Tim Spector
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 66 |
| Spouse | Veronique Bataille |
| Official site | tim-spector.co.uk |
| Affiliations | King's College London |
| Education | University of London |
| Interests | Medicine |
| Genetics | |
| Nutrition | |
| Microbiome | |
| Date of birth | January 1,1958 |
| Born | North London |
| London | |
| Nationality | British |
| Awards | Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences |
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| ID | 754444 |
Tim Spector Life story
Timothy David Spector OBE FMedSci is a British epidemiologist, medical doctor, and science writer.
Could ultra-processed foods be harmful for us?
... Prof Tim Spector, is a professor of epidemiology at King s College London, who studies trends in disease...
Covid: Sore throat now top symptom that could be the virus
... Prof Tim Spector, who runs the Zoe Health Study, said: " Covid is still rampant in the population...
Covid: Nine new symptoms added to official list
... Prof Tim Spector, from King s College London, has been campaigning for an expanded list of symptoms because of data from people tracking their symptoms in the Zoe Covid-19 app...
Zoe Covid-tracking app loses government funding
... Co-founder of the Zoe Covid study app, Prof Tim Spector, The app had received more than £5m in grants from the UK s Health Security Agency (UKHSA)...
Covid: Rules relaxed in Wales and Scotland, but should the Omicron plateau worry us?
... Should we be worried by the plateau in Omicron cases? The fall in Covid cases seen since early January has come to a halt, But how concerning is this? The good news, Prof Tim Spector of the Zoe Covid study says, is that most infections in the vaccinated are " mild" which should keep the numbers ending up in hospital and dying low...
Half of colds will be Covid, warn UK researchers
... If you have cold-like symptoms, get a Covid test, says lead scientists Prof Tim Spector...
Coronavirus: Are loss of smell and taste are the main symptoms?
... lead researcher Professor Tim Spector said: to be When taken in combination with other symptoms, people with loss of smell and taste appear, three times more likely to contract Covid-19 isolate according to our data, and therefore, should be self-reducing for seven days, the spread of the disease...
Half of colds will be Covid, warn UK researchers
If you have a Sore Throat , runny nose and a headache there is a good chance it will be Covid, warn UK researchers.
The Zoe Covid study team have been tracking the pandemic using feedback from the General Public and estimate half of people with cold-like symptoms actually have Covid.
They describe an " explosion" of Covid cases over The Last week, driven by the new Omicron variant.
Around 144,000 people A Day are catching it And Then feeling unwell.
For most, Covid is a mild disease. Some get no symptoms at all.
But it can still cause very serious illness in Some People , including those who have not been vaccinated.
If you have cold-like symptoms, get a Covid test, says lead scientists Prof Tim Spector .
" The Number of new symptomatic cases has exploded over The Last week.
" For Most People , an Omicron positive case will feel much more like the Common Cold , starting with a Sore Throat , runny nose and a headache. You only need to ask a friend who has recently tested positive to find this out.
" We need to change public messaging urgently to save lives. "
The UK reported 106,122 new Covid cases on Wednesday - exceeding 100,000 for the First Time .
With infections doubling every two to Three Days , health officials are concerned about the pressure this could put on the NHS.
While preliminary studies suggest the Omicron coronavirus variant is milder, with fewer people getting severely ill than with other variants.
But a massive wave of infections would still mean many people needing hospital care, as well as lots of doctors and nurses off sick with Covid.
People are being advised to do rapid Covid tests before meeting up With Friends and family At Christmas .
Lateral flow tests help to find cases in people who may have no symptoms but are still infectious and can give The Virus to Others .
Source of news: bbc.com
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