I hope that the former members of the "IPC Cell" and those who oversaw their secretive activities during the height of the pandemic are taking careful notice. Ditto: Their supporters and current proponents of the big lie that surgical masks protect against an airborne disease.

This letter, signed by so many experts and representatives of millions of healthcare workers around the world (including Dr Barry Jones, Chair of CATA, {Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance}) must surely persuade WHO to come clean and change policy.

Sickness, Disability, and Death in NHS England Staff The three graphs that *every person* needs to see. The question that every single person needs to ask their government: What are you doing to protect me from Covid infection?

Covid is airborne but the guidance in our NHS is still to wash hands for a predominantly airborne virus.

On medical chauvinism. @mark-ungrin.bsky.social canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/04/18/t...

Influenza A (specifically including H3N2) is a Risk Group 3 bioaerosol hazard. Check out the data sheet and then plug that into the CSA standard below to see what level of protection a Canadian employer should be providing if it *may* be present in your workplace.

🚨 The Minister for Children and Families, Josh MacAlister MP, has formally acknowledged that Covid is airborne in a new letter dated 30 Oct 2025. 👉 Read the full letter: shh-uk.org/minister-... #SafeAir4All #CleanAir #Schools #Health #UKPolitics #loncovid #longcovidrecovery

This is quite the letter to Baroness Hallett by @barryjmjones.bsky.social of CATA (thanks to @alanbarnard1.bsky.social and @safedavid3.bsky.social for the heads up). That last sentence in the NHS strategy statement especially caught my eye.

I'm overwhelmed by the public support for a CSA National Standard in 🇨🇦 for precautionary universal N95 use in healthcare From all over the world Like this comment from @safedavid3.bsky.social

Exercise Pegasus - The UK Prepares for Pandemic simulation. 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!)

Ever wondered how virus laden aerosols (“virosols”) form and spread? 🌬️ The Aerosol Research Centre in Taiwan has a clear, illustrated guide showing how airborne transmission works and what simple steps actually help. 🔗 shh-uk.org/understan... #CleanAir #Virosols #longcovid

CATA has written an open letter to Baroness Hallett archive.org/details/2025...

Here's an interesting development - a letter of quiet outrage from CATA to Baroness Hallett, Chair of the Covid-19 Inquiry, pointing out that @nhsengland.bsky.social are effectively sticking two fingers up to her! Excerpt from letter in the pic, link to letter in @safedavid3.bsky.social tweet below.

Some links: youtu.be/2cpRZ-ZoOVA Dr Jones - Oral Evidence to Inquiry tinyurl.com/yrn5sr4d Witness Statement Module 1 tinyurl.com/4bw6jj6n Witness Statement Module 3 tinyurl.com/4dx6yd24 Closing submissions tinyurl.com/439h4zyw Misc blogs/interviews tinyurl.com/4km62f5t Recent press release

A year ago today we welcomed members of CATA (Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance) including @kamgadhok.bsky.social @barryjmjones.bsky.social and @safedavid3.bsky.social to the wall. They continue to highlight the UK failure to protect healthcare workers from life-changing respiratory diseases.❤️

What Martin said. Independent SAGE were not cranks, not extremists, not over-reacting. #covidinquiry

Yesterday, after our meeting with DCMS about the wall's permanence, we had the sad task of updating the number of covid dead. ❤️

The Inquiry has now concluded that our 🇬🇧government response was catastrophic. No politician has accepted responsibility (I doubt they ever will). The Inquiry should have STARTED with the fact that the response was catastrophic …. the data is all there. #ToryCovidCatastrophe #MemeForToday

We've been meeting regularly with the DCMS, but today's felt special: the first meeting since the announcement in Parliament that the wall will be made permanent. ❤️

"Lady Hallett Shouldn’t Hold Her Breath, says Health Campaign Group" In the wake of the Covid Inquiry's Module 2 report, an interesting article quoting members of CATA (Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance), including @barryjmjones.bsky.social @safedavid3.bsky.social and @kamgadhok.bsky.social

8/ Obviously it's easy to be wise after the event, but everything we said at the time is on our web site for others to judge independentsage.org

Thank you.

The view of the Wall at the reception we attended at the House of Lords, after the Government announcement that the Wall should be preserved. We look forward to this exciting next chapter. ❤️

#PublicHealth measures like ventilation and air filtration are a matter of urgency "Chances that disease X will be an influenza virus are probably greater than for any other known pathogen group" time.com/7324877/flu-...

Professor @cathnoakes.bsky.social gave evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry on transmission in schools and the importance of ventilation to control both infections and air pollution exposure. Read transcript and witness statement on the Covid Inquiry website: covid19.public-inquiry.uk/hearings/chi...

Great news all round. Let’s hope this sparks action across the rest of the country 🤞🏽

It didn’t end well.

I want every single child to breathe clean air in and around their school. This new £2.7 million City Hall initiative will provide indoor air quality filters to at least 200 schools across all London boroughs, benefitting tens of thousands of children.

🩵🩶 #NHS #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #N95sSaveLives #CleanAirNow #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #WeNotMe #TogetherWeCan #ShareTheCare

Our latest blog went live earlier this week. In it @EvonneTCurran discusses how while handwashing shouldn't be ignored it's not the most important preventative measure for airborne infections. shh-uk.org/hand-hygi...

#COVID causes vascular damage. Here is Dr Rae Duncan talking about the risks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydRl...

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Thank you, Barry. It is disheartening - but not demotivating. This memorial to our beloved dead is too important. ♥️

Shame on them. 💔

Good to see this BOHS guidance explaining the difference between FRSM and FFP3 in healthcare. FRSM are useful but are not protective equipment for workers and it’s important this is recognised properly when determining protection against airborne infection www.bohs.org/media-resour...

🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷 BREAKING NEWS At last, in the UK, we now have official guidance on the use of respirators (FFP3) vs Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks (FRSM) which has been prepared SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR. 🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷

Size Matters!??? This topic exposes how the IPC authors are still wedded to principle of aerosols being ‘respirable’ i.e. 5 microns or less, despite the expert evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry. Getting this wrong means that Healthcare Workers are given inadequate respiratory protection.

Other topics are covered in the presentation: • Engagement with Government • CATA engagement with International colleagues • The draft new Canadian Standard for RPE • Size Matters!

More information can be obtained by viewing a 20 minute presentation given to the Safer Healthcare Biosafety Network on the Patient Safety Learning website. (The presentation can be downloaded as a pdf) www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...

The legal aspects are clearly explained:

Let’s double-down on that FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUTHORS OF THE IPC MANUALS:

It clarifies the legal status both of Surgical Masks and Respiratory Protective Equipment (eg FFP3, reusables, powered hoods). It blows away the myth contained in IPC Manuals and many other places by people who would have us believe FRSMs protect us against Covid-19, flu (etc)

BOHS expresses its appreciation to Professor Andrew Curran CBE (Director of Science and Chief Scientific Advisor to HSE) who supported the development of this guidance and personally contributed to the content.

The document has been prepared in consultation with the HSE, British Standards Institute and stakeholders. This gives it the credibility legal persuasiveness that an issue of this importance deserves. The guidance document itself can be downloaded here: www.bohs.org/app/uploads/....

This definitive document fills a massive void and casts aside all the ambiguity and misinformation perpetuated within current IPC manuals (and the former ‘4-nations IPC guidance’). See Press release here: www.bohs.org/media-resour...

Shouldn't be necessary to order a Government Agency to just do its job - but hey-ho... Please sign. Petition: Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

🚨🔔 🚨🔔 🚨🔔 🚨🔔 🚨🔔 HSE are holding their AGM on 29th July. I have tabled 3 questions in advance. These may be of interest to healthcare workers - those still in service and those who were injured by Covid and can no longer work (or are limited as to what they can do).

The following are links to the 3 questions (preceded by a short introduction). These have been recorded on YouTube in case the AGM organisers wish to present the questions personally (though I’m not holding my breath on that) Introduction : youtu.be/yJ5ajk4ft2s

Question 1 : youtu.be/H_K43YC9udc HSE knew that surgical masks are not PPE but did nothing to stop those spreading misinformation. May be of interest to any HCW harmed by workplace exposure to and also those who are still in service, being spun a yarn about FRSMs being PPE.