“Great news the University of Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved. Huge congratulations and thanks to everyone involved - from scientists to engineers to doctors, nurses and patients in the trials. Now let’s get as many people vaccinated as we can through our fantastic NHS”-PV

A huge thank you to over 2 million people across the UK consenting to COVID related studies this year (covering vaccines, diagnostics, treatments and more). Your contributions have been critical to our understanding of this new disease and I hope you can recommend the experience.

New study shows that the #OxfordVaccine offers protection of 76% up to 12 weeks after a single dose, with further data supporting a 4-12 week dosing interval. ox.ac.uk/news/2021-02-0… #COVID19 #Oxford

#ICYMI: A 4-month daily regimen of rifapentine and moxifloxacin was noninferior to the standard 6-month regimen for tuberculosis treatment among people with HIV enrolled in a phase 3 clinical trial, researchers reported at #CROI2021. ow.ly/iryI50DXA6p

A medical student was sat underlining bits from the Oxford Handbook at work today when I stopped, had a pew and discussed the most important passage at the very end. I haven’t read it for a bit but possibly the best thing written about being a doctor and inspired me ++ at 22

A milestone today 200 million doses to 172 countries Oxford Vaccine Group AstraZeneca Jenner Institute with 100 countries reached by #covax World Health Organization (WHO) and thousands of lives saved in uk alone gov.uk/government/new…

“Infectious diseases might actually know what’s going on” 😂 #IDtwitter

… ‘there is a bigger issue, our responsibility to humanity’

Pretty cool - we de-labeled 14 (7%) patients with just an interview! No graded challenges, no penicillin skin testing. Feels so good to delete allergies from the EHR. 😎

Prof Sir Andy Pollard,'We pay tribute to the superhuman efforts of the teams at AstraZeneca SerumInstituteIndia and at sites around the world in producing a phenomenal number of doses 24 hrs a day & getting them to vaccine clinics in more than 170 countries.'

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#rcpeStAs21 compassionate governance much more effective than route cause analysis

A book all doctors and patients should read.. wise and eloquent (as always).

Our 9th #sicsag #covid19 report on Scottish ICUs highlighting unvaccinated 6x more likely to be admitted to ICU, more than 28% of ICUs unable to meet recommended staffing levels, and information on 75 pregnant/recently pregnant women with covid19 publichealthscotland.scot/publications/s…

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Every year since 2014! Now in its 4th edition endorsed by Dr Gavin Francis Thx Samuel Tongue @samueltongue.bsky.social Scottish Poetry Library #gratitude ! RCGP Scotland MDDUS Chris Kenny

A difficult story to read ⤵️ Intensive Care is an incredibly rewarding but sometimes gruelling specialty even in ‘normal’ times. The psychological impact of the pandemic on health care professionals must not be underestimated Intensive Care Society 💙 Steve Barclay thetimes.co.uk/article/82cd71…

If anyone knows Kirsty the internal medicine trainee/recent geriatrics clinical fellow from Edinburgh who recently managed an in-flight emergency from Sydney to Hong Kong please tell her she’s awesome & pass on my thanks & Twitter contact so I can give her patient follow up info

An important lesson here. Anaphylaxis occurred with systemic exposure to only about 0.5 mg of ampicillin. ID skin testing (0.02ml) using ampicillin 25 mg/ml. Use 0.01 molar for beta-lactams. Fatal ampicillin-sulbactam anaphylaxis in a 34-year-old male jaci-global.org/article/S2772-…