Daily Archives: October 8, 2021

What do we know about the AstraZeneca vaccine in pregnancy?

We have been asked lots of questions on WhatsApp regarding the use of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in pregnancy. Here we answer a collection of the queries.  We have written lots more about the AstraZeneca vaccine, and the other Covid-19 vaccines in pregnancy here.  Why are other vaccines recommended over the AstraZeneca vaccine in pregnancy?… Read More »

Does Depression Make You Tired And How?

It’s a classic chicken or egg question, does depression make you tired, or does being tired cause depression? The simple answer to this question is yes and yes. Taking it a step further, I employ the “both/and” strategy, which is to say that they are both true and not mutually exclusive of each other. But… Read More »

Boris Johnson claim about HGV driver visas sparks confusion

Dan Walker: Do you recognise these figures, because you’re trying to push to get some HGV drivers coming and working here, according to one of the papers today just 27 drivers have applied for… Boris Johnson: 127. Dan Walker: Well we’ve got 27. Boris Johnson: OK, it’s 127. And anyway… BBC BreakFast, 5 Oct. During… Read More »

Most police have not been found guilty of sexual misconduct

52% of police have been found guilty of sexual misconduct while wearing uniform in the line of duty. Professor Aisha Gill, Good Morning Scotland, 2 October 2021. On BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme [starting at 1hr 10mins 45secs], Aisha Gill, Professor of Criminology at the University of Roehampton, said that most police officers… Read More »