“Noli me tangere”

John 20:17

… and if in explaining the efficacy of hand-washing with soap you don’t include a description of the virus as “a self-assembled nanoparticle in which the weakest link is the lipid (fatty) bilayer”, you probably haven’t been looking at Twitter.

Beards, paramedics and coronavirus

On Sunday, the BBC reported that the London Ambulance Service was contemplating telling its ambulance crews that its ability to handle potential Covid-19 cases could be “adversely affected” by crews unable to wear respirators properly because of facial hair. Continue reading →