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The Christmas season is associated with preventable harms from cards, tree decorations, and presents, as well as overeating and overdrinking, so do the benefits of Christmas outweigh the harms? Jeff Aronson & Robin Ferner ow.ly/k3dt50CNzhT

I would agree with this if you added "that stands up to expert scrutiny". We have seen so many poor-quality SRs recently; merely doing one is not enough.

Happy birthday to Thomas Willis and all his circle, 27 January 1621. blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/01/08…

You don't have to read my "When I Use a Word" BMJ column about viruses this week, but others might like to, if you let them know by retweeting this tweet. blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/01/29…

Great to see the courageous and dogged journalism of Deborah Cohen Hannah Barnes BBC Newsnight recognised with a nomination for Home News Coverage, amidst a very crowded field of impressive work from across the industry..

This is good news. For information about baricitinib (mechanism of action, indications, adverse effects, interactions, etc) see the vignette in the COVID-19 Evidence Service at cebm.net/covid-19/baric…

The coronavirus vaccine monitoring study is now recruiting participants. Register here vac4covid.com

Here's preprint evidence that CD4/8 T cell responses are similar in response to different variants of SARS-CoV2 (UK, SA, Brazil, CAL) and to mRNA vaccines. It's not just about antibodies. biorxiv.org/content/10.110…; cebm.net/covid-19/what-…

The Early Career Clinical Pharmacology Abstract Competition is for Medical Students, Junior Doctors (FY1, FY2, IMT1, IMT2), Pre-registration Pharmacists, and Pharmacists up to 2 years after qualification. Deadline for entries 5 July 2021. Entry details at bps.ac.uk/education-enga…

I don't think it's as simple as that, Renee. We are told that we need 70-80% immunity to prevent further spread, and vaccination may be only 90% effective. Measles vaccination below the necessary 95% or so has been disastrous. Should we not encourage vaccination, if possible?

I hope you're not saying that my percentages are wrong 😉

Might not airborne transmission from respiratory and faecal sources be equally important? The MJA review quotes both.

Congratulations, Tanja. Great to hear that Doug's influence lives on.

"... The grave's a fine and pleasant place, but none, I think, do there embrace". Marvell-ous lines from a master of seduction.

Clinical pharmacology. The current number of UK clinical pharmacologists is under 25% of the number that the RCP estimated as necessary in its 2015 report rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outpu…. All doctors need to know how to prescribe medicines to maximize benefits and minimize harms.

The efficiency paradox in health care. bmj.com/content/375/bm…

Here is a clear, deCoffeynated guide to the use of the Oxford (or serial or Harvard) comma: blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/02/07…

For a list of medical anniversaries in 2023 see bmj.com/content/380/bm…

66 medically related anniversaries in 2023: 1. 1123--Foundation of the Augustine Priory of St Bartholomew by Rahere, a prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral; this was the start of what eventually became the site of St Bartholomew's Hospital.

Congratulations to Georgia Dr Georgia Richards, PhD on being awarded an Open Data Institute Fellowship. This is related to her work on the hugely successful Preventable Deaths Tracker at preventabledeathstracker.net.