Straight to the point

I was talking to a very serious, pompous and rather patronising young GP.

‘I miss having a medical licence,’ I said. ‘It means that in an emergency I can’t get hold of a few antibiotic tablets.’

She frowned at me. …

The following general notes about vaccines and vaccination are taken from my book Coleman’s Laws, which is available as a paperback and an eBook. The notes below do not include information about the covid-19 jab because the book was written …

These are strange times. I am certain I know what is happening but even so I sometimes find it difficult to believe. And I understand why others find it bizarre.

I have a recurring nightmare in which I go to …

This is a long standing series of small items which have caught my eye or mind and which seem relevant, startling, amusing or all three. Occasionally, items which appear here may return as a longer piece. Mostly they will not.…

You can find the answers to this simple quiz at the bottom of the page.

When the first practical polio vaccine was made in the 1950s, monkey kidney tissue was used. It was not realised that one of the viruses

You can find the answers to this simple quiz at the bottom of the page.

When the first practical polio vaccine was made in the 1950s, monkey kidney tissue was used. It was not realised that one of the viruses