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Food, arts, life, politics before it went too weird. Immunosuppressed.
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Richard Corbett CBE
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Prof Christina Pagel
23 days ago
I wrote about the findings from the inquiry about the impact of the pandemic on the NHS, and the mistakes of the first year. I hope it makes you angry - it should make us all angry.
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The UK Covid Inquiry has laid bare the avoidable horror of the second Covid wave
It is becoming ever clearer both how devastating the second wave of winter 2020/21 was, and how much of that devastation could have been avoided.
https://open.substack.com/pub/christinapagel/p/the-uk-covid-inquiry-has-laid-bare?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=8zv6v
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Gail Myerscough
29 days ago
Hello! It doesn’t cost anything to repost but it helps me spread the word about my small business. My online shop is full of bold & colourful prints, homewares, T-shirts and cards. I’m also available for freelance design work and art licensing.
gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Gail Myerscough | Surface Pattern Designer & Illustrator | Manchester
Explore bold and colourful designs by Gail Myerscough, featuring prints, homewares, and stationery. Designed in Manchester, made in the UK.
https://gailmyerscough.co.uk
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Bruce Springsteen
3 months ago
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Nigella Lawson
3 months ago
#RecipeOfTheDay
comes from The Royal Marsden Cancer Cookbook. I was asked to contribute, and it was an honour to do so in support of this great hospital. Obviously, I make no curative claims for my soup, but I can promise it provides comfort and tastes delicious
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Cauliflower, Garlic and Turmeric Soup
Packed full of vegetables and phytonutrients, it is undeniably true that this soup is both soothing and bolstering as well as easy and gratifying to eat. Baking the garlic gives a lot of depth while t...
https://www.nigella.com/recipes/cauliflower-garlic-and-turmeric-soup
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Greens Against Covid
5 months ago
We are not powerless against infections.
#Flu
is on the rise in the UK and hospitals are full.
#Covid
is always circulating. Wearing an
#FFP3
respirator mask in shared, indoor spaces can reduce the likelihood of getting infected.
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
5 months ago
Great news as Prof Lidia Morawska who has done fantastic work on particulate matter and raised awareness of the fact that covid 19 can be spread via airborne route has just won a prize in recognition of her achievements
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Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/03/australia-prime-ministers-prize-for-science-lidia-morawska-covid-michael-wear-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-knowledge?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
6 months ago
Feeling unwell? If you have COVID symptoms, TEST If you test positive, ISOLATE If you can’t test, MASK Protect yourself and others (especially high-risk people) - it still matters!
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Disability News Service
6 months ago
Alarm over government’s choices to lead ‘over-diagnosis’ review that could help ministers cut benefits
#MentalHealth
#DisabilityBenefits
@ritb.bsky.social
@dis-ppl-protest.bsky.social
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Alarm over government’s choices to lead ‘over-diagnosis’ review that could help ministers cut benefits
The government’s decision to commission a review of alleged “over-diagnosis” of mental health conditions and neurodivergence has caused alarm among many disabled people, with fears that it will all…
https://www.disabilitynewsservice.com/alarm-over-governments-choices-to-lead-over-diagnosis-review-that-could-help-ministers-cut-benefits/
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BuDS Disability Service
7 months ago
We are all rightly condemning Trump and his coterie for spreading false health information but, right here in the UK, the NHS is telling equally ludicrous porkies about Covid. Think of that when your local hospital invites you to wash your hands to stop an airborne virus.
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Suffolk Sue
7 months ago
Please sign and share. Why should there be a difference between the eligibility for flu vaccines and Covid vaccines anyway. If someone over 65 is vulnerable to flu then they are equally as vulnerable to Covid. Makes no bloody sense.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
8 months ago
Wow, well there you go! "FRSMs as PPE or RPE is commonplace within NHS literature and perpetuates a dangerous and illegal inaccuracy. The only respiratory protective equipment designated... for the protection against biological agents is the FFP3 or another respirator type..."
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BuDS Disability Service
8 months ago
The long period of historically lower Covid infection levels in England has come to an end. Covid infection levels in England have jumped nearly a fifth in the last week, and the overall Covid risk is just below High. Now is the time to start resuming strict precautions.
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
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Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 17 August 2025
The BuDS Covid-19 Risk Assessment for the week ending 17 August 2025
https://buds.org.uk/covid-19-risk-assessment-week-ending-17-august-2025/
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Esther
8 months ago
Not one national paper talked about this. That’s how far things have gone.
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens
9 months ago
Lemons, oranges, & pomegranates in a wan-li bowl, 1630. Beautiful bounty from Jacob van Hulsdonck of Antwerp, whose day is today.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
9 months ago
📢 BIG NEWS!!! For the first time, the Electoral Commission has recognised the voting access needs of Clinically Vulnerable people - thanks to CVF! But we’re not done. They are running a public consultation, and we need your help! 1/🧵
#MyMaskMyVote
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Helen Salisbury
9 months ago
This this this Washing hands and wiping down surfaces will not do much to protect children from a deadly, highly infectious, airborne virus. Vaccinate and ventilate.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
9 months ago
🩵💜💗 July 19 = Clinically Vulnerable Awareness Day 4 yrs ago, “Freedom Day” left millions behind. For CV people, it wasn’t freedom but exclusion. Health and safety should be inclusive rights, not a privilege. Show solidarity: Share a masked selfie with
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Will Jennings📉🗳️
10 months ago
This is good.
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Prof Naomi Fulop
11 months ago
Last week I gave evidence to
#covidinquiry
on behalf of
@cbffjuk.bsky.social
& called on Chair to summon Pat McFadden MP to update on Govt progress on pandemic preparedness 👇 If you want us all to be better prepared for next pandemic, plse repost.
@chrischirp.bsky.social
@premnsikka.bsky.social
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Prof Christina Pagel
11 months ago
THREAD on the *desperate* medical situation in Gaza from a presentation by UNRWA director at the World Health Assembly. This thread was written by Prof Anthony Costello over on X - I think it's important to share as widely as possible, so I have transferred to here. Please read and share! 0/11
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Liam Thorp
12 months ago
There are many communities in this country that simply feel abandoned - where services and facilities have gone away to be replaced by gangs, intimidation and antisocial behaviour This is the story of one of those communities 👇
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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'Once you go under the bridge you are into the forgotten community'
Special report: As anti-social behaviour reaches epidemic levels in one Liverpool area, locals have had enough
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/once-you-go-under-bridge-31564825
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Trish Greenhalgh
12 months ago
Masks work. Lockdowns work. Vaccines work. Vaccines don’t cause autism. Ivermectin is for parasite-infested horses. Pass it on.
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Postcard From The Past
about 1 year ago
Remember, if all my current followers recommend
@PastPostcard.bsky.social
to just one person, he will get really sick of hearing about us. Cheers, T.
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Trish Greenhalgh
about 1 year ago
Anyone want to see our latest paper on
#masks
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#healthpolicy
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www.bmj.com/content/388/...
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The role of masks and respirators in preventing respiratory infections in healthcare and community settings
The covid-19 pandemic saw frequent changes and conflicts in mask policies and politicization of masks. On reviewing the evidence, including studies published after the pandemic, the data suggest respi...
https://www.bmj.com/content/388/bmj-2023-078573.full?ijkey=V1Lg06C5ItmjqT3&keytype=ref
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Petroc Trelawny
about 1 year ago
Good morning - Breakfast is live BBC Radio 3 Today Quincy Jones plays Duke Ellington’s Caravan, harpist Nicanor Zabaleta in Germaine Tailleferre’s concerto, a mass by Imogen Holst – as her Aldeburgh House is listed and Fatma Said sings of the benefits of the night. Come and join us.
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Prof Christina Pagel
about 1 year ago
🧵"So this is how liberty dies..." Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up. I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
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Ward Q. Normal (he/him)
about 1 year ago
So yeah I just heard Jason Isbell's "If We Were Vampires" for the first time about a half hour ago and I haven't stopped listening to it and crying my eyes out since then. Holy fucking shit.
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Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - If We Were Vampires
YouTube video by JasonIsbellVEVO
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
about 1 year ago
Its important to celebrate our success with covid vaccine rollout but must better address vaccine hesitancy, disinformation, have speedy fair systems to remunerate those with rare side effects, ensure medicines like evushield are deployed quickly to reduce inequalities & have manufacturing capacity
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What has the UK Covid inquiry learned so far about vaccines and treatments?
In fourth part of the inquiry, questons were asked about vaccine trials, procurement and the UK’s preparedness for future pandemics
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/31/what-has-the-uk-covid-inquiry-learned-so-far-about-vaccines-and-treatments?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Adam Wagner KC
about 1 year ago
Thread of my closing submissions on behalf of Clinically Vulnerable Families at the conclusion of the vaccines and therapeutics module of the Covid-19 Public Inquiry today 👇
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
about 1 year ago
If you can, please support our fundraiser - which ends tonight at 23:59! And don't forget to like and share. Everything helps! 26/
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/clinically...
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Safer Lives for Clinically Vulnerable Families
We urgently need your help to support families at health risk, improving safer access, providing vital support, and advocating for freedoms.
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/clinically-vulnerable-families
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
about 1 year ago
Theme: 💔Clinically Vulnerable were overlooked 💔Their needs underappreciated 💔And voices not heard 24/
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Stef
about 1 year ago
Support
@cvcev.bsky.social
who do incredible advocacy awareness and support work for clinically vulnerable folks in the UK. Support their campaign if you can, every penny will be put to good use. Today is the final day.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/clinically...
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Safer Lives for Clinically Vulnerable Families
We urgently need your help to support families at health risk, improving safer access, providing vital support, and advocating for freedoms.
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/clinically-vulnerable-families
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
about 1 year ago
Great progress yesterday! Thank you 💕 Donate here 👇
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
about 1 year ago
How wonderful- I had not heard of Eric Tucker- will definitely check him out.
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‘Secret Lowry’: the ex-gravedigger who painted northern life, from factory to fuggy pub
He repaired his car with Sellotape and kept his trousers up with rope. But Eric Tucker had a hidden life – painting drinkers, smokers and factory-workers without saccharine or sentiment. Now a book ce...
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/jan/23/secret-lowry-gravedigger-eric-tucker-northern-life-factory-pub?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Danielle Langlois
over 1 year ago
Watch a 4th grader explain how to make a
#CRBox
. It’s so soothing and simple! You’re going to want one of these Corsi Rosenthal boxes if H5N1 makes the jump to human to human transmission. And it’s excellent for cleaning the air of covid and flu bugs, too. Get supplies while you can. 🤓
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Sarra Manning
about 1 year ago
Happy PLR Statement Day to all who celebrate! Which stands for Public Lending Right - every time you borrow a book from a public library, its author gets, currently, nearly 12p per loan. An absolute godsend as it gets increasingly more precarious to make a living as a writer. Long live libraries!
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
about 1 year ago
🚨Dame Kate Bingham🚨 Dubbed the "hero in a pink jacket 💕" On Evusheld: "I felt very strongly [.]. We were following a very clear 2 tier strategy where the CV immunocompromised were being deprioritised [.] I felt that was *manifestly* wrong both ethically and morally [.]" 1/🧵
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
over 1 year ago
💥Clinically Vulnerable Families 💥 Yesterday,
@larawong.bsky.social
took the stand as founder and leader of CVF. **Sorry for the delay!** - New risks posed by Covid-19 - We need to be recognised as an equality group. 1/ FOLLOW THIS THREAD
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Steve Griffin
over 1 year ago
Please take a look at our latest
@independentsage.bsky.social
substack...feels somewhat pertinent at present!!!
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Learning lessons from the COVID pandemic…we could do SO much better.
We must mitigate, vaccinate, and communicate...
https://open.substack.com/pub/independentsage/p/learning-lessons-from-the-covid-pandemicwe?r=2wjzna&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank
over 1 year ago
Why aren’t we doing more to acknowledge that flu covid RSV and noravirus are spread in a large part by aerosols?
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UKHSA's failure on airborne transmission and a Vax only strategy without Vax
Recent guidance, Airborne transmission dismissed at Covid Inquiry, removal of vax and the dismantling of public health,
https://open.substack.com/pub/counterdisinformationproject/p/ukhsas-failure-on-airborne-transmission?r=11blfp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
over 1 year ago
🎉FIVE New Year’s wishes, FIVE years since Covid: 😷Better masks (FFP2/3) in healthcare 🤒Stay at home sick 💨Improve air quality 🧼Cleaning 🛡Protect lives by putting
@uhsft.bsky.social
Infection Prevention Control in charge of National IPC. Let’s make 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣ a healthier year for all!
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Protect the Heart of the Arts 💕🎗️🌈 😷
over 1 year ago
🚨 OUT, DAMNED VIRUS! 🚨 Disruptions at David Tennant’s Macbeth—illnesses, unruly audiences, a lost voice mid-performance—may be the result of COVID. To mark these events,
#ProtectTheHeartOfTheArts💕
launches a mobile PlusLife testing hub for the London arts community.⬇️⬇️😷😷
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
over 1 year ago
Also, why don't we all expect
#CleanAirHealthcare
? Many patients contract airborne infections in healthcare. 4/
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
over 1 year ago
🚨We have co-signed a letter to the UK Covid Inquiry chair, Baroness Hallett, to request the urgent changes we need to access healthcare safely. Please support this!
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Trish Greenhalgh
over 1 year ago
SARS CoV2 is ubiquitous in indoor air. Highest risk settings are elderly care and healthcare. HT
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www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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SARS-CoV-2 detection in aerosol from community indoor environments
Since its emergence, the COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly and extensively affected global health and society. Numerous studies have focused on detecti…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360132324005651#tbl1
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Trish Greenhalgh
over 1 year ago
Another reminder: Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs. Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections. Respirators work better than masks. Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗
over 1 year ago
🚨𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗩𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 This is urgent. I am in my 5th year of dedicating myself to supporting Clinically Vulnerable families, I need your help continue to grow what we’ve built💕 We have achieved so much, but there’s more to do! 1/
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Helen Day
over 1 year ago
Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, the 3rd window. ‘Winter Pastoral’ Artist: SR Badmin
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