Iain Kewley

How astonishing within 12 months of an election

They do but they don't necessarily correspond to the same areas as our regional accents. We all learn to make sounds by listening to others, locally. That's why mass media is causing loss of regional accents & in many cases americanised speech patterns

Be glad she didn't switch in on

For a single feature to cause it with disease & vaccine would suggest spike protein I guess

The liklihood is that any link will be of very low numbers as higher would already be apparent. With the stronger link to Covid, it will be tricky to sort out

Problem is that unless it happens to a larger number if people we won't know if it's idiosyncratic or something more widely problematic

I claimed it went back to Jenner's time. It really can't exist prior to that as there was no widespread immunisation to prevent infection by using a less pathogenic virus before Jenners work

Had you previously had covid? We know there's a link with Covid. Having said that we are all wired to look for a "cause" & thus blame spurious things. Maybe for those with a strong predilection to DM T1, stimulation of immune reaction can trigger it

The scale was very obvious in the 80s re MMR. It's really not a new thing. Almost every parent was anxious about MMR then. What is different is the effect of social media which in effect means all opinions are equally valid (even though they aren't)

She isn't being forced. It's her choice to do the training.
Personally I think you are mistaken that "forced" is the key driver of antivax.
In the 80s No one was forced to give their child MMR but there were plenty of antivaxers around it.
Antivax activism goes right back to Jenners time

I agree we need to attempt to understand the antivaxers & other conspiracy stuff. Psychologically I suspect it fills the same space that religion did ie providing certainty & agency in an uncertain world in which individuals are powerless

You may very well think that hospitals would prevent her working if she has flu. Unfortunately that is not always the case. Anyone undertaking clinical training knows immunisation is part of the requirement. It's simply putting patient safety first

While we wait to see if she finds having flu unpleasant enough to get vaccinated she infects any number of vulnerable patients.
Mandatory vaccination has long been a requirement in health professions for that reason

Those are both good news

Good luck. My guess is you will go if the plane arrives

We used to live right on the seawall in Ramsey. That got exciting. We moved 2y ago. Interestingly we seem to have had a lot more severe storms in last 2y than we had in 15y there

He has a surprisingly large IOM fan boys group too

Once upon a time a well known medical records system in the uk had it as the standard font on all menus etc

I had the joy of a force 7 to 8 when coming home on weekend leave from the spinal unit. My wife was lying down & had to hold onto the wheelchair to stop me tipping over.

Following Rose Ayling-Ellis last year & Chris McCausland this year, Strictly announces Helen Keller for next year.

From our old house

I'm beginning to think that in 30y every drug will end in -mab.

I still find it probably the most balanced uk news source. I think you do have to be a bit wary of some of the talking heads, especially those appointed by current DG, who is a Tory donor

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There was a video of John Prescott using that to William Hague that was being shown a lot last week. Maybe he saw that & subconsciously echoed it ?

Somehow I don't see Musk repeatedly reposting that one

Happened before when HQ was minister

They've got vets haven't they? 😀

Maybe I'm being oversensitive but when people say I'd rather die than have a spinal cord severed it's not especially pleasant for those of us with that