Dr Joe Pajak

PhD physical chemist with expertise in surface forces, wetting, rheology and thin‑film dynamics at air–liquid–solid interfaces. NHS hospital public governor. Covid is airborne — clean indoor air is essential public health.
❗Long COVID matters
💙EU citizen
#AirPollution, #WaterPollution: both are major health risks
➡️https://bsky.app/profile/drjoepajak.bsky.social
🌬️🌀Clean air matters.
#ClimateCrisis matters.

BlueSky: https://drjoepajak.bsky.social
Substack: https://substack.com/@joepajak?
NEW EUROPEAN article Oct 2021: https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/boris-johnson-covid-response-dr-joe-pajak/

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2026-02-21 12:24:49 UTC

'If the spray proves safe and effective in humans, such a ‘universal vaccine’ could be offered to everyone at the start of each winter — and perhaps provide a first line of defence against future pandemics.' Bali Pulendran et al.,
@stanfordmedicine.bsky.social
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea1260

2026-02-19 18:03:33 UTC

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COVID messaging has faded but the virus hasn’t.
The data keeps warning us, yet without clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, and indoor risk, people navigate blind.
Treating the pandemic as over weakens readiness for the next one.
Date axis font size enlarged for clearer view.
https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/116/098/608/826/488/882/original/991e948affaa9a42.png

2026-02-19 17:55:44 UTC

COVID messaging has faded but the virus hasn’t.
The data keeps warning us, yet without clear guidance on ventilation, vaccination, and indoor risk, people navigate blind.
Treating the pandemic as over weakens readiness for the next one.
Honest communication and resilient data systems are needed now.
https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/116/098/577/717/013/140/original/b9dc6e9195122869.png

2026-02-16 16:21:35 UTC

There is no treatment for measles, only the vaccination to prevent catching it. Being vaccinated is the best way to prevent getting sick with measles or spreading it to other people. The vaccine is safe and helps your body fight off the virus. States @who.int
https://open.substack.com/pub/criticalhealthvoices/p/measles-rubeola?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

2026-01-30 10:45:22 UTC

🛑📈 Measles Matters!
'It's extremely concerning that in the UK we now have pockets of low or no vaccine uptake,' says highly-respected, infectious-disease expert, Bharat Pankhania, @doctorshaib.bsky.social
💉'We urgently need to remedy this situation.'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjw0xegxglo?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=6386211363-nature-briefing-microbiology-20260129&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-33f35e09ea-49183583

2025-12-08 02:14:00 UTC

COVID isn’t over.
The message should be coming over loud and clear.
Protecting ourselves, those dear to us, our friends and colleagues, still matters.
Excellent paper, thank you:
@johnsnowproject.bsky.social
https://johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars-cov-2-leaves-a-lasting-mark-on-the-immune-system/

2025-12-01 19:16:52 UTC

🤷 Didn't 'Eat Out to Help Out' add to the spread of COVID-19 in the summer of 2020?
🤦 'Analysis reveals that it added to air pollution at a time when the public was urged to minimise air pollution to protect vulnerable people shielding or isolating with COVID.'
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/eat-out-to-help-out-scheme-air-pollution-london-study-covid?CMP=share_btn_url

2025-11-17 10:19:23 UTC

COVID-19 has not disappeared. It continues to spread, disable, and disrupt lives - yet national strategies still appear to fail to acknowledge its persistence or the need for stronger infection prevention.
https://joepajak.substack.com/p/covid-19-persistent-and-dangerous
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2025-11-15 00:53:06 UTC

Read this...
'Good ventilation is associated with:
♡ improved health
♡ better concentration
♡ higher levels of satisfaction with an environment
♡ lower rates of absence from work
♡ better quality of sleep
♡ reduced exposure to a wide range of air pollutants.'
👉 #HSE https://www.hse.gov.uk/ventilation/index.htm

2025-11-01 12:47:19 UTC

COVID-19 vaccine access in the UK is no longer universal.
That’s not just bad policy, it’s preventable harm.
Sign the petition to restore free access for all. #VaccinesForAll #LongCovid #PublicHealth
Please share widely in your own networks, e.g. WhatsApp, Nextdoor, Threads, Facebook, Instagram, et al. https://www.change.org/Make-Covid-Vaccine-Freely-Available-In-The-UK

2025-10-30 22:01:55 UTC

Free access to COVID-19 vaccines is a moral and public health imperative. When governments restrict access based on income, they violate the right to health and expose entire populations to preventable harm.
Support the petition to demand universal vaccine access.
https://www.change.org/Make-Covid-Vaccine-Freely-Available-In-The-UK

2025-10-24 10:00:24 UTC

‘ Doctors have warned that the government’s decision to exclude health and social care workers from its covid vaccination programme is putting patients at risk and will have a major impact on an overstretched NHS.’
🤦 Unbelievably shortsighted, based on what exactly!
https://www.bmj.com/content/391/bmj.r2141

2025-10-18 12:28:16 UTC

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No hospital is immune to healthcare-associated infections. When they are underreported or ignored, outbreaks spread. Patients suffer. Trust is damaged. We must stop treating infection reporting as a reputational threat. It’s not. It’s a public health duty.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732047

2025-10-18 11:14:33 UTC

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🦠 COVID, Still Circulating
We need transparent data and honest communication.
The vaccine is effective in helping prevent infection, hospitalisation, and deaths, so make it universally available.
The virus is not done with us - we must not be done with the evidence.
https://open.substack.com/pub/joepajak/p/covid-still-circulating-still-ignored?r=cwb8u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

2025-10-17 08:09:28 UTC

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Vaccination: a key line of defence
Coughs and sneezes: can spread diseases
Good ventilation can help remove air that contains virus particles and help prevent airborne spread of respiratory infections such as colds, flu and COVID-19.
👉 educationhub.blog.gov.uk
https://bsky.app/profile/drjoepajak.bsky.social/post/3m3a3k7izdk2z

2025-10-17 07:42:32 UTC

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'If the droplet moves too slowly, it sticks, explains Jamie McLauchlan, a PhD student at the University of Bath, UK who led the new research effort with @adsquires.bsky.social, @uniofbath.bsky.social and Anton Souslov, @cam.ac.uk.' @physicsworld.bsky.social
https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-explain-why-some-fast-moving-droplets-stick-to-hydrophobic-surfaces/

2025-10-17 07:32:44 UTC

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'Framework could be beneficial in study of airborne diseases - exhaled droplets frequently bump into surfaces while floating around indoors. Droplets that stick are removed from the air, and can no longer transmit disease via that route, those that bounce are not.'
https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-explain-why-some-fast-moving-droplets-stick-to-hydrophobic-surfaces/

2025-10-17 07:29:21 UTC

'In healthcare settings, coatings could be designed to ensure that high-velocity respiratory droplets from sneezes either stick to hospital surfaces or recoil from them, depending on which mode of potential transmission (airborne or contact-based) is being targeted.'
https://physicsworld.com/a/physicists-explain-why-some-fast-moving-droplets-stick-to-hydrophobic-surfaces/

2025-09-17 14:27:20 UTC

If vaccination rates keep dropping in England (and elsewhere), we’ll surely see more preventable diseases coming back - as we've already seen with whooping cough and, more recently, measles - and COVID too, has its own unique way of impacting on the health of individuals, communities and nations.
https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/115/220/100/765/128/421/original/d1ce1d8af177f309.png

2025-09-17 13:42:14 UTC

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Cambridge University researchers https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/polpsych found that when you tell people a positive story about EU migrants who come here to work & embrace British society then they react positively - a message not heard much before?' @leede-wit.bsky.social et al
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/British-attitudes-immigration-study?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_source=2124439_University%20news%20digest%2020250916&dm_i=6DCF,19J87,4M4RXD,5UX2H,1

2025-09-17 13:20:48 UTC

'UK voters are far more likely to see immigration from the EU as good for Britain after reading a positive message about a Polish migrant highlighting values such as hard work & duty, combining a personal narrative & emotional appeal with references to reliable data.'
👇
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/British-attitudes-immigration-study?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_source=2124439_University%20news%20digest%2020250916&dm_i=6DCF,19J87,4M4RXD,5UX2H,1

2025-09-09 23:28:27 UTC

💯 'A single ranking cannot give the public a meaningful understanding of how good or bad a hospital is.'
https://www.aol.co.uk/articles/5-problems-streetings-nhs-hospital-104857151.html

2025-08-25 08:42:39 UTC

Studies indicate that 'the benefits of mRNA vaccines outweigh the risks. The pandemic might seem like a distant memory to some, but we must never, ever, forget that millions are alive today, or in better health, because of this life-saving technology'. 🔗 Nature editorial
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02612-9?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20250821&utm_source=nature_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CONR_41586_AWA1_GL_DTEC_054CI_TOC-250821

2025-07-24 17:42:16 UTC

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COVID is airborne, and sadly is still with us.
While many feel in a better place than during the height of the pandemic, public health protections still matter, including effective ventilation, booster vaccines, and testing.
Long COVID continues to impact the lives of millions.
👇Latest England data.
https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-viruses/covid-19
Independently produced chart:
https://static.mstdn.science/media_attachments/files/114/909/440/716/823/442/original/07f0bab08dd07279.png

2025-07-24 17:40:13 UTC

2025-07-11 11:08:01 UTC

💯 Emmanuel Macron hits the nail on the head – Brexit is to blame for Britain’s immigration crisis (and more)!
'The reverse of the promises made by Farage and other Brexiteers.' 📝David Maddox, @the-independent.com
https://www.threads.com/@joe.pajak

2025-06-29 11:38:13 UTC

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'To see people - and often children - becoming seriously ill and even losing their lives, from entirely preventable diseases, is tragic.' Lord Vallance, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation, @ben-spencer.bsky.social @thetimes.com
https://www.thetimes.com/article/7e18acdb-5f00-41d4-8958-e7a5908d5ffd

2025-06-29 11:34:31 UTC

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'Less than 84% of five-year-olds in England have had both doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) jab, which is well short of the 95% required to achieve herd immunity.' @ben-spencer.bsky.social @thetimes.com @drtoniho.bsky.social et al @theconversation.com
https://theconversation.com/how-a-small-vaccine-drop-could-see-measles-becoming-endemic-again-new-study-255327

2025-06-29 11:28:35 UTC

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'There were 14,894 cases of whooping cough in England last year, another disease that can be avoided by vaccination, resulting in the deaths of 11 babies. Yet, the uptake of every single childhood vaccine given in England is falling.' @ben-spencer.bsky.social @thetimes.com
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pertussis-epidemiology-in-england-2024/confirmed-cases-of-pertussis-in-england-by-month

2025-06-29 09:47:16 UTC

In the UK, 'vaccination rates are falling because parents have forgotten the devastating impact of childhood diseases' - and in particular, 'that measles kills.' Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation ‪ @ben-spencer.bsky.social @thetimes.com
https://www.thetimes.com/article/7e18acdb-5f00-41d4-8958-e7a5908d5ffd

2025-06-24 09:42:43 UTC

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💯 @cidrap.bsky.social
Meanwhile, Measles vaccines save millions of lives each year:
https://ourworldindata.org/measles-vaccines-save-lives
https://ourworldindata.org/measles-vaccine-effectiveness-safety
https://ourworldindata.org/vaccines-children-saved
@scientificdiscovery.dev @ourworldindata.org
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/vaccine-integrity-project/viewpoint-cdcs-upcoming-vaccine-advisory-meeting-set-sow-distrust

2025-06-24 09:28:39 UTC

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'When we prevent measles, we’re also preserving the immune system’s knowledge of previous infections - because vaccination doesn’t just stop measles; it also protects us from lasting damage the disease leaves behind.' @scientificdiscovery.dev @ourworldindata.org
https://ourworldindata.org/measles-increases-disease-risk?utm_source=OWID+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4a770078d9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2e166c1fc1-4a770078d9-532480830

2025-06-24 09:24:57 UTC

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'Without vaccines, measles deaths couldn’t be eliminated, and we couldn’t stop cases either — leaving many people vulnerable to harmful and long-lasting complications of the disease.' @scientificdiscovery.dev @ourworldindata.org
#VaccinesMatter #Vaccine #Measles
https://ourworldindata.org/measles-increases-disease-risk?utm_source=OWID+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4a770078d9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2e166c1fc1-4a770078d9-532480830

2025-06-24 09:15:32 UTC

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'Even when it doesn’t kill, measles can cause long-term damage, making people vulnerable to other infections - and children who may seem to recover, may still face serious health risks long after the illness is gone.' @scientificdiscovery.dev @ourworldindata.org
https://ourworldindata.org/measles-increases-disease-risk?utm_source=OWID+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4a770078d9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2e166c1fc1-4a770078d9-532480830

2025-06-24 09:09:56 UTC

Measles should NOT be seen as a routine childhood illness. 'It causes more than an acute illness, suppresses immune memory, increases risk of complications for years, and leaves a gap for other infections to take hold.' @scientificdiscovery.dev @ourworldindata.org
https://ourworldindata.org/measles-increases-disease-risk?utm_source=OWID+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4a770078d9-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_2e166c1fc1-4a770078d9-532480830

2025-06-16 12:00:05 UTC

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'Prevention of COVID / Long COVID must not be a 'lost cause'. @juliadoubleday.bsky.social.
Reality is that airborne viruses spread more easily in poorly ventilated classrooms, and that high-quality HEPA filtration could help bring down transmission.
Figure 2 below from RECOVER study, showing organ system involvement of #PASC in children.' https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid-is-now-the-number-one?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-restack-comment&r=cwb8u&triedRedirect=true
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/153/3/e2023062570/196606/Postacute-Sequelae-of-SARS-CoV-2-in-Children?autologincheck=redirected

2025-06-16 11:59:37 UTC

'Prevention of COVID / Long COVID must not be a 'lost cause'. @juliadoubleday.bsky.social
'The reality is that airborne viruses spread more easily in poorly ventilated classrooms, and that high-quality HEPA filtration could help bring down transmission.'
https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/long-covid-is-now-the-number-one?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-restack-comment&r=cwb8u&triedRedirect=true

2025-06-14 11:25:07 UTC

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Back on earth, 'the evolution of antibiotic resistance occurs within the bodies of humans and animals we eat. Bacteria endowed with this resistance escape their nurseries, making their way through the environment, the soil, streams, even into the air.' @carlzimmer.com
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250610-the-microbes-that-thrive-in-the-clouds

2025-06-14 11:16:07 UTC

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'Research on the life in clouds raises the possibility that airborne organisms might exist on other planets – even ones that might seem the worst places for life to survive.
For example, the clouds that blanket Venus are perhaps able to sustain life.' @carlzimmer.com
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250610-the-microbes-that-thrive-in-the-clouds

2025-06-14 11:11:45 UTC

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'Biological molecules and cell walls are exceptionally good at triggering rain. Fungi, algae, pollen, lichens, bacteria and even viruses can seed ice in clouds. It's possible that clouds and life are linked in an intimate cycle...' @carlzimmer.com
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250610-the-microbes-that-thrive-in-the-clouds

2025-06-14 11:06:55 UTC

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'As a cloud forms, it creates updrafts that lift water-laden air to high altitudes that are cold enough to turn the water to ice. The ice then falls back down. If the air near the ground is cold, it may land as snow. If it is warm, it turns to rain.' @carlzimmer.com
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250610-the-microbes-that-thrive-in-the-clouds

2025-06-14 09:39:06 UTC

'Findings such as these suggest that the aerobiome is a force to be reckoned with – one that exerts a powerful influence on the chemistry of the atmosphere. The aerobiome even alters the weather.' @carlzimmer.com
https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20250610-the-microbes-that-thrive-in-the-clouds

2025-06-12 11:18:48 UTC

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'Experts watching variant NB.1.8.1, now dominant in China. Rates of COVID-19 in Hong Kong climbed to worst levels seen in at least a year, after a significant increase in reported emergency room visits and hospitalizations driven by COVID-19.' Report: @cbsnews.com
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-reports-cases-new-covid-variant-nb-1-8-1-behind-surge-china/

2025-06-12 10:53:23 UTC

'China’s COVID-19 Infections Jumped by 160% in May.'
'Residents across China told The Epoch Times that the situation is far more severe and that the official data continue to not match their lived experience.'
Author / source: Alex Wu https://www.theepochtimes.com
https://www.theepochtimes.com/article/chinas-covid-19-infections-jumped-by-160-percent-in-may-5869570

2025-06-08 14:17:23 UTC

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Good to note: The Royal College of Physicians, @rcphysicians.bsky.social, is launching a new report, ‘A breath of fresh air: responding to the health challenges of modern air pollution’ on Clean Air Day (19 June 2025). @globalactionplan.bsky.social
#CleanAirDay #AirPollution
https://bsky.app/profile/globalactionplan.bsky.social

2025-06-08 14:08:56 UTC

The Royal College of Physicians, ‪@rcphysicians.bsky.social, is launching a new report, ‘A breath of fresh air: responding to the health challenges of modern air pollution’ on Clean Air Day (19 June 2025). @globalactionplan.bsky.social
#CleanAirDay #AirPollution #WoodBurning
https://bsky.app/profile/globalactionplan.bsky.social

2025-06-07 18:37:08 UTC

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'A new study reported by the CDC shows H5N1 bird flu has developed the ability to spread through the air. In other words, it’s officially airborne.'
Read more, with thanks to @jessicawildfire.bsky.social.
https://www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/bird-flu-capable-of-airborne-transmission/

2025-06-07 18:29:03 UTC

'Study reported by the CDC shows H5N1 bird flu has developed the ability to spread through the air. In other words, it’s officially airborne.' @jessicawildfire.bsky.social
'This virus caused airborne transmission with 'moderate pathogenicity'...' Meaning?!
https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/31/6/25-0386_article?ref=the-sentinel-intelligence.net

2025-06-07 16:26:44 UTC

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'Besides lack of political will, there is another reason for TB’s success, one that has to do with the microbe itself.
M. tuberculosis has evolved into an astonishingly adept human pathogen. One of its greatest skills is its ability to fly through the air.' @npub1hwm…96r3 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481012-tbs-extraordinary-evolution-reveals-why-the-ancient-disease-lives-on/?c=pidayemail&utm_source=nssub-acq&tpcc=may25_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nssub%20acq_may25_e3_cd6190_b_070625&utm_content=B&utm_term=NSSUB_Prospects_click%20date_last%2061-90%20days

2025-06-07 15:59:37 UTC

Meticulous scientists proved 'tuberculosis is airborne - one of the traits that made M. tuberculosis so successful as a pathogen. In poorly ventilated indoor spaces, it can drift in the air for hours, waiting for its next victim to take a breath.' @carlzimmer.com
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481012-tbs-extraordinary-evolution-reveals-why-the-ancient-disease-lives-on/?c=pidayemail&utm_source=nssub-acq&tpcc=may25_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nssub%20acq_may25_e3_cd6190_b_070625&utm_content=B&utm_term=NSSUB_Prospects_click%20date_last%2061-90%20days

2025-06-03 23:38:12 UTC

'Oarfish, one of the ocean’s longest fish, are astonishing creatures that grow up to eight metres long. Nicknamed the 'king of herrings' or more unkindly the 'doomsday fish', some legends and stories consider the animals to be harbingers of disaster.' https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/oarfish-washes-up-tasmania-west-coast-doomsday-fish

2025-05-31 11:32:56 UTC

US CDC updated its measles travel advisory:
'International travellers should be fully vaccinated with measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine.' @cidrap.bsky.social
Highly infectious, it can remain in the air for up to 2 hours after an infected person leaves the area.
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/measles/us-measles-total-nears-1100-cases-colorado-reports-airline-cluster

2025-05-18 12:37:54 UTC

'Bruce Springsteen, in Manchester, England, diverged from his usual song set to speak directly & forcefully about the state of the USA.
He articulated the anger & frustration many millions have been feeling while issuing a call to action.'
@thedanrather.bsky.social
https://open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/a-message-from-the-boss?r=cwb8u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

2025-05-07 16:23:20 UTC

'Shelter, https://england.shelter.org.uk/, has warned that without urgent investment in social housing and council budgets, the housing crisis will leave 206,000 children homeless in England by the end of this parliament.'
Yes, 206,000 children, 'homeless' in England!
https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/shelter-warns-of-national-shame-as-206000-children-could-be-homeless-by-2029-91581?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IH%20%2D%20HOMELESSNESS%20NEWSLETTER%20CAMPAIGN

2025-04-29 19:28:33 UTC

'The USA is now at 923 measles cases.
💯 It’s hard to determine whether we’re at the beginning or middle of these outbreaks, given the underreporting, but we’re quickly approaching the highest number of cases recorded in the past 25 years.' @kkjetelina.bsky.social
https://open.substack.com/pub/yourlocalepidemiologist/p/novavax-confusion-food-dyes-measles?r=cwb8u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

2025-04-06 14:59:23 UTC

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'Public health officials in Tx said they received stop work orders for three grants that helped fund their response to the raging measles outbreak.' @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social
@nytimes.com
Story by @apoorvanyt.bsky.social @sangerkatz.bsky.social
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/health/trump-state-health-grants-cuts.html

2025-04-06 14:57:18 UTC

❗ @nytimes.com reports 'the second confirmed measles death in the U.S. in a decade.' Could the US lose its 'elimination' status? @teddyrosenbluth.bsky.social
'Tx PH officials received stop work orders for 3 grants that helped fund their response to measles outbreak.'
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/health/measles-death-texas.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9k4.eSwS.wbTvjeCucsNZ&smid=bs-share

2025-04-02 00:34:17 UTC

'This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history.'
@maxkozlov.blsky.social
https://nature.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2c6057c528fdc6f73fa196d9d&id=ae0998518b&e=f4c56b9a78

2025-03-02 21:54:38 UTC

Organise a State visit for President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that should be the UK's priority. This man is a true hero, who stands with his country against the aggressor.
And if anyone deserves a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, it's Starmer and Macron jointly.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article301283189.html

2025-02-20 01:18:09 UTC

'Here’s the thing to remember about the flu:
It spreads through the air, and…
It lasts on surfaces.'
@jessicawildfire.bsky.social
https://www.the-sentinel-intelligence.net/yes-wipe-down-surfaces-no-dont-hoard-cleaning-products-try-hocl/?ref=ok-doomer-newsletter#ghost-comments

2025-02-15 10:30:31 UTC

Learned so much as a governor of an NHS Foundation Trust Hospital; a privilege to serve in this role for the last 10 years. An issue that continues to be of vital importance is the approach to infection prevention & control.
Please read & support this petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701396

2025-02-06 01:36:57 UTC

Research suggests that 'iron levels, and the way the body regulates iron, were disrupted early on during SARS-CoV-2 infection, and took a very long time to recover, particularly in those people who went on to report long COVID months later.'
https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/low-iron-levels-resulting-from-infection-could-be-key-trigger-of-long-covid?utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_medium=email&utm_source=1799691_Research%20weekly%20bulletin%2030%2F08%2F24&dm_i=6DCF,12KNF,4M4RXD,4WGCU,1

2024-12-31 10:37:22 UTC

UK hospitals limiting visiting hours and access to patients as the NHS is having to manage rising flu, COVID, RSV and norovirus cases. These 4 viruses are circulating widely, with flu cases increasing sharply, and growing concerns that services could become overwhelmed.
https://inews.co.uk/news/hospitals-restrict-visiting-hours-quad-demic-flu-covid-cold-norovirus-hits-3455300?ITO=newsnow

2024-12-18 23:14:30 UTC

NHS hospital beds filling with poorly patients.
Yet COVID is mentioned in the past tense - even though infections are still causing debilitating symptoms, hospitalisation, and Long COVID, and worse, can still be fatal.
⚠️Lesson not learned @covidinquiryuk?
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701396

2024-12-15 11:36:56 UTC

Whether a patient, visitor, or member of NHS staff, please read, sign, and share, this petition:
'To ensure policy on management of healthcare associated infections is extended to include the recording of data on COVID infections spread within hospitals'.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701396

2024-12-12 20:02:22 UTC

England COVID-19 according to latest data sets.
What's happening?
We shouldn't talk about COVID in the past tense, it is still very much with us, it still causes debilitating symptoms, hospitalisation, and Long COVID, and it still kills.
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2024-12-10 10:56:56 UTC

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Do YOU think the UK government needs to ensure the relevant policy on the management of healthcare associated infections (HCAI) is extended to include the recording of data on COVID infections spread within hospitals?
We do too, please sign & share.
Link: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701396
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2024-12-10 10:56:41 UTC

2024-12-08 21:28:50 UTC

Want to do something about lack of testing for COVID, and spread of infections within UK healthcare settings?
Then support and share this petition to direct the @UKHSA to monitor, and report on, numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701396

2024-12-08 13:49:12 UTC

Living in the UK?
Unhappy about lack of testing for COVID & spread of infections within hospitals?
Then please support, and share, this petition to 'direct the @UKHSA to monitor, and report on, numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings'.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701396

2024-12-06 11:15:42 UTC

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‘Many nurses, once hailed as heroes, are being let down by their employers and govt policy. A worrying disregard for the safety and well-being of healthcare professionals - who are struggling with staff shortages and burnout.' Dr Alison Twycross @alitwy
https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/nurses-with-long-covid-being-let-down-their-employers-210121

2024-12-06 11:01:34 UTC

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'The @theRCN said employers in health and social care must ensure they reduce the risk of infection, and work to improve awareness and education about long COVID to enhance reasonable adjustments in the workplace...' @Alibaabra @NurseStandard @rcni
https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/nurses-with-long-covid-being-let-down-their-employers-210121

2024-12-06 09:50:47 UTC

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'Nurses with long COVID being ‘let down by their employers’.
The survey by @RCN survey report lists recommendations for improvements and calls on the government to recognise long-COVID as an occupational disease for nurses. @Alibaabra @NurseStandard @rcni
https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/nurses-with-long-covid-being-let-down-their-employers-210121

2024-12-06 09:47:08 UTC

Survey by @theRCN 'reveals lack of support from employers for nurses with long COVID, with many revealing inadequate protection at work before they contracted COVID-19, and a lack of recognition of the impact it has had since'. @Alibaabra
https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/newsroom/news/nurses-with-long-covid-being-let-down-their-employers-210121

2024-12-05 08:20:00 UTC

Surveillance programmes are a vital tool in preventing and reducing infection spread in hospitals.
It's time to direct the @UKHSA to monitor, and report on, COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes...' https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/701396

2024-11-23 19:25:14 UTC

Growing evidence of respiratory spread among humans, yet, health officials insist there is no evidence, refusing to talk about mitigation measures like N95 masks and clean air technologies, steps that should already be in place against existing diseases.
https://open.substack.com/pub/sentinelintelligence/p/everything-that-friend-wants-you-8b4?r=cwb8u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

2024-11-16 14:53:56 UTC

Recognise COVID complications as occupational:
'Health care workers who contracted Long COVID face monumental health struggles, many forced into early retirement. Devastating to their professional pride and to their personal finances.' @theRCN @TheBMA
https://www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-events/news/uk-long-covid-nursing-staff-still-being-denied-access-to-financial-support-161124

2024-11-16 08:15:21 UTC

'The costs associated with working days lost due to Long COVID could potentially cost the UK economy up to £20billion a year.' Senior author, Professor, @ManuellGomes @UCL_IEHC @CSJMagazine @uclnews
#CovidIsNotOver #COVID #COVID19
Nota bene: @wesstreeting
https://www.clinicalservicesjournal.com/story/46597/long-covid-could-cost-the-economy-billions-every-year

2024-11-03 19:24:00 UTC

COVID is still a problem!
We could do more to stop it spreading, we need to do more to stop it spreading.
Not least because of the potential impact on our children.
So little is still known, but worrying evidence is growing. @KevinTKavanagh @heraldleader https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article294875999.html

2024-10-29 20:08:55 UTC

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Reviewing the evidence for vaccinating children against COVID 19. @sheencr @chrischirp
💯'Much more work is needed to enhance vaccine information, address vaccine hesitancy and take-up in pregnant women, so that babies can be best protected from COVID-19.'
https://open.substack.com/pub/sheenacruickshankimmunology/p/reviewing-the-evidence-for-vaccinating?r=cwb8u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

2024-10-29 20:03:04 UTC

2024-10-26 12:59:15 UTC

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'64% of nurses who died were Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic. 21 % of all NHS staff are from these backgrounds; by June 2020 it was known that they made up 63% of healthcare workers who had died after contracting the virus.'
Inequalities!
@covidinquiryuk
INQ000399526 – Witness Statement provided by Professor J S Bamrah CBE on behalf of the Federation of Ethnic Minority Healthcare Organisations (FEHMO), dated 22/12/2023.
Published: 8 October 2024
Type: Evidence
Module: Module 3
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2024-10-26 12:58:50 UTC

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2024-10-26 12:31:52 UTC

'Our first 10 doctors to die from contracting coronavirus were from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds ' @covidinquiryuk
@jsbamrah @Voa1234 @ProfKevinFenton @charleskod
@NHS_RHO @bmj_latest @femho2022
🤦Speaks volumes @NHSEngland @wesstreeting
https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q2247

2024-10-26 11:01:43 UTC

'Luke Durant has discovered the largest known prime number:
M1⃣3⃣6⃣2⃣7⃣9⃣8⃣4⃣1⃣
It's over 41 million digits long!
A 'Mersenne' prime, after 17th century French monk and mathematician Marin Mersenne.' @NewSparkes @NewScientist @Margherita_B_ @SmithsonianMag
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2452686-amateur-sleuth-finds-largest-known-prime-number-with-41-million-digits/

2024-10-16 09:34:52 UTC

'There is substantial evidence that high grade FFP3 respirators can provide up to 100% protection in the ward, whilst staff wearing standard issue surgical masks face a significantly increased risk of catching COVID.'👏🌬️@Kit_Yates_Maths @trishgreenhalgh
https://open.substack.com/pub/kityates/p/is-the-covid-inquiry-about-learning?r=cwb8u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

2024-10-08 09:24:25 UTC

'New analysis @imperialcollege's human challenge COVID-19 study revealed subtle differences in memory and cognition scores of healthy volunteers infected with #SARSCoV2, which lasted up to a year after infection.'
Caveat Emptor! #LongCOVID is not trivial.
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/256914/covid19-human-challenge-study-highlights-small/?utm_medium=email

2024-10-08 09:04:33 UTC

💯 Too little has changed in 50 years, we must stop thinking women's health can wait!
'Whether it's periods, menopause, urinary tract infections, urinary incontinence... it has been stigmatised.
We're under-researching, under-diagnosing, under-treating!'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly4zd8xp74o

2024-10-07 10:39:03 UTC

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For reasons given by @NHSEngland, regarding impact of healthcare associated (acquired) infections, infection prevention & control should have been a major (transparent) priority since the NHS was created (if not before). Input from physical scientists vital too.
https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/healthcare-associated-infections/

2024-10-07 09:28:16 UTC

🤦'Healthcare associated infections pose a serious risk to patients, staff & visitors. They can incur significant costs for the NHS & cause significant morbidity to those infected. As a result, infection prevention & control is a key priority for the NHS.'
https://www.england.nhs.uk/patient-safety/healthcare-associated-infections/

2024-10-04 19:21:54 UTC

Years of neglect have left the NHS in a critical condition, unable to give patients the timely care they need amid an explosion in demand caused by the UK’s ageing, growing and increasingly sick population.
And, still, there is the unseasonal impact of COVID and Long COVID.
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2024-09-28 01:03:12 UTC

But, but...!
Another COVID wave has hit England, with positive cases and hospital admissions up noticeably in the past two weeks - being driven by new subvariant XEC, and/or return to education and work, combined with a cold and wet September. @chrischirp
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/26/future-pandemic-as-big-as-covid-is-inevitable-says-whitty?CMP=share_btn_url

2024-09-27 09:23:35 UTC

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Best way to prevent long COVID?
'Prevent the initial infection.
Vaccination and natural immunity from prior infections may not completely prevent infection but could blunt initial virus spread & limit both acute & chronic sequelae.' @MichaelPelusoMD et al
Mechanisms of long COVID and the path toward therapeutics: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867424008869
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2024-09-27 09:19:46 UTC

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2024-09-27 08:59:30 UTC

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Report suggests 'many people with Long COVID became more disabled after their second or third (or more) SARS-CoV-2 infection.'
@mileswgriffis @leticiasaurus
https://x.com/mileswgriffis/status/1838724717047624164

2024-09-27 08:50:26 UTC

COVID-19 reinfection ups the risk of long COVID:
'These findings underscore the need for robust public health measures for COVID-19 infection prevention and the importance of considering reinfections in Long COVID research and clinical practice.' @CIDRAP
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/covid-19-reinfection-ups-risk-long-covid-new-data-show

2024-09-18 01:30:00 UTC

People can't make risk assessments without knowing the risks by @julia_doubleday
Why is the public learning potentially life-altering information about a virus they’ve almost certainly contracted multiple times now from the economics section of Bloomberg?
https://www.thegauntlet.news/p/people-cant-make-risk-assessments?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

2024-09-17 18:40:58 UTC

'Experts warn that the new COVID variant, which was first discovered in Germany in June 2024, will soon become the dominant variant and lead to a new wave of infections over the coming months.' @MENnewsdesk
And, vaccination provides the best protection...
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/health/health-officials-issue-statement-new-29952967

2024-09-17 10:18:18 UTC

'England's NHS had 5,000 fewer nurses, 700 fewer midwives in March 2020 because of the removal of the bursary in 2017. Removing the bursary was a catastrophic decision.' Ruth May, former chief nursing officer for England tells @covidinquiryuk @NursingTimes
https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/coronavirus/live-former-uk-cnos-questioned-at-covid-inquiry-17-09-2024/

2024-09-04 16:23:08 UTC

'UK celebrates £2 billion milestone in Horizon Europe, @HorizonEU, guarantee funding'.
'Thanks to the vital support of the European Research Commission, @UKRI_News has been able to underwrite all grants which were selected for funding in ERC competitions.'
https://www.ukri.org/news/uk-celebrates-2-billion-milestone-in-horizon-europe-guarantee-funding/