Blood Clots, after vaccination the vaccine instructs the body to produce spike proteins. It is the spike protein that the body reacts to and over a period of 14-21 days instructing it to produce antibodies that protect us from the coronavirus SARS Cov-2. Typically these spike proteins are produced in the liver. It takes a […]
Cardiff and it’s Bay
Coronavirus Variants are Rising.
Coronavirus variants of the original coronavirus causing Covid-19 are rising in number, SARS Cov-2 has caused concern following a study of blood samples from people who have recovered from the disease. It found that the antibodies generated by previous infection or as a result of vaccination were unable to ‘neutralise’ this particular variant in laboratory […]
Covid cure been discovered by Israel?
Covid cure may have been discovered with Israel’s world-leading rollout of Covid-19 vaccinations, drugs to treat Covid people remain in desperate need across the world. Two such medications developed in Israel reveal fantastic promise in scientific trials: EXO-CD24 and Allocetra. EXO-CD24, a speculative is an inhaled medicine developed at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, was […]
Has UK lockdown worked Cases v Deaths
It has always been curious that the death rate from Covid-19 varies in different countries. Whilst the spread of the virus might be related to the measures applied by governments many have not been comfortable with an implied criticism of rates of death in those countries. Whilst medical treatments might differ slightly between countries and […]
Llanishen Reservoir Open
Llanishen Reservoir Open is a newly-opened Cardiff beauty spot has had more than 100,000 visitors in just nine weeks. Lisvane and Llanishen Reservoirs opened to the public in July 2023 as a hub for health and wellbeing and a haven for wildlife and offers a range of water and land activities and a café. For […]
Coronavirus is not the flu. Its worse.
Measles is one of the most contagious diseases we know. Just one person is likely to infect between 12 and 18 people. That number is called a disease’s “basic reproduction number,” or R0. Scientists use it to describe how contagious a disease is. Zika? It has an R0 of up to 6.6. Super contagious but the seasonal […]
Drug treatments a Summary
Drug treatments have some more encouraging news. A bit technical, but the scale is encouraging: Bayer, Mylan and Teva (and others): generic chloroquine We start with the most talked-about drug, which has been around for 70 years and treats malaria: now generic chloroquine, which has been used increasingly in Asia and now in Europe to […]
Major Vaccine Types and Their Manufacturers
Major Vaccine Types and their manufacturers include a least seven teams are developing vaccines using the virus itself, in a weakened or inactivated form. Many existing vaccines are made in this way, such as those against measles and polio, but they require extensive safety testing. Sinovac Biotech in Beijing has started to test an inactivated […]
Land Rover tax for biggest most polluting vehicles
Land Rover tax for biggest most polluting vehicles is being considered by Cardiff council who are considering plans to charge people who own larger cars more to park in the city and plans to ban vehicles over a certain size from applying for any permit to park in restricted areas. Cars which are highly polluting […]
Immunity, T-cells, Antibodies and the numbers game.
Immunity, so what do we know about immunity? Basically it is provided by both T-cells and Antibodies combined. It revolves around the T helper cells (CD4) and their ability to recognise viruses, some recognise viruses in general some corona viruses and some virus specific T cells recognise a particular virus. (VST). These are used in […]