Part of Associate Editor, Jeremy Warner’s, article for the Daily Telegraph on 3 March read as follows: “In the First World War outbreak there was thus a lasting impact on supply, with many families suffering the loss of the primary bread-winner. This is quite unlikely to occur this time around. Not to put too fine a …
I returned with my wife by air from Florida, coughing a bit and feeling unwell and having sat next to an oriental gentleman who boarded the plane wearing an elaborate mask – then took it off ( I have no evidence that he was sick, but it spooked me nonetheless). Two days later I was …
Continue reading ‘Testing for the corona virus: my experience’ »
All my other drafts are a bit anodyne at the moment, whereas you, dear reader, are undoubtedly tuned in The Virus. I thought the following was quite useful, and I haven’t seen it in detail elsewhere: The way to wash your hands. ”Many people don’t wash their hands correctly. They may think 10 seconds is …
The Word from Wuhan Wang Xiuying: a comment from China “There are endless ‘rumours’ out there to be dispelled. One day we’re told that children are less likely to be infected, the next day that pregnant women and children are more susceptible. One day they say the virus can’t survive outside the body, the next …
Sufferers of epilepsy suffer disgusting attacks. Trolls are targeted people with epilepsy on Twitter with seizure-inducing videos, flashing and strobing Gifs and videos, according to the Epilepsy Foundation. Legal advocacy director Allison Nichol said: “These attacks are no different than a person carrying a strobe light into a convention of people with epilepsy and seizures, with …
