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Tag Archives: Coronavirus
Masks forever?
There are arguments over the effectiveness of some covid measures. Similarly there is some room for disagreement on how bad the negative side effects of measures are. But the most stark disagreement seems to be over whether covid remains unpleasant … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, politics, science
Tagged anxiety, Coronavirus, covid-19, covid-19 pandemic, Face masks, hormesis, immunity, vaccine, zero covid
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Covid vaccination for healthy 5-11 year olds
The NHS are treating this as a vaccination campaign, posting out appointments that haven’t been requested. I feel this approach is at odds with the JCVI advice. Let’s look at a few parts of the JCVI statement: What was advised … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Coronavirus, covid-19, covid-19 pandemic, JCVI, vaccine
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Pandemic thoughts over the last few months
Pandemic mitigation measures have mental health side effects I’ve struggled with anxiety much of my life. In therapy I learned not to put my life on hold to avoid risks… and then a pandemic came along and I’ve been forced, … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, mental health, politics, science
Tagged anxiety, Coronavirus, covid-19, covid-19 pandemic, endemic, Face masks, vaccine
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How much did Covid-19 change our risk of death?
When I looked at excess deaths before, I didn’t think to actually notice what the normal rates of death in each age group look like, and how comparable or otherwise the age distribution of covid deaths (or excess deaths) was … Continue reading
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Tagged Coronavirus, covid-19, covid-19 pandemic, excess deaths, Scotland
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Be more afraid?
I recently read a very disturbing Guardian piece detailing the goings-on in an Austrian ski resort back in March, through interviews with people who had been there. It seems this resort (Ischgl) was a hotbed of transmission at that time … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, mental health, moral issues, politics, science, social justice
Tagged anxiety, Coronavirus, covid denial, covid-19 pandemic, fear, Ischgl, kindness, lockdown, shielding, zero covid
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Pandemic deaths analysis
I did some analysis of deaths over this pandemic (because I’m morbid like that). I calculated expected “normal” deaths for every week of 2020, based on 10-year-average age-specific death rates for each specific week of the year applied to the … Continue reading
Is lockdown worthwhile?
It’s so strange to find myself philosophically estranged from most of my social circle in the sense that everyone seems to be heavily pro-lockdown while I’m more of a sceptic. Disturbingly, the non-pro-lockdown voices being heard are mostly libertarian / … Continue reading
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Tagged Coronavirus, covid-19, herd immunity, lockdown, social distancing
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Rules and fear
It’s been interesting to see how fully and swiftly a lot of people adopt imposed rules as an entire way of being in this pandemic crisis. I’ve just joined a Facebook group for people shielding (i.e. very high-risk people who … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, moral issues, personal reflection, science
Tagged Coronavirus, covid-19, herd immunity, lockdown, social distancing, the Swedish approach
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Peak
Supposedly we’re at the peak of the Covid-19 outbreak now, or just past it. The concept of “the peak” entered discourse in mid-March, in talk of measures to “delay” it with social and behavioural interventions. At the time, we were … Continue reading
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Tagged Coronavirus, covid-19, delay the peak, flatten the curve, Give them PPE, lockdown, social distancing
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Meaning and Truth 