"Labour wants a 'French-style' labour market," warns #JeremyHunt. What, 35 hours max per week, crazy long holidays, 2-hour lunches, employers forbidden from afterhours contact, fire & re-hire illegal, yet still more productive. Save us from this hell-scape, Jeremy... #r4today

So much evidence around what is being said here & yet it’s not being more widely reported & public health measures are not being taken in response 🥺🤷‍♀️🫣 This is the not actually that hidden cost of ‘living with Covid’ that nobody wants to see or even consider, never mind stop ☹️

TL:DR we need to research/treat the impact of specific pathogens, but humans can be Petri dishes for multiple pathogens. Identifying broad treatments that benefit similar conditions due to multiple pathogens 🦠 can be a smart way to make (overdue) advances #LongCovid Putrino Lab

Said the sun to the moon Said the head to the heart 'We have more in common Than sets us apart'

1. As someone who has been sober for over 17 years, and obviously wishes to remain so, I understand the subtle, pernicious power of two phenomena all too well: normalisation and denial. Like many recovering alcoholics, I can spot them instantaneously in both myself and others.

On autism/ADHD & behaviour. Over the weekend, I have read lots blaming autistic children for their behaviour, or suggesting poor parenting is to blame. Autism & ADHD are *disabilities* that can impact on behaviour - to fail to understand this is simple disability discrimination.

Please hit me up on Bluesky if you’ve moved I’m posting there about the ASN Crisis & how the current Inclusion Review in Edinburgh MUST deliver bottom up change to support our kids’ unmet needs + #LongCovid #AccessibleEducation #Inclusion #ASN #ParentPower bsky.app/profile/lesley…

Those who oppose Covid mitigations say it’s because we won’t stop until we reinstate lockdowns Many disabled people have been locked down for 5 years. All we want is safe access to public spaces Just give us clean air, paid sick time & masks in high risk public spaces.

TL:DR -no-one in power was listening to the experts -‘We’ could’ve saved lives and people from losing their health homes and livelihood due to #LongCovid -we need better leaders who focus on looking after ‘us’ not themselves. #CovidInquiry

-People are *still* being admitted to hospital due to Covid19 (& dying from it) -In last year between 10-20% of admissions were under 18 yrs old -Kids are least vaccinated, no longer protected but spend all week in crowded classrooms Why are we ok with this? #LongCovidKids

#ItsCommonSense

🎥 Today, I challenged the Cabinet Secretary on persistent absence rates in our schools, which remain alarmingly high - especially for care-experienced and neurodivergent pupils. While small steps are welcome, we need urgent action to address the root causes behind these

Opening remarks from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus World Health Organization (WHO) media briefing: “We cannot talk about #COVID in the past tense. It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease & “#LongCovid”, & still kills… The world might want to forget about #Covid_19 but we cannot afford to” who.int/director-gener…

A week of analysis revealing the radical reform needed in Scotland’s schools to meet pupils’ additional support needs - now half of all pupils in mainstream Edinburgh Secondary Schools have #ASN Please keep up the pressure James McEnaney Garrett Stell & Rebecca McQuillan The Herald

Not the Beeb replacing Gregg Wallace with a middle class woman of a certain age. I am SCREAMING walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/tv/b…

4 years on this tweet 👇 still applies People still getting #LongCovid Still no cure But also now minimal prevention too 🫣 🤷‍♀️ 😷 #CovidIsNotOver

“Governments know Covid is causing brain damage even in mild cases. They know it’s causing heart attacks and strokes in the young and the old. They know it’s causing mass disability, costing lives and billions of £ They know it weakens our immune systems” ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴠɪᴅ ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴜᴘ

Bridget Phillipson Pupil absences due to ILLNESS are 40% higher than pre-pandemic. Covid never went away and continues to cause disruption throughout the year. Until you take action to reduce the spread of airborne illnesses, it’s going to be very hard to move the dial on improving attendance.

Bridget Phillipson Attendance can scar the health of our children when there’s no protection from airborne viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 Bridget Phillipson. Covid is airborne. You knew it in Opposition, which is why you wanted schools to have better ventilation. You’re covering up Covid now.

How can Liz Kendall have the bare-faced cheek to trumpet support for carers while ensuring that hundreds of thousands lose their carers allowance because those they care for lose PIP😡. Increasing the earnings limit for carers allowance is a fat lot of use if you've lost it! 🧵