🚨🎯 Earlier today, @catinthehat.bsky.social posted the most comprehensive 🧵 I've seen about what is known so far about the 2026 Andes Hantavirus situation... threadreaderapp.com/thread/20530...

"Really important thread 🧵 HT: @catinthehat.bsky.social There were so many BIG wins in the Covid Inquiry M3 report. So many of the things CATA & other core participants fought for were completely vindicated: 🚨aerosol transmission 🚨ventilation 🚨AGPs dead in the water …BUT some big omissions too…"

And here’s a scientific article which describes practices for safe handling of Neisseria meningitidis in labs: “Transmission of Neisseria meningitidis MAINLY occurs by formation of AEROSOLS generated in the nasopharynx.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Surely UKHSA should at least be considering the possibility of AEROSOL transmission? Many official public health websites (the UK Green Book, NICE, ECDC, and, until a day ago when it was suddenly deleted, the WHO) all mention aerosol as a mode of transmission for meningococcal bacteria…

By Cat in the Hat @catinthehat.bsky.social "Health officials are even actively telling people NOT to wear a mask to protect themselves because they can “create the wrong message” and “spread panic”. "If there is even a chance of AEROSOL transmission, this could be extremely dangerous advice."

This whole thread. It’s criminal that the UK, in the middle of a meningitis outbreak that has killed 2 students, put many in hospital and still a danger, is repeating the same droplet dogma mistake they did with Covid, which has been admitted in a long-drawn out Covid Inquiry was a colossal mistake👇

It looks like they're repeating the same mistakes as with covid. "Oh no it's not spread by aerosols. Just wash your hands. No need for masks." Why do they do this? People will die.

Nightclub owner at centre of meningitis outbreak says “something isn’t making sense”. “There's been a lot of talk about how hard it is to transmit… …but actually, it was transmitted a LOT more easily, by the looks of it, than they're suggesting.” www.lbc.co.uk/article/meni... 🧵

During the Covid inquiry, one of the independent expert witnesses was asked: “Is there any scenario or situation where someone could produce a droplet without also generating significant amounts of aerosols?” Professor Clive Beggs clearly replied: “NO”.

Nightclub owner at centre of meningitis outbreak says “something isn’t making sense”. “There's been a lot of talk about how hard it is to transmit… …but actually, it was transmitted a LOT more easily, by the looks of it, than they're suggesting.” www.lbc.co.uk/article/meni... 🧵

On this day, 13 March 2020, six years ago, the UK government made a "pragmatic" decision to downgrade Covid from High Consequence Infectious Disease (HCID) due to the shortage of FFP3 masks. This left NHS workers unprotected from Covid since. Thanks to @catinthehat.bsky.social for the reminder & 👇

Before infection, our members chose how to use each heartbeat. Now #LongCovid limits what each beat can be used for. Turn your phone landscape for the best viewing experience. #LCAD26 #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay #LongCovidHeartbeats #EveryHeartbeatCounts

🎯🎯🎯🧵by @catinthehat.bsky.social on XTwitter, presenting "... some important data from the latest [NHS] GP-Patient survey. This is a HUGE survey with a sample size of ~700K people in England (5x bigger than ONS’s Covid survey)..." 23-tweet 🧵 threadreaderapp.com/thread/20333...

Aerosol transmission ‘COVID-19 Airborne Transmission Alliance set up to create a collective voice for scientists, professionals & academics highlighting that the NHS refused (and continues to refuse) to accept that COVID-19 is transmitted through an airborne route.’ open.substack.com/pub/counterd...

❗The #CovidInquiry Module 3 report (healthcare, a catalogue of failures and evidence suppression) is out today, shortly. X is suppressing MedTwitter posts,and has put @catinthehat.bsky.social in twitter jail. Please give Cat's account some love (follow, like, share) if you follow #Covid #LongCovid 💙

🚨🧵by @catinthehat.bsky.social over on XTwitter: COVID INQUIRY: MODULE 3 REPORT “Fundamental flaws in the UK’s approach to IPC [infection prevention & control] guidance, for example in relation to the use of PPE, put patients and healthcare workers at risk.” 🧵 threadreaderapp.com/thread/20346...

WHO just removed the word "AEROSOL" from the modes of transmission of Meningococcal Meningitis from its website. 1/x @catinthehat.bsky.social

Many countries dealt with Covid 19 very effectively. The UK pursued the wrong strategies and failed miserably, with hundreds of thousands of deaths. Rather than learn the obvious lessons, the plan is to pretend there is no solution, and bestow honours on the architects of our negligent disaster.

UK response these days to problems: "we give up in advance".

wow. so, let’s not even try, then! /s how about we automatically use respirator masks when there’s an airborne pandemic, and improve the air quality controls of all buildings NOW?

The GBD libertarians declare victory

Since they've no intention of halting the spread of the current pandemic it's hardly surprising they would care about a future one.

Remember when I said that the decision to simply ignore the fact that COVID was still spreading then opened a can of worms of public health crisis and governments are now mishandling multiple old and new pathogens? This is exactly the type of thing I was talking about.

This is incredible

Not quite sure what "public health resources" are supposed to be used for, if not attempts to ensure public health. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Make no mistake, this is also clearly Australia's attitude. #COVID #SARS-CoV-2 #Pandemic We are on our own.

Well. Certainly not with that attitude.

A gigantic What the heck moment!

“You do you“ policy outcomes are working out great.

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"What, are we supposed to go 'round stripping the handles of *all* the neighbourhood pumps? Are we to invest *millions* in pipes and pumps to keep sewage and drinking water separate? Preposterous! No, I'm afraid cholera is here to stay." ~ Bizarro John Snow

In case you were wondering how far the "it's not airborne aerosol transmission" denial in healthcare would go. Let's not forget asymptomatic transmission, something that terrifies them so much it's rarely ever mentioned.

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🚨🚨🧵by @catinthehat.bsky.social on Twitter about the trends regarding % of adults in the US & UK who... Full 🎯🧵 (10 tweets): threadreaderapp.com/thread/19922... #Covid #LongCovid #Workforce #Disability

NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.” This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.

Document from NHS England which basically says when there is another Pandemic we can’t be bothered to protect you, it’s too costly. We are on our own folks. H/T @catinthehat.bsky.social

This is actually real. It’s the result of neofascist evisceration of the basic state function to serve the public interest and work for the collective good. Covid contrarians were always political operatives working toward this exact goal. via @catinthehat.bsky.social

So why is there no public health messaging about this ongoing #pandemic? That #COVID is caused by a fully airborne virus that can infect and disable anyone at any age, vaxxed or not? I'll tell you why. Because politics. Because capitalism. #disability #healthcare #MillionsMissing #MECFS #maskup

👏🎩 H/T @catinthehat.bsky.social ! Healthy Air People: Time to rally around Montenegro 👏😷🪽 Better Schools = Better Kids = Better Future for Everyone 💫 🪟💨🥰 (📽 1/2)

Eligibility for an NHS Covid booster has been HUGELY restricted this Autumn. Studies show that both acute & long-term impacts of Covid are substantially WORSE than flu on almost every measure. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... So why are the government offering so much LESS protection for Covid?

[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.”

This is your regular reminder that COVID is *not* seasonal. Many of the biggest waves in previous years have fallen in the summer… …and, as we head into summer once more, there are definite signs of an uptick. Will this become another full-blown wave? Only time will tell…

Our friend Ondine was a powerful advocate for all with #LongCovid. Working with her in various arenas was a privilege, including with the NHS Long Covid Taskforce, Covid Inquiry, with Parliamentarians & policy makers. She spoke truth to power & championed the hidden. We miss you.

@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...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social Please have a look at this info below. 'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms. The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...

Hi @mrjamesob.bsky.social I’d like to know how Bridget Phillipson thinks that teaching children the value of grit is going to help them overcome the neurological damage caused by multiple COVID infections. The science is clear that this is a major contributor to the mental health crisis in kids.

And I'd be interested to know if ONS will revise prior years with any new method? In particular the current model's estimate for 2024 proved to be simply wrong (the data point in red, highlighted). Fyi @catinthehat.bsky.social

This BBC piece 24/2/21 shows we knew then but still UK IPC guidance does not reflect airborne transmission with RPE such as FFP3 respirators.

As part of Long Covid Awareness Month, and to mark the fifth anniversary of the first UK lockdown, we have sent an open letter and petition to @wesstreeting.bsky.social & @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social #LCandME #FundOurFuture #FundThePlan www.longcovidkids.org/post/open-le...

@longcovidphysio.bsky.social is pleased to support this essential campaign by @longcovidkids.bsky.social Better assessment, care, funding and research are urgently needed for the millions of adults and children living with Long COVID and M.E. #LCandME #FundOurFuture #FundThePlan