The Bottom Line: Covid in New Zealand As New Zealand move from elimination to a suppression strategy, how have they have faired and what may the future look like? 🧵 Prof Sir Gregor Smith Trisha Greenhalgh Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social Professor Chris Whitty Nicola Sturgeon Jeremy Farrar Prof. Devi Sridhar Dr. Deepti Gurdasani

LIVE NOW: Independent SAGE discusses education policy with special guests Dr Dr. Deepti Gurdasani, Joint General Secretary of the NEU Kevin Courtney, and Claudia Hanson of the Karolinska Institute, hosted by Professor Jim Al-Khalili x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

🇮🇪Ireland A LOT of people notifying on twitter that having avoided it all along they or a member of their family now have Covid-19 for the first time. Pretending Covid is gone and it’s now okay to discard masks in essential settings is not working. #CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid

I just signed this petition, will you join me? my.uplift.ie/petitions/fund… via @UpliftIRL

"Every time you hear someone say it’s time to ‘live with the virus’, remember that doesn’t mean doing nothing about it." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

WATCH: "There seems to be no plan to take any action, or a plan to encourage people to wear a mask." Prof. of Health Systems Anthony Staines on current #Covid wave

Hey look, what is this? 1st infection- 19% hospitalized 2nd infection- 17% hospitalized 3rd infection- 25.9% hospitalized

For @DonnellyStephen & David Cullinane T.D.: The final NPHET letter did not discourage masks, it strongly suggested they be retained. Masking would help mitigate the current surge. As would more testing, investment in air hygiene, & working at home. It's *not* lockdown or nothing.

"living with the virus" as a way to "normal" is not working. Businesses should recognize that investing in elimination is the exit strategy. Is this it? More than half of workers still not returning to office, according to gauge marketwatch.com/story/is-this-…

This is a step forward. Indoor air policy in Belgium with CO2 monitors and targets for ventilation.

Long Covid: the invisible public health crisis fuelling labour shortages - time to pay attention. Independent Scientific Advocacy Group (ISAG) on.ft.com/35XUkCE via Financial Times

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After careful consideration, I have decided to go public with this 🧵My daughter Jasmin has had #LongCOVID for the past 16 months. I tried for >6 months to get her research bloods done in the UK. Hitting brick walls, in desperation took her to Germany in Feb. #longcovidkids

The final version of our study seeking to understand how even mild respiratory COVID can affect the brain is now published. Sharing an updated thread… 1/ Mild respiratory COVID can cause multi-lineage neural cell and myelin dysregulation cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

Don't breathe it in. #COVIDisAirborne

Humm, one of those radio interviews this morning when I didn't get to say everything I wanted to 😞 So here's what I planned to say. As WHO are saying, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic isn't over. We need to expect multiple waves of infection each year.

🚨 BREAKING: "For all of these reasons, I have decided that the global #monkeypox outbreak represents a public health emergency of international concern."-Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Irish Examiner inadvertently burying the lede here: “It could also be that people are slightly more vulnerable post-Covid because there is a post-Covid elevated risk of heart disease for example, so that could be contributing to it as well.”

We are all playing Covid roulette. Without clean air, the next infection could permanently disable you | George Monbiot theguardian.com/commentisfree/…