People who accidentally found their doppelgängers in museums - a thread 🧵

According to the Egyptian Red Cresent, running the humanitarian aid distribution centre near Rafah, these are the goods Israel blocks from entering Gaza:

At the الهلال الأحمر المصري hub in Al Arish, I witnessed the barriers to aid getting into Gaza All the trucks lined up, all the refused aid, hospital equipment not being allowed over the border - there is no logical reason It’s clear people of Gaza are being collectively punished

I don’t gamble so I’ve no skin in this game. But watching football on TV there and the gambling advertising is absolutely EVERYWHERE. I think one day we’ll look back at this the way we look back at tobacco advertising in sport. Dreadful to see so many ex-pros involved too IMHO

For personal and professional reasons, I haven't been vocal about Palestine on this platform. But after yesterday, I want to make a few things clear for the record. (1/6)

The vast majority of these accounts have: ❌No profile picture ❌No human name ❌Large numbers of fake followers Paid troll farms being used to try inflate the size of the far right

An ED doctor on coming back from burnout | Brendan O'Connor - RTÉ Radio 1 rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

For European Public Health Week, Dr Philippa White tells us about her 6-month placement with us as part of her #publichealth training, and the projects she worked on supporting our work to improve equity in screening. 👉tinyurl.com/dr-pwhite-euph… #EUPHW2024 #ChooseScreening

V good BBC piece on how refocusing road safety as a public health problem, rather than an individual problem, was important for reducing deaths in Sweden. RSA Ireland and the Dept of Transport should take note, given deteriorating road safety in Ireland bbc.com/future/article…

On the train to Dublin this morning for a highly encouraging and productive NCCP #NCIS meeting, I managed to finish writing my clinic letters from Friday OPD in a word document. My letters contain the information that outlines the full plan, from systemic therapy slot

Important travel advice for parent of young children.

So glad we were able to get this 6 month old the additional free MMR vaccine to protect her from measles on our summer holidays. No side effects and no hassle. Free for any infants 6-11 months travelling abroad this summer 😎 HSE National Immunisation Office (NIO) www2.hse.ie/conditions/mmr….

Substantial IT investment is needed across the HSE Ireland. This is plainly obvious. We do not need to wait for a catastrophe to take place to figure out in retrospect at an enquiry that a national Electronic Healthcare Record could have avoided the catastrophe, it is

Gravity? Never heard of it.

📣 WE ARE HIRING! The National Cancer Registry is running a recruitment campaign for a Senior Epidemiologist, to lead and conduct epidemiological studies specific to cancer incidence, prevalence, and outcomes. Closing date: 16th August ✍️Apply now! ncri.ie/content/senior…

10 infant deaths in 2024 for a vaccine preventable illness. Have seen so much of this disease in 2024. Please get the pertussis vaccine in the 2nd trimester of EACH pregnancy. cannot overstate how awful this disease is in newborn babies & we have only supportive therapy to offer