Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history. And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:

Yesterday they gave £3bn to Thames Water. Today they have to take £5bn off Disabled people. It should be the other way around.

Currently reading a study about influenza aerosol transmission, published in 2020 and shows more RNA copies (log scale) in fine aerosol fraction. In 2020… and we still haven’t sorted out air safety in hospitals, and we are still whinging about flu being such a big problem (which it is).

Pandemics change people. We aren’t used to dealing with the mass death, disability & uncertainty that comes with them Unfortunately due to technology & misinformation, society is choosing NOT to process its collective trauma It IS changing us. Not for the better. We’re detached, colder & apathetic

"Measles is a highly contagious, serious airborne disease caused by a virus that can lead to severe complications and death." First, trying to contain measles without using the word airborne makes as much sense as trying to control SARS by saying it's not airborne. Second, WHO can say airborne.

“measles doesn’t kill anyone, touch grass, parent better, no masks ever!” This was a response to my masks in healthcare article. Someone took the time to email me just to spread harmful lies. We need masks in healthcare. To protect the vulnerable AND those who won’t protect themselves:

If you are the friend or relative of someone dealing with a distressing situation, I am begging you to talk to an uninvolved friend, relative, or therapist about any worries or anxieties the situation may be creating for you.

Yes, I work out in a respirator. I was used to it anyway because I wore one when I was a road cyclist in London. It means I get a good workout, and nothing else.

Brain Injury Doctor here, Covid loves damaging the brain. We will continue to see the effects for years to come. Protect your brain www.bloomberg.com/explainers/d...

Midlife Crisis Marathon Training: Day 1 I alternated running and walking for a minute each for 20 min. Distance: 1.53 miles It was surprisingly hard and everything jiggled. It’s almost like you’re not supposed to stop running for 5 years then pick it up again…

URGENT deadline worth £10,000s to some all under 73s should check! It's about boosting your future or current State Pension by filling in missing National Insurance years. Sounds boring but is incredibly lucrative. Here's my new step-by-step www.moneysavingexpert.com/latesttip/#h...#hPlease share

Source: Scott_Satzer on Twitter #chronicillness #disability #disabled

🧠 New research finds brain swelling in Long Covid patients, linked to memory issues & brain fog. The study also shows similarities with ME/CFS, reinforcing the need for urgent research & support. 🔗 Read more: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02... #LongCovid #BrainFog #MECFS #NeuroResearch

Give out some #CleanAir #Valentines ❤️ during #influenza season & save lives: open a window, turn on an air filter, #WearAMask #bced

Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year. 2022: $0 2021: $0 2020: $0 2019: $0 2018: $0 Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.

My once fractured wrist is now cast-free and feeling (almost) brand new thanks to the NHS Despite being under a lot of pressure, they were brilliant Shame on the Starmer government for pursuing the privatisation and thus destruction of this vital public service

When I trained in medicine I was told that Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) was rare. I expected to see a handful of cases in my whole career. Now I have Long Covid related CFS myself, I know of many affected colleagues, & saddest of all, 3 of my kids’ friends. www.livescience.com/health/coron...

Any society where wealth is vastly unevenly distributed is by definition anti-democratic, even if it has the right to vote. One of the many ways to achieve democracy is to smash neo-liberal capitalism in favor of govt provided basic income, healthcare, food, and shelter, and transportation for all.

People in the UK, if you have a problem with the likes of Elon Musk donating £100,000 to the Reform Party, please sign this Parliamentary Petition: Tighten the rules on political donations, and please share it widely petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

They shall henceforth be referred to as swasticars by me too. 😂

Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls

Stop framing abolishing fact checking as an embrace of free speech! Fact checking is speech!

It's that time of year again where we share Tom Gill's "Dangers of Shelf Ice" illustration. Please stay off the beaches near the waterline, in fact you may not know where the beach ends and the waterline begins because of the ice and snow.

Good riddance to another troublesome tooth! My teeth are dreadful. I like to blame the 18 months I spent vomiting during two delightful pregnancies, rather than the fact I never remember to floss!

The lengths I am going to to try and improve from Long Covid: There was actual ice at the top of my cold water immersion tub this morning! Thermometer said 1 degree C. I managed 1 minute up to my armpits. Unpleasant but I think it’s helping!

Isn't it time for democratically-elected governments in Europe to take back control of the web from the unaccountable globalisers of the California tech industry? Just a thought.

Came to this late, but it’s a must-read for anyone who wants to continue to live on Earth!

1. Hello everyone, Happy New Year. I’m back from a lovely time, though now stricken by a nasty bug. Right, back to it: In my catch-up reading, there are several articles about the “collapse of democracy”. Was 2024 the year in which it began to die? But NONE of them seeks to define democracy. 🧵

Public Health is Dead was featured in this list of Health and Science podcasts to start your 2025 off right! 🥳 This is a show about how we have f*cked up in public health and, with public health advocates of all kinds, explore how we get out of this mess #episky #medsky thetyee.ca/News/2025/01...

I absolutely love Marina Hyde's writing. It's so acerbic and to the point. We do live in the Muskoverse and quite frankly, it stinks. How low will British politics go? Ask Elon, master of the Muskoverse – he’ll decide | Marina Hyde www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The same country decided that letting very young children get "natural immunity" via infection with SARS-COV2 is a good idea. A lot of cognitive dissonance there, and I wonder if they will reverse course and vaccinate very young children against Covid-19 too.

A few years ago I caved and bought a cheap Robo vacuum. I had resisted for years - scolding myself with gaslighting comments like “your condo is so small - you SHOULD be able to vacuum yourself” I was so mean to myself that I refused an accommodation tool that would help me 🧵

🚨 Clinically Vulnerable Families call for robust IPC measures in healthcare to reduce preventable infections and further lost lives. inews.co.uk/news/son-hos...

Inset-day yesterday. Seven kids round my table at snack time. Two won’t be back in school today due to chronic post-viral illness, plus me, still off sick with long Covid. It felt nice we weren’t alone, but normalising chronic illness in kids is definitely something I didn’t see coming pre-Covid!

Alone or lonely at Christmas? New to social media? There’s a great tradition with the hashtag #joinin, you just search for it and see lots of friendly messages. Someone has also created a feed here: bsky.app/profile/did:...

In preparation for Christmas this year, Montague has been mining niche subreddits, reading autism studies from the 1950s and watching ABA success stories dredged from the bowels of TikTok. thedailytism.com/racist-sexis...

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Funding for primary care should recognise clinical need which is currently not the case. To future proof the NHS this is more important than any reform. @nuffieldtrust.bsky.social @becksfisher.bsky.social & team thank you for articulating brilliantly what we see & feel on the ground in practice

SERIOUS QUESTION: what would it take to remove the gun and health insurance lobbies from existence

EXCESS DEATHS In week 48 2024: ▪️Expected deaths: 12,380 ▪️Actual deaths: 11,006 In week 48 2023: ▪️Expected deaths: 10,898 ▪️Actual deaths: 11,328 They’ve raised the baseline of expected deaths by a whopping 14% since this time last year! No wonder there’s no excess… 🤯

Busy train to London, a cacophony of coughs. Woman opposite appears to be coughing up her spleen... Grateful for my FFP2 😷!

2024 will go down as a new record for Earth's warmest year since instrumental measurements began, breaking the record just set in 2023. In @berkeleyearth.org's analysis, the annual average will also be more than 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) above the 1850-1900 average. berkeleyearth.org/november-202...

Looking for help please on #LongCovid research in children (with Nathalie as below). Our WILCO study is going brilliantly but we’re short of *controls*: aged 10-17y, London, have tested positive for Covid, but recovered fully inside 12wks. Any noble tweens/teens who want to help research? 1/2

Costa Rica, Iceland, New Zealand, and Switzerland have agreed a “path-finding international pact that tackles fossil fuel subsidies, promotes trade in environmental goods and services, and establishes innovative eco-labelling standards,” but limitations remain. www.iisd.org/articles/dee...

🚨 Today @gwynnemp.bsky.social has responded, stating: "We have received the open letter by Clinically Vulnerable Families on 14 November 2024, and will respond shortly." 4/

Republicans always blame music, video games, movies, etc. for shootings. All these things exist in other parts of the world. And none of those place have a fraction of the problem that America does with gun deaths. Know what America has that these other places don't? Guns - lots of guns!

News Release 16-Dec-2024 "#LongCOVID’s effects on employment: financial distress, fear of judgment: In study, patient perspectives highlight how providers can help" www.eurekalert.org/news-release... "their lives have been completely changed because of this chronic condition" #PASC #PwLC