Just published, February issue thelancet.com/journals/lanin… featuring #tuberculosis #pertussis #pneumonia #poliovirus #dengue #COVID19 and much more

It’s hard not to feel some schadenfreude about this, but really society has failed Lawrence Fox. He had every opportunity gifted to him, privilege, the most prestigious education, family connections and he blew it all to take animal bumworming tablets for a respiratory disease.

NEW: our big story as trailed on Friday is a detailed analysis of the critical importance of vaccination in beating Covid Top-line: if US had matched vaccination coverage of leading European countries, it would have *halved* its Covid hospitalisations ft.com/content/03aa46…

So here it is - Coxing the Tideway Heads. March 7th at 19:30. Sign up at the link below, get yourself ready for Women's Eights Head and HORR! This is a free to access session, but we are asking for donations on a "pay what you think its worth" basis. Details 👇 zoomergos.com/event-details/…

This is one of the finest things I've read, as are the replies 🌪️

This interesting sanitising product has arrived in the post at work. What do microbiologically minded people make of the mechanism of action?

Novavax Covid jab approved by UK drugs regulator bbc.co.uk/news/health-60…

The fact checkers ABC Australia have corrected misleading information being circulated in social media about a letter published by The Lancet Infectious Diseases, although they've named the wrong journal despite being told the correct journal abc.net.au/news/2022-02-0…

Prof Shattock's look to camera towards the end is priceless.

Remarkable #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives

On HTBS: Today, on 6 February, Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating a Platinum Jubilee. Tim Koch has collected some photos of the Queen's (then Princess) visit to HORR in 1951, pictures from ThamesRCArchive (permission from James Elder/Thames RC.) bit.ly/3B90bQL

the TRUTH about SEATBELTS

Enough people in the office today for there to be chatter for the first time in almost 2 years 👍. However, still premature for the PM to be ending self-isolation requirement.

And 2 years since the causative agent was named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) biorxiv.org/content/10.110… #SARSCoV2 2/3

Two bits of good Covid news today in the UK. First, adding another two weeks of ONS data means Covid’s infection fatality rate has now crossed below the "2x flu" line. Latest IFR is roughly 60% higher than flu and still falling.

New Editorial: Transitioning to endemicity with COVID-19 research thelancet.com/journals/lanin…, in which we explore that effect that the #COVID19 pandemic has had on research into other diseases.

Don’t think I’ve ever see a try scored direct from the kickoff like that #FRAvIRE. Remarkable piece of skill.

Great day for #EnglandRugby front row #ITAvENG. Name an England player who doesn’t have a bad haircut? 🇮🇹🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿