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*Reminds me I still think with some work this could possibly serve as a good TV show or mini-series premise. Pastor by day, virus/disease hunter at night, with a family. Or perhaps an animated version with an actual seabird. All proceeds would go towards COVID & Long COVID awareness, etc.

YouTube video by tern Sickness Absence Rates in *Young* Doctors

I find it really really hard to keep up with more than one social media site... I have a full time job, a family, and, you know, a life, so I don't post here much... but I'm going to try to share a bit more.
Also posting here too:
youtu.be/8cJggmt_CB4

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?

@1goodtern.bsky.social:
"It's time to talk about the vax and relax crowd again.

They got their shots, so the virus is now someone else's problem.
But vaccines *reduce* the risks of Covid's long-term harms *without* eliminating them.
The science never said that.
It is just what people chose to hear.

Thank you for sharing this stuff here.

I only have capacity for one site.
❤️

There's a tern and three ternlings eagerly (but patiently and considerately) awaiting the next page...

I've just loved the last couple of chapters.
🥰

Whooooooop

Yes, I think so.
The story is already online at the links that account publishes each week.
It's just now being released in book form.

One more sleep until it's out here! ❤️❤️

One more sleep until the UK edition is out...
😍

She had me at Vyvyan and Rik.

❤️

@1goodtern.bsky.social

Hey.
Absolutely loving this.

Work of scholarship and art and love.

ftw

A dérouler car c'est effrayant.
Ce sont les données pour le Royaume-Uni mais je suppose que c'est la même chose en France.

A horribly sobering thread from Tern.

From the NHS, which actually has comprehensive data.

Read this thread and weep. Then act as if airborne viruses matter 😷

For people who prefer solid numbers:
bsky.app/profile/1goo...

Or putting it another way:

Don't need urgent care, folks.

360 times as many people had to wait 12 hours to get admitted after someone had made the decision to admit them into hospital.

It's 360x.

It's not double, or triple, or quadruple...

Oh, and for those who want to know how much higher 2024/2025 was than the pre-pandemic average...

Please feel free to go and check the data.
It's all here:
www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/s...

NHS England » NHS Estates Technical Bulletin (NETB 2023/01A): application of HEPA filter devices for air cleaning in healthcare spaces: guidance and standards Applicability This NETB applies to all healthcare spaces with ventilation requirements. Objective To provide additional technical guidance and standards on the use of HEPA filter devices for air clean...

You know, the NHS even has *excellent* guidance on how to reduce the spread of airborne infection.
It is *truly excellent*.

But for some reason your government wants you sick.
www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/ap...

I am so hugely spectacularly angry with the collective ignorance in this country.

Letting it spread makes things worse.