@InclusiveNew

Sharing international Covid-related new learning, opportunities and creativity; driving good practice towards a safe Inclusive New Normal. Based in Scotland.

Joined June 2023
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What mitigations do care homes have in place now, during the ongoing pandemic @covidinquiryuk?
UK Covid-19 Inquiry
@covidinquiryuk10h
Tomorrow at 12pm, the Inquiry will publish its sixth report: ‘Care Sector’ (Module 6). Soon after, you will be able to watch the Inquiry Chair, Baroness Hallett’s statement on her findings and recommendations via the Inquiry YouTube channel 📺.
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Replying to @_CatintheHat @Helen_Whately @Conservatives
Meanwhile, in the UK, the number of kids with Long Covid in England & Scotland nearly DOUBLED in a year between Mar 2023 & Mar 2024, rising to over 111K. That’s over 1K NEW cases in kids PER WEEK across the year. That was over 2 years ago now. And then ONS stopped tracking it.
Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧@_CatintheHat12 Nov 2025
Replying to @_CatintheHat
ONS is no longer tracking prevalence of Long Covid… …but, at the last count, the # of children with Long Covid had nearly DOUBLED in a year (between Mar 2023 & Mar 2024), rising to over 111K in England & Scotland. That’s over 1K NEW cases in children PER WEEK across the year.
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A huge thank you to @InclusiveNew for pursuing this and ensuring that changes were made to correct this very obvious error. More details in this thread ⬇️
Inclusive New Normal@InclusiveNewOct 17
🎉Success is not a word commonly seen in relation to securing positive change to infection prevention and control policy but I'm delighted to have some to report, having written to point out that it is an error to say no infectious person should wear an FFP3 mask 🧵
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🚨BOOKLET: HAS IPC GUIDANCE IN SCOTLAND & WALES LEARNT THE LESSONS OF THE COVID PANDEMIC? (Spoiler: the answer is NO!) I’m honoured that the brilliant folks @SupportingHH_UK were able to use content from my thread & transform it into an amazing booklet: shh-uk.org/new-ipc-guidance-…
Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧@_CatintheHatSep 28
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿NEW IPC GUIDANCE Scotland has quietly introduced a brand new approach to respiratory infection prevention & control in healthcare. This change has MAJOR consequences for both patients & staff. The story behind it is quite extraordinary so grab a cuppa & I’ll explain… 🧵
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Dan O'Hara@skeuomorphologyOct 15
The PCR positivity map is out, and national positivity has edged up in both England and Scotland. Reporting in England is close to 100% this week, making the 10.98% adjusted national average as accurate as it gets in the world of covid data. jamestindall.info/skeuomorph… 1/8
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🚨Our NEW upgraded website is live - and our new style CVF newsletter launches today! Explore our resources on cheaper private vaccines, clean air, and schools, plus reports and our Covid Inquiry work. Visit, subscribe & share: clinicallyvulnerable.org/?fr… #ClinicallyVulnerable

Clinically Vulnerable Families – UK support and advocacy

Clinically Vulnerable Families supports, informs and speaks up for Clinically Vulnerable households across the UK with evidence, campaigns and practical help.

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Harry Spoelstra
@HarrySpoelstraOct 14
🔥Peer-reviewed research (NEJM, Nature, etc.) shows COVID causes measurable IQ drops (3–9 points), accelerates Alzheimer’s pathology, and stacks organ damage with every reinfection. Read the 🧵. Then repost it. Most people still treat this like a seasonal cold. The data clearly says otherwise!! #IWarnedYou #AvoidSars2 #AvoidReinfections
Prof. Denim 𓅊@DenimFarmerOct 12
Making a new COVID research thread bc this website is trash. Part 2 of a working thread of published research on COVID 19. Every claim links to a real study. Published, peer-reviewed research from journals like Nature, The Lancet, BMJ, and Nature Medicine. Not speculation.
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Gwladwr@gwladwrOct 14
Covid in England SARS-CoV-2 Laboratory-Identified Cases notified to UKHSA under the NOIDS Health Protection Regulations - W41 Weekly data, often published prior to the UKHSA Covid Cases signal, gives an early indication of the trend in prevalence. (UKHSA data, @gwladwr chart)
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 IPC GUIDANCE Following on from my previous 🧵 about Scotland’s new approach to IPC guidance for airborne respiratory pathogens, some new docs have been published - including this flow chart ⬇️ Can you spot the dangerous flaw in this approach? 👀 Read on to find out… /1
Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧@_CatintheHatSep 28
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿NEW IPC GUIDANCE Scotland has quietly introduced a brand new approach to respiratory infection prevention & control in healthcare. This change has MAJOR consequences for both patients & staff. The story behind it is quite extraordinary so grab a cuppa & I’ll explain… 🧵
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Martha--😷🇺🇦
@mryoung151Oct 13
Should face masks return as Covid cases soar across the UK? Take our poll and have your say A sharp rise in Covid cases and hospital admissions has put the virus back in the spotlight, as the XFG strain continues to spread across the UK more than four years after mask rules ended mirror.co.uk/news/health/pol…

Mirror readers debate is face masks should be brought back as Covid cases soar

A sharp rise in Covid cases and hospital admissions has put the virus back in the spotlight, as the XFG strain continues to spread across the UK more than four years after mask rules ended

mirror.co.uk
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Vipin M. Vashishtha
@vipintukurOct 11
COVID-19 may leave a biological footprint far beyond the lungs. ➡️ A review of post-COVID research highlights how persistent inflammation, endothelial and microvascular injury, mitochondrial dysfunction, immune dysregulation and fibrotic remodeling may affect the lungs, heart, kidneys, skeletal muscles, brain and blood vessels. ➡️ Even after the acute infection resolves, the body’s repair machinery may continue to shape the aftermath—through altered energy production, damaged microcirculation and, in some patients, tissue scarring. ➡️ The big message: Long COVID is not simply a lingering respiratory illness; it can represent a multisystem process involving tissue injury, immune responses and abnormal repair. The mechanisms and extent of damage vary considerably, and persistent structural injury is not present in everyone. medicaljournals.eu/index.php…
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Dan O'Hara@skeuomorphologyOct 12
Hi everyone, @UKHSA are inviting people to join Flu Survey. Anyone can participate. It covers covid, flu, and other respiratory disease. Your data will contribute to the weekly reports and the dashboard. flusurvey.net/

FluSurvey

Help us monitor the flu and other respiratory infections in the UK today.

flusurvey.net
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I wanted to post an update of Scotland’s “COVID test positivity by age” charts… …but, alas, just as the wave gets really bad, the data has gone screwy. Funny how that always seems to happen. 🤔 scotland.shinyapps.io/phs-re…
Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧@_CatintheHatSep 30
Just been looking at Scotland’s COVID data - and there’s some interesting trends. There was an unusual COVID wave at the start of this year which disproportionately affected kids… …but the opposite effect is happening in this wave. Now it’s older folks being hit hardest.
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Dan O'Hara@skeuomorphologyOct 8
The PCR positivity map is out and the national average has risen again to 10.65% in England, 5.4% in Scotland. Scottish data is as of 4 days ago (Sunday); English data is as of 3 days ago (Monday). jamestindall.info/skeuomorph… 1/8
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Prof Julia Lawton@Prof_J_LawtonOct 3
Growing evidence suggests COVID-19 can increase susceptibility to new or worsening migraine and migraine-like symptoms. Migraine isn’t always a headache — it can involve visual symptoms, nausea, light sensitivity and cognitive symptoms. Why aren’t we hearing more about this?
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BuDS Disability Service@BuDs_UKOct 2
The Covid wave in England is likely continuing to grow, and infection levels as of 27 September were probably between 1 in 249 and 1 in 218 people infected. This is the time to take sensible precautions against catching Covid in all indoor places. A (short) thread 🧵
Covid wave likely rapidly rising in England. Take sensible precautions in all indoor places. Update to follow when data published.

ALT Covid wave likely rapidly rising in England. Take sensible precautions in all indoor places. Update to follow when data published.

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Hospitals in Scotland are already facing ‘extreme pressure’. Not surprising because there’s a large COVID wave underway… …but Scotland’s IPC team don’t worry about COVID because: ▪️it’s NOT severe ▪️is UNLIKELY to spread ▪️vaccines are readily available …apparently?! 🤔
Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧@_CatintheHatSep 28
Replying to @_CatintheHat
THE BIG REVEAL: Scotland’s IPC team have decided to place COVID in the R1 category. That means they consider that COVID: ▪️does NOT cause severe disease ▪️is UNLIKELY to spread to the community ▪️and there IS prophylaxis or treatment readily available. nipcm.hps.scot.nhs.uk/media/…
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@1goodternOct 2
Interesting...! 👀
Inclusive New Normal@InclusiveNewOct 1
Following my post below, I decided to write to the body responsible, pointing out that it is incorrect to say that fit-tested unvalved FFP3 face masks do not filter air expelled by the wearer so should never be worn by an infectious person. I have just had a response! 🥳🧵
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The Scottish IPC team listened… they responded… but will they actually act? Only time will tell ⏰ The depressing thing is that this is only the very tip of the iceberg in terms of the issues with their new IPC guidance…
Inclusive New Normal@InclusiveNewOct 1
Following my post below, I decided to write to the body responsible, pointing out that it is incorrect to say that fit-tested unvalved FFP3 face masks do not filter air expelled by the wearer so should never be worn by an infectious person. I have just had a response! 🥳🧵
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@1goodternSep 24
Let's see if the ukhsa stop being quite so useless about Covid. I doubt it, but let's see. gov.uk/government/news/ukhsa…

UKHSA expands wastewater surveillance to strengthen ‘early warning system’ for dangerous pathogens

£3 million from the UK Integrated Security Fund (ISF) will enable UKHSA labs to extend surveillance to hospital wastewater sites and high-footfall locations.

gov.uk
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