Prevention of COVID-19 by legislation and guidelines is largely unsupported by evidence and appears to rely on Rules of Thumb in infection control procedures in healthcare.
Infection Control
This blog is not intended as advice. It is for educational and research purposes only. Read this disclaimer first if you want to read this post. The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) is the “key decision making committee for health emergencies. It is comprised of all state and territory […]
COVID-19 Missing in action – AHPPC. The eye of the ...
This blog is not intended as advice. It is for educational and research purposes only. Read this disclaimer first if you want to read this post. Australia and New Zealand are both island states but well connected to the world with airlines and shipping. Many of the COVID-19 cases in […]
COVID-19 Deaths AU, US, NZ and UK
This blog is not intended as advice. It is for educational and research purposes only. Read this disclaimer first if you want to read this post. The ABC reports that Driving Tests are now cancelled in all states except the NT due to the risk to the public servant doing […]
COVID-19 Driving tests
This blog is not intended as advice. It is for educational and research purposes only. Read this disclaimer first if you want to read this post. International air travel is perhaps the most important factor in the rapid spread of pandemics. It is not only the movement of infectious passengers […]
COVID-19 Aircraft ventilation design
Home made face masks may not give the desired protection against COVID-19
COVID-19 Homemade Face Masks
Elsevier are to be congratulated for making COVID-19 research freely available in an easy to access website. The impact is global.
COVID-19 Publishers are making access to COVID-19 research free
This blog is not intended as advice. It is for educational and research purposes only. Read this disclaimer first if you want to read this post. While supermarkets like Woolworths and Coles try to limit people in stores, an obvious thing is to allow and encourage 24 hour trading. Ditto […]
COVID-19 Trading Hours 24/7 for supermarkets?
There is a need for non-medical professionals and their organisations to speak up on matters related to COVID-19. Its like blindfolded people describing an elephant from what they touch, but now only a few are allowed to touch the elephant.
COVID-19 Media responses from professionals
This blog is not intended as advice. It is for educational and research purposes only. Read this disclaimer first if you want to read this post. Some people are now proudly boasting they are now washing their hands 40 times a day. Though the skin is an amazing barrier to […]