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Claire Dow

@clairedow1.bsky.social

Consultant Geriatrician, Divisional Director for Medicine / ED, Whipps Cross University Hospital Nye Bevan cohort 31 alumnus Strictly and Eurovision fan

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Certainly does!!

11.10.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Non ED clinicians looking at the ED board and trying to work.out what's going on

10.10.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And the joy of having to reset all the passwords forgotten too.....

30.09.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perfect two part story here

20.09.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Incredible T20 performance from England against South Africa.

304-2

Third highest T20 international score ever and the highest in a game between test nations.

141 for Phil Salt. Highest individual score by a English player. 7th highest of all time.

12.09.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 3
How to keep your phone safe from Emergency Alerts.

How to keep your phone safe from Emergency Alerts.

Steps to secure your iPhone
1. Search your settings for 'emergency alerts'
2. Turn off 'Severe alerts' and 'Emergency alerts'
3. If this does not work, contact your device manufacturer.

Steps to secure your iPhone 1. Search your settings for 'emergency alerts' 2. Turn off 'Severe alerts' and 'Emergency alerts' 3. If this does not work, contact your device manufacturer.

Steps to secure your Android:
1. Search your settings 'emergency alerts'
2. Turn off 'Severe alerts' and 'Emergency alerts'
3. On Huawei devices running EMUI 11 or older, search your settings for β€˜emergency alerts’ and turn off 'Extreme threats', 'Severe threats', and 'Show amber alerts'
4. If this does not work, contact your device manufacturer.

Steps to secure your Android: 1. Search your settings 'emergency alerts' 2. Turn off 'Severe alerts' and 'Emergency alerts' 3. On Huawei devices running EMUI 11 or older, search your settings for β€˜emergency alerts’ and turn off 'Extreme threats', 'Severe threats', and 'Show amber alerts' 4. If this does not work, contact your device manufacturer.

Other mobile phones and tablets:
Depending on your software version or phone manufacturer, emergency alert settings may be called different names. They could be called 'wireless emergency alerts' or 'emergency broadcasts'.

You can usually find these settings in one of the following ways.
- Go to 'message', then 'message settings', then 'wireless emergency alerts', then 'alert'
- Go to β€˜settings’, then β€˜sounds’, then β€˜advanced’, then β€˜emergency broadcasts’
- Go to β€˜settings’, then β€˜general settings’, then β€˜emergency alerts’
Then turn off β€˜severe alerts’, β€˜extreme alerts’ and β€˜test alerts’.

Other mobile phones and tablets: Depending on your software version or phone manufacturer, emergency alert settings may be called different names. They could be called 'wireless emergency alerts' or 'emergency broadcasts'. You can usually find these settings in one of the following ways. - Go to 'message', then 'message settings', then 'wireless emergency alerts', then 'alert' - Go to β€˜settings’, then β€˜sounds’, then β€˜advanced’, then β€˜emergency broadcasts’ - Go to β€˜settings’, then β€˜general settings’, then β€˜emergency alerts’ Then turn off β€˜severe alerts’, β€˜extreme alerts’ and β€˜test alerts’.

If you have a secret or hidden phone, the government's Emergency Alerts could reveal your device, even if it's on silent or do not disturb.

The government is testing emergency alerts on Sunday 7 September. If you're worried this could reveal a phone, you can follow this guide to turn off the alerts

31.08.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 191    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 15
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How vaccine misinformation led to an officer’s murder at the CDC: β€˜In the face of danger ... he ran into the fire’ After a gunman reportedly deceived by anti-vaccine disinformation opened fire on the CDC and fatally shot David Rose, a community grieves as Trump officials remain silent

β€œAfter a gunman reportedly deceived by anti-vaccine disinformation opened fire on the CDC and fatally shot David Rose, a community grieves as Trump officials remain silent.

A lie murdered David Rose.”

www.theguardian.com/...

1/4

27.08.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 487    πŸ” 187    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 5

Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.

03.09.2025 10:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7279    πŸ” 1856    πŸ’¬ 150    πŸ“Œ 53
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Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?

Talk about the European Convention on Human Rights is rife at the moment.
I hope this link explains how important it is (and as a subtext do we want to join Russia in leaving it?)
youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...

30.08.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
I can

I can

I can

30.08.2025 17:14 β€” πŸ‘ 17303    πŸ” 4091    πŸ’¬ 358    πŸ“Œ 344
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Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin' The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.

Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...

05.06.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 10879    πŸ” 3166    πŸ’¬ 123    πŸ“Œ 203

Can't remember if you predicted this in the time capsule, but if so you're better than Justin's half right prediction last year!

05.06.2025 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump and Musk enter bitter feud - and Washington buckles up A knock-down fight between world's the richest person and the most powerful politician is playing out in public view.

Well, looks like I'm writing about Elon Musk and Donald Trump again today. As Ron Burgundy once said, that escalated quickly. www.bbc.com/news/article...

05.06.2025 21:32 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for all the hard work. I can't remember who predicted the Musk v Trump fall out in the Americast time capsule (Marianna?) but whoever did 'wins' this year's prize
Looking forward to the emergency "ELON πŸ“’" podcast

05.06.2025 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@mariannaspringbbc.bsky.social looking forward to the emergency "ELON" Americast soon
(Thanks to you and all the team for the great work)

05.06.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sources reporting that Zelensky has called Trump and offered to mediate a peaceful resolution between Musk and himself.

05.06.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1223    πŸ” 240    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 23

Thanks Pete for the thread and all the commentary, Eurovision facts etc. Your posts are the first thing I go to every year for this.

18.05.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the company this evening
Salzburg, Vienna or Innsbruck next year??

17.05.2025 23:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œWhat the hell just happened?” wasn’t the triumphant song of the contest, but it was the defining slogan #Eurovision

17.05.2025 23:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1335    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 4

Great song and so glad Austria won

17.05.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This voting is bonkers from the juries. Public vote even more influential than usual....

17.05.2025 22:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please Celine, do start singing as this is awful I'm afraid from Nemo

17.05.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Loving this song battle, perhaps this should be the new way to decide the winner next year?

17.05.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So former Swiss Eurovision songs means that Celine is definitely singing tonight then....

17.05.2025 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's what he was debating!

17.05.2025 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

So votes in the house (1 each as its my phone bill!) have gone to Sweden, Netherlands, Italy and Austria (but eldest thinks he should have voted for someone other than Austria now!)

17.05.2025 21:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Also says a lot about my cultural references 🀣

17.05.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Did remind me when I first saw this of Ru Paul in the 2020 drag race final wearing a mask as their make up artist wasn't allowed to do their make up!!

17.05.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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