MEDICAL MATTERS

[Big Kev]

Chest infection confirmed for Sally. Second round of different antibiotics and a phial for a sputum test to check the target.

Bog standard Penicillin still works for me which is what Sally had first time round.

I am allergic to Penecillin, fortunately other ABs are available to sort me out if needed.
Hope Sally feels better soon.

[Stanley]

Sorry to hear about Sally having a nasty infection Ian. Please give her my best, I hope they have an AB that zaps it.
I remember the days when the early ABs were like miracles.....
I once had a wound on my shin that wouldn't heal up and Arthur Morrison gave me a traveller's sample of Penicillin infused Gauze and told me to try it. Within a week it was mending, It was like a miracle. Now we worry about infections being AB resistant.
Ken, I read your post about the Norwegian researchers who.....
"appear to have found a correlation between the number of vaccine boosters given to patients and the rise in excess deaths."
I remember once coming across a research finding in Ireland in the field of statistics which found that for many years there was a very strong correlation between the number of Catholic priests ordained and the number of barrels of Guinness that had been brewed.

[plaques]

Ken, I read your post about the Norwegian researchers who.....
"appear to have found a correlation between the number of vaccine boosters given to patients and the rise in excess deaths."
I remember once coming across a research finding in Ireland in the field of statistics which found that for many years there was a very strong correlation between the number of Catholic priests ordained and the number of barrels of Guinness that had been brewed.

The Norwegian research never mentioned how many barrels of Guinness patients had consumed but I would imagine that each barrel would lift you onto a higher spiritual plane until excess deaths could be a factor.

[Sue]

Perhaps there is a also correlation in that older people and more at risk people had more boosters. I wonder how they controlled their investigation to rule out this anomaly

[Tripps]

I'm not taking sides here - make your own mind up - but I posted this back in January 2023. Link to boosters which covered similar ground.

He sarcastically said that other researchers would be rushing to repeat the trial (or not). Youtube took it down. He constantly says there are some things that he is not allowed to say.

I think of other big scientific ' mistakes. We are strong on lipids on this site. Queen of Fats anyone? - and the widely accepted 'plaques in the brain' as a cause of Alzheimers has recently been shown to be in error.

PS
"Perhaps there is a also correlation in that older people and more at risk people had more boosters"

The Ohio research which Dr Campbell refers to in his (now deleted) video was done with a cohort of 50,000 people and the average age was 42. I'd think that would rule out high risk vulnerable multi boosted ones.

[Stanley]

Read Queen of Fats and you'll see then why it can't be a polemic. Susan Allport is a journalist who was recounting other researchers discoveries.....

[Tripps]

I've had to look up the precise meaning of 'polemic'

I knew I shouldn't have joined in this matter again when I'd said I wouldn't.

[Tripps]

I've had to look up the precise meaning of 'polemic'

I knew I shouldn't have joined in this matter again when I'd said I wouldn't.

Good fun finding the deleted video. On the way I noted how many views my picture attachments had each had. The clear winner was Manet's Flaneur' at 245, the MG sprts car was 165, and and comfortably the lowest was my birthday picture at a miserable 25.

"Collapse of stout party"

[Stanley]

Susan took a friend in to Leeds yesterday to have her cataracts zapped with a laser because they've gone cloudy. I told her that happened to mine and it's a miracle, just a couple of minutes sat in front of a machine, a few laser bursts in each eye and Bob's your Uncle. Fighter pilot vision again.

[Sue]

I'm not taking sides here - make your own mind up - but I posted this back in January 2023. Link to boosters which covered similar ground.

He sarcastically said that other researchers would be rushing to repeat the trial (or not). Youtube took it down. He constantly says there are some things that he is not allowed to say.

I think of other big scientific ' mistakes. We are strong on lipids on this site. Queen of Fats anyone? - and the widely accepted 'plaques in the brain' as a cause of Alzheimers has recently been shown to be in error.

PS
"Perhaps there is a also correlation in that older people and more at risk people had more boosters"

The Ohio research which Dr Campbell refers to in his (now deleted) video was done with a cohort of 50,000 people and the average age was 42. I'd think that would rule out high risk vulnerable multi boosted ones.

It was not a criticism , I have not read the report and do not intend to, too much research out there at the moment . It was a valid comment . If it was a cross section of the population I take your point.

[Tizer]

This article by the BBC's Victoria Gill and Roland Pease seems to be a transcription of the main item on this last week's `Inside Science' programme...
`Have we found the 'animal origin' of Covid?' LINK

[Tripps]

When a media headline asks a question - I usually assume that it's fairly safe to say the answer is 'no'. I think this is based on the idea that if it was 'yes'- that's what it would say.

I now find this is known as

Betteridge's law (of headlines)
Is an adage that states "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no." The sweeping generalization refers to the poor journalistic practice of writing sensational headlines in the form of a question in order to compensate for the author's lack of facts.

From a book by Andrew Marr

If the headline asks a question, try answering 'no'. Is This the True Face of Britain's Young? (Sensible reader: No.) Have We Found the Cure for AIDS? (No; or you wouldn't have put the question mark in.) Does This Map Provide the Key for Peace? (Probably not.) A headline with a question mark at the end means, in the vast majority of cases, that the story is tendentious or over-sold. It is often a scare story, or an attempt to elevate some run-of-the-mill piece of reporting into a national controversy and, preferably, a national panic. To a busy journalist hunting for real information a question mark means 'don't bother reading this bit'.[11]

[Cathy]

Thanks Tize, I think we needed to read that.
The last line ‘Because this will happen again’ is chilling.

[Big Kev]

I'll put this here as it's out of context in the 'Computers' thread

Probably good that you did have your trousers down, I have had sickness and diarrhoea for most of the day. I suspect I've ingested some water, from the kitchen drain, while jet washing around it yesterday. That's the only conclusion I can reach and I wouldn't be popular passing it on. I've been sleeping, between the other shenanigans, and do feel much improved but haven't managed to eat anything yet, just a gentle fluid intake.

[Tripps]

Kev - in view of your recent visits to a hospital setting - I would wonder if it was Norovirus? I read there has been a big surge in cases recently. The good news is that it is that though nasty - it is fairly short lived.

[Big Kev]

Kev - in view of your recent visits to a hospital setting - I would wonder if it was Norovirus? I read there has been a big surge in cases recently. The good news is that it is that though nasty - it is fairly short lived.

That is always a possibility, I am feeling a lot better but don't feel the urge to eat anything.

[Stanley]

Kev, sorry to hear that, it's miserable! In Perth WA which Janet always said was stomach bug capital of the world, it is well known that the best thing to drink when you have a dose is the cheapest red cordial you can buy. People take big bottles of it when they go to Thailand for a holiday which is a favourite destination there.

[Big Kev]

No idea what it was, feel fine today.

[PanBiker]

Glad you are feeling better Kev.

When I was briefly in A&E with my rather nasty chest infection, I had a chest X-Ray to confirm the extent. The hospital Doc when she handed over my medication and discharged me said that I should ask my own doctor for a referral for another X-Ray in early April.

I was going to ring request that next week. No need, I got a letter on Friday postmarked from North Shields but an appointment for the Radiology Dept at Airedale for Monday 3rd April.

[Tizer]

Kev, sorry to hear that, it's miserable! In Perth WA which Janet always said was stomach bug capital of the world, it is well known that the best thing to drink when you have a dose is the cheapest red cordial you can buy. People take big bottles of it when they go to Thailand for a holiday which is a favourite destination there.

Stanley, we are familiar with folk in Australia and NZ travelling frequently to S.E. Asia for holidays but also for work because they do so much business and consulting there. Mrs Tiz had relatives in Aus and NZ and we've got friends there from our science days. They've always been more aware of food poisoning than we are in the UK. In the early 1980s we travelled there to visit her relatives and I caught a `stomach bug' on a stopover in Indonesia. When we reached NZ I was very ill and her grandfather (in charge of the water and sewage in Auckland!) took over and got me tested because he suspected Campylobacter was to blame.The test was positive and I was immediately given antibiotics. If I'd caught it on the return journey to the UK I probably wouldn't have been tested for Campylobacter because GPs here were not familiar with it. They were also aware that paralysis due to Guillain-Barré syndrome (deadly if not treated immediately) is a potential side effect.

[Tripps]

Dr John Campbell is on fire at the moment and worth a look. Dr Nurse John Campbell The support he gets from Professor Robert Clancy is impressive.

[plaques]

Dr John Campbell is on fire at the moment and worth a look. Dr Nurse John Campbell The support he gets from Professor Robert Clancy is impressive.

It could be said that there may be an element of egocentric bias in his push to put the Pfizer vaccine under the spotlight. But with Professor Robert Clancy and Senator Rennick, (the Australian Senator) he's got some powerful allies. To quote Donald Rumsfeld " There are Known knowns and there are Unknown unknowns. The Australian report which they are discussing opens up with some undisclosed knowns, to the UK public, and then goes on to identify whole areas which should be known but are totally ignored.

Perhaps when the last of the 'excess' deaths have died off they will turn their death ray at the Influenza vaccine.

Just checked my vaccine dose record I've now had five Pfizer vaccine jabs. Now if I was playing Russian Roulette with a six chamber revolver I think it would be time to stop.

[Stanley]

Peter, you mentioned Campylobacter. Margaret (In Perth of course) has just had a nasty bout of that and they had to test her to identify it. She is better now thank God!

[Mags]

I would not wish Camylobacter on anyone, it was the worst bug I have ever had. I was in bed for a week (which is very unlike me) Im ok now but keep getting sweating episodes which are probably the tail end of the bug.

[plaques]

I would not wish Camylobacter on anyone, it was the worst bug I have ever had. I was in bed for a week (which is very unlike me) Im ok now but keep getting sweating episodes which are probably the tail end of the bug.

Some years ago Mrs P suffered the worst case of gastroenteritis I've ever seen but gradually recovered after three days. Then three weeks later on our way to a concert she said my legs feel weak and out of control. Up to the A&E with the usual ECG's etc and sent home. Two weeks later she could hardly stand up never mind walk. Ambulance to Burnley then on to Blackburn. Another few days and now losing the use of her arms and talking in short gasps they gradually diagnosed Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Now 95% recovered its not an experience we would like to repeat.
The main point to watch is that is that the Guillain-Barré affect doesn't kick in immediately and the original gastroenteritis episode is forgotten about.