Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧
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I think this must be THE most awkward moment of the Covid Inquiry so far. I’ve dubbed it ‘The Long Pause’. I’d love to know what was going on in Dr Ritchie’s head here. I’d like to think she had a moment of reflection of how many lives were lost due to her flawed IPC guidance.
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HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK 🧵 Following the WHO press briefing, I wanted to compile a thread with the key points. 1/ ISOLATION OF PASSENGERS Concerningly, it seems the WHO are NOT recommending to isolate cruise ship passengers (even high-risk contacts) UNLESS they develop symptoms.
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4/ TESTING The WHO confirmed that the hantavirus tests can only detect the viral RNA in a SYMPTOMATIC patient, from the first day of symptoms. To clarify: this means someone infected will test NEGATIVE for the entire duration of the incubation period until onset of symptoms.
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HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK In yesterday’s WHO press briefing, Maria Van Kerkhove announced several BIG changes to their recommendations. 🚨ALL passengers & crew from the MV Hondius should now be classed as HIGH-RISK contacts & be isolated for 42 days. For details, see thread below ⬇️
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HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK In today’s press briefing, Dr Tedros was asked about the protocol for passengers who left the ship 2.5 weeks ago, at the same time as the infected Dutch woman. With a typical incubation period of 2-6 wks, this is a glaring hole in the containment strategy…
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Consultant Cardiologist, Dr Rae Duncan (Dr Rae Duncan), was interviewed today on BBC’s Sunday Show. In this thread 🧵, I’ve pulled out some of the key highlights. Kudos to Martin Geissler (martin geissler) who had clearly done his homework in advance & asked excellent questions. 1/
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HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK: I’ve just listened to the health update from the US Nebraska Health Officials 🇺🇸 A few points of interest: 1/ in addition to the US passenger who tested positive & the one showing symptoms, it seems there is ANOTHER passenger who may have tested positive.
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Incredible speech delivered by Baroness Linforth in the House of Lords today calling for clean indoor air in schools. “It would cost less than a tenner per child per year to provide pupils and staff with clean air - about the same cost as a coffee and a cake.” ☕️🧁
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UK ‘SUPERFLU’ OUTBREAK Schools in England & Wales have been forced to close amid escalating flu outbreaks with hundreds of pupils off sick at a time. Simon Kidwell, headteacher of Hartford Manor Primary told BBC Breakfast: “The winter bugs spread really easily in schools”… /1
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This is Prof Susan Hopkins, Chief Medical Advisor at UKHSA, explaining why she doesn’t think that FFP3 masks should be recommended (instead of fluid resistant surgical masks) in hospitals - even when there is an accepted risk of airborne transmission. 🚨Paging Trisha Greenhalgh
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It’s so sad to see yet another Olympian felled by Covid. 💔 Adam Peaty did incredibly well to win silver yesterday, missing out on the gold by just 0.02 secs. In his post-race interview, he said he’d woken up with a slight sore throat, so I had my suspicions it would be Covid…
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Another study conducted at Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge showed that air filters worked their magic & removed almost all trace of airborne SARS-CoV-2 virus… …even on a Covid ward where the air would have been thick with infectious viral particles.
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![[10 Dec 2024] Opening Remarks from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at WHO media briefing: “We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. “It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills. “The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”](https://image.24vids.com/tw-1866799502331367591/ext_tw_video_thumb/1866799426519384064/pu/img/UCxGZGHvz_-S8Vxd.jpg)
[10 Dec 2024] Opening Remarks from Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at WHO media briefing: “We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense. “It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills. “The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
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HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK A WHO representative was interviewed on GMB this morning. She said that if someone self-isolating at home starts to feel sick, they should immediately remove themselves from company & start wearing a mask… …but that’s NOT what the WHO guidance says… 🧵
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Riddle me this…❓❓ Anaesthetists & intensive care doctors working in the HIGHEST risk areas where aerosol generating procedures (AGPs) were being performed on Covid patients ended up being at far LOWER risk than other HCWs in terms of infection & Covid-related mortality. Why?
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This is Dr Lisa Ritchie who was the Head of Infection Prevention & Control for NHS England & Chair of the IPC Cell. In this video, she explains why patients should never wear FFP3 masks - even if they are known to be highly infectious or if they are clinically vulnerable… /1
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I thought the UK media attack designed to undermine Violet’s incredible speech at the UN was bad enough… …but this ⬇️ is Sky News in Australia. This is truly despicable. I honestly have no words to describe just how disgusted I am that this was even allowed to be broadcast.
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“Improving indoor air quality in schools is not a secondary concern. It’s a fundamental responsibility. A matter of safeguarding the next generation.” Inspirational speech from Prof Jakšić-Stojanović (Minister of Education, Science & Innovation, Montenegro) at the UN yesterday.
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I’ll end with one more video, this time featuring Prof. Lidia Morawska, one of the world’s foremost experts on indoor air quality & airborne transmission of diseases. Here she explains the urgent need to regulate indoor air quality, *especially* in our children’s schools.
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