https://www.cochrane.org/CD003048/INFECTN_do-probiotics-help-treat-acute-infectious-diarrhoea https://gutscharity.org.uk/advice-and-information/health-and-lifestyle/gut-microbiome-poo-testing/#section-5 https://www.bsg.org.uk/strategic-areas/research/gut-microbiota-for-health-expert-panel/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23439798/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0934-0 https://clevrblends.com/pages/faq https://academic.oup.com/cdn/article/4/Supplement_2/1547/5844467 https://academic.oup.com/cdn/article/4/Supplement_2/1518/5845874 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(15)01481-6#fig5 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(15)01481-6#secsectitle0035 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3991026/

BESSI collaboration :https://www.bessi-collab.net/about-us SAGE on non drug interventions https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/925854/S0769_Summary_of_effectiveness_and_harms_of_NPIs.pdf rates of covid-19 testing https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/?_ga=2.54504936.1326017125.1602531867-289927355.1585336355

mesh and device regulation Useful links BMJ series on mesh – this on conflicts of interest https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4164#ref-2 and https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4137?ijkey=32cd6095d62352451d2fca5bd0244c337314ea38&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha Europe’s device regulation https://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4205 complication rates https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-11821-w systematic review https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21424785/ device testing https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:11925495-37a8-46c0-a39c-851ffafb88a6/download_file?file_format=pdf&safe_filename=Mahtani%2Bet%2Bal%252C%2BTransvaginal%2Bmesh%2Bfailure%2B-%2Blessons%2Bfor%2Bregulation%2Bof%2Bimplantable%2Bdevices.pdf&type_of_work=Journal+article FDA report https://www.fda.gov/media/81123/download

This council was held online and was shorter than usual. Please note that there is no point in repeating what someone else has said; it was a shorter meeting than usual so this was especially important. This is just a record of what I said . 1) motion from North East London Faculty in support […]

https://www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-support/covid-19/practical-guidance/covid-19-death-certification-and-cremation Click to access chief-medical-officer-in-scotland-letter-about-death-certification-during-covid-19-pandemic-march-2020.pdf https://www.gov.scot/publications/death-certification-during-an-influenza-pandemic-chief-medical-officer-guidance/ Click to access COVID-19-act-excess-death-provisions-info-and-guidance-31-march.pdf https://www.themdu.com/guidance-and-advice/latest-updates-and-advice/certifying-deaths-during-covid-19-outbreak Click to access revised-guidance-for-registered-medical-practitioners-on-the-notification-of-deaths-regulations.pdf Click to access Mr-Nigel-Parsley-letter-18-March-2020.pdf

Covid-19 studies https://www.recoverytrial.net https://www.phctrials.ox.ac.uk/principle-trial https://www.remapcap.org/ Belgian study on aerodynamics preprint http://www.urbanphysics.net/COVID19_Aero_Paper.pdf Q+A http://www.urbanphysics.net/Questions_and_Answers.pdf studies of note on transmission and implications for distancing https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2763852 https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0885_article https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMc2004973 original paper on distancing – 6 foot in 1970! https://www.osha.gov/Publications/influenza_pandemic.html#maintain_operations

Conjunctivitis small study finding corona in some lacrimal fluid https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.02.11.20021956v1 and https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaophthalmology/fullarticle/2764083 WHO analysis of people with corona and conjunctival symptoms Click to access who-china-joint-mission-on-covid-19-final-report.pdf larger study not finding corona in eye fluid https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jmv.25725 Asthma British Thoracic Society advice file:///Users/user/Downloads/BTS%20Advice%20for%20Healthcare%20Professionals%20treating%20patients%20with%20asthma%20(6).pdf Government methodology https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19/guidance-on-shielding-and-protecting-extremely-vulnerable-persons-from-covid-19 European definition of ‘severe asthma’ (table 3) Click to access 343.full.pdf Asthma […]

NSAIDs and covid19 NHS advice https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/self-isolation-advice/ French announcement https://forum.facmedicine.com/threads/anti-inflammatories-may-aggravate-covid-19-french-health-minister-warns.47919/ and https://dgs-urgent.sante.gouv.fr/dgsurgent/inter/detailsMessageBuilder.do?id=30500&cmd=visualiserMessage Irish advice https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/news/media/pressrel/advice-about-anti-inflammatory-medication-and-covid-19.html ACE inhibitors and covid19 Lancet letter Click to access PIIS2213-2600(20)30116-8.pdf Science Media Centre reaction expert reaction to questions about high blood pressure, diabetes, and ACE inhibitor drugs, and risk of COVID-19 infection European Society of Cardiology https://www.escardio.org/Councils/Council-on-Hypertension-(CHT)/News/position-statement-of-the-esc-council-on-hypertension-on-ace-inhibitors-and-ang Scotland – no 111 […]

Incubation time NHS Inform info as of today Letter from CMO to Scottish GPs Volunteers SoS announcement Kings Fund report NHS volunteer info Masks Respirators and here economic evaluation in normal surgical practice – lots of questions systematic review 2017 BMJ narrative review 2015 other means; social distancing and here and a review from Australia

reviews https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/141/4/e20173742.long https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213858717300992https://www.dovepress.com/the-effect-of-cross-sex-hormonal-treatment-on-gender-dysphoria-individ-peer-reviewed-article-NDT desistion https://jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(08)60142-2/fulltext https://www.docdroid.net/hY664Sc/steensma2013.pdf https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/5d46/ec82d6bb6f65e78f5140b6edb04efb7b5cdd.pdf?_ga=2.207012119.584406451.1582916682-1862992690.1582916682 uncertainties https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5841333/ Tavistock data (appendix 7) Click to access board-papers-2015-06.pdf