It makes great sense to mitigate the economic loss and social costs occasioned by Brexit. Growth driven improvements to public revenues are essential for re building the country. Closer ties with Europe are an obvious mechanism. Sooner not later. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

DNA studies based on population genetics may be able to assign components of ancestral origin with varying degrees of accuracy depending on the circumstances but place of birth requires other evidence. How is “ origin” defined and by whom? theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…

Once again, I am not expressing an opinion about this case. However, if there are compelling methodological and evidentiary questions, they require expert deliberation. theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/o…

🧵In our paper, part of the new The BMJ Collection w/The Health Foundation, we discuss why #Foresight approaches are key to preparedness for future health shocks and must be integrated in policy making bmj.com/content/387/bm… The Health Foundation The BMJ Kit Yates Dr Duncan Robertson 1/9

#jokeoftheday A pact with the devil! #music #piano

Wow. So relevant for today.

Thoughts from Leonard Bernstein (d otd 1990): "It is the artists of the world, the feelers and the thinkers who will ultimately save us; who can articulate, educate, defy, insist, sing and shout the big dreams." "Life without music is meaningless, music without life is academic."

Just want to give a HUGE shout out to Eric Topol for the incredible job he has done over the last 5 years keeping all of us UTD wrt scientific research. It’s truly unbelievable how consistently and throughly he has kept all of us informed for so long, 24 hrs/day, 7 days/wk. THANK

Trends in Pediatric Hospital Admissions Caused or Contributed by SARS-CoV-2 Infection in England - The Journal of Pediatrics jpeds.com/article/S0022-… Excellent paper. Significant implications for vaccine policies generally. Hopefully, the findings will be givne serious thought

"I want all women who have been raped to say: Madame Pelicot did it, I can too. I don't want them to be ashamed any longer." That shame was never hers to carry. Gisele Pelicot is so right and so brave to refuse it and to demand that it changes side. lbc.co.uk/news/gisele-pe…

Systematic review of 51 studies on Covid transmission during airplane flights —sporadic clusters, proximity to cases —masks helpful for mitigation medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Disability, aged care, employment services, hospitals, childcare, prisons, the list goes on. We now have overwhelming evidence over decades. Every time governments use taxpayer money to privatise public social care, taxpayers are ripped off & consumers are worse off.

Extreme healthspan and longevity Taking up running at age 100, and then setting world records nytimes.com/2024/10/23/spo…

Twitter, I’m losing followers hand over fist. Still just about hanging on in here - please help me find my old followers - if they’re still here - if you can, by RTing.

A fantastic summary. Please consider re posting.

Denying this is a bit like denying gravity. Not many nations are this dim.

Truly great recordings are rarities but Steven Isserlis’ “ Music of the Angels” is of them. There is a filigree like celestial delicacy to his playing underpinned by the gravitas of cogent musical argument. Boccherini has rarely had such persuasive advocacy. A must hear.

My mother sent this to our family in the USA : “ Many of my generation witnessed the Second World War at close quarters. We know what fascism is. America IS a great country. Vote for democracy not for demagogues”.

Thoughts for Monday from Dostoevsky, b otd 1821: “May your sky always be clear, may your dear smile always be bright and happy, and may you be for ever blessed for that moment of bliss and happiness." “I will not and cannot believe that evil is the normal condition of mankind.”