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By Rachel M Posted on February 19, 2021

Vaccinate me, please!

Nearly a quarter of the population of the UK has now received at least one dose of the vaccine. This is great news and something we can all feel pleased … Continue reading Vaccinate me, please!

Categories: JournalTags: AstraZeneca, chocolate, covid, disease, pandemic, smell, taste, vaccines, virus
By Rachel M Posted on December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

The Oxford vaccine, lockdown in Aberdeen, and online games

We woke to some good news today: the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved for use in the UK. I had been hoping and expecting this news for a couple of … Continue reading The Oxford vaccine, lockdown in Aberdeen, and online games

Categories: JournalTags: cold, covid, Escape Room, frozen, lockdown, online games, pandemic, vaccine, virus, winter
By Rachel M Posted on December 29, 2020

The Nightingale Hospitals and snow at Drum Castle

We are in tier 4 covid restrictions here as is most of the UK as the sick in hospital reach record numbers. At the start of the pandemic the government … Continue reading The Nightingale Hospitals and snow at Drum Castle

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, covid, Drum Castle, Kent, Nightingale hospital, pandemic, Scotland, snow, virus
By Rachel M Posted on December 21, 2020

Lorry queues, supermarket queues, food production, and Christmas dinner

Victoria helped me wrap some presents today. Actually, she was a right nuisance and ended up tearing the paper. I went to the shops early this morning to beat the … Continue reading Lorry queues, supermarket queues, food production, and Christmas dinner

Categories: JournalTags: Brexit, Calais, Christmas, Dover, lorries queuing, pandemic, Vegan, virus
By Rachel M Posted on December 20, 2020

Still not testing enough and vintage clothes

They’ve back-tracked on the Christmas relaxation of restrictions and instead of allowing three households to mix from the 23rd to the 27th December they can meet on the 25th December … Continue reading Still not testing enough and vintage clothes

Categories: JournalTags: charity shop, clothes, covid, fashion, opshop, pandemic, restrictions, sustainable fashion, vintage, virus
By Rachel M Posted on December 18, 2020

Two countries and their Christmas strategies, the 5-mile boundary, and Manifesto

One of my coworkers lives in Italy and he told me they’re going into lockdown from December 24th – 27th and then again from December 31st – January 3rd. This … Continue reading Two countries and their Christmas strategies, the 5-mile boundary, and Manifesto

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, Climate change, Dale Vince, Ecotricity, Manifesto, pandemic, Scotland, virus
By Rachel M Posted on December 16, 2020

Abedeen in tier 3 for Christmas

For the second time this year we’ve had to cancel a holiday due to covid. We were due to go to the highlands on Monday for 6 days to self-catering … Continue reading Abedeen in tier 3 for Christmas

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, covid, pandemic, restrictions, Scotland, tier 3, virus
By Rachel M Posted on August 21, 2020August 27, 2020

Privacy versus lockdown

There is a new outbreak at a chicken processing plant in Perthshire. It’s disappointing that we use the euphamism “chicken processing plant” rather than slaughterhouse which is what it is. … Continue reading Privacy versus lockdown

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, covid, lockdown, pandemic, privacy, test and trace, virus
By Rachel M Posted on August 19, 2020August 27, 2020

Test and trace needs to be better

Aberdeen is going into its third week of lockdown now. Nicola Sturgeon announced today that although cases have fallen here there are still too many to lift the restrictions. According … Continue reading Test and trace needs to be better

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, covid-19, pandemic, Scotland, test and trace, virus
By Rachel M Posted on August 12, 2020

Lake Polmuir

There’s lots of news today. We got woken by a massive thunderstorm this morning with torrential rain. The rain was so heavy that many streets in Aberdeen and Stonehaven  flooded. … Continue reading Lake Polmuir

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, covid, derailment, flood, flooding, pandemic, Polmuir Road, rain, storm, train, virus
By Rachel M Posted on August 5, 2020August 27, 2020

Aberdeen back in lockdown

Another lockdown has been imposed on Aberdeen today after a local outbreak starting at The Hawthorn Bar on Holburn Street. This is actually very close to us but none of … Continue reading Aberdeen back in lockdown

Categories: JournalTags: Aberdeen, covid-19, lockdown, pandemic, pub, schools, virus
By Rachel M Posted on July 20, 2020July 20, 2020

Be cautious, COVID app, wild swimming, and distance education

The lockdown has mostly ended here insofar as much as it can end. Things won’t return to normal until there’s a vaccine but shops are allowed to open and people … Continue reading Be cautious, COVID app, wild swimming, and distance education

Categories: JournalTags: covid, distance education, online schools, pandemic, River Dee, schools, transmission, virus
By Rachel M Posted on June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Did the virus come from a lab?

There’s a conspiracy theory that the new coronovirus which has brought the world to a halt was engineered by Chinese scientists in a lab in China. This has received heightened … Continue reading Did the virus come from a lab?

Categories: JournalTags: coronavirus, covid-19, smallpox, virus
By Rachel M Posted on June 9, 2020

Face masks

I got myself a face mask. They’re not required here but it is recommended by the Scottish government and also now the WHO. I have been secretly wanting a face … Continue reading Face masks

Categories: JournalTags: face masks, masks, pandemic, pollution, RespiTech, virus
By Rachel M Posted on June 3, 2020

Adventures of a virus in a hospital in South Africa

A hospital in South Africa recently published a remarkable account of how a single patient in the emergency department (ED) introduced Covid-19 to the hospital which then managed to spread … Continue reading Adventures of a virus in a hospital in South Africa

Categories: JournalTags: coronavirus, covid-19, Durban, hospital, South Africa, St Augustines Hospital, transmission, virus
By Rachel M Posted on May 6, 2020May 6, 2020

The future of meat

Eating animals poses a major global health risk and the costs are enormous and they’re not borne only by the meat-eaters themselves nor by the animals but by everybody on … Continue reading The future of meat

Categories: JournalTags: animals, covid-19, epidemics, ethics, meat, pandemics, peter singer, Vegan, vegetarian, virus
By Rachel M Posted on May 1, 2020

Would you agree to quarantine in a “facility”?

There was a good article in The Times last weekend – Coronavirus: The new rhythms of life will jolt and jar as we try to live with this horrible teenager. … Continue reading Would you agree to quarantine in a “facility”?

Categories: JournalTags: child care, covid-19, eduction, pandemic, quarantine, school, virus, working mothers
By Rachel M Posted on April 22, 2020April 22, 2020

May you live through interesting times

There’s a Chinese curse, may you live through interesting times. On a personal level, the Christchurch earthquakes make this pandemic seem like a walk in the park because that was … Continue reading May you live through interesting times

Categories: JournalTags: Chinese curse, ebola, education, farming, Foodstory, pandemic, school, Vegan, virus
By Rachel M Posted on April 15, 2020

What happens next?

I’m sorry if everyone is getting sick of reading about the pandemic but a paper was published in Science yesterday which is worth sharing. It’s called Projecting the transmission dynamics … Continue reading What happens next?

Categories: JournalTags: coronavirus, covid-19, pandemic, restrictions, UK, virus
By Rachel M Posted on April 11, 2020

There’s no escaping the trade-off

It was kind of surreal to see headlines this week like, “Prime Minister is breathing on his own” and “Prime Minster able to take short walks“. No one could ever … Continue reading There’s no escaping the trade-off

Categories: JournalTags: covid19, economy, pandemic, Vegan, virus

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