It's damn scary for people who teach, clean, or serve food in Universities - and their vulnerable relatives. (I don't think "proper isolation" really exists, and it definitely doesn't when … (View Post)

Retired pathologist, no expertise in public health. Arguing for the same policy since March, but changing his arguments as the previous ones get demolished by the facts, without acknowledging that he… (View Post)

Written by a GP who does not understand clinical trials. Contains errors of facts as well as errors of interpretation. Ignore. --AS (View Post)

This cannot be correct. I believe it is quite common to be unable to grow a culture from a patient who has an infection (it happened to me for a bacterial infection). Sometimes the culture just won't… (View Post)

Funnily enough, no! (I'm taking "at" to mean "the instant before".) It depends what the average takes into account -- an omniscient being would know that death was about to happen… (View Post)