1/ For those with #LongCovid : more symptoms, more muscle pain, more concentration problems, lower aerobic capacity, less muscle strength & myopathy (see study abstract and link below).

So yeah, the @forbes title -in relation to this study- is wrong.
forbes.com/sites/anuradha…

3/ The debate about exercise in #LongCovid is frsutrating & I have largely stayed away from it for many reasons. But this is not the way to do it i.e. to simply recommend exercise based on mixed findings that don't properly evaluate harms vs benefits & in what groups of patients.

More costs added to the ‘eat out to help out’ scheme as documents finally released about the £2 million spent on focus groups to try and get public to support an idea for which no scientists were consulted and almost certainly accelerated a second wave 😡 theguardian.com/business/2024/…

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May war stop.
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Eid Mubarak to all who celebrate it.
May your days be happy.
May peace be your companion.
May justice prevail.
May war stop.
May oppression cease.
May hard times be over.
May you be safe.
May you be supported.
May you find love near you & within you.
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Children living near Sure Start centres did better at GCSEs, study suggests bbc.in/49sz82n

Bearing in mind that #LongCovid is largely multi-symptom and multi-system with symptoms and possibly affected body systems changing over time.

Hi Wes Streeting MP - I am working this weekend. Doctors have worked weekends since before you were born. Empty your pockets.

Foreign Press Association presses again for immediate access to Gaza raising “questions about what Israel does not want international journalists to see”. The US administration has also pressed Netanyahu directly on the issue, still no change.

Universities of Stirling, Oxford & York research finds return to work policies unfit for those with #LongCovid
Terms ‘able’ or ‘disabled’ are not helpful for people with Long Covid, which is unpredictable, has invisible symptoms, and varies in severity.

stir.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

Good morning ☀️
Come close and smell the roses.

1/ An interesting read though nothing surprising. Women do more ‘academic housework’ but I invite you to think about something: women are also urged in leadership training & mentoring to say no more & focus on career serving tasks. So here’s the thing… kifinfo.no/en/2024/03/wom…

Every time our leaders 'lose' their WhatsApp messages before an enquiry they are mocking those who elected them.

I want to make it a breach of the ministerial code for Government business to be conducted on private apps.

Please sign and share.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6503…

4/ the bit about not answering (all) emails though: I’ve encountered highly successful, effective & nurturing senior women academics who do that too. It’s not a personality flaw. It’s a system malfunction. You can spend yr whole career drowning in email. A sure creativity killer!