What a difference a year makes

This is now beyond a joke.

We could be mean & call the new corona variant "the Belgian variant" because it was detected there 5 days ago in a patient who had not been near southern Africa. But we know better. Give it a name, it doesn't belong to a country. Don't punish SA because our scientists are clever

Spoke to BBC News (World) earlier today about #VirusVariantsVaccine #VaccineApartheid Inequity & Injustice. Thanks to Philippa Thomas for inviting me on. This is NOT the answer, we need Global Solidarity and we need it NOW!

Südliches Afrika - Es ist so bitter! (via Süddeutsche Zeitung) sz.de/1.5474766

These words should be heard far and wide….

Corona-Pandemie: Wie Omikron ans Licht kam via Süddeutsche Zeitung sz.de/1.5477932

The UK political cycle: Tories promise the Earth Tories get elected Tories fill their boots Tories get caught, again and again Voters at last wake up Tories lose byelection/election Voters go back to sleep Tories promise the Earth....

Understandably many different opinions on this issue. But on personal level this is reason for massive celebrations! My mother, sister and family just bought tickets to #SouthAfrica. They’ll be here in 3 days enjoying the sights, the kindness, the sun, the wine, the beaches…😁🙌

Out on BBC perspective for 2021: Africa’s leading role in science and the fight against Covid-19 bbc.com/news/av/world-…

Any thoughts Kevin Pietersen🦏 THE CASE FOR HUNTING OP-ED: False sympathy will not help Namibia’s people or our elephants – it is anti-conservation dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-0…

After the wonderful dinner and dancing under the stars at #ESRA2022 I’m thankful for the hardy souls that graced our 8am session on neuraxial blocks in challenging situations. If you missed it, a version of my talk on paraspinous approaches is online youtu.be/G3Ek-UAkHSI

Preop opioids have a negative impcat on orthopaedic outcomes. Patients either need pre-op weaning or SDM so that they are aware of the risks. …-publications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11… Dileep Lobo Prof Scarlett McNally Centre for Perioperative Care 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢

The Boy Choristers and Gentlemen are looking forward to their concert St Mary's, Warwick on Friday 🕯😮🎶🕯 Music by Wood, Tallis, Victoria, Howells. Free admission. Visit Warwick Historic Warwick Federation of Cathedral Old Choristers Association Choral Evensong Trust Cathedral Music Trust Diocese of Coventry

Congratulations and thank you to Carl Hillermann and the team UHCW NHS Trust for recruiting their first patient into the #ERASER trial today! #erasertrial #clinicaltrials #research

🔓MR opioid use was associated with a higher incidence of opioid-related adverse events and worse pain compared with immediate-release opioid use only following surgery. LIVE here with Helen Laycock at 1100! Shania Liu Sid Patanwala Nicholas Levy Jennifer Stevens Dileep Lobo Jonathan Penm, PhD, FFIP FAdPha FPS FANZCAP FHEA

The propensity-score matching used for the observational study balanced out the groups and was able to compare side effects between groups. Really interesting methods. Shania Liu Jonathan Penm, PhD, FFIP FAdPha FPS FANZCAP FHEA x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

🔓The free full original paper to accompany today's livestream with Helen Laycock Impact of modified-release opioid use on clinical outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a propensity score-matched cohort study. Shania Liu Sid Patanwala Nicholas Levy Jennifer Stevens

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