This is a really great point about when face masks are re-introduced in hospitals as they see surges in Covid that overwhelm them. Literally nothing else gets switched on and off like this as an infection control measure. It's bonkers that it isn't standard at all times.

🧵Pls sign and share new petition to Scottish Government and urge them to broaden access to #Covid19 vaccines and follow WHO guidance at the very minimum:actionnetwork.org/petitions/foll… Neil Gray MSP

A reminder that toddlers who never lived through lockdown, now have long covid. Some may never know what it’s like to not feel fatigue. Pushing herdimmunity via infection is the biggest health disaster in history. iflscience.com/first-of-its-k…

Then again, it's even worse in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿where government guidance makes it clear that face masks aren't to be re-introduced by any healthcare settings regardless of how overwhelmed they might be from Covid infections...

Clara, age 11 says "I feel exhausted, sometimes I can't get out my bed, I have to use a wheelchair, I have to be on a part time timetable at school but sometimes I don't get in for that, I don't see a lot of my friends" UK Covid-19 Inquiry 🙏Channel 5

“We may be witnessing the emergence of a population-level acquired immune deficiency — not sexually transmitted, but airborne.” That line isn’t from a tweet. It’s from a peer-reviewed paper in AJPM Focus (2025). A short thread 🧵 on why this framing matters 👇

Hugely important paper 🙏 the link to which should be pasted in response to any article claiming repeated reinfection with SARS CoV 2 strengthens your immune system, etc.

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Stephen Kinnock If u want to get sick people back into work could I please suggest instead of job advisors u 1) invest in research & treatments to get them better so they can work? And 2) we stop ignoring the fact we are still in a global pandemic with a virus that is disabling us? #LongCovid

London Mayor, Sadiq Khan invests £2.7M in air filters for schools! This is a brilliant initiative and will benefit children's ongoing long-term health. Where next? Link to information below ⬇️

NEU welcomes the roll out of HEPA air filters to 200 schools in deprived areas with poor air quality by the Mayor of London. These filters will bring cleaner indoor air to tens of thousands of London children, with likely benefits to health, attendance and educational outcomes.

This is great!!! 👏🏼 Love that they’re also choosing quality purifiers that are powerful enough to actually make a difference!

#COVIDInquiry Waiting for the former Prime Minister with artwork from the children harmed by the virus - that we were told wouldn’t impact children. The early team

Valve problems in adults under 45 have just skyrocketed.

Covid infection levels in England remain around the Very High level, although there has been a recent small fall. We continue to recommend taking maximum precautions against catching Covid, as around 1 in every 112 people were infected as of 19 October. buds.org.uk/covid-19-risk-…

Scarlet seen here holding up our placard outside the UK Covid-19 Inquiry gave an interview to Channel 5 which we understand will be on this evening. theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2…

Covid vax in the UK is available to far fewer than the WHO recommends. It's even more restricted than in Trump’s America! It means people at high clinical risk's lives are endangered & avoidable serious illness & long-term health issues for anyone. Please sign these 2 petitions🙏

Harbinder said: “The whole focus has been on a few months of lost learning. My children haven’t been well enough to go back to school for the last three years. We are not even on the radar. It’s almost as if we don’t exist.” mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/c… #COVIDinquiry

Polluted indoor air, full of harmful particles, gases, chemicals, infection-spreading aerosols, mould spores, etc is a key driver of ill-health yet is widely ignored. Delighted our founder Dr Sally Witcher is a Commissioner for this landmark global initiative for healthy indoor air.

Two weeks ago, we warned that the NHS was taking a huge gamble with the nation's health by restricting Covid boosters. We said that only time will tell whether that gamble would pay off. As the headline below shows, hospitals and GP surgeries are already under extreme pressure.