I try to be professional on this platform but there are times, like now, when it hits me hard on a visceral level that we are in the midst of a catastrophic global public health crisis and it seems, as a species, we've somehow decided that ignoring it is the best plan we've got.

Important thread for the international LC community: 1) An international warning to the Long Covid community, using Germany as the example. As predicted, Long Covid is being operationally absorbed by the ME/CFS community. The new federal budget for 2026 confirms this.

Before Covid arrived, people were already warning of pressure within the NHS. Each winter was a little worse than the one before. But since 2022, it’s not just a little different. It’s a LOT different. But no one takes notice because “it’s always been like this”. No it hasn’t.

Nearly 200 registered Covid deaths across the UK in the latest weekly data (w/e 16 Oct 2025). 195 Covid deaths. In just 7 days. (With thanks to Gwladwr for collating the data across the 4 nations).

My new research is out #LongCovid. The critical role of patient advocacy-research in disease recognition I look at the painstaking process of knowledge building by the patient community in the early pandemic, which led to recognition of LC as a multi-system disease entity

Tern has picked up an important inaccuracy in UKHSA’s comms about the autumn booster here. The stated vaccine effectiveness is NOT compared to those who are unvaccinated. It’s the incremental (additional) protection of THAT booster compared to those who didn’t get THAT booster.

1) The never ending debate, and the downplaying by some non-COVID ME/CFS voices, about LongCovid as an "umbrella term" gets causality backward. The Cause (COVID-19) is a multisystem disease from the start, attacking vessels, organs, and nerves.

Weird, huh? Why would population immunity be so bad across the board? Almost as if the whole population has been recurrently exposed to an immune damaging something or other? Anyway, don’t think about it too much, carry on like it’s 2019.

During the Cvd inquiry, I noted so many references to decisions having to be 'evidence based'. I would like these people to produce one single piece of evidence that this advised technique prevents transmission of diseases - airborne and other modes. 👀Show me the evidence. 1/🧵

The Pandemic Institute UK Health Security Agency UKHSA North West Prof Tom Solomon CBE I genuinely hope that lessons from the mishandling of the Covid pandemic are at the heart of pandemic preparedness. So many clear recommendations were heard at the Covid Inquiry but there seems very little appetite to actually *DO* anything to fix these glaring ongoing issues.

I wonder where people think #covid went?! Is the airborne virus 🦠 a 👻 With each #covid infection you are more susceptible to developing #longcovid Long Covid is a disease that causes multi systemic damage to the organs of the body.

PolyBio How dare you try to treat an illness caused by a virus… with antivirals! Unbelievable.

Long COVID = vasculitis: A first COVID-19 infection in children & teens increases the risk of blood clots, myocarditis, pericarditis, and inflammatory conditions, highest in the first week, with some risks lasting up to 12 months. thelancet.com/journals/lanch…

We warned. We have been warning in private meetings, public briefings, in PP presentations, backed by science since early 2022 that if Government’s don’t employ PH measures to prevent reinfections global ill -health will continue to rise with massive economic consequences….

Interestingly enough, the rise in "sick and disabled people out of work" in the UK started after 2019. Namely, since when a SARS virus has been left to rip through the population

Public Health Scotland And there is a very clear rebound along much of the south coast, particularly in West Sussex, but also in Portsmouth, Dorset, and Devon. 10/10

Can anyone see this?

DOCTORS’ ASSOCIATION UK: “The decision to deny healthcare workers a free Covid vaccine this year is irresponsible and extremely short-sighted.” “It will lead to increased staff sickness and put healthcare workers at risk of acute and long Covid.” dauk.org/denying-nhs-st…

Multiple studies prove that clean air measures, such as air filters, greatly reduce a bunch of infectious diseases as well as reduce allergens, pollution AND boost cognitive function and productivity. Tell me again why air filters are not every UK school right now?

The PCR positivity map is out, and national positivity across England has nudged downwards a little further to 5%. In Scotland it's 4.05%. Adjusted for non-reporting areas, we make the English average 6.50%. 1/7