Will make a lovely Christmas present xx You can buy your copy here: https://t.co/wIQnF8F77P

@CMHaughey Thanks Caoimhe, its postponed to Spring now. But, its announcement has led to the sharing of concerning information of medications over the last 7/8 months to be not covered on medical card for some older people, some up on 70/80 a month. Time for another protest in the new year.

Proposed blister pack charge postponed to Spring. The Minister's actions have caused a disgusting level of stress among older people, people with disabilities, and carers due to fears over meeting essential medical costs. This situation has highlighted that many older people's

23. We remain in a scenario, entrenched by past actions, where any changes are met by the right wing press as an attack on our freedoms. It's a simple matter of balanced consideration. Question is, do we want to remember these lessons, hard-learned by 100s of 1000s of deaths?

19. Put it this way, countries in SE Asia have embraced this philosophy for good reasons, as @globalhlthtwit rightly points out, relentlessly. They coped with SARS1, SARS2, avian flu, Nipah, etc...they know their onions! Just compare the death rates, folks. 20. Immunity debt, no.

16. What we need is information regarding risk (ventilation ratings, prevalence, etc) and to drop the ridiculous persecution of those who act to both protect themselves and others. This is a trivial act, a minor inconvenience, you don't know who you're sitting next to on the bus.

14. The narrative that "masks don't work" not only denies physics, but is clearly biased towards fatalism, individualism, and libertarianism. How convenient to have something you don't like rubbished by "experts"...I mean, come on folks... 15. We don't mostly need "mandates"...

9. Respirator (FFP2/3) masks, well fitted, DO protect the wearer as well as exerting source control. Surgical masks and, to a very limited extent, "face coverings" will restrict/protect from droplet-borne viruses. 10. Airborne transmission means FFP2/3 masks are gold standard.

6. Masks are key NPIs, all the more critical due to lack of clean air. 7. Respecting the impact of infection on fellow human beings and awareness of NHS capacity is not "panic". 8. Awareness that millions of vulnerable folks don't have reasonable adjustments is also not "panic".

So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic... 1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.

So @BootsUK knows better than the NHS...

Acetylsalicylic acid disrupts SARS-CoV-2 spike protein glycosylation and selectively impairs binding to ACE2 🔥Hallo…..INTERESTING ITALIAN PREPRINT! ➡️Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin), dose-dependently, directly impairs the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein’s ability to bind ACE2 by

Just days before Christmas, FFFG and Inds are taking away a lifeline that so many people rely on, and now some will have to pay up to €50 a month to get their meds in blister packs. This hits older people, people in early stage dementia or Alzheimer’s, and people with

Covid Hospital Admissions in England In Week 49, ending 07 December 2025, the SARI weekly hospital admission rate for Covid-19 in England increased by ~23% to 1.27 per 100,000. (UKHSA data, @gwladwr chart)

CMO report Pregnant women and CVD don't mix well

The thing that enrages me the most about flu reporting is that it is coated with this; 'unprecedented..unexpected...we had no idea this was coming...nothing we could have done..' type messaging. When in fact this disaster was entirely preventable had govts paid attention & (1/8)

#C4News on the worst-case scenario with the flu 6 hospitals have declared critical incidents 2,600 patients a day in a hospital bed with flu last week That's enough to fill 3 NHS trust hospitals 2.35 million A&E attendances 802,525 ambulance call outs "What's not in today's

Reminder that NHS state without any doubt here that COVID is airborne. In separate posts they talk of FFP3s being purchased because of this (linked in reply). Why have we gone backwards @wesstreeting and @NHSEngland? You know it's airborne as is flu but don't mitigate it. 1/

In 2022 they told you there was loads of flu around because you didn't catch it in 2020 and 2021. Then they told you the same again in 2023. And then the same again in 2024. Now there's even more flu around, they're floundering for excuses. But the real reason each year is

This five-hour wait for an 80-year-old with a suspected fractured hip is an example of systemic failure and inhumanity. The extreme delay increases the risk of harm, leading to unnecessary pain, potential hypothermia, and severe complications. This transforms a critical medical