The vast and I do mean vast majority of people have moved on from Covid and are living their lives again. This is evidenced by, amongst other things, the data on travel, the low uptake of additional boosters and that masks are a rare sight. Some have not moved on and...
There is a lot of doom and gloom in health. Whilst the media report on the occasional “breakthrough” or “game changer” medication, which usually isn’t, most of the commentary is downcast. We have epidemics of everything from viruses to obesity to vaping. Each of these...
All actions have consequences. Sometimes these are immediate and sometimes the effects are not seen for a period of time. For example you can plant an apple seed today and it will take years before there are apples on the tree that you can eat. There can also be...
It is the nature of life mistakes happen. Smart teachers on life will frame error as inevitable and a learning experience. Others can become so fearful of “getting it wrong” that they get almost paralysed by indecision. This applies in medicine too where errors will...
It is interesting to reflect at Easter on how little human beings may have actually changed in 2000 years. On the surface we have, in the developed world, modern accommodation, transport and communication technology beyond what could have been contemplated even in the...
