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Posted on October 11, 2022October 11, 2022

Flu Jab? Covid Booster? Should You Have Them?

The perennial question I am always asked here: should I have the flu jab? Of course, now that also applies to the Covid vaccine. As the booster texts are rolling out now, some of you are asking should you have it, or not? It's always a tricky one to answer, not least because it is …

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Posted on October 6, 2022October 6, 2022

Covid Current Top Symptom and Treatment Advice (Oct 22)

Things change with Covid as the virus develops, waxes and wanes and it's useful that the Zoe app is still tracking those changes. Throughout the pandemic, they have done sterling work to advise us what to look for - which often does not correlate with official guidance from the NHS, sadly. So, what's the current …

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Posted on November 21, 2020December 3, 2020

Should You Have This Year’s Flu Vaccine Or Not?

There's a question I am being asked a lot. First, let me say I am not anti-vax and I am pro-choice with the flu vaccine; it is up to everyone to research and make their own call on it. People seem to think this year's flu vaccine is more necessary because it will protect them …

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Posted on November 11, 2020November 9, 2020

How Do You Know If It’s Flu or Covid-19?

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This might help, which I picked up from Medscape: Presentations of COVID-19 have ranged from no or mild symptoms to severe illness and mortality. Symptoms may develop 2 days to 2 weeks after exposure to the virus. Although symptoms may occur in various orders and individuals do not necessarily have any or all symptoms, a study …

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