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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

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.…

A paper published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health concluded that: ‘The data indicate that unvaccinated children in the practice are not unhealthier than the vaccinated and indeed the overall results may indicate that the unvaccinated …