Wyshes&Wyngs

They’ve buried it so thoroughly my colleagues know little about the thousands of studies on problems… and even more importantly… almost nothing about the solutions.

Here's a recording of my 10-minute presentation about addressing shared indoor air as an accessibility barrier in our learning environments.

Feel free to share!

youtu.be/HD0wVoN7Pr8

A well defined path winds through a dense forest bordered by tall evergreen trees, ferns, ivy and bramble. Foreground is in soft shadow. Ahead the sun beams through the gaps in the trees creating a puddle of light on the gentle trail.

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." Lewis Carroll

#getalittlelost #photography #nature #rambleon #lifeisbeautiful

England's Covid wave recedes but is replaced by flu Making Sense explores how evidence and data can help us make sense of the world — from the NHS and Covid to science, democracy and politics. Christina Pagel is a Professor of Operational Research at...

Covid in England is definitely on the way down, but Flu is on the way up - and over a month early.

My latest substack
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Midnight parrotfish vs CamDam: the battle for algae continues! #midnightparrotfish #parrotfishjungle #parrotfishcapitaloftheworld #camdam #damselfish #faceoff #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #biscaynebay #coralcity

Covid in pregnancy tied to autism, developmental issues, study says A study published in the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology analyzed more than 18,100 births in Massachusetts of children born to women who contracted the virus starting in the early months of the pand...

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"Children born to mothers infected with #COVID during pregnancy faced a higher risk of autism, along with other neurological differences such as delays in speech & motor development" -

Via @joffirphd.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Hamilton Spectator article titled "minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm" with photo of crowded indoor space and people in medical and respirator masks

Minimizing COVID-19 is maximizing social harm

One of the best articles I've read all year because it centers social justice and equity. Published today

Gift link 🎁 www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...

The PCR positivity map is out, and there's been a more substantial drop in national positivity this week.

UKHSA report 8%.

Adjusted for non-reporting areas we make it 9.14%.

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here's a set of #waterlilies from Huntington Gardens for #WaterlilyWednesday
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#JBCFlowers #flowers #garden #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlower #ColorADay

NOW we're getting somewhere.
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📈154 COVID-19 deaths in England week to 17 Oct 2025. Highest weekly deaths since 15 Nov 2024 Latest cases / positivity tomorrow. 🧪Testing scarce 🛑Ventilation poor 📉Immunity waning 😷Face coverings rare 💉Vaccine access restricted 💯Need more data, better protection, and clearer public health messaging.

📈154 COVID-19 deaths in England week to 17 Oct 2025.
Highest weekly deaths since 15 Nov 2024
Latest cases / positivity tomorrow.
🧪Testing scarce
🛑Ventilation poor
📉Immunity waning
😷Face coverings rare
💉Vaccine access restricted
💯Need more data, better protection, and clearer public health messaging.

Close up of two small white mushrooms, and have white fur at the bottom of the stems.

Fuzzy Slippers!

#fungi #fungifriends
#twofortuesday
#naturephotography
#blueskyphotography
#blueskyartshow

An autumnal scene in the Lake District where the trees are reflected in the water.

The call of autumn in Cumbria.

#lakedistrict #cumbria #autumn #landscape #reflections #photography

How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing

How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health

Laccaria amethystina - Amethyst Deceiver 💜 #FungiFriends

‘No more children are going to die like you’: how Sheffield mother kept her promise to boys killed by father 11 years ago Claire Throssell has been central to the campaign to repeal parental contact laws following the deaths of her two sons at the hands of their father in 2014

‘No more children are going to die like you’: how Sheffield mother kept her promise to boys killed by father 11 years ago

Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand

There's a narrative that renewables make electricity bills higher

But that narrative is pushed by the fossil fuel industry, and it's a lie

Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis National Audit Office reports nearly two-thirds of independent hospices in deficit in 2023-24 as demand increases Hospices in England are cutting hundreds of beds and staff because of a funding crisis, despite a sharp rise in demand for palliative care, a damning report warns. People needing end of life care faced a postcode lottery because access to services was so patchy, the National Audit Office (NAO) reported. Continue reading...

Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis

MRI alone may not be enough to rule out post-COVID heart inflammation. A new JACC 2025 study found that even young, previously healthy adults with normal ECG, echo, and MRI can have microscopic heart damage - inflammation, microvascular damage, and cell necrosis.🧵

Latest🚨🧵 by Zdenek Vrozina on Twitter on MRI limitations in terms of detecting post-Covid heart inflammation:

"A new JACC 2025 study found that even young, previously healthy adults with normal ECG, echo, and MRI can have microscopic heart damage..."

Full 🧵
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19831...

“When we take time to notice the things that go right - it means we’re getting a lot of little rewards through out the day.”

- Martin Seligman.🌱

Fast solar winds bring the potential for aurora sightings tonight ✨

Parts of Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland may get a glimpse where skies are clear enough

Look to the northern skyline in areas away from urban lights 🔭

The incidence of myocarditis and pericarditis has been documented in adolescents after COVID-19 vaccinations. This study aims to assess the risk of myopericarditis in adolescents following COVID-19 vaccination, using a meta-analysis of the published cases. We performed a comprehensive literature search of the following databases on July 5, 2023: MEDLINE, EMBASE, PubMed, and the Cochrane Library. We performed a meta-analysis using a random-effects model to estimate the incidence of myopericarditis per million of administered COVID-19 vaccine doses or COVID-19 infections. A total of 33 studies were included in the meta-analysis. The incidence of myopericarditis per million COVID-19 infections (1583.9 cases, 95% CI 751.8-2713.8) was approximately 42 times higher than that for COVID-19 vaccine administrations (37.6 cases, 95% CI 24.2-53.8). The risk of myopericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination was particularly high among the 16-19 age group (39.5 cases per million, 95% CI 25.8-56.0), males (43.1 cases per million, 95% CI 21.6-71.9), and those who received the second dose (47.7 cases per million, 95% CI 22.2-82.2). There were no significant differences in the incidence of myopericarditis per million COVID-19 vaccine administrations between Europe, the Western Pacific, and the Americas (p = 0.51). Adolescents faced a potential risk of myopericarditis after COVID-19 vaccination, but this risk is less harmful than that of myopericarditis following COVID-19 infection

"The risk of myocarditis after COVID-19 infection is approximately 42 times higher than the risk after COVID-19 vaccination"

Of course, COVID's harms are not limited to myocarditis

SARS2 is a Biohazard @mysteriousrona I'll never forget the fact that children were and still are being purposefully exposed to SARS-CoV-2 as a method of facilitating herd immunity, which has proven to be ineffective. 11:59 AM · Oct 28, 2025 · 1,091 Views

Herd immunity by infection wasn’t protection. It drove immune dysfunction and chronic illness. It’s a tragedy that this was allowed to happen — and still is.

Source: x.com/mysteriousro...

I agree. I wonder what history will make of these times, with so much capitulation. There is so much better that can be had right now.

In 2000, the RSPB bought Grange Fm (Hope Fm). It covers about 180 ha and is run to make a profit & support wildlife. Last year they made a profit of £110k. The farm is buzzing with birds & insects; more than 2,000 species have been recorded #MakeFarmingBuzzAgain.

Some self care

The River Lea kingfisher (one of them anyway) taking care of himself this morning.

#LondonBirds #nature #wildlife #kingfisher #kingfishers #ukbirds #birds #hackney

Perhaps preventing airborne infection to patients and staff may be worth the air filtration costs

“And remember, no matter where you go, there you are.”

- Earl Mac Rauch.🌱

Cardiac manifestations in children and adolescents diagnosed with pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome related to COVID-19 | Jornal de Pediatria ObjectivesTo describe clinical and cardiologic findings in patients with multisystem inflammatory

36 children with MIS-C were followed for 3 years.

Heart issues appeared in 42% at diagnosis and seemed to resolve within a year, but by year 3, 91% showed hidden heart dysfunction on advanced imaging despite normal tests.

www.jped.com.br/en-cardiac-m...