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Dad has been in hospital for 3.5 weeks. I wanted to call something out... something beautiful yet unapplauded.

The nurses attending to him are Polish, Indian, Filipino, Nigerian, Ugandan and Somalian.

Imigrants.

And they treat my sick and confused dad with such respect. /1

Mountains and lochs as seen from a single track road.

The 'Coast Road'. Looking towards Loch Shieldaig and Upper Loch Torridon. 09:00 this morning.

The space between Farage and Jenrick is the perinuem.

Sickness, Disability, and Death in NHS England Staff All three rising significantly from the point that covid infections started.

Sickness, Disability, and Death in NHS England Staff

The three graphs that *every person* needs to see.

The question that every single person needs to ask their government:
What are you doing to protect me from Covid infection?

1. As a result of the current high prevalence of influenza and the accompanying media coverage of the spread of the disease, I've been asked about mitigations by a number of friends who take *no precautions against SARS-CoV-2*. A few observations regarding these conversations:

ITV News: BBC to air Would I Lie To You Boxing Day episode featuring David Walliams

So, just to confirm, the BBC can’t keep Robin Ince on the air because his trans allyship brings the organisation into disrepute, but they can keep David Walliams, who performed Nazi salutes at the recording of this very show, on the air despite him being predatory towards women. Cool. Very normal.

Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.

Please remember, every time you see a newspaper or magazine article denigrating people - people like myself - who choose to avoid infection with SARS-CoV-2, there will always be a tiny, quiet voice in the mind of the author whispering, 'what if they're right'?

We are right.

NHS England » Report of the independent ADHD Taskforce: Part 1 April 2025

An independent taskforce *just* did a huge review of ADHD in England, and the conclusion was that it's "under-recognised, under-diagnosed and under-treated."
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/re...

It’s racist, it’s extremist and it’s immoral The right is still calling for deportations, and the government is still being cowardly about it. Also: London’s first green belt; some notes on a shark; and some news, on my next book.

"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."

I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.

Also, if you're "in bed with flu", it's almost certainly Covid.

When Will the Lion Concern Himself Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

science.org ScienceAdvances SARS-CoV-2 induces Alzheimer's disease- related amyloid-ß pathology in ex vivo human retinal explants and retinal organoids SEAN J. MILLER D , RAHUL M. DHODAPKAR BRIAN P. HAFLER +14 authors SCIENCE ADVANCES • 4 Jul 2025 • Vol 11, Issue 27 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ads5006

Direct quote from Yale University research published in Science:

“In conclusion, these data suggest that #COVID-19 infection, through the SARS-CoV-2 Spike 1 protein, leads to #Alzheimer’s disease–related pathology.”

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#N95 for your BRAIN

Cord blood cytokines/chemokines linked to delays in toddlers exposed to SARS-CoV-2 prenatally - Pediatric Research Pediatric Research - Cord blood cytokines/chemokines linked to delays in toddlers exposed to SARS-CoV-2 prenatally

Maternal covid infection linked to neurological, motor, and communication delays in children😞 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage | CBC Radio Scientific evidence is painting an unsettling picture: COVID infections, even if mild or asymptomatic, may be causing long-term cellular and organ damage, as well as increasing your risk of developing...

//"There is no such thing as a COVID infection without consequence," says long COVID researcher, David Putrino//

so fun watching the Official Five Year Empirical Science quoting back to me word for word what I've been saying since 2020 to friends and family who all just stare silently in response

A nurse protecting the skin just under their chin Headline: Covid Is Surging, So Remember To Protect That Important Bit Of Your Neck Just Under Your Chin. Story by Pivvi Swarthyboost and Dink Nerfdom Photo from Adobe

Covid Is Surging, So Remember To Protect That Important Bit Of Your Neck Just Under Your Chin.

Mary-Ann Stephenson was very active in feminist politics in Coventry during the 2010s. I can confirm she is extremely transphobic, although she always kept her nastiest comments behind closed doors.

This proposed appointment should be resisted in the strongest possible terms.

would actually read a proper piece on conspiratorial thinking around health issues from health professionals, a (thankfully quite distant) relative who's a doctor is now quite convinced the COVID vaccine did more harm than good and.....?????

The NHS has a vaccine problem: staff don’t want the jab Almost 90 per cent of employees at one health trust rejected the offer of a flu vaccination last winter, putting patients at greater risk of infection

NHS frontline staff are refusing the flu jab in ever-greater numbers and putting patients at risk. Almost 9 in 10 at one of England’s largest hospital trusts were unvaccinated last winter.

Appalling selfishness towards disabled patients that’s sadly not surprising. www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

💛 This is an excellent guide on Covid-19. A must read for everyone. Please share. #SARS-CoV-2

"(In)Frequently Asked Questions: Covid-19"

By Renee Despres, PhD, MPH, Freelance journalist specializing in medicine, public health, and health policy

covidtoolbox.com/wp-content/u...

Disability News Service the country's only news agency specialising in disability issues

Please read this harrowing story 👇 A minister telling a disabled women the cuts will help her, and stepping around her collapsed body to leave the room. These are the mental gymnastics needed to justify decimating disability benefits.

www.disabilitynewsservice.com

Want to repeat that if folks even wore masks just where it’s easy—in the grocery store, on the subway, sitting at your desk at work—we could likely knock down community transmission substantially, and make life a lot safer in places where mitigation is harder—like nursing homes.

BREAKING: Thailand reports over 53,000 new Covid-19 cases in a week, school shifts to online learning.

Whenever I go to the hospital in my N95, people back away from me

They sanitize their hands. Some use their sleeve to open a door I’ve touched

Many won’t share the elevator with me

They all share two things in common:

None are masked
They don’t want to get sick

Public health has failed.

It's never too late to start wearing a mask again! Wear them in public, in almost any context but especially when you're indoors, when 50%+ others present aren't masking, if you're in close physical proximity with others, and/or if there's scant ventilation (including lack of wind outdoors).

You do not have to accept repeat Covid infections as inevitable.

Mitigations work. Layers work best.

Get your booster. Clean & ventilate the air. Test and stay home when sick.

Perhaps most important of all, wear a well fitted N95.

It protects you & those around you. Community care can save us!

What the inside of an ADHD person's brain looks like:

Wind turbines power 'surprising' tourism boom A tourism industry is growing around windfarms in south-east England, including Rampion in Brighton.

I think we can put to rest the notion that offshore wind turbines spoil views and economies. The fact is that they can make coastal sites far more interesting and boost tourism as people travel to experience them, sometimes even up close.

Boat tours to see the turbines are "surprisingly popular."

Much of Europe will probably see a summer wave starting soon, with both XFG and NB.1.8.1 growing at similar rates, and the combination is already probably in the 30% prevalence range.