COMMENT
— Far too many COVID patients are still not seeking medical care early enough. Here is how you can get prepared.
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
COMMENT
— Far too many COVID patients are still not seeking medical care early enough. Here is how you can get prepared.
COMMENT
— “Brace yourselves” for rising COVID cases, the UK Government says. The scandalous failure to plan for long-term protection of lives.
COVID-19
— In the two years since COVID was declared a pandemic, vaccines and treatments have been rapidly developed – yet millions worldwide have died.
Analysis
— Under a quarter of 12- to 15-year-olds are double vaccinated in the UK, while vaccines for younger children are still yet to be rolled out.
COMMENT
— Long COVID will have long-lasting impacts on human resources and the economy.
What The Experts Say
— The views of experts and health professionals on the decision by the Icelandic authorities to call on mass infection for Iceland to achieve herd immunity and exit the COVID pandemic faster.
COVID-19
— “Time to remove all protective measures” is a lot harder to sell than “Time to remove all restrictions”, but it is the truth millions of people are experiencing every day. Language matters, a health expert explains.
COVID-19
— There is no going back to a pre-pandemic normal – only forward to a new one. The world pre-2020 no longer exists.
What The Experts Say
— The views of experts and health professionals on whether the government is right to stop free COVID testing, on the vaccination of children aged 5-11, the end of face mask requirement, and on the lifting of COVID self-isolation after a positive test.
COVID-19
— Removing ways of tracking and preventing the spread of COVID will lead to more disruption and ill health. The outcome of going “back to normal” is that millions of people will catch COVID each year.
Threadscriptor
— Fundamentally, the world is different now, a health expert writes. Acting as if it isn’t, which the UK seems determined to do, may feel good in the short term but will result in a new normal worse than the old one.
What The Experts Say
— The views of experts and health professionals on whether the COVID pandemic is over, and on the lifting of COVID self-isolation after a positive test.
COVID-19 & Schools
— The Education Secretary doesn’t have the power to go over the heads of headteachers and ban the wearing of facemasks in school.
OPINION
— Clinically Extremely Vulnerable (CEV) children are still waiting to be vaccinated, and many are being infected while they wait.
COMMENT
— Dr Nisreen Alwan on the challenges of studying Long COVID.
COVID-19
— Control measures may be easing in England, but don’t expect the world to return to how it was in January 2020. Cases may be declining, but they are still incredibly high. Already, it’s estimated a million children were off school because of COVID last week.
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