Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Modelling viral reproduction
Here’s an extract from a recent newspaper report: “The key aim of social distancing is to get this figure below one, at which point the outbreak would begin to peter […]
Here’s an extract from a recent newspaper report: “The key aim of social distancing is to get this figure below one, at which point the outbreak would begin to peter […]
Governments across the world are putting in place unprecedented measures to slow the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These measures focus on social distancing—keeping people away from each other—including closing […]
In this weekly round-up, Richard Lehman looks at a personal selection of articles of relevance to clinicians dealing with covid-19 […]
While we are all self-isolating, people are starting to think about autarky, self-sufficiency. For example, that doyen of ancient Greek and Roman history as a reflection on modern affairs, Peter […]
“No man is an island, entire of itself”. Eight words from John Donne’s “Meditation XVII”, one of his Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (1624), that remind us why isolation, a necessary […]
Hwæt! Several Old English poems begin thus, followed immediately or soon after by some variant of “we have heard ….”. The best known example is that of Beowulf, which dates […]
Jamie Coleman, Professor of Clinical Pharmacology in Birmingham, has proposed replacing the term “painkiller” with “pain reliever”, in the hope of reducing people’s expectations of the therapeutic effects of opioid […]
This year saw me achieve a significant, albeit distressing personal milestone—putting our home in India up for sale on behalf of the family. An oasis of calm and greenery in […]
In his inaugural Presidential address on 4 March 1801 Thomas Jefferson enunciated what he called “the essential principles of our government”. The list (see the Box) included “Peace, commerce, and […]
Tanisha Spratt, Susan Jebb, and Paul Aveyard consider the reactions to CRUK’s 2019 obesity campaign and the lessons that can be learnt […]