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An interesting and cautionary video. As a non-scientist I had no idea how unrefined medical research in such an important area was. I'm a bit shocked really. Just as shocking is that a surgeon can try out a new procedure without ethical approval first. Maybe this is just in Australia. The...

It feels like a continuum to me. At best I can make myself think for short periods with extreme effort. At worst I literally can't trust myself to count on my fingers let alone add say 7 and 8 in my head. At no time am I able to comprehend analogies and relate them to what they are trying to...

I think these videos are terrific. Thank you. Whoever decided on the music to break up the talking - thank you too. I felt unusually calm watching them.

This is exactly my experience with 5 mg of dexamphetamine (family member's ADD medication) taken quite often over ten years or so. The alternative medicine doctor I was seeing in the 1990s would have been happy to prescribe it too. I was able to get long periods of physically demanding outdoor...

@Sean That's something I'll definitely try. Thanks for the suggestion:)

In Vietnam, which is one of the small group of countries that has low case numbers and has has managed their two relatively small outbreaks quickly and successfully, they were all ready with a strong quarantinig, testing and tracing protocol. They had learnt from Sars and others. Instead of...

@Keela Too With masks compulsory in Melbourne for the last 4 months and for some time to come, it suddenly became important to get it right. I've done a fair bit of experimenting over the year and I think your version is by far the most comfortable. The only pressure I can stand on my nose is...

I've had 10 over 30 years, all after ME onset. Every tooth crowned (most twice over my lifetime) or veneered, and one implant. No problems. In hindsight I wish I have got dentures and bought a Lamborghini instead. Seriously.

I have had ME and FM (presumably) for 50 years and my son, aged 42, has had ADD (i.e. without the hyperactivity which is the type suggested to be related to ME and FM ) all his life. I have a lot of unexplained pain, 'fatigue' and cognitive problems. He has none. I have sleep problems. He has...

.O Your mum is right. I'm the one being loose with the time frame to keep it simple because restrictions are being introduced at different times. I think the restrictions on retail start tomorrow. The curfew has been in place for a couple of days already. Schools are closed from today...

The only people now allowed in hardware outlets in Melbourne are any tradesmen who are still permitted to work because they work in the fresh air or alone. (Electricians and plasteres, for example, cannot work at the same time.). No construction work on buildings more than 3 floors high is...

I sacrificed one of mine and cut it up so I could see if the filter would burn. They felt extremely thin to me too.

The tests weren't from an official source. The writer is a blogger from Singapore as far as I can glean and is not a mask expert. https://ximplifyit.blogspot.com/2020/02/genuine-or-fake-surgical-masks-3-quick-tests.html?m=1 The tests seemed to me like a very basic start to reassure myself the...

I have a few homemade masks and some disposable Chinese medical ones. I quarantine the home made ones for a few days after using them and wash them when necessary. I use the disposable ones for an hour at the most so I leave them in quarantine and reuse them until they've had quite a few hours...

Hope this hasn't been covered already. An Australian interview article with Nobel Prize winning immunologist Peter Doherty (Australian) about the state of play with vaccines etc...

Very timely @Amw66 - thank you! I got my fabric and elastic all ready to sew yesterday but my 40+ year old sewing machine suddenly gave up the ghost. Not to be stymied by a machine, I sewed the mask by hand to see what I think: I found the straightened paperclip over the nose isn't so...

This is exactly the same mask but much clearer. Scroll to the bottom. https://www.deaconess.com/How-to-make-a-Face-Mask I'm going to add a straightened paper clip to shape the nose bit. I have a video of how to do that if anyone wants it.

I hope this is the right thread to put this. It has been reported in The Age today as an important breakthrough which could help speed up finding a vaccine: "Doctors took four blood samples before and after her recovery and identified the antibodies recruited by the body to fight the illness...

I'm in the group that hardly ever gets a cold. For years I've had one- to-one close contact with snotty, sneezing children and I've touched their germy hands without a thought. My 'colds' are a stuffy nose for half a day. I was told a very long time ago that I didn't get colds because my...

It is an interesting article, isn't it. I had always assumed urine was sterile too because there are plenty of people who think it's a health drink. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urine_therapy#Modern_claims_and_findings). And of course there are those who get a lot of pleasure from drinking it...