"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

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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.

Question 2 : youtu.be/XhK4-EU6KnE A question for the HSE CEO about the woeful under-reporting of HCW disease & death under the RIDDOR Regulations. This may be of interest to the hundreds of HCWs seriously ill with Long Covid and of particular interest to those involved in litigation

Question 3 : youtu.be/63xOrUZMsV4 A question for the HSE Director who gave oral evidence to the Covid Inquiry and made an insensitive and upsetting remark for HCWs who have Long Covid.

A text version of these 3 questions can be found at this link: tinyurl.com/4bbjnvb2

Following from Question 3 above, here we see the HSE Policy Director suggesting that healthcare workers, injured by occupational exposure to Covid-19, may just want some "incredible retribution for what happened to them" No! Not retribution! They just wanted an official record made of their case.

Dr Phil Hammond reveals in Private Eye that CATA (the Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance) is threatening to take the UK Government to Court for a judicial review. Pre-action protocols require the parties to attempt to resolve their issues out of Court.

While infection control and cleaning is always a good thing, it’s not going to cut it for measles. Measles is airborne and highly contagious. The best approach is vaccination, and local infection control should focus on ventilation and air cleaning www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

goodmenproject.com/featured-con... Read and weep. The failure to recognise airborne transmission of C-19 has impacted every corner of our society and lives. When will @ukhsa.bsky.social wake up?

Interesting thread from @safedavid3.bsky.social on this week's @privateeyenews.bsky.social. Good for CATA!

CATA has no political affiliations but had hoped that, following the General Election, maybe the new Government would take the matters of HCW protection and Healthcare Acquired infection seriously. We're still waiting...

Preparatory letters to the Minister, Ashley Dalton MP, setting out our case and explaining the steps required by the Government to settle the issues will be published here next week, together with her (woefully inadequate) responses.

Since the Alliance was formed during the baptism of fire (namely the first wave) by Dr Barry Jones, Kamini Gadhok MBE and colleagues, our representations (pleas) for UK Gov't to just follow the (real) science and provide respiratory protection have repeatedly been stonewalled.

Moving forward why aren’t most medical staff being offered vaccines & #cleanAir and correct PPE ffp3 to protect themselves from airborne transmission? Contrary to JCVI advice, we are not building lasting immunity to a barrage of constantly mutating strains. @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social 🧵

Sadly we are still washing our hands for airborne transmission.

1/2 The first episode of our Covid Inquiry Module 6 podcast is now available for you to listen to for free. This week @loreleiking.bsky.social and I are joined by Prof. @vicrayner.bsky.social OBE, CEO of the National Care Forum. Together we discuss the evidence heard during week 1 including ...

'Me me me.' Matt Hancock. #CovidInquiry

Module 6 of the UK Covid Inquiry, the care home module, begins in a few minutes. In those first weeks, the ONS says that 40% of the deaths it counted occurred in care homes. Our most vulnerable were abandoned and left to die. #CovidInquiry

As I type this, there are only 333 people watching online. #CovidInquiry

Those in charge lost their moral compass. The bereaved, their loved ones and carers deserved so much better. Pete Weatherby KC, on behalf of the Covid Bereaved, at the opening of the Covid Inquiry Care hearings today.

‘Protective ring’ = one of most misleading statements ever made by a govt. 1000’s of residents & staff died, and those being cared for at home, incl my mum. This must never happen again. @paulbrand.bsky.social @cbffjuk.bsky.social