Please read ⁦sam wollaston⁩’s extraordinarily moving interview with former fell runner & fitness fanatic Lucy Keighley, whose health has been ravaged by long Covid. There are thousands like Lucy, their lives destroyed. 😔 theguardian.com/society/articl…

Rockstar Quits Touring Over COVID-19 « White added that COVID "will be the reason that someone is disabled, or dies, or gets long Covid and I just can't participate in that for myself and for the people who are going to be coming to our shows » popculture.com/music/news/roc…

The Rest Is Politics Rory Stewart ALASTAIR CAMPBELL Q. How does ignoring a pandemic fit with helping people get back to work?

Fellow healthcare professionals, why is it so hard to apologize for having thought that LC or ME is an FND? We have to apologize and do the work to make right what we did wrong. Can't find my old thread about this, so here's a new one.

A new report has revealed that there are inequalities between rates of Long Covid between the North and South of England. Our reporter Ruth Liptrot, who was living with Long Covid for two and a half years, has been finding out.

Which type #COVID19 vaccination is Boots currently offering? Will it target older variants? When will the updated vaccination be offered to us all? Does anyone know?

A Clinically Vulnerable med student 𝗹𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 during a clinical exam. Labelled "less empathetic" for acting to protect health. Blatant discrimination like this must not be tolerated! Mask use 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 be protected in law.

1. Powerful piece from Tess Finch-Lees. Non-paywalled version in next tweet, but please do click on the official link to demonstrate that this kind of journalism is really needed right now. Please also consider retweeting. independent.ie/opinion/commen…

Teachers lambasting parents for host of failures, including ‘sending kids in sick’ Yet attendance policies threaten, bully and scare parents into doing exactly that 🤷‍♀️ inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

Views on a boost with Novavax XBB vs latest Pfizer? (JN1 or possibly KP2) I need to decide now - as Novavax XBB will no longer be available. (No sign as yet of new Nova being approved in 🇬🇧) ????

Any news on when Novavax JN1 might be available in 🇬🇧 for private vaccination?

1. I don’t often tweet about my personal life, but on 1st November, my mum Jane was hit by a large vehicle as a pedestrian in St. Louis, USA. She suffered a severe brain injury & remains in a coma in hospital. Here's Jane & me in happier times.

In 2021 in England, public health decided that the way to get well was to get sicker, and that the way to get rid of disease was to catch it. It's official policy. They write it down and everything. Since then...

1. I'm featured in this #ad for RAIsonance Group's Indiegogo campaign. I often discuss novel tech solutions to build societal resilience to pandemics - ground-breaking technology like this is precisely what I'm talking about: real-time Al-based testing via cough analysis.

I wonder whether key stakeholders will be invited to join as participants or observers? By "key stakeholders” I mean those who will die or be seriously harmed when Gov UK gets it wrong (again!) Consultation with workers is an absolute requirement of health and safety legislation.

It's probably time to talk about bird flu again. 🧵