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  1. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Inexpensive really does appear to be true: Pulmicort 100 Turbohaler (AstraZeneca UK Ltd)...
  2. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I agree they are unreliable but not sure how many are false positive rather than false negative? Someone I know, husband and son positive and suffering. She then had an uncertain result, repeat test was negative, she is now suffering Covid-19. (Very unpleasant but seems to be surviving.)
  3. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Oxford keep talking about Isis. Very dodgy. They should bring one from Cam out. Mind, use a Pozidriv screw and you all too often get cam out.
  4. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Three. Asthma drug may reduce risk of severe Covid if taken early – study Inhaled budesonide could become first treatment in early stages of infection if study confirmed https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/10/asthma-drug-budesonide-may-reduce-risk-severe-covid-if-taken-early-study And...
  5. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Number of antibodies is not necessarily a good measure. Might be the best we've got at this stage but that makes it even more difficult to make the optimum choices.
  6. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    That includes this statement: Spacing out the two doses, as is happening in the UK, makes the vaccine more effective, it advises. But does not justify and explain fully.
  7. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Anyone keeping up with the other side of the water? At least at the headline level. Day 2 of Trump's second impeachment trial is underway https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-impeachment-trial-02-10-2021/index.html Prosecutors in Georgia open criminal investigation...
  8. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    A bit meaningless as a world table when it doesn't include China, Russia, USA, ... I know it declares its limits.
  9. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    WHO backs Oxford/AZ vaccine including in over-65s and against new variants https://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/clinical-areas/immunology-and-vaccines/who-backs-oxford-az-vaccine-including-in-over-65s-and-against-new-variants/
  10. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    This obviously means the government will launch another Eat Out scheme in the next few weeks... EAT OUT TO HELP OUT HAD ‘LIMITED EFFECT’ ON BUSINESS AND JOBS People eating out rose 5-6% during August, but effect was short-lived The government’s “Eat Out to Help Out” (EOTHO) scheme had a...
  11. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Food - with "room service" even if that is just leaving a tray outside the room. Extra hotel cleaning. Enhanced security. Possibly not allowed to charge for broadband (not sure whether they usually do so). And is that per person? Or per room? Agreed - I wouldn't be very happy being charged that...
  12. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I find the whole issue of a sixth (even, reportedly, sometimes a seventh) dose perplexing. Yes, you need a tiny bit more than the nominal content to allow minor variations in draw-up, but am surprised it is quite so much.
  13. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Just how special has the non-NHS healthcare sector of the UK been?
  14. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    First Peppa cartoon I have ever seen. They are rather like double-barrelled male bits - especially the ones with hair...
  15. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    :-) Need a lift to get your Covid-19 jab? I'll tuk tuk care of it! Travel company is using its fleet of vehicles to help elderly get to vaccination centres Tourist transport company Tuk Tuk Time is using its fleet of vehicles to help the elderly get jabs Pensioners are transported to...
  16. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Afraid you didn't find it... :(
  17. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    Does Sekt or Cava or Champagne have the same effect? Pink or white? Or even red! I think we should be told.
  18. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I don't think that is the way it should be read. More a case of the lymphocyte levels only rise to half the level otherwise expected.
  19. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    I came across this at the beginning of January: People who receive the Covid-19 vaccine should abstain from drinking before and after having the jab, an expert in immunology has advised. This is because drinking booze can alter the way the immune system works. As part of a new BBC documentary...
  20. oyster

    Brexit, for once some facts.

    If we knew, in detail, why these viruses end up being effectively seasonal, we might be able to use that knowledge to reduce their impact. I noticed in a news clip some hotel had what looked like UV light-based anti-Covid/anti-virus devices in its halls. Do they work? Are there other approaches...