I've been avoiding covid for nearly four years, in ffp2+ respirator in public since Feb 2020, with plenty of other lifestyle changes like not eating indoors with people, cutting back on large gatherings, trying to meet outdoors, etc. But that means I don't necessarily appreciate

Is there a single parallel in modern warfare, where an aggressor is bombing schools, hospitals & ambulances with relentless impunity, and there's no international intervention? How can any reasonable person in possession of a soul, justify this?

If I said you had a 1 in 10 chance of winning the lottery each time you play, do you like those odds? How many times would you play? If I said you have a 10% chance of winning chronic health issues each time you catch covid, do you like those odds? How many times would you play?

Covid isn’t a one a done disease. Every time you catch the virus, you’re risking your health again. The spectrum of post acute sequelae is wide and includes heart problems, strokes, autoimmune diseases, immune system dysfunction, viral brain injury, POTS… the list is long.

Disability rates haven’t stabilized since the great mass infection event of early 2022. They’re still rising. These are the rates for the US and the UK. How many times do PH leaders plan to have everyone mindlessly play the chronic disease/ disability lottery? What’s the plan?

Humanity hasn’t failed, but our leaders definitely have. We know what’s happening. We know this is wrong and we know it needs to stop. Where is your humanity Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer?

"We come now to shout and invite you to protect us. We want to live. We want peace." Children in Gaza holding their own press conference, addressing the world. English translation begins at 1:20

You know what else died in Gaza? The universality of human rights, the international respect for holy places and medical centres, and the rules of international humanitarian law.

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Eleven year-old Sienna Connolly from Wavertree in Liverpool was last seen at school yesterday (Fri) afternoon. She’s 5ft 2 and was wearing PE kit, a black Moncler jacket and black Nike rucksack. If you know where she is contact Merseyside Police

.Merseyside Police are asking for the public’s help in finding 16 yr-old Leona Derbyshire from Kensington in Liverpool. She was last seen at 0045 this morning. She’s 5ft 5 and was wearing white Balenciaga shoes,white leggings and a grey jacket.She has links to Toxteth,Kirkdale and

Fellow academics - how about you pay attention to this and start using protective measures at all the conferences and end of year events happening right now? And offer online options too?

Great work The John Snow Project 😍 A Very Covidy Christmas to you all!

Seeing some news (finally) about Long Covid behaving like HIV. I have been HIV positive since 2007 and am very lucky to have a very good doctor, an HIV specialist, so I asked him about it.

You don't blow up universities unless you're trying to destroy a people, their culture and their future.

How did I know this was USS before I even opened the article? 🙄 liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool…

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