Smoking and #COVID19 #QuitforCovid ASH_LDN Asthma UK British Lung Foundation

PLEASE RT – We’re advising people of all ages with any lung disease to make sure they are following the government’s social distancing advice. Anyone entitled to the flu vaccine should be taking very serious social distancing measures. Check our advice: bit.ly/2PsD7pv

COVID summary inforgraphic version 2. This week our academics have reviewed recent publications on viral mechanisms, timelines and trial data. We hope this helps. Version 3 out next week. Inflammation and Ageing Birmingham Health Partners @unibirm_MDS University Hospitals Birmingham Kylie Belchamber Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)

Today, we’re celebrating the global impact of vaccines in saving lives & improving health with British Society for Immunology. Join the #CelebrateVaccines movement! #ProtectTheNextGeneration

The next COVID-19 summary from my fantastic research group. This time the reviewers at UHB and UOB, coordinated by Kylie Belchamber and Michael, focus on protecting ourselves from COVID infection. What works? University Hospitals Birmingham UHB CEO @unibirm_MDS Birmingham Acute Care Research Centre British Thoracic Society (BTS) @

Please pass this on- inadequate swab technique leads to false negative tests. Really important to know how it's done or people will be deemed PCR negative when actually infected, and potentially infectious.

Role of Metabolic Reprogramming in Pulmonary Innate Immunity and Its Impact on Lung Diseases ✍ Charalambos Michaeloudes C Michaeloudes 📄 bit.ly/3gGkvgN #mitochondria #asthma #metabolism #innateimmunity

🌟Finding 'me' in the fight against inequality✨ Dr Sarah Essilfie-Quaye Dr Sarah E-Q 🇬🇭🇬🇧 shares her wisdom on how we can all do more to address structural racism in academia. #ThreeWiseWomen wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/blog/imperial-…

Explanation of the proliferation of conspiracy theories? Loss of faith in democracy, partly due to the falling quality of politicians, distrust in the media; also the proliferation of social media where the sage, the scientist and the overconfident idiot have the same validity.

Άννα Μαραγκού για κατεδαφίσεις Αρχιεπισκόπου: «Είμαστε ένας λαός για τα παναΰρκα μόνον» (ηχητικό) politis.com.cy/politis-news/k… via Εφημερίδα Πολίτης - Politis.com.cy Anna Marangou AchilleasDemetriades Anna Andreou Alexandra ATTALIDES MP ERATO KOZAKOU MARCOULLIS Marios Karatzias χριστόφορος Christophoros Marilena Evangelou @hc_yiota #Cyprus

Vaccines are one of our most powerful tools against viruses. Professor of Immunology at Imperial College London Charles Bangham looks at why we know that vaccines work and why they might be our best hope of controlling the #COVID19 pandemic on our blog: royalsociety.org/blog/2021/01/w…

Science is not a social construct. Science’s truths were true before there were societies; will still be true after all philosophers are dead; were true before any philosophers were born; were true before there were any minds, even trilobite or dinosaur minds, to notice them.

Scientists are unpicking the life cycle of SARS-CoV-2 and how the virus uses tricks to evade detection. nature.com/articles/d4158…

Σωματείο Βιολογικών Επιστημών Κύπρου: Πρωτόγνωρη «πανδημία παραπληροφόρησης» ygeia-news.com/panepistimio-k…

Stopping smoking is the best way to improve and protect both lung and overall health 🚭 Learn about the benefits of stopping smoking, the science behind different types of nicotine products and the effects of passive smoking: europeanlung.org/en/information… #BeSmokeFree #WorldLungDay

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In a randomized trial in Bangladesh, increased wearing (13.3%, up to 42.3%) reduced symptomatic #COVID in villages by 35% (adjusted prevalence ratio = 0.65 [0.45, 0.85]). Masks are an effective method to reduce symptomatic SARS-CoV-2. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Ένας 50αρης καρκινοπαθής, πατέρας 2 παιδιών, σε ενεργή χημειοθεραπεία, έβαλε 3 δόσεις εμβολίου κ δεν έκανε ούτε μισό αντίσωμα. Μου μιλούσε κ έτρεμε η φωνή του, με την ιδέα ότι μπορεί να μολυνθεί κ να αφήσει τα παιδιά του. "Σε παρακαλώ, πες τον κόσμο να εμβολιστεί.." Τι να πεις.

Dealing with Stress: Defective Metabolic Adaptation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Pathogenesis atsjournals.org/doi/10.1513/An… Defective metabolic adaptation leads to increased susceptibility to mitochondrial damage in #COPD, and may be associated with accelerated aging and 1

Mitochondrial Transfer Regulates Bioenergetics in Healthy and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Airway Smooth Muscle 🔗 bit.ly/3fxUvc9