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Catherine Moore

@smallredone.bsky.social

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Consultant Clinical Scientist and honorary professor in virology mostly for a public health body in a country west of England. Has cats and an overgrown garden. Vaccines work and Brexit still sucks.

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Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · 5d

This week I’ll mostly be at @eswinfluenza.bsky.social
#ESWI2025 representing Public Health Wales and @escvirology.bsky.social

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Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · 15d

Low level circulation with bi annual increases/peaks. As the vaccine is used less apart from in the extreme risk groups, there will be more reliance on natural immunity which will wane and also drive antigenic variation. That’s currently what we see with the seasonal coronaviruses.

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · 15d

I’m relieved to see this. 🎉

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · 19d

I felt sorry for this old bear when I was doomscrolling charity shops online, so I clicked buy now. I appear to have reunited old friends. (The tiger was already mine) #WinniethePooh #TiggerToo

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · 21d

I think he had a good life 😊

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · 21d

I came home, and we’ve buried him under the apple tree in the garden.

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · 21d

My fluffy bestie King Arthur just died. I’m in work, so didn’t get to say goodbye 😔 He was loved, and we will miss him #KingArthurCat #GoodbyeArthur

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Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · 29d

And I hope your day is good as well 🎉 (I’m in work)

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Sep 22

He’s FeLV negative. It is a dilemma, he does travel okay, but if it’s only going to give him a few months, I don’t want to put him through the stress.

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Sep 22

My adorable and super friendly King Arthur has been diagnosed with lymphoma of the gut. No blockage, but it’s a large mass. Now the dilemma of whether we try chemo which will mean regular trips to Bristol from Cardiff. #SadTimes

A fluffy black cat showing his fluffy tummy.

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Wales for Europe @walesforeurope.bsky.social · Sep 14

We’re getting close to 2,000 signatures! Please sign and share Wales for Europe’s petition to get Wales back into the Erasmus scheme👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺
www.walesforeurope.org/this_is_eras...

Sign our petition to pledge your support to join Erasmus+

Erasmus+ empowers students and young people to study, work and grow across Europe.

www.walesforeurope.org

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Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Sep 21

I’m in Thessaloniki airport, I think this sparrow has Avian keratin disorder?? Very long curved beak.

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Sep 19

Because I’m a terrible photographer, here’s just a few pictures of my lab team talking about their posters. One more of Anastasia to add. @escvirology.bsky.social #ESCV2025

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Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Sep 19

Another great @escvirology.bsky.social meeting underway in Thessaloniki. If you’re there, please do come and ask Ester anything about the society.

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Sep 12

At a time when we should be investing more into the sector. This news is awful.

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RSPB Cymru @rspbcymru.bsky.social · Sep 11

1/ Over 2 MILLION non-native birds released every year into the Welsh countryside, without proper controls or oversight, causing harm to the natural environment.  Time is running out – call on the Welsh Government to licence these releases now!

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European Society for Clinical Virology @escvirology.bsky.social · Sep 9

🚨 Last Call to Register! 🚨

The ESCV 2025 is happening next week in Thessaloniki, Greece – 17–20 September 2025! 🌍✨

📅 Don’t miss out – secure your spot before it’s too late!
👉
escv2025.org/registration...
See you there!
#ESCV2025 #ClinicalVirology #Virology

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ESCMID @escmid.bsky.social · Sep 5

ESCMID is currently seeking candidates willing to serve on the panels that will develop the next seven clinical practice guidelines in 2026-2027. You can learn more about the projects on our website and apply to join a panel before 10 October 2025.

www.escmid.org/guide...

#IDSky #clinmicro

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Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Sep 4

I promise the posters will be better than the old skool shocker I presented last year 😬 they’ll be on parvovirus PCR in pregnancy; the addition of mpox as part of a routine STI screen; screening for acute GI viruses in the immunosuppressed and H1N1pdm09 oseltamivir resistance in the Welsh community👍

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Sep 4

The countdown has begun to what is the best Clinical Virology conference in Europe starting the 17th September in Thessaloniki. I’ll be there with the team who work on virological surveillance and R&D for viral disease for public health in Wales @escvirology.bsky.social #WSVC #PublicHealthWales

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Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Aug 22

Yesterday I learned that Pokémon was a shortened form of Pocket Monster. I did fact check this with my internal Pokémon expert @molassive.bsky.social before posting. She also told me the company earns more than Disney, Pokémon being the largest grossing franchise globally. #FridayFacts #Pokemon

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Aug 8

Twice a year I upload all of the influenza characterisation data from Wales in time for the vaccine composition consultation meeting. Today it only took me 6 attempts and I didn’t have to email the help-desk to confess my utter ineptitude. I’m calling that a win. #HappyFriday

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Aug 6

Only 3 logs? 😂

Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Aug 6

If you squint hard enough and grit your teeth and then apply a bit of spin, he did also say ‘the protective effects of the vaccine’ - so he is acknowledging mRNA vaccines do protect. Excellent!

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Catherine Moore @smallredone.bsky.social · Jul 17

Bess on her throne #ElizabethTudorCat #CatsofBlueSky