Are you sad and angry about the surge in anti-Asian violence? Wondering if there’s something anti-racist you can do? One idea: learn how pronounce Asian names! It doesn’t have to be perfect. Just try, and it will make a difference to your Asian friends and people you meet. (1/8)

Models have shown the impact #COVID19 vaccines can have on health. Our new study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases looks at their impact on QALYs, net health costs and the wider economy. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… With Frank Sandmann, Nick Davies, Anna Vassall, John Edmunds & CMMID. 1/3

2020: Armchair epidemiologists 2021: Armchair tugboat captains I, for one, welcome the change.

Two new reviews in BMJ Global Health that invite us to think more clearly about what we mean when we say 'global health' and 'low-resource settings': On 'global health' [MelSalm et al] gh.bmj.com/content/6/6/e0… On 'low-resource settings' [@m_heine01 et al] gh.bmj.com/content/6/6/e0…

Falling aid for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in the lead-up to the COVID-19 pandemic New commentary with David Bath Peter Binyaruka, PhD Josephine Borghi @Melisa_MarAl Read it here 👉 gh.bmj.com/content/6/6/e0… @LSHTM_CHIL Countdown to 2030 PMNCH

"Without challenging the origins of racial differentiation, health institutions have deepened the stigmatisation of racialised groups with framings such as “Black mothers are more likely to die than white mothers” instead of “structural racism is killing Black mothers”. "

Hate is a strong word. But the racist relying on black English footballers to bring them glory as if they were their servants, then turning on them as soon as they fell short of their dreams, have my deepest contempt.

Never want to think about Scott Morrison again and am currently excreting him from my psyche

The global monkeypox outbreak is disproportionately affecting queer men. My latest story examines how public health is balancing the need to warn a susceptible community with the danger of stigmatizing it - and how the legacy of AIDS shapes the response wapo.st/3NN2xKu

An important call for us all to do better, "resist oversimplified dichotomies, and instead use nuanced terms that recognise the vast variations among countries and people, and respect how people want to be described"

Deleting "Zero. None." (but retaining comparison to Plessy v. Ferguson) is a new low for improving a draft diffchecker.com/XcsKtAqh

i just realised that, in tears dry on their own, amy winehouse sings about "stupid men" and not "superman" and i've never felt more seen by a lyric

A very important NEJM paper on 528 #monkeypox cases in 16 nations indicates sex between men drives the outbreak. 98% were gay or bi men, 75% were white, 41% had HIV. No women. 95% of cases thought to have transmitted during sex. See 🧵⬇️ for details nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Mayor of Hackney Hackney Council After seeing the video today of Waltham Forest Council's efforts to make cyclelanes safe from snow and ice (x.com/Labourstone/st…), I'm wondering why Hackney's prioritisation page doesn't list cyclelanes at all (hackney.gov.uk/gritting)?

Read an excerpt of my new book, if you like. Although they've helpfully picked the bit that contains the longest sentence in the entire thing. I promise it's not all like this.