Violet Affleck made headlines this week with a powerful speech at the UN. In it, she discussed the importance of masking in limiting Covid transmission Her speech also gave us insights into how the right-wing/Murdoch media engages with science in the age of Covid Some thoughts

Hi @ZackPolanski, please would you consider signing this #cleanair pledge arising from the inaugural High-Level Side Event on Healthy Indoor Air, taking place on the margins of the UN General Assembly. 👇🏻 www.airclub.org

It was also wonderful to meet some truly awesome humans including @luckytran.com @masknerd.bsky.social @drericding.bsky.social @lieslmcconchie.bsky.social @ruthbrooker.bsky.social Amy Proal and David Putrino (pls someone help me tag them)

The event may be over, but the real work is just beginning. Our mission is to carry this momentum forward—to continue educating and influencing key decision-makers on the profound impact of indoor air quality on public health, productivity, and equity. #IndoorAir

Here's Ruth Brooker, representing Clean Air for Kids, signing the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air at the United Nations in New York. To sign, visit www.airclub.org

Yesterday, history happened at the UN: For the first time hundreds of orgs signed a global pledge declaring that healthy indoor air is a human right. Healthy indoor air is a key tool for preventing pandemics, building climate resilience, and increasing health equity. We need it everywhere!

It makes me sigh pointing this out. But at the "Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action" deep inside the @UN headquarters, the air quality was not good. Can someone have a word with Montenegro..

Super jelly, Ruth! Have a great time and #MakeYourNoise!!!

It's a really exciting day today. I feel privileged to be able to attend this historic event at the United Nations. This will hopefully be the spark which creates safer, healthier futures for our children. Thanks to those who have worked so hard to make it happen.

As COVID-19 cases continue to increase, it's important to know accurate information about COVID-19 in order to protect yourself and others! Get the facts about common myths, and take steps to protect yourself and others.

One year ago today, I officially started a YouTube Channel. I thought I’d take the opportunity to reflect on the year, and talk a little about what the channel is, what it isn’t, and what I’m hoping to accomplish with it.

I hope @carladenyer.bsky.social @bristolgreenparty.bsky.social recognise this achievement and are supportive of your efforts closer to home, Ruth. In case of interest, @robbryher.bsky.social #Bristol #CleanAirForKids

Absolutely thrilled that Clean Air for Kids is a supporting partner at this event happening at the United Nations in New York. Clean Indoor Air is a human right!

I believe this whole-heartedly: @onschoolsafety.bsky.social @theresisters.bsky.social @coopspeak.bsky.social @onthealthcoalition.bsky.social @kprather.bsky.social @lieslmcconchie.bsky.social @ruthbrooker.bsky.social #CleanTheAir

More and more people are relying on ChatGPT for research when the product is so notoriously unreliable.

UK: Covid cases climb to highest level this year with thousands testing positive. "Almost 1,500 people tested positive for the coronavirus last week, up by 20% on the week before, new data from the UK Health Security Agency has revealed." Source: archive.md/RkUjl

👇 This is a timely and important article as September approaches. With the impacts of #LongCOVID in kids (+adults), we must address airborne transmission in the places they are required to be by the ON Govt: Schools + on the bus! This means: 😷 Respirator masking (eg CA-N95) 💨 Clean indoor air

Massive announcement! We have a huge opportunity to take Safer shared air to UN Climate Week – but we can only do it with your help. Support our crowdfunding campaign to make this happen by donating or sharing our post. Click here 👉 globalcall.saferairproject.com #LivedExperienceMatters #UN

CVF member, Seren, 18, was invited to Belfast to share her Clinically Vulnerable family’s pandemic experience ahead of Module 8 (starts 29 Sept). "Thank you to the Covid Inquiry for giving me the opportunity to share some of my story, and to the staff for being so kind today."

Petitioning the agency to do what they should be doing but aren't. Please sign and share.

Wildfires: Are they avoidable? 🔥 It's a question that feels more urgent every year. While we can't prevent every ignition, a staggering number of wildfires are caused by human activity. This means many are preventable. www.linkedin.com/posts/sotiri...

Compelling writing from @financialtimes.com journalist @jemima.bsky.social Make yourself a cuppa, and sit down before reading this. #Journalism at its best.

Act to make gatherings safer and more inclusive, based on what has been learned from the pandemic about airborne infectious pathogens.

Acknowledge the impact of Long Covid on individuals, society and the economy and call for: better prevention, better treatments (including clinical pathways), more research; recognition of Long Covid as an occupational disease; recognition of Long Covid as a disability.

With @greenparty.org.uk internal elections upon us, we offer the following pledges for candidates. We'd love to hear from any of the candidates for any of the roles. Do feel free to respond. #GreenPartyElections I pledge to follow the science on pandemics – I will:

Latvia’s Model for Healthy Learning: The MESH Air Quality Project Latvia has successfully deployed 14,000 CO2 monitors in hundreds of schools, ensuring safer and healthier learning environments for students and teachers. This nationwide initiative, launched by the Ministry of Education and Science…

It was a real pleasure to speak to @airqualitymatters.bsky.social about our recent #ImpAQS report on air quality in #Austrian #schools, and the wider implications of this study for the future of ventilation and air quality in schools everywhere. shorturl.at/FAoGy www.airqualitymatters.net/podcast

Hello hot people! Just wanted to highlight a new page on the website. So if you have a spare five minutes.. Write LETTERS! For better air quality in schools.. www.cleanairforkids.co.uk/help-us

[27 Jun 2025] @DrTedros at WHO media briefing: “We cannot talk about COVID-19 in the past tense. Although the crisis has passed, the virus remains. It continues to evolve, it continues to kill, and millions of people continue to live with post COVID-19 condition or long COVID.”

Want to reduce your risk of heart disease? Avoiding COVID could play a bigger role than you think. Even a “mild” infection can strain your cardiovascular system—raising your risk for serious complications over time. Your heart health matters. Protect it. Read more: whn.global/want-to-redu...

I'll be giving a brief update on virus evolution, interesting variants, and where we're at vs where we should be in terms of vaccines...

Measles, airborne, a killer and disabler. ERADICATED previously by vaccines. Advent of Covid, disinformation and rabid anti-vax sentiment, and around the world we now have sharply rising numbers again. www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Calls to clean up England’s ‘toxic air’ as GP visits for asthma attacks rise 45%

I was going to write a thread about our award, but @drjoepajak.bsky.social already wrote an excellent summary!

Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19. 👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org www.rsc.org/standards-an...

This is huge! A human rights tribunal found that employers must accommodate remote work for immunocompromised employees Remote work accommodations are something disabled people have needed for decades Covid showed us it’s possible, but ableism & discrimination took it away We all need this right

I would greatly appreciate it if anyone from Northern Ireland could complete this survey. www.daera-ni.gov.uk/news/norther...

Fantastic new initiative from @ruthbrooker.bsky.social to get clean air for kids in schools. This simple action can have so many benefits… Starting in Bristol - help it spread nationwide! #pwME #pwLC #CleanAir4Kids www.cleanairforkids.co.uk

Hi James, here’s a fabulous campaign promoting the benefits of clean air for kids. It’s starting in Bristol, but who knows, tomorrow, maybe the world. And it’s a very pretty website, too. Would you give it a puff, please? @mrjamesob.bsky.social @ruthbrooker.bsky.social www.cleanairforkids.co.uk

Really pleased to see this initiate formally get off the ground! Well done @ruthbrooker.bsky.social www.cleanairforkids.co.uk

The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🧪 @sunny-rae1.bsky.social @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social Thank you Rae for the briefing on #LongCovid you gave John and John for putting it forward in today’s debate on the Pandemic

🚨NEW SHOW This week it’s Naomi, Alex and Kenny! We discuss the appalling rhetoric around immigration and set out everything we think we know about what’s actually happening at the big 🇬🇧🇪🇺 summit on Monday. 💚 open.spotify.com/episode/6NvN... 🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social James, I've been banging on about this for a while to you, but repeated Covid illnesses really do impact the brain and attention span. Here's a thread by @catinthehat.bsky.social with just a few of the studies: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...

Fantastic conversation with the great @afuahirsch.bsky.social at The Conduit last night. You can watch it here: m.youtube.com/watch?v=XK1C...

Interesting piece by Will Storr on the writing tics of generative AI: open.substack.com/pub/willstor...

I'm writing about the Green Party for @theneweuropean.bsky.social. How is it changing? Does it need to be more populist? Or the contrary? If you're a member and/ or a councillor, I'd be happy to hear from you via DM.

Taking back control of your digital life: How to get the most out of tech while freeing yourself from the lunatics in Silicon Valley iandunt.substack.com/p/taking-bac...

Jordan Peterson on lasagne

"...still aren't cleaning the air or improving ventilation..."