Please Vaccinate! I’m fully vaccinated AND had probable COVID last yr & yet I’ve been admitted to hosp with COVID breathing difficulties. It’s running riot in schools, we’ve been so careful but kids brought it home. Hospital full.

Yes! I tested + in hospital lab last week. But husband and kids all tested + multiple times on LFT then negative at local South West PCR site. All have symptoms. Also happened to multiple local friends, all in last 2 weeks. ⁦UK Health Security Agency⁩ inews.co.uk/news/covid-lat…

And now daughter has spread my PCR confirmed covid to whole camp dorm but they are all testing positive on LFT multiple times and then negative on PCR. bit.ly/3iLn9FF

A win for all the parent scientists and statisticians who’ve been flagging the statistically unlikely Covid testing discrepancies in the SW: Local official school guidance has finally changed… If you’re a close contact and test LFT+, then even if you are PCR- you should isolate.

Any Innovate UK #tech folk working on this or know a pre-existing solution? Blind people who can’t use apps like BeMyEyes can’t read #covid LFTs & must risk exposing those assisting. Surely there’s an #AdaptiveTech #innovation that can solve this 4 #Blind & #DeafBlind community?

One country has topped the rankings for 11 years in a row. Get the full list here: ow.ly/FWFS50HlWUo

Opportunity to feed into the UKRI #EDI consultation #Diversity #science

I have just smelt curry for the first time in 4 months. Oh my goodness it smells SO good! Fingers crossed I can also taste it.

Next up in our R&D spotlight: 🗣️@tomfiddian, Head of AI & Data Economy Programmes at Innovate UK explains how they adapted their R&D funding to be more flexible and accessible: ➡️leading to more successful bids from creative industry organisations. pec.ac.uk/blog/agile-inn…

Preparing for storm #Eunice. Kids sent home. Me: I have an emergency plan. Torches, flasks, camping stove… Husband: Ça va! We’re on the edge of the red zone. It’ll be fine. Son (8): Um - can we go with mummy’s plan? Hers usually go well.

There are many people all over the world whose ancestors and relatives criss-crossed over the very same territory that Ukrainians where fleeing now. Our existence today derives from chance, courage and the kindness of strangers then. I hope there will be vast quantities of it now

EU announces it has agreed unanimously amongst all member countries to take in Ukrainian refugees fir up to 3 years without asking them to first apply for asylum. Just been announced following a meeting of EU Interior ministers

I see British trains have come on in leaps and bounds since my last work trip 2 years ago…

Gah. Covid 🦠 in the house for the third time 😭😭😭. Just husband so far, so introducing strict 😷🧤quarantine protocols. The first two encounters didn’t go well so here’s hoping 3rd time lucky…

On 24 Aug at 6pm UK time (BST) I'll be doing an online interview with #author & #lawyer Andrew Leon Hanna about his work with Syrian #refugee entrepreneurs & his new #book '25 Million Sparks'. Join us for #free by registering here for the link mailchi.mp/goldster.co.uk…

Did you know hayfever & being a #woman are #longcovid risk factors? If you’re going to read one paper on Long Covid, read this one. At least 65 million worldwide with Long Covid: Major findings, mechanisms and recommendations | Nature Reviews nature.com/articles/s4157…

2 million in UK with #LongCovid, hundreds of thousands severely impacted. More needs to be done.

Wishing everyone a lovely break and a happy new year. Get into the spirit with a lovely rendition of We Wish You a Merry Christmas, courtesy of Bath Abbey Music Society youtu.be/Zai8g-QetjM?si…

Dr Putrino “LC just as large an existential threat as climate change & if we can't curb virus spread & ⬆️ in LC, effects will bite sooner than we think I don't know how to be more clear re existential threat, but we’re in denial phase of 'othering' LC” abc.net.au/news/2023-12-2…