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Prof. Adrian Esterman

Prof. Adrian Esterman

Can the MMR vaccination protect against COVID-19?

Some live attenuated vaccines (vaccines that contain the live pathogen that has been modified so that it is harmless) appear to provide a…

3 min readOct 7, 2020

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Prof. Adrian Esterman
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SkillUp Ed

Testing for COVID-19

What tests are there and are they accurate?

4 min readAug 28, 2020

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Prof. Adrian Esterman

COVID-19: facts and fiction

July update

8 min readJul 4, 2020

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COVID-19 epidemic curve for the USA

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Prof. Adrian Esterman

Herd immunity — a three minute explanation

What is it, and can we achieve it for COVID-19?

3 min readMay 29, 2020

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Herd immunity — a three minute explanation

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Prof. Adrian Esterman
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SkillUp Ed

Show Me the Evidence!

Clinical trials provide evidence for treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 — but what is evidence and why are clinical trials needed?

5 min readMay 15, 2020

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Show Me the Evidence!

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Prof. Adrian Esterman

Should the USA have cancelled funding to WHO?

WHO is the UN agency charged with spearheading international public health efforts — but does it do a good job?

5 min readApr 16, 2020

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Prof. Adrian Esterman

A fascinating history of clinical trials from their beginnings in Babylon

Clinical trials are required to test treatments for COVID-19. Take a quick trip over 2,000 years and discover how our current…

11 min readApr 11, 2020

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Prof. Adrian Esterman

Are the statistics we see in articles about the Coronavirus accurate?

“Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.” George Bernard Shaw

5 min readApr 6, 2020

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Prof. Adrian Esterman
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SkillUp Ed

Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases

How to understand articles about the Coronavirus

11 min readMar 29, 2020

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Prof. Adrian Esterman

Infectious diseases and their impact on civilisation

Epidemics from the stone age to the 20th century.

15 min readMar 21, 2020

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Infectious diseases and their impact on civilisation

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Prof. Adrian Esterman

Prof. Adrian Esterman

An epidemiologist and biostatistician with over 40 years of experience. University of South Australia, Clinical & Health Sciences.

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