Important new insights into the risk of #LongCovid after omicron infections: still app. 3.5% of those vaccinated, 7.7% of the unvaccinated go on to develop LC Please do the maths as to what this implies for national economies allowing repeated COVID-19 infections Regjeringen

31/7/24. Wales. 50mph speed limits to reduce pollution We have reduced speed limits to 50mph to reduce nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution gov.wales/50mph-speed-li… Policy and strategy

The best explanation and summary of Long Covid that I've ever read by Trisha Greenhalgh , written to coincide with her brilliant Lancet review out today. tinyurl.com/225bfeu2

New SGR blog: The UK’s fair carbon budget will run out in _2026_ Dr Ian Campbell shows how, on current trends, Britain’s carbon emissions will exceed its fair share of the limit necessary to hit the 1.5°C Paris target within 2y. sgr.org.uk/resources/uk-s…

N95 Masks Nearly Perfect at Blocking COVID, Study Finds. 📌So-called “duckbill” N95 masks scored highest in the study, which measured the exhaled breath of participants who were tested both masked and unmasked to measure comparative outputs of SARS-CoV-2. The inexpensive masks,

I've been trying to make sense of the reasoning of the JCVI in its decisions about the Autumn 2024 covid vaccination offer. (JCVI's the UK authority who recommend who to offer vaccinations to). 1/21

The fine line between male and female intelligence. 😂

Fun fact, Liza Minnelli had a brother, Notton, who refused to get involved.

300 million people died of smallpox from 1900 to the disease's eradication. The eradication of smallpox was arguably the greatest public health endeavour of all time, and the key to its success was vaccination. amnh.org/explore/scienc….

In light of this bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… I am reposting my thread about how we need to take Period pain MORE seriously not LESS. The solution is NOT to force girls in pain to attend school. The solution is to fucking address their pain so they don't lose days every month.

Here’s Khan Klinics absolutely nailing it!

Devastating letter on assisted dying published by the Irish Times last Friday irishtimes.com/opinion/letter…

By the bridge just breaking the news to my buddy Prof Prof Alice Roberts💙 about our Clifton Suspension Bridge coming off Twitter #BristolTribe💙

✍️UK gov petition: Bring in #CleanAirInHealthcare ASAP Right now healthcare harms patients by lack of air-care. Hospitals across the UK need best practice air quality mitigation updates, to actually end nosocomial infection. Plz sign & share! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7003…

4. People believe this. It's not a conspiracy or a plot. It's a genuine belief. You will find it followed by politicians, scientists, academics, and so on. This makes it even more dangerous. And because people believe it, it transfers to other pathogens.

CO2 at 1874 ppm by time we got to Huddersfield. So breathing nearly 4% - 1 out of every 25 breaths- straight from other people's lungs. Totally unacceptable ventilation TransPennine Express

£9.08 per student per year. That’s it. The Smart Air Blast Mini leads the pack as the most budget-friendly and quiet classroom #airpurifier. Blast Mini Mk II Air Purifier: smartairfilters.com/en/product/bla…

Here’s a school seeking to improve learning conditions for pupils, and working conditions for staff. crowdfunder.co.uk/p/air-purifier… Well done Lessness Heath Primary CleanAirWhere This is leadership. Michael Long Cllr Brian Smyth Gerry Carroll Cllr Jenna Maghie

26/8/25. van Zwanenberg P et al. Asymmetric evaluations of scientific evidence indicating harm compared to evidence indicating an absence of harm in regulatory appraisals. Environmental Sciences Europe. 37, Article number: 138 (2025). Very useful paper. doi.org/10.1186/s12302…

“MORE VACCINATION. MORE VENTILATION. MASS TESTING AT SCHOOLS.” Before they were elected, Labour promised these things to stop COVID spreading in schools. Since coming to power, they’ve done absolutely NOTHING on any of these basic measures. Our children deserve better.