Update from the frontline. It's not pretty I'm afraid. My experience and those of colleagues up and down the country suggest the NHS pressures are cumulative not sporadic...

BREAKING: I must bring you the devastating news that Parody Boris Johnson has been suspended after someone at Twitter suffered from a colossal failure of humour.😭😭😭 This means he is starting again from his other account Parody Nigel Farage and could do with a few follows x

Denial of airborne? Schools? Long Covid? PPE shenanigans? Health inequalities? Treatments in the community? Transmission in hospitals? Make your opinions heard - what needs looking at in the inquiry? 4 days left.

TL cleanser. Parrot rock star hitting the high notes. 🤘

On recent dog walk, got chatting to a lady I'd met a few times: Her: Are you holidaying abroad this year Me: I can't because of Covid & immunosuppressed family members Her: But Covid is over now Me: 1 in 45 people are infected & 1,000 ppl a week dying Her: Not now though 1/

So being a gay infection doctor I am used to getting messages from friends regarding PEP/PrEP. But last few days have had quite a few messages from worried friends. So thought I'd create a tweet of my advice following the current guidance that is developing and in flux.

We need you! ☝ We are currently carrying out a follow-up review of Office for National Statistics (ONS)’s COVID-19 Infection Survey (CIS) and want to hear feedback from users of the statistics. Complete our short survey: osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/our-regulatory…

Excellent thread. It’s like Groundhog Day… we will just keep going round and round until we learn to do something differently. Exactly what is the endgame otherwise?

We don’t always know who’s at risk from COVID-19 and other viruses. But we do know how to protect them: bit.ly/3OSwMjF #ForUsAll

My thoughts on the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Australia's COVID situation is out of control. A mega-thread looking at where we are, how we got here, and what we need to do to get out of this shitshow. 🧵 . . .

Doctors are concerned about the risk of hospital-acquired covid-19 newscientist.com/article/232981…

The original video of my artwork here. Stay tuned, to discover more infinite stories!

Tories are arguing that wages must not rise as strongly as prices or we will get an inflationary spiral. But that’s ridiculous. All price increases add to the income of the companies charging them. What the Tories are saying is business should profit, not workers. A thread……

Not as low as if you wear a respirator; in fact the risk of infection whilst wearing a surgical mask was 5 to 31 fold higher c/w a fit tested FFP3. elifesciences.org/articles/71131

At first I though this was just a link to the survey on imperial units I completed months ago. Turns out to be a new one. Perhaps Rees-Mogg didn't like the answers he got first time round. Please complete. And spread the word. Closes 11 pm 26/08 gov.uk/government/con…

This petition now has more signatures than the entire @conservatives membership. Keep it going - lets see if it can get more signatures than they got in votes. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6197…

This is what collapse looks like. The raw reality of calling an ambulance and there being no capacity to respond. Please read this thread and retweet if you feel able. The government needs to act with urgency. mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_bein… Matt Butler Kit Yates rachel

2 v. important studies on COVID and type I diabetes in children out recently in JAMA showing: -Children infected early in life - 2x higher risk of developing auto-antibodies associated with type I diabetes -for those infected <18 months risk was 5x higher than those not infected