Magical thinking is widespread. Political leaders have made mistakes - understandable in the early stages of a new disease, especially as they often completely lack any sort of relevant expertise - but instead of admitting to them, many have doubled down on their failures.

The idea that it's even vaguely reasonable to have a provincial or national government with no in-house expertise in health research, climate, mental health etc is ridiculous. That's like having a car company whose CEO has never been in a car, and "hiring experts"...

I don't know who needs to hear this, but making yourself sicker and sicker does not help boost your immune system.

“Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder,” according to 20th-century historian Arnold Toynbee. He claimed every great culture collapses internally due to a divergence in values between the ruling class and the common people…🧵 (thread)

I mask because ‘mild’ infection has caused 90% of Long Covid #WearAMask #MaskUp #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsntOver #CovidIsIAirborne #StopLongCovid #BringBackMasks #KeepMasksInHealthcare #DoNoHarm

The basic science: ⚠️Covid reinfections cause long term ill health (true). ⚠️Covid infections are preventable (true). The basic delusional thinking: 🫠Covid reinfections are boosting your health (false). 🫠Everyone has to get it endlessly (false). 🫠No one's dying from it

The inquiry asked Clive Beggs, a professor of engineering at Leeds Beckett University, to write this 114-page report into the subject. He now thinks that airborne or 'aerosol' spread is not just possible, but the MAIN way Covid is transmitted. covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp-content/upl…

The data from this year (Pirola) and going forward, may well change our views. Less risk doesn't mean no risk. Less severe doesn't mean no damage. Most patients with Long Cövid never get hospitalised. Emmanuel 🤷🏻‍♂️

Speak Out Now - WORDS MATTER Jess There is a urologist who has not published yet who has found that klebsiella bacteria have replaced E-coli as the main bacteria causing UTI post Covid. Potentially the Bacteria could host Covid or cause a biofilm that is hard to break down. It’s clear Covid is doing something.

Dear NHS England Are you watching this? Your National Deputy Director of IPC Dr Lisa Ritchie's continuing professional development program appears to have stopped c.1997 Could this be remedied at her next annual appraisal please? Many thanks Fresh Air NHS

It's a source of endless puzzlememt to me that people decided to learn to live with Covid, and then didn't learn a thing.

1. This is an outstanding article. 'Our slow and delayed response to Covid-19, mpox, HIV/AIDS and nearly-all chronic diseases demonstrate how widespread denial is, the lives it continues to claim and the urgent need to address this hidden defense mechanism...

“When individual denial scales up to the collective level, it fuels widespread inaction and worsens public health crises. Throughout modern medical history, Americans have repeatedly underestimated or dismissed emerging health threats.” forbes.com/sites/robertpe…

SO important that journalists everywhere reporting on SARS-CoV-2 do not perpetuate the misunderstanding that it was not known at the very beginning that transmission was AIRBORNE. There is NO doubt that WHO knew at the very beginning in early February 2020…..even Trump knew and

I’m now just speechless… How can the *Head* of Infection Prevention &Control not answer a simple question:does an aerosolised/airborne virus require FFP3 respirators to protect people from catching & spreading it rather than FRSM which are NOT classed as RPE. My 8yr old knows!

"Four years after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries are still reporting elevated all-cause excess mortality compared with pre-pandemic levels." Covid may lead to the longest period of peacetime excess mortality according to Swiss Re swissre.com/press-release/…

My opinion piece on this subject. They didn't care then about healthcare workers. They don't care now.👇 blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/01/29…

Told you.

How surge in long-term illness has made Britain the 'sick man of Europe' Britain has become the ‘sick man of Europe’, with the number of economically inactive adults likely to hit 4.3million by the end of this parliament, a major report warns. dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…

🚨Former 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 CNO on PPE supply UK Covid-19 Inquiry [Para 135 written evidence] ‘Neither I nor my directorate were aware of any shortages of PPE or RPE for nursing & midwifery staff’ Reality? April 2020 position: I’d call that a critical shortage, wouldn’t you? ⬇️ Karam Bales