Cat in the Hat

Many countries dealt with Covid 19 very effectively. The UK pursued the wrong strategies and failed miserably, with hundreds of thousands of deaths. Rather than learn the obvious lessons, the plan is to pretend there is no solution, and bestow honours on the architects of our negligent disaster.

UK response these days to problems: "we give up in advance".

wow. so, let’s not even try, then! /s
how about we automatically use respirator masks when there’s an airborne pandemic, and improve the air quality controls of all buildings NOW?

The GBD libertarians declare victory

Since they've no intention of halting the spread of the current pandemic it's hardly surprising they would care about a future one.

Remember when I said that the decision to simply ignore the fact that COVID was still spreading then opened a can of worms of public health crisis and governments are now mishandling multiple old and new pathogens?

This is exactly the type of thing I was talking about.

This is incredible

Not quite sure what "public health resources" are supposed to be used for, if not attempts to ensure public health.

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Make no mistake, this is also clearly Australia's attitude.

#COVID
#SARS-CoV-2
#Pandemic

We are on our own.

Well.

Certainly not with that attitude.

A gigantic What the heck moment!

“You do you“ policy outcomes are working out great.

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"What, are we supposed to go 'round stripping the handles of *all* the neighbourhood pumps? Are we to invest *millions* in pipes and pumps to keep sewage and drinking water separate? Preposterous! No, I'm afraid cholera is here to stay."
~ Bizarro John Snow

In case you were wondering how far the "it's not airborne aerosol transmission" denial in healthcare would go.

Let's not forget asymptomatic transmission, something that terrifies them so much it's rarely ever mentioned.

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Two countries. Two charts. A very similar (and concerning) trend. ………….. Can you think of anything that happened in 2020 which is still affecting huge swathes of people on an ongoing basis and which may help explain this worrying trend? /1

🚨🚨🧵by @catinthehat.bsky.social on Twitter about the trends regarding % of adults in the US & UK who...

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#Covid #LongCovid #Workforce #Disability

And if you can’t believe the NHS would publish something categorically stating that “it would be a waste of public health resources & capacity” to attempt to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus…

…then here’s the link so you can read it for yourself:
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Since this NHS stance clearly disregards (and disrespects) Baroness Hallett’s recommendations from her module 1 report, I hope she takes urgent action to ensure the NHS rectify this appalling position.

You can read the full letter from CATA to Baroness Hallett below:

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Thankfully, our friends at CATA are on the case and have issued an open letter to the Chair of the Covid Inquiry (Baroness Hallett) raising the alarm that the NHS appear to think “it would be a waste of public health resources & capacity” to even attempt to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus…

NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”

This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.

15 July, 2024 Date last updated: 15 July, 2024 • Print or save to PDF Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response https://www.england.nhs.uk/long:read/framework-for-managing-the-response-to-pandemic-diseases/ Framework for managing the response to pandemic diseases Although previous arrangements focused on an influenza pandemic, as highlighted in the @ National Risk Register 2023: "any new pathogen transmitted by the respiratory route is likely to share characteristics with influenza in that it can spread rapidly via close proximity, can travel rapidly and there are few easy immediate countermeasures. It has therefore been a planning assumption that a plan for pandemic influenza would have considerable overlap with a plan for other diseases easily transmitted by the respiratory route". These reflect a reasonable worst-case scenario (RWCS) regarding impact to healthcare and wider services and the following generic assumptions should continue to aid planning: • it will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so • the impact and nature of a virus cannot be known until it has emerged and affected a significant number of people, this means that impact predictions are an assumption as opposed to a forecast; the actual

Document from NHS England which basically says when there is another Pandemic we can’t be bothered to protect you, it’s too costly. We are on our own folks. H/T @catinthehat.bsky.social

NHS England: "It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so. This has got to be one of the most things I've ever seen written down in an official document. england.nhs.uk Date published: 15 July, 2024 Date last updated: 15 July, 2024 © Print or save to PDF Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/framework-for-managing-the-response-to-pandemic-diseases/ Framework for managing the response to pandemic diseases Although previous arrangements focused on an influenza pandemic, as highlighted in the @ National Risk Register 2023: "any new pathogen transmitted by the respiratory route is likely to share characteristics with influenza in that it can spread rapidly via close proximity, can travel rapidly and there are few easy immediate countermeasures. It has therefore been a planning assumption that a plan for pandemic influenza would have considerable overlap with a plan for other diseases easily transmitted by the respiratory route". These reflect a reasonable worst-case scenario (RWCS) regarding impact to healthcare and wider services and the following generic assumptions should continue to aid planning: it will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so • the impact and nature of a virus cannot be known until it has emerged and affected a significant number of people, this means that impact predictions are an assumption as opposed to a forecast; the actual impact could be very different to that predicted • response plans must have a degree of agility and scalability to cope with a range of possibilities and adapt to a wide range of scenarios • despite the origin of the pandemic, it is likely to reach the UK very quickly, with sporadic cases and small clusters of the disease occurring around the country after only one or t…

This is actually real.

It’s the result of neofascist evisceration of the basic state function to serve the public interest and work for the collective good.

Covid contrarians were always political operatives working toward this exact goal.

via @catinthehat.bsky.social

So why is there no public health messaging about this ongoing #pandemic? That #COVID is caused by a fully airborne virus that can infect and disable anyone at any age, vaxxed or not?

I'll tell you why. Because politics. Because capitalism.

#disability #healthcare #MillionsMissing #MECFS #maskup

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Healthy Air People:

Time to rally around Montenegro 👏😷🪽

Better Schools = Better Kids = Better Future for Everyone 💫

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Eligibility for an NHS Covid booster has been HUGELY restricted this Autumn.

Studies show that both acute & long-term impacts of Covid are substantially WORSE than flu on almost every measure.

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So why are the government offering so much LESS protection for Covid?

[27 Jun 2025] @DrTedros at WHO media briefing:

“We cannot talk about COVID-19 in the past tense. Although the crisis has passed, the virus remains.

It continues to evolve, it continues to kill, and millions of people continue to live with post COVID-19 condition or long COVID.”

Anecdotally, I’m also hearing more & more stories of people in my circle testing positive.

And also hospitals wards with outbreaks.

So, if you’ve relaxed your precautions in recent months, now would be a good time to up the ante again.

FFP masks. Ventilation. Air filtration.

…but with the XFG “Stratus” variant growing strongly and accounting for 34% of sequenced samples across the UK as of early June (almost certainly higher by now), I think there’s a very good chance we’re heading into a summer wave…

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This is your regular reminder that COVID is *not* seasonal.

Many of the biggest waves in previous years have fallen in the summer…

…and, as we head into summer once more, there are definite signs of an uptick.

Will this become another full-blown wave? Only time will tell…

Our friend Ondine was a powerful advocate for all with #LongCovid.
Working with her in various arenas was a privilege, including with the NHS Long Covid Taskforce, Covid Inquiry, with Parliamentarians & policy makers. She spoke truth to power & championed the hidden. We miss you.