Covid-19 Absurdities
Foremost among Utopian absurdities, we had the false promise of ZeroCovid. This continues to inflict…
Browsing: Science
COVID-19: Torches of Freedom
‘Harold Evans used to say that an investigation only really began to count once the…
Spina Bifida Parents Demand Treatment
The HSE, and health care access more generally in Ireland, has never been under such…
The “Strawman” Conspiracy Theorist
In two hundred years doctors will rule the world. Science reigns already. It reigns in…
Chay Bowes: HSE Perpetuating Dysfunction
In the controversy surrounding the leaking of a confidential document by then Taoiseach Leo Varadkar…
Is General Practice a Victim of Pandemic?
I loved working for the NHS (National Health Service), especially as it was configured in…
Pandemic Considerations
As an immediate disclaimer, I am a doctor training to be a general practitioner in…
Could Ivermectin End the Pandemic?
The bacterium streptomyces avermitilis was discovered by Satoshi Omura at the Kitasato Institute in Japan…
Covid-19: Unanswered Questions
Confusion and fear are to be expected in novel situations where experience is limited; this…
Covid-19: A Deadly Deception
4,915. And rising. This number can only increase or, at best, stay the same. It…
‘Healthy People Do Not Require Genetic Vaccination’
Editor’s Note: Having previously published Vaccination: A Matter of Trust with Caveats, we now anticipate…
Covid-19 in Ireland: Landfall
In August of last year I wrote an article pointing to the impending consequence of…
Covid-19: Questioning the Three Mantras
The three mantra for this pandemic in Ireland are: wash your hands; socially distance; and…
The Bonds that Hold Society Together
I am a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a doctor, an athlete, a…
Covid-19 in Ireland: Elusive Facts
No facts without Judgment Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root…
‘This is science which should go on trial’
A zoom panel discussion organised by Lindau, which included two other Nobel-prize winning scientists, provided…
Diary of Pandemic Doctor: Nursing Home Chaos
It’s Saturday morning and I stand exhausted in line for my weekly shop, having left…
Diary of a Pandemic Doctor Part 2
No one will want to read this, as this is about death. As we sit,…
Diary of a Pandemic Doctor Part 1
Tonight I walked to the sea in the dark. The city streets were empty except…
Psychedelic Therapy – “Love is the Glue”
Editor’s Note: Previously Frank Armstrong reviewed Michael Pollan’s journey through the use of psychedelics. Here…