Vaccine safety update
EMA https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56665150 possibility of very rare cases of blood clots combined with low levels of blood platelets occurring within two…
England, Step two opening
Monday 12th April, England All shops can reopen Hairdressers, beauty salons, other close-contact services can open Restaurants and pubs, food…
US pause Janssen vaccine
Joint CDC and FDA Statement on Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2021/s0413-JJ-vaccine.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/04/13/johnson-and-johnson-vaccine-blood-clots/ Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis, together with low…
Aspirate to vaccinate!
Do we need to change vaccination protocols? Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/109/7/2832/125650/Adenovirus-induced-thrombocytopenia-the-role-of Thrombocytopenia…
Risk from India double mutation
UK and India https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-56800305 PM cancels India trip Cases, + 200,000 for past 4 days Deaths, + 1,620 Delhi lockdown…
High death numbers in India
US https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_dailytrendscases Cases, + 46,032 = 31,484,148 Deaths, + 255 (+ 4,881 – 7 days) = 566,292 Vaccinations At least…
Unnecessary deaths in India
England, 95% of over 50s have had first dose https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56849874 45-49 at 59% so far Care home staff, 80% Proportion…
Vitamin D deficiency in India
Vitamin D deficiency in India https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6060930/ Prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency ranged from 40% to 99% Most of the studies…