RECOVERY trial closes recruitment to convalescent plasma treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19 15 January 2021 https://www.recoverytrial.net/news/statement-from-the-recovery-trial-chief-investigators-15-january-2021-recovery-trial-closes-recruitment-to-convalescent-plasma-treatment-for-patients-hospitalised-with-covid-19 RECOVERY trial is being conducted by the registered clinical trials units with the Nuffield Department of Population Health…
Israel special report
Special report from Dr. Harvey Belik. Thank you for this fascinating insight into the pandemic and vaccination programme in Israel.
Post infection immunity, good news
Journal of Infection https://www.journalofinfection.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0163-4453%2820%2930781-7 Pre-proof, accepted manuscript Main points Whether SARS-CoV-2 infection confers immunity to reinfection is uncertain The ‘second wave’ of transmission offered an opportunity to examine this We observed no symptomatic reinfections in…
MedCram discussions
Thanks to the team at Medcram for this video collaboration. Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https://www.medcram.com He is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine…
Vaccinations slow, new variant fast
Vaccine tracker https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/ United States Cases, + 277,897 = 20,171,916 Up 7.5% in past 7 days Hospitalisations, 123,614 (23,133) (7,910) Deaths, 341,746 CDC trends https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases Official US hospitalizations https://gis.cdc.gov/grasp/COVIDNet/COVID19_3.html https://covidtracking.com Sequenced 51,000 viruses SA, B1.3.5.1.…
Report from Oregon
Special report from Karli who is an RN in Oregon. Karli promotes local ecology, check out her site, https://www.instagram.com/beetles_and_bees/
Cases rise, new variant in US
UK. Cases, + 50,023 = 2,432,888 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-52530518 https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/details/cases Hospitalised, + 2,430 = 23,771 (ventilated, 1,847) Previous peak, 12 April = 21,683 Injections versus infections Vaccinated, 616,933 Deaths, + 981 = 72,548 Deaths, + 3,270 =…
Oxford Vaccine Approved
In the next few months, UK Cases, + 53,135 Deaths, + 414 ChAdOx1 Three weeks for good level of immunity After this people were not hospitalised One dose can prevent serious disease Day 22 to…