@mrjamesob.bsky.social a very good book on emotional vs rational messaging in politics is 'The Political Brain' by Drew Westen

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social This paper was published yesterday. Once it is understood by political leaders they will have to act to mitigate a virus spread by breathing in each other’s exhaled breath. www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Are people getting sick and leaving the workforce because of the myriad earlier-onset chronic health conditions caused by repeated SARS-Cov-2 infections? See the thread in the pics. Full thread here, including link to the research study: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19709...

Have you seen this brilliant campaign aimed at improving attendance rates in schools through providing clean air to breathe? This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere... www.cleanairforkids.co.uk

@mrjamesob.bsky.social DfE have just released attendance data for last school year. In England: Overall absence: 6.9% Authorised absence: 4.5% Illness absence: 3.2% So 71.1% of authorised absence was due to illness. (How much unauthorised absence was also illness?) www.gov.uk/government/s...

Here's another Covid scandal that is just starting to emerge into the public domain from today's Private Eye. I think this will turn into a big one. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

@mrjamesob.bsky.social a very good book about facts v emotions in political comms is ‘The Political Brain’ by Drew Westen in case you are looking for summer reading

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social Young people most certainly are carrying burdens that weren't carried before the arrival of Covid. One of *many* studies about the damage Covid causes to mirochondria is linked here... www.nih.gov/news-events/...

@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...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social It might be worth exploring what Covid does to mitochondria, the energy powerhouse of the body's cells - see below (there are loads of examples of research - let me know if you want links)

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I wonder if a better question might be: "How do we get our £85bn back?"; or, "What is society's retribution now against those who have ripped us off so egregiously?"

@mrjamesob.bsky.social as ever, enjoying the show today. Might I remind you, though, that when your callers say "it was during covid" they mean during the brief period when there were restrictions on our movements (also called 'lockdown'). We are still during Covid, and it still causes health harms.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social re addicted to sugar, Dr David Unwin who is locarbgp on twitter runs a surgery that reduces sugar intake to put diabetes into remission. His work is brilliant. Please tell your caller. And his wife, Jen Unwin, also helps with sugar addiction www.purition.co.uk/blogs/articl...

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

Good morning, James @mrjamesob.bsky.social Just to remind you, we are still 'during Covid'. It is still causing earlier-onset chronic health conditions and shortening people's lives. Here's a summary of some of the conditions it causes... whn.global/public-servi...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social re the research below about brain damage following Covid that I shared with you, this is what @drseanmullen.bsky.social wrote about it over on x…

Important research linked. 1) Yet more evidence that Covid is a cardiovascular disease. 2) Exercising after infection will make things worse. Elite athletes especially take note. And society, take note. SC2 can’t simply be dismissed as a ‘textbook virus’… www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social I think the recently published research linked below is hugely relevant to your discussion yesterday about attention span. We are learning more almost daily. It is naive for society to think that SARS-CoV-2 is a ‘textbook virus’. We need open minds.

@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.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social You are correct that parents want the best for their children. Do you think that when they learn about this research suggesting that a child catching Covid-19 increases the child's chances of kidney disease, they'll want to stop letting their children catch Covid repeatedly?

Are you a parent? I guess if so, you will care about the health of your child/ren. You might therefore want to have a read of this, below. And have a little think…

Hi James @mrjamesob.bsky.social re your caller with his third, mild, bout of Covid; just to remind, the acute stage of Covid isn't so much the problem as its sequelae. Repeated infections are going to cause huge future health problems. Here's a flavour of what they are: whn.global/public-servi...

"Good relations with good people" Alan Barnard to @mrjamesob.bsky.social This has to be the life goal of all going forward.

And I think it’s worth reflecting today, too, that joining in with survivor bias is only a useful strategy whilst you are still a survivor.

If reflecting today, please reflect that the pandemic is ongoing and that repeated Covid illnesses are likely to lead to earlier-onset chronic health conditions and shortened lives. And reflect that we have the means to end the pandemic if our leaders choose to.

The response by CATA to the reply to them from the Chief Nursing Officers is very strong. There is a big story brewing here for any journalist minded to look into it. A very big story. It is referenced in the tweet/thread linked below…