Month: April 2020

Death in the time of Covid – why I have stopped looking at the official figures

‘Will my mum be recorded within the statistics?’ I haven’t been asked that yet.

Covid – difficult moment when the answers are not straightforward

All we can do in the Time of Covid is to do our best and act in good faith.

Covid has made me crepuscular

It’s odd. When I was a kid this was how I used to function; it appears to be happening again. Crepuscular is the behaviour displayed by certain animals who are […]

Delirium

Testing in the time of Covid…

We have closed schools which has reduced transmission; we can’t close care homes.

Effectiveness

Infection then and now, the Great Influenza and Covid… lessons from the past, reflections on the present.

You wouldn’t send someone into the centre of Fukushima wearing a plastic flimsy? Well, the UK has allowed that to happen.

Effectiveness

Marathon and a sprint

The slower we move now, the more people will become ill or die.

Dementia

Do Not Attempt (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) and Advance Care Plans in the time of Covid

Well, if nothing (but everything) has changed, what is the big deal about DNACPR and ACP; what is new?

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