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Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

Service of remembrance to take place for 'the babies who did not grow up'

This is terrifying

Experts condemn NIH director’s defense of cut to vaccine research Critics say Jay Bhattacharya’s comments on so-called failure of mRNA vaccines to ‘earn public trust’ are ‘astounding’

Few people have done more to undermine trust in vaccines than Bhattacharya so quite frankly using the line the mrna vax have not earned public trust so must be gotten rid of is bs

The fact that WHO's "very big mistake" is still destroying lives half a decade on, but the top priority of public health leaders everywhere is to cover it up by spreading the same old misinformation denying that COVID is airborne, illustrates just how profoundly corrupt the profession has become.

The longer the panzootic continues out of control, the more opportunities #H5N1 will explore to expand its host range.
Mutation is random, selection and evolution are not.
Yes, the "risk remains low" for humans at present, but it won't be the current strains that we deal with.

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Caroline Kennedy calls cousin RFK Jr a predator ahead of confirmation hearing Scathing letter warns senators about danger her relative poses if confirmed as health secretary

Strong stuff from Caroline Kennedy - RFK jr profits via his charities on vax disinformation and is one of the biggest purveyors of this disinformation on the planet. However I fear the GOP are too in Trump’s pocket to reject his nomination and he will downplay at the hearing his anti-vax stance

This lovely service takes place tomorrow afternoon. I am pleased to be able to offer words from the Humanist, non/religious perspective.

Last year 4,360 killowat hours of electricity came off my roof. Yet we still have new homes being built without solar and huge areas of roofs on schools, warehouses, hospitals, and factories going to waste.

Another reminder:

Respiratory infections spread mainly through the air. That’s why they affect the lungs.

Masks, worn correctly and consistently, reduce the spread of respiratory infections.

Respirators work better than masks.

Washing hands isn’t wrong, but it won’t stop airborne transmission.

Happy New Year from the Isle of Man! Wishing everyone a healthy and happy 2025.

Happy new year everyone. You’re all great, in some way. Each one of you has a weirdness - a superpower if you want to see it that way - that no-one else has. There’s no perfect, archetypal human. A species is the sum of its parts. And yet, as just one human, you are: special.

No one is an exception to becoming disabled. No one is immune to disability. Your health is not a guarantee. Even when you age, disability is almost inevitable at some point. Advocating for disabled people is advocating for your inevitable future.

This.

Them: "Let's infect everyone with Covid endlessly and repeatedly despite the fact it's known to cause long term illness and disability"

Also them: "TWENTY THREE PERCENT OF THE MILITARY ARE NOW MEDICALLY UNFIT TO SERVE"

Yorkshire Water boss defends 41% price rise and £371k bonus Nicola Shaw says the six-figure bonus was to "incentivise" her and would be paid by shareholders.

It literally falls from the sky for free.
Everyone needs it. Only a handful of businesses are allowed to sell it.
All they have to do is clean it and put it through the right SMEGGING pipe.

...and yet...

BBC News - Water boss defends 41% price rise and £371k bonus
www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Another 50% rise on flu A cases in England this week.

I wonder how many more weeks growth this wave has in it.

Just a reminder:
An ffp2+ mask will help you avoid catching and spreading flu, covid, rsv, noro...

And to you Alice, from a dedicated Humanist celebrant in the Isle of Man.

Happy Solstice to everyone I follow here, especially all you wonderful Independent Sage folk who try so hard to keep us informed and safe. @profstevegriffin.bsky.social @chrischirp.bsky.social and all! Hoping this next year is healthy and satisfying @drmk.link

Uber drivers better learn CPR.

This!!!😡

this is an outstanding and truly shocking story that has emerged from the current Inquiry module on infection control in hospitals.

read it and weep. and demand better.

⚠️ BREAKING:

Expert Warns H5N1 Virus "Poised to Explode" Into Global Pandemic, Urges Immediate Action

THE world could be on the brink of a “disastrous” bird flu outbreak, a top epidemiologist has warned.

Long Covid could cost the economy billions every year Working days lost to long Covid could be costing the economy billions of pounds every year as patients struggle to cope with symptoms and return to work, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/no...

UK COVID-19 Inquiry Evidence shows a leadership culture that cares even less for science than it does for healthcare worker’s lives. - British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS) The COVID-19 Airborne Transmission Alliance or CATA came together early in the pandemic to provide scientific evidence which challenge officials’ stated view that the virus was not capable of being sp...

Failures in IPC decision-making have been laid bare for all to see in the COVID Inquiry - but is it too late to change culture?

We are still making the same mistakes.

www.bohs.org/media-resour...

JCVI is the UK committee responsible for advising Government on immunisation policy. Many have questioned its advice & its basis. For example, Long Covid considerations omitted in some cases.

Children are poor because mothers are poor. If we don't address the drivers of women's poverty and earnings - including barriers to flexible well paid work, transport and unaffordable childcare - it's harder to tackle children's poverty. An astonishing 5.2 million children in poverty in UK.

Just to be clear. Every time anyone blames anything on the lockdown, they are deluded or dishonest. Blaming the lockdown is denying the seriousness of the virus. The COVID virus, not lockdowns, is to blame for economic, social & health upheavals since 2020 & for ongoing damage