The Anonymous Widower

Coeliac Journey Through Covid-19 – Worried About Covid-19

Home Previous Next

Worried About Covid-19

I think like many others, I was worried about the pandemic when it started.

These are a few of my thoughts and actions.

Attitude To The Internet

I have been an avid reader of the Internet since it started.

But as someone, who has worked with serious researchers off and on for fifty years, I like to think that I know fake news or untrustworthy research when I see it.

I am also in the lucky position, that if I have an advanced question about say DNA, I generally know someone I can ask, with my connections at universities.

I’ve also been used by my cardiologist friend, as an example patient in a couple of his lectures.

Being Coeliac

I was quite worried about whether being coeliac would count against me in the pandemic.

Coeliac UK were not much help and their advice seemed to be along the line of Keep Calm and Carry On!

The Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Community On Stamford Hill

It must have been in 2019, when I was asked by my GP, if I had been vaccinated against measles.

I said no, but I have did have a bad case at about twenty-five, which I recounted in A Surprising Question From A Doctor.

He said fine and then added that there’s a measles epidemic in the North of the borough.

Apparently, the ultra-Orthodox Jews have a low level of vaccination and a lot of children.

This worried me, as will they bother to get the vaccine for Covid-19.

They should listen to the eminently sensible Chief Rabbi.

So in the end I just kept calm and carried on!

April 30, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Health | Coeliac, Coeliac Journey Through Covid-19, COVID-19, COVID-19 And Coeliac Disease, Judaism