John Edmunds
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Aberystwyth |
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| Job | Actor |
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John Edmunds Life story
John Edmunds is a British academic who set up the Drama Department at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth where he was Head from 1973 to 1985. Edmunds trained as an actor but is best known as an ABC TV and Associated Rediffusion continuity announcer.
UK human swine flu case: Why now, and what's next?
... Prof John Edmunds, from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, says it is right to be cautious: " Although these events usually result in viruses that struggle to transmit in their new hosts, there is always a danger that they can...
Covid inquiry: Sunak called Dr Death by top scientist
... Dame Angela, who co-chaired the influential SPI-M modelling group during the pandemic, was one of the attendees, along with her colleague Prof John Edmunds, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)...
Headlines: end of hibernation, as scientists are urging caution
... quotes Professor John Edmunds, an epidemiologist who advises, Not 10, as I said, the new a-Meter-plus approach runs the risk of, so that the epidemic, to take the back foot ...
Coronavirus: UK records 77 deaths is the lowest since the lockdown began
... Professor John Edmunds said there was a risk of the disease, when great Britain relaxed their guard ...
Coronavirus: Lockdown-delay 'cost a lot of lives, says science adviser
... But the Prof John Edmunds, said data available in the March was really very bad to do it very difficult ...
Headlines: Boris Johnson back, in the midst of 'lockdown dilemma
... One of the scientists, the government, Prof John Edmunds, advise the audit says-and tracing-system would be overwhelmed if the measures have been raised now...
Coronavirus: Should be banned from outdoor exercise and Park closed?
... Prof John Edmunds of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, explains, there were three ways that the virus can be transmitted: The first two of these ways would be to practically zero out-of-doors, he said...
Coronavirus super-spreaders: Why are they important?
... John Edmunds of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, says...
Coronavirus super-spreaders: Why are they important?
Super-diffusion, where the individual patient, it is an infection to a large number of People , is a feature of almost every Outbreak of.
It is not their fault, but they can have a significant impact on the way diseases spread.
There are reports of super-diffusion, at the new Corona-Virus Outbreak , which is centered on the city of Wuhan in China.
the Briton, five in France, and possibly one in Mallorca.
What is a super-spreader?It is a bit of a vague term with no strict scientific definition.
But it is, if a patient is infected, significantly more People than usual.
on average, each person infected with the new coronavirus is between two and three other People .
But this is only an average, some People will make it happen, to no one while others your infection far more.
How big is a super-spreading may be the case?solid - and You can have a big impact on an Outbreak .
Most of the Ebola cases came from a small number of patientsIn the year 2015, a super-spreading event resulted in used by a single hospital, patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers), a coronavirus, the current virus
And in the Ebola epidemic in West Africa , in the vast majority of cases (61%) came from only a tiny handful of patients (3%).
"were It says More Than 100 new chains of transmission of only one burial in June 2014," Dr Nathalie MacDermott, from King's College London.
Why have some People more?Some simply come in contact with much more People - either because of their work or where They Live - and That means That You can spread more of the disease, whether or not You have symptoms.
"the children are good - this is why schools close, can be a good measure," said Dr. John Edmunds of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, says.
"Commercial sex-workers were very important in the spread of HIV," Prof Mark Woolhouse, of the University of Edinburgh, he says.
Others have shed "super", the publication comes with unusually large amounts of The Virus (or other errors) from your body, so someone will be in contact with You is more likely to be infected.
hospitals for the treatment of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) was a major center of super-distribution, because the sickest patients are The Most infectious, and she came in contact with many health care workers were.
How do You change an Outbreak ?"It plays a big role at the beginning of each Outbreak , when The Virus tries to establish it," says Dr. Edmunds told Bbc News .
New infections, including the coronavirus, of the animals.
If The Jump in The First patient, the disease could have fizzled before it can to a large Outbreak .
But when foster quickly made his way into a super-spreader, then there is the Outbreak . The same rules apply when cases are imported in other countries.
"If You have a couple of super-spreaders in the vicinity, You are going to struggle to contain its Outbreak ," Dr. MacDermott says.
What will it take to stop coronavirus if it's super-spreading?Super-spread of the new coronavirus would not be a surprise and will not change significantly, as the disease is managed.
at The moment, we are completely dependent on the determination of cases, and all You have come in contact with quickly.
"It makes That even more important - You can't afford to miss too many mistakes, You can't afford the super-spreader" Prof Woolhouse said.
it Is the super-spreader is to blame?it has Historically, to demonize a tendency to, the super-spreader.
Mary Mallon was given the blame for the super-distribution of typhoid"Typhoid Mary ," the Irish cook Mary Mallon (1869-1938), unwittingly Typhoid Fever , when she had no symptoms and ended up decades of exile and forced quarantine.
But in reality, it is the patient's fault.
"We need to Be Careful about the language we use," Dr. MacDermott says.
"You have done nothing wrong, That 's picked up an infection through no fault of their own.
"You are probably scared and need love and attention. "
coronavirus outbreak, mers virus
Source of news: bbc.com
