'Increasing social inequality is the single biggest factor in the increasing worldwide infectious disease burden and this includes Hong Kong' Ultimately, social inequality is bad for everybody My article for Hong Kong Free Press HKFP👇 hongkongfp.com/2024/06/30/cov…

Polling day in the UK Disastrous Covid response and the insanity of Brexit. The Tories got all the big decisions of the last 14 years wrong Corrupt uncaring unethical arrogant and incompetent. By some distance the worst government of my lifetime Here's hoping that democracy

And for those who despite it all are still voting Tory I leave this nugget from Iain Banks

Report from CHP today one in every six women of reproductive age in Hong Kong are iron deficient Overall prevalence of iron deficiency 5.7% but 0.7% male versus 10.2% female (17.5% females of reproductive age) Emphasis on importance of nutrition especially in younger women

44.5 billion reasons for a public enquiry into the disastrous Hong Kong Covid response x.com/drdowens/statu…

Orwell v/s Huxley That last line will haunt me...

Elon Musk We have freedom of speech in the UK; it's written into our law in the 1998 Human Rigts Act. But rights come with responsibilities (I appreciate that's a concept you're not familiar with); there's a requirement not to incite criminality or spread hatred online. We find society

Joel Chan Infamous Twit 💔💛🇺🇦💙🇺🇦 The 300 lab-confirmed deaths this year from COVID are similar to the number of lab-confirmed flu deaths. Useful data from CHP chp.gov.hk/en/resources/2… indicating that the 2023 COVID-19 peaks had greater impact in terms of severe cases than the peaks so far this year:

Joel Chan Infamous Twit 💔💛🇺🇦💙🇺🇦 If we were to look at incidence of /infections/, I think the spikes would still be comparable in 2024 to what they were in 2023 My previous tweet is referring to the small fraction of infections which are very severe or fatal, and that seems to have come down in 2024 vs 2023

Big Wave Bay. A beautiful Hong Kong beach with great surf at this time of year Who are the people who sit in committees and propose these regulations. What possible motivations drive them to make these insane laws which inhibit physical activity and damage population health.

30 years ago today Dr Tim Trodd and I opened the doors of the clinic that would become OT&P. Lots of water under that bridge. Thank you to Tim, to all my colleagues past and present and especially to everyone who has allowed me the privilege of being their doctor.