A better name for the latest antivax shockumentary, Died Suddenly, would be Lied Suddenly because it is wall to wall lies. In this video, Cindy and I take you through just a few of the lies in Died Suddenly. youtu.be/c1--MQz5PyE

Too true - the virus has mutated to an extent that they probably cannot control it now despite massive manpower thrown at control: its simply too infectious. economist.com/china/2022/03/…

I'm seeing quite a bit of discussion about the potential impact of a big wave in mainland China on variant evolution. I do not think a big wave in mainland China would have major consequences outside of China. 1/

Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 BQ and XBB subvariants Raj Rajnarayanan Josette Schoenmakers Ryan Hisner Tom Peacock Federico Gueli 🏳️ shay fleishon 🧬 @C_A_Gustave Nicolas Berrod Yannick Simonin Xavier Hugonet biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

huge increase in flu in USA - and experience from South African winter / spring is that circulating flu and RSV virus infections are nasty - due to waning immunity after a 3 year pandemic and evolution in these viruses dont take flu lightly. Get vaccinated.

Excellent news as marking the start of the Tokomeza Ebola clinical trial for Sudan ebolavirus vaccines👏👏👏

340,000 excess deaths estimated for South Africa during the pandemic - mostly directly related to #COVID19 infection. Thanks Tom Moultrie (@tom-moultrie.bsky.social) and team for great work.

via New York Times Opinion : Listening to fascinating podcast with Gary Marcus on #AI - confirms experience I have had - current AI outputs are not reliable nor truthful. Or at least not reliably truthful. AI research is a long way from simulating human intelligence nytimes.com/2023/01/06/opi…

The Basics of Patient Safety How You Can Improve the Safety of Patient Care. - ppt download slideplayer.com/slide/3019992/… Nice basic PPT on patient safety