Dr Dominic Pimenta
Total 11 Posts
What does severe COVID really look like?
7 min read
One of the most irritating things for any medic who has actually looked after severely unwell COVID patients is hearing “It’s just like flu.”
How mRNA vaccines work and what the same technology might cure next.
8 min read
A simple discussion about how mRNA works, how vaccines work, and why this technology might revolutionise healthcare in the next decade.
A few bits of silver lining to cheer us all up.
4 min read
I am often told my Twitter timeline is too negative. So, happy Monday everyone, and here are some genuine positives from the last year of the COVID pandemic.
Health warning about Vitamin Davis.
5 min read
This is a health warning about Vitamin Davis, and COVID-19, and pre-prints, and vitamin D.
COVID-19 won’t end until we all live in reality.
4 min read
Creating the Covid-19 vaccine used more resources and pressured human ingenuity than D-Day... Imagine we landed our boats. And then just gave up.
Reopening early is insane.
4 min read
10 reasons why the “push to reopen early” is utterly insane.
What are our options to exit the UK pandemic?
4 min read
Compared to 2020, we have new tools (vaccines) and we have new challenges (mutation). We also have a year’s worth of international experience to look at. So, what is the best way out?