January 17, 2022
A Pandemic Passage to India
The vice-chancellor of my university, Peter Leggett, once said, ‘The purpose of life is to learn the art and science … Read More “A Pandemic Passage to India”
Category: Science
May 18, 2021
A Plague of Vaccines
A friend of mine recently wrote to me about a Facebook post entitled ‘mRNA Vaccination: Who knows what lies ahead?’. … Read More “A Plague of Vaccines”
April 26, 2021
The Three R’s:
The Three R’s:
Risk Reward Ratio
(Thinking that Reading, Writing and Arithmetic are the three R’s doesn’t seem to me to represent a high degree of … Read More “The Three R’s:
Risk Reward Ratio”
April 12, 2021
Rainbows and Binary Universes
When looking into alternative narratives around Covid-19 infections and in particular vaccination, I am struck by what I might call … Read More “Rainbows and Binary Universes”
April 11, 2021
Volunteer or lab rat?
Yesterday (Friday) I was given my first dose of the Pfizer/Biontech vaccine against Covid-19. Not currently being in my native … Read More “Volunteer or lab rat?”
Germs…. of truth
From the very origins of vaccination in western medicine with Edward Jenner’s breakthrough using the comparatively harmless cowpox virus vaccination … Read More “Germs…. of truth”
March 29, 2021
Schrödinger’s Virus
Schrödinger’s Virus
to exist or not to exist?
According to some people including David Icke and Alex Jones, COVID-19 doesn’t even exist but is a plot by the … Read More “Schrödinger’s Virus
to exist or not to exist?”
March 20, 2021
Pink Elephants and Little Green Men
In the past year, I have had many conversations about viruses, vaccinations and immunity. I have been surprised by the … Read More “Pink Elephants and Little Green Men”
In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-two…
When Europeans first landed in the New World in 1492, they brought more than ships and cows. They carried with … Read More “In Fourteen Hundred and Ninety-two…”
March 19, 2021
A Confession
If you have read any of my posts to date, it will come as no surprise that I am a … Read More “A Confession”