Have you ever watched a Formula One pit stop and tyre change? Though no fan of car racing, I find the 2-second pit stops breathtaking. In 1937 the pitstop record was 33 seconds - impossibly slow by today’s standards. Continual improvements in technology and the coordination of the process have seen the near 20-fold reduction … Continue reading COVID-19 vaccine development and Formula-1 pit stops
Month: January 2023
It’s a research emergency! Lessons from the pandemic
The co-operative, multiplayer game “Pandemic” is won by ‘researchers’ and ‘scientists’ while the other players work to slow the spread ("flatten the curve" and "zero covid"), buying time for the researchers to develop and test effective vaccines and/or treatments for the four epidemic diseases. Designed in 2008 (after the SARS outbreak) the game is instructive … Continue reading It’s a research emergency! Lessons from the pandemic
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