[Translate] 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. I have a piano in the living room, but its presence does not mean I know how to play it. When people have […]

COVID-19. Face Masks and playing the piano

[Translate] 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. I am not an expert on infection control, but I do have more expertise on the selection and use of face masks than […]

COVID-19 visiting aged care or nursing homes

[Translate] 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. Figures from the Australian Department of Health 1pm 16 Mar 2020 are revealing, but are more easily understood as a pie chart than […]

COVID-19 – When will Australia place a travel ban on ...

Most people have moved away from hugs and handshakes to greeting with less chance of COVID-19 infection,

COVID-19 Greetings

[Translate] Proteins jutting out from the virus bind to angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) in the alveoli. ACE2 receptors are also found in the linings of blood vessels and airways. It appears that ACE2 receptors in alveoli deep in the lungs are where the COVID-19 coronavirus likes to bind and replicate. […]

COVID-19 receptors and face masks. Why surgical masks don’t work.

[Translate] 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 is usually a trusted source of information, but on the topic of the Wuhan Coronavirus, it consistently misrepresents poor selection of […]

ABC gets it wrong on face masks