As predicted here a couple of weeks back, the number of UK universities now making redundancies has reached 50. Some others are in the works I think, but haven't been formalised yet. As costs rise but fees are frozen, this number will climb inexorably. qmucu.org/qmul-transform…

The research exists to support that pushing people with #Longcovid into work too quickly exacerbates the condition. Instead of encouraging the public to take precautions, they are pushing us further into stress and disability. stir.ac.uk/news/2024/apri…

I’m now in my 4th month of #LongCOVID . I’m reassured by the competence and confidence of Office of the Chief Executive NHSScotland Gaps who advocated for my need for me to rest as recovery. Several times I’ve tried to emerge from rest and the relapses are swift & severe. Pushing a body out of LC damages it.

This is weapons grade gaslighting from the man who’s government have been responsible for huge deterioration in the health of the general public.

'People are not 3 times sicker than they were a decade ago'
Hmmm. Rishi, you've allowed C19 to spread unmitigated through the population with 100s of millions of infections.
A virus known to cause long term health issues affecting every organ of the body.
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Always a pleasure to listen and learn from Mark Faghy. Read these results & I can't help but think how many children are being forced to attend school while unwell. 😒
How many CYP are masking to please caregivers?
How will it impact their future? #LongCovid
#LongCovid Kids

George Torrington Michael A Osborne Dr. Sherrill Stroschein 💙 In my experience and observation, there is no problem of people claiming to be sick (who aren't). The real problem is people claiming to be well (who aren't).

It's absolutely astonishing that these vapid idiots can post 'hey, how come everyone I know is sick the whole time' then come into work a month later and talk about 'a sicknote culture'.

In the first fifteen weeks of 2023, there were 196 cases of Whooping Cough reported in England and Wales.
In the first 15 weeks of 2024, there have been 7,229 cases of Whooping Cough reported here.
People aren't skiving off work. THEY'RE SICK.

DID YOU HAVE FUN AT WORK

“Through the air”—yes, but what through the air?

Follow that thought all the way through. Name the missing verb.

“Borne” through the air.

As in airborne.

“Why Is Everyone Sick?” Says Baffled Man Who Paid For Everyone To Have A Meal Out During An Airborne Pandemic.

A short story 🇬🇧🤒
🧵 in 3 parts

1. The issue

2.8 million out of work in UK due to long term sickness, with increase of 700,000 people over last 3 years (17th April 2024). Did anything happen in 2020-21? 🙄🤔

If humanity makes it and continues on into the future, we will look back at removing mask requirements at cancer hospitals as one of all-time worst decisions ever made

We don't have a 'sicknote' culture, we have a 'sick? No you're not' culture

Now I see it and I'm really sorry. By having a heart attack I have let my country down. More importantly, I have let Rishi Sunak down

Been warning yall that the state’s solution to workers being sicker and sicker is not going to be to give them more sick days.

We have to fight this major degradation in quality of life and modern health standards. Clean air now

The ongoing pandemic you mean? Something has gone wrong, yes - unmitigated spread of an airborne virus that has turned tens of thousands of highly qualified, highly skilled professionals into the ‘economically inactive’. This will continue indefinitely if covid is not addressed.