Traveller, optimist, sceptic, retired medical journal editor ORCID 0000-0001-7915-6419
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It’s been brilliant connecting with you all and I’ve learned so much here. Thank you. But I’m retired now 😎 and will soon close this account. If you’re at all interested in my non-medical musings, do DM me for my other twitter account
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We have today written to @10DowningStreet regarding @BorisJohnson response to the news of the events of 20 May 2020.
A full copy of our letter is below.
Who else here has written to their MP to express anger about #no10party ? Mine is @JHowellUK @conservatives and only other time I contacted him was abt #barnardcastle
I expect short shrift again. But still worth writing, no?
Oh gosh; I didn’t know that Nigel Hawkes had gone too. Brilliant journalist
I suspect you may also have known my other former fabulous colleague who alas passed away in October 😒 absw.org.uk/articles/nigel
Really sorry to hear about the death of #JaniceLong Truly professional, groundbreaking broadcaster and funny, warm person. Worked with Janice and @marcuschown @EndOfThePier many years ago on #PopScience @bbcworldservice and learned so much from them all
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COVAX vaccine doses have been ramping up in recent weeks.
On December 5, #COVAX delivered 19 million doses on a single day.
Today, over 8⃣0⃣0⃣ million doses have been shipped worldwide🌍
"The ice jam seems finally to have broken." - @DrRHatchett
@gavi | @WHO | @UNICEF
#COVAX has now delivered more than 800 million doses around the world and allocated 1.4 billion doses. Dramatic inequalities still exist between low- and high-income countries but we have made progress in the largest and most complex vaccine roll-out in history.
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South Africa’s huge #omicron wave appears to be subsiding just as quickly as it grew. In less than a month, the country's outbreak has gone from a near-vertical rise to a near-vertical fall, by @maxbearak washingtonpost.com/world/202… via @washingtonpost #COVID19 #GlobalHealth
#omicron severity data just out from Ferguson et al @imperialcollege encouraging too imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-in…
Natl cohort study in Scotland with >23,000 S gene -ve cases, 15 admissions 23 Nov-19 Dec - suggesting #Omicron assoctd w 2/3 reduction in risk of hospitalisation vs #Delta Preprint just out @DrAzizSheikh et al research.ed.ac.uk/en/publica…
Natl cohort study in Scotland with >23,000 S gene -ve cases, 15 admissions 23 Nov-19 Dec - suggesting #Omicron assoctd w 2/3 reduction in risk of hospitalisation vs #Delta Preprint just out @DrAzizSheikh et al research.ed.ac.uk/en/publica…
BREAKING New #Omicron study in Scotland and it looks like good news. ‘Early national data suggests that Omicron is associated with a two-thirds reduction in the risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation when compared to Delta.’ Experts from Edinburgh & Strathclyde Uni.
Some very good news from #TheBMJ @bmj_latest
Huge congratulations to @KamranAbbasi
Love and thanks to @fgodlee
Kamran Abbasi has been appointed as the new editor in chief of The BMJ. He will take up the post on 1 January 2022, succeeding Fiona Godlee, who has been in the role for more than 16 years. Congratulations @KamranAbbasi bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n308…
What is it with Boris Johnson and buses? They’ve been bendy, they’ve spread Brexit lies, and now he’s throwing his #ChristmasParty team under one
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The best data by far on #LongCovid is out from the ONS
For kids, the news is incredibly reassuring - parents minds should be put to rest
Rates of common symptoms after #COVID19 at 12 w for kids are extremely low (0% to 1.7%) compared to controls
ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationa…
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Elvis Presley Gets the Polio Vaccine on The Ed Sullivan Show, Persuading Millions to Get Vaccinated (1956) @openculture bitly.com/3kbo6rQ
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THREAD: latest covid situation in UK (mainly England) and what I think is going on...
TLDR: I *do* think there has been a recent drop in transmission, due to combo of different things. Might not be quite as big as seems and might not last.
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NEW: lots of attention on ONS Infection Survey today, but some confusion over how it should (and should not) be used to asses whether England’s fall in cases is "real"
Quick thread:
Most attention has gone on ONS “% of people testing positive” metric showing a continued rise
Trish Groves retweeted
Trying to find the epidemiology textbook that says that every single form of study design is invalid and unethical, except for the use of fear-inducing floating numerators. Anyone any ideas which one it is?
