Adam Fraise
@fraiseadam.bsky.social
Retired Medical microbiologist. Amateur cellist, bridge fanatic
I find it interesting that the White House ballroom is reportedly going to be 90,000 sq ft. By comparison, the ballroom of Buckingham Palace (the largest room in the palace and used for state banquets) is only 35 by 18 m which is about 6,700 sq feet.
October 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I find it interesting that the White House ballroom is reportedly going to be 90,000 sq ft. By comparison, the ballroom of Buckingham Palace (the largest room in the palace and used for state banquets) is only 35 by 18 m which is about 6,700 sq feet.
Just a word of warning, the numbers in the study are small, it isn't clear what definitions were used and it seems the two groups were not well controlled.
October 9, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Just a word of warning, the numbers in the study are small, it isn't clear what definitions were used and it seems the two groups were not well controlled.
Throw in universal healthcare and sensible gun control as well.
July 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Throw in universal healthcare and sensible gun control as well.
While it doesn't stop you getting COVID and doesn't stop you getting long COVID, it reduces the risk of both
www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
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COVID-19 vaccination reduces risk of ‘long COVID’ in adults
COVID-19 vaccination reduced the risk of developing ‘long COVID’ by approximately 27% in adults fully vaccinated before infection, according to a literature review carried out by the European Centre f...
www.ecdc.europa.eu
July 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
While it doesn't stop you getting COVID and doesn't stop you getting long COVID, it reduces the risk of both
www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/news-even...
Please read my comment again. I'm not doubting that people who request fit notes are genuine. They are in real pain. But many people want a quick and easy fix (eg a prescription) and are unwilling to engage in non pharmaceutical interventions
July 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Please read my comment again. I'm not doubting that people who request fit notes are genuine. They are in real pain. But many people want a quick and easy fix (eg a prescription) and are unwilling to engage in non pharmaceutical interventions
I don't recall saying "diet and exercise". But people with (for example)hip and knee pain will often improve with targeted physiotherapy coupled with weight loss. This is safer than drugs or surgery.
July 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I don't recall saying "diet and exercise". But people with (for example)hip and knee pain will often improve with targeted physiotherapy coupled with weight loss. This is safer than drugs or surgery.
I'm not denying that GPs get diagnoses wrong and I'm sorry it took so long before you were taken seriously but I do think there are people who are unwilling to engage in a non pharmaceutical treatment program when their condition would be improved by such interventions.
July 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I'm not denying that GPs get diagnoses wrong and I'm sorry it took so long before you were taken seriously but I do think there are people who are unwilling to engage in a non pharmaceutical treatment program when their condition would be improved by such interventions.
Exactly this. I hear so many attacks on the current government, and I sympathise with many of the views, but when Farage starts imitating Trump the devolved nations, the North, ethnic minorities, the disabled and the LGBTQ community will be screwed.
July 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Exactly this. I hear so many attacks on the current government, and I sympathise with many of the views, but when Farage starts imitating Trump the devolved nations, the North, ethnic minorities, the disabled and the LGBTQ community will be screwed.
You are right. I will always struggle to understand why people bash Starmer. He's far from perfect but we will never get Corbyn or someone similar as PM. If Labour loses the next election we are going to be in a real mess.
July 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
You are right. I will always struggle to understand why people bash Starmer. He's far from perfect but we will never get Corbyn or someone similar as PM. If Labour loses the next election we are going to be in a real mess.
Yes, introduced legislation to nationalise the railways. Introduced legislation to protect tenants, provided funding for the NHS but supportive of business and reluctant to increase taxation. That sounds like center left to me
July 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Yes, introduced legislation to nationalise the railways. Introduced legislation to protect tenants, provided funding for the NHS but supportive of business and reluctant to increase taxation. That sounds like center left to me
Johnson is a serial liar who sold the country down the river for his own personal gain. Starmer is a center left politician who is not sufficiently progressive for many Labour voters. That is quite a difference.
July 15, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Johnson is a serial liar who sold the country down the river for his own personal gain. Starmer is a center left politician who is not sufficiently progressive for many Labour voters. That is quite a difference.
I can't believe you can remotely equate those two
July 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I can't believe you can remotely equate those two
Wait, so, someone requests a fit note because of a bad back and the GP only gives one on the condition that they agree to a course of physiotherapy or other treatment. Why is this a bad thing ?
July 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Wait, so, someone requests a fit note because of a bad back and the GP only gives one on the condition that they agree to a course of physiotherapy or other treatment. Why is this a bad thing ?
So how can America, so called "land of the free" allow a dictator to be in charge. It baffles me.
July 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
So how can America, so called "land of the free" allow a dictator to be in charge. It baffles me.
It's interesting that in the UK we have a King, and parliament is "his", but, for complex historical reasons, he has no real power. All the power is vested in elected officials (well there is the house of Lords but that's another story).
July 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It's interesting that in the UK we have a King, and parliament is "his", but, for complex historical reasons, he has no real power. All the power is vested in elected officials (well there is the house of Lords but that's another story).
In Germany in the 1930s young Jews were not always sent to camps. Many of them were made to work in factories.
July 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In Germany in the 1930s young Jews were not always sent to camps. Many of them were made to work in factories.
WHO briefing March 2020 "out of 75,000 cases in china airborne transmission was not reported"
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Modes of transmission of virus causing COVID-19: implications for IPC precaution recommendations
Scientific brief
www.who.int
July 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
WHO briefing March 2020 "out of 75,000 cases in china airborne transmission was not reported"
www.who.int/news-room/co...
www.who.int/news-room/co...
This is verging on conspiracy theory. "They lied, ...still can't admit it". That's ridiculous. People were greedy and selfish, yes, government listened to people who said what they wanted to hear, yes. Most public health and infection prevention staff tried really hard to do the right thing.
July 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is verging on conspiracy theory. "They lied, ...still can't admit it". That's ridiculous. People were greedy and selfish, yes, government listened to people who said what they wanted to hear, yes. Most public health and infection prevention staff tried really hard to do the right thing.
If you live in London in a modest house it's worth over 1 million. A reasonable pension pot for a professional person is over 1 million. So 2 million seems a little low to me
July 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
If you live in London in a modest house it's worth over 1 million. A reasonable pension pot for a professional person is over 1 million. So 2 million seems a little low to me
So, you are saying that it was "obvious" to lay people while people like me who had spent their working lives studying the transmission of infectious diseases couldn't see it?
July 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
So, you are saying that it was "obvious" to lay people while people like me who had spent their working lives studying the transmission of infectious diseases couldn't see it?
I have never killed anyone, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.” — Clarence Darrow
July 8, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I have never killed anyone, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.” — Clarence Darrow
Actually, some early data from China suggested that the faecal oral route was important. That was incorrect of course
July 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Actually, some early data from China suggested that the faecal oral route was important. That was incorrect of course
Forgive the tone here but millions of amateurs made a correct assumption while millions of other amateurs were completely wrong. There's probably a name for the type of fallacy you are describing.
July 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Forgive the tone here but millions of amateurs made a correct assumption while millions of other amateurs were completely wrong. There's probably a name for the type of fallacy you are describing.