What Polio vaccines can teach us about COVID-19
In 1949, I contracted polio. I have lived with the after-effects all of my life. When I was in the 2nd grade, I got the polio vaccine because there wa…
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Regeneron COVID Monoclonal antibodies finally approved in the UK. AZ antibodies prevented ALL severe infections and deaths!
It only took a year after the USA's FDA, but the UK's MHRA has finally approved the Regeneron monoclonal antibody cocktail! There is also great news a…
How to persuade your British GP to give your teenagers COVID-19 vaccine to protect you
This is another crucial update to our “warn, test, protect and treat” four point plan to stay alive as this virus continues to rage around us and gove…
Lies about Vaccines and the Immune Deficient: Open Letter to UK Government, MHRA and APBI code of practice authority
The sad thing about this outrageous false Government communication scandal is that an opportunity was squandered to make the important point that immu…
THE most dangerous time for blood cancer patients as only 20% told vaccines may not work for them
The plight and high level of risk faced by the hundreds of thousands of people with blood cancer, and others who are immune compromised, has been scan…
It is NOW time to give monoclonal antibodies to ALL blood cancer patients who don’t respond to vaccines
This morning the RECOVERY trial reported crucial and encouraging results. It shows that the Regeneron man-made monoclonal antibodies against COVID19 s…
Vaccinations and you (it’s not just COVID!) What vaccines should you be offered?
As blood cancer patient, what do I need to know and what vaccinations should I be offered or be seeking? Covid-19 has put vaccination front and center…
Why and how to get antibody tested after COVID19 vaccines
Don't tell me what percentage of blood cancer patients the vaccine works for. Tell me if it has worked for me! How do I get tested?
Which test do I need? What do the results mean?
Which test do I need? What do the results mean?
Two more vaccines successful in clinical trials – working in UK, South African, and South American variants. Some data in immune compromised
Yesterday we had some more great news on the vaccine front. Since all the current vaccines work in a similar way because they use the original COVID19…
Do Covid19 vaccines stop the disease spreading?
Vaccines work by preventing infections altogether or by reducing the severity of disease. But do the new COVID19 vaccines also prevent us from passing…
Are COVID-19 vaccines made from aborted babies? What is HEK293?
No babies were aborted in order to make COVID-19 vaccines. But a human cell line originating from an embryo was used (HEK293). This article briefly explains the science and ethical thinking about the vaccines.
COVID19 infection, antibodies and vaccination – video explanation
Right now 1 in 30 Londoners are infective for COVID19 and the NHS here is in crisis. What do we know about how the body fights this disease. Why do some people end up in hospital? How can a blood saturation monitor help you? What do we know about antibodies?
Why is the UK delaying the second dose of COVID19 vaccines – the evidence explained
The UK Government medical advisors have made a pragmatic decision to delay the second doses of COVID19 vaccines to up to twelve weeks. It is believed that this is better for the whole population. We examine why.
What is the evidence for the use of COVID19 vaccines?
Over the next few articles, I will answer questions about COVID19 vaccines based on their published clinical research. Today: "Do some people get COVID19 despite being vaccinated?"
How well do vaccines work in blood cancer patients? The evidence for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
How well do vaccines work in patients with blood cancer? This study looked at treated and untreated patients with CLL to assess vaccine response rates.
Volunteering for a monoclonal antibody COVID19 clinical trial
It must be stressed that this is of course still an experimental treatment, although there is clearly a lot of emerging evidence that antibodies are important in fighting COVID19. So there is a reasonable hope that recipients of this treatment like this will most likely experience at least some degree of protection from the COVID19 virus which is not dependent on their own immune system.
Should Blood Cancer Patients take the COVD19 vaccine?
All I want for Christmas is a Covid19 Vaccine. Tomorrow the UK will become the first county to vaccinate members of its population with an authorised and fully-tested vaccine against Coronavirus. Considering most of us had not even heard of coronavirus a year ago this is a remarkable feat of modern science.
OXFORD Vaccine Trial Resumes
Earlier in the week it was announced that following an unusual illness arising in one of 30,000 people who have so far taken the Oxford vaccine trial …
Will the Oxford vaccine work? Initial results in context – the beginning of the end for COVID-19?
"Oxford vaccine causes double defence against COVID-19" was the overnight breaking news in the Telegraph. I cannot confirm or deny this leak. But this article aims to put it in context.
Revolutionary Plug and Play Vaccine Platform
There is a phenomenal amount of work going on right now to find a vaccine for COVID-19. No fewer than 200 vaccine candidates are being looked at. Sixt…
How a vaccine works
This is the next post in our Corona Hope series. If you have missed the previous articles you may want read them before continuing. The goal here is t…
Viruses for dummies – corona edition
"Know yourself, know your enemy and you shall win a hundred battles without loss" was one of the tenets of Sun Tzu's Chinese military treatise, "The A…
What is Passive vaccination? Does Convalescent Plasma work? What is IVIG?
Passive Vaccination How can we help the immune system know how to fight the virus it has never seen before? You might have already read my post …
Corona Hope: Oxford Vaccine & things WE can do
$1 billion gamble? Or the miracle we are all waiting for? We are in a war more deadly than anything else in most of our lifetimes. Arguably the effect…