Diseases can go unrecognised for decades or centuries - until some clever clinician sees a pattern that no one else has seen. A few years ago, a previously carnivorous relative of mine became ill - swelling and gut symptoms - after eating meat. Fortunately a knowledgable doctor recognised this as the recently described tick-induced allergy … Continue reading How many diseases are there? →

Since the start of the pandemic we have seen a near 30-fold decline in the case-fatality rate from COVID-19. That decline is from vaccines, better treatments, and the change in variants. The graph below is from our article in TheConversation on Australia's COVID numbers and shows  (a) most COVID cases/deaths (>90%) have been in 2022  … Continue reading The decline in COVID-19’s case fatality rate (to near ’flu) →