Multiple coronavirus vaccines do we need them all? There is a great deal we don’t yet fully understand about how the coronavirus attacks the human body but we have established that the quest for a vaccine is a high priority. In recent times that development and trials of the vaccine in the UK led by […]
Cardiff and it’s Bay
Did you have Covid-19 before the main outbreak in February 2020?
Did you have Covid-19 before? If you think you may have had Covid-19 earlier than most it is of course entirely possible, even going back to January of this year, prior to that though you may well have encountered a different virus but of the same coronavirus family. Given the evidence that even if we […]
Decline of Covid-19 Cases? DOCC theory.
Decline of Covid-19 Cases (DOCC theory) Follows on from our previous discussion about T-cells Do Some Of Us Have Better Defences Against Covid-19 Than We Thought? There are two significant factors that affect the final outcome of a Covid-19 infection. We know that the severity of the infection is affected by the amount of virus infecting […]
Defences against Covid-19 – Do some of us have better protection
Defences against Covid-19 – Do some of us have better protection? This article expands on a post on Twitter by Professor Karol Sikora an oncologist. The article he is referring to is this one in the Journal Cell. The paper talks about T cells in our blood which are part of our immune response. We don’t […]
Driving Simulator Experiences Explained.
Driving simulator experiences are getting better and better, there is so much fun to be gained from just trying one. They are designed for anyone interested in racing and racing enthusiast love them. Here is the chance to race a Ferrari with the real sensation of feeling the steering wheel and pressing the pedals! The […]
Dogs and Fireworks
While many of us enjoy celebrating Bonfire Night – it can be a difficult time for our pets. The bright flashing lights, loud noises and pollution can cause a great deal of distress to wild and domestic animals. According to the RSPCA, a recent poll found 62% of dogs in the UK show signs of […]
RNA Vaccine Development progresses.
RNA Vaccine development progresses quite rapidly now and we might well be moving towards the end game for the coronavirus and it’s associated disease COVID-19. What is becoming pretty clear is that for a full economic recovery people need to be in close proximity to each other without fear of contracting Covid-19. Any current discussions […]
Lethal parasite that can kill dogs found in Cardiff
A Lethal parasite might have killed this Dalmatian who has had a lucky escape after it survived the deadly lungworm parasite. Daisy, a six-year-old family pet, is the latest dog to catch the parasite, fully named Angiostronglyus Vasorum, which is spreading across the country at a “concerning” rate . Owner Jim Chojecki, who lives in […]
Viral load, coronavirus and Covid-19
Viral load means that if you physically acquire 10–1,000 active particles of coronavirus, low viral load, your chances of catching Covid-19 are almost zero. In fact you can probably pick up more than that as a lot of the viral particles will be inactive so effectively harmless. Now if you somehow come into contact with […]
Pride march ‘We had to live in fear and secrecy just for being ourselves’
Pride March In 1985, if you were gay life was very different there was Pride March. In 1985. Few people were out publicly, at work or in their local town or city. There was no legal protection at work. There were very few role models, teachers weren’t out, there was harassment and bullying, people were […]