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    The Virtues of Face Masks in the Fight Against COVID
    vicluca
    • 6 days ago
    • 3 min

    The Virtues of Face Masks in the Fight Against COVID

    Victor Luca, 12-Jan-21. Unpublished Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic there was considerable denial regarding the benefits of wearing fac...
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    COVID-19: Does Dose Make the Poison?
    vicluca
    • Jan 2
    • 5 min

    COVID-19: Does Dose Make the Poison?

    Victor Luca, 3-Jan-21. Unpublished The Swiss-German physician, Paracelsus (1493-1541) first stated that "dose makes the poison". Here I e...
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    On COVID-19 Vaccines
    vicluca
    • Dec 30, 2020
    • 5 min

    On COVID-19 Vaccines

    Victor Luca, Published in The Beacon 31-Dec-20. COVID Free for Now Dr Victor Luca The views expressed here are solely our own and do not ...
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    Revenge of the Animals
    vicluca
    • Nov 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    Revenge of the Animals

    Victor Luca, 11-Nov-20. Unpublished I am no animal rights activist, far from it. When I was growing up in Whakatāne back in the seventies...
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    Our Health System in the Age of COVID-19
    vicluca
    • Oct 8, 2020
    • 5 min

    Our Health System in the Age of COVID-19

    Victor Luca, 28-Sep-20. Published The Beacon, 9-Oct-20 I have always been exceedingly grateful that we have in our country an ostensibly ...
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    COVID-19: Will we Squander an Opportunity to Act on Climate?
    vicluca
    • Aug 18, 2020
    • 4 min

    COVID-19: Will we Squander an Opportunity to Act on Climate?

    Victor Luca, 18-Aug-20. For decades now science has been warning us of an impending pandemic, as bad, if not worse than that of 1918. The...
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    COVID-19 Transmission – Was our Ministry of Health was Caught Napping at the Wheel?
    vicluca
    • Aug 14, 2020
    • 7 min

    COVID-19 Transmission – Was our Ministry of Health was Caught Napping at the Wheel?

    Victor Luca 15-Aug-20. COVID-19 can be transmitted through contact (fomites), droplets and via aerosols (airborne). Yet, our Ministry of ...
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    Accuracy of the COVID-19 Test
    vicluca
    • Jul 1, 2020
    • 7 min

    Accuracy of the COVID-19 Test

    Victor Luca, 1-Jul-20 Influenza is the Italian word for “influence” and came to be used for the disease because people believed that the ...
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    Where to from here with Infectious Diseases?
    vicluca
    • Jun 12, 2020
    • 5 min

    Where to from here with Infectious Diseases?

    Victor Luca, 12-Jun-20. The Beacon 17-Jun-20 The COVID-19 pandemic has given us a baptism of fire in infectious disease and pandemics and...
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    Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Virus the Cause of COVID-19 Disease - Comparison with Influenza A
    vicluca
    • Apr 6, 2020
    • 5 min

    Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 Virus the Cause of COVID-19 Disease - Comparison with Influenza A

    VIctor Luca & Sandy Milne, 6-Apr-20 How does the virus transmit and what can we do about it? There are four types of influenza virus, A, ...
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