perspectiva muito distinta da oficial.Diz que a protecção de máscaras não resolve o problema. Muitas mortes atribuídas ao covid-19… Read More »
Covid-19 e Confinamentos – há 2 visões em confronto. Uma recente troca de comentários entre amigos, levou-me a tentar colocar esta questão nos termos que me parecem mais claros.Acho que a questão principal está no confronto entre duas visões distintas. Elas foram bem expressas recentemente, por reputados cientistas portugueses destas áreas – epidemiologia e virologia.… Read More »