Dr Barry Jones
@barryjmjones.bsky.social
Chair of CATA - the Covid-19 Airborne Transmission Alliance representing at least 65,000 HCWs in Module 3 of Public Inquiry. Covid lead for BAPEN and BSG member.
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"Lady Hallett Shouldn’t Hold Her Breath, says Health Campaign Group"
In the wake of the Covid Inquiry's Module 2 report, an interesting article quoting members of CATA (Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance), including @barryjmjones.bsky.social @safedavid3.bsky.social and @kamgadhok.bsky.social
In the wake of the Covid Inquiry's Module 2 report, an interesting article quoting members of CATA (Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance), including @barryjmjones.bsky.social @safedavid3.bsky.social and @kamgadhok.bsky.social
Press Releases Archives - British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)
www.bohs.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Lady Hallett Shouldn’t Hold Her Breath, says Health Campaign Group"
In the wake of the Covid Inquiry's Module 2 report, an interesting article quoting members of CATA (Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance), including @barryjmjones.bsky.social @safedavid3.bsky.social and @kamgadhok.bsky.social
In the wake of the Covid Inquiry's Module 2 report, an interesting article quoting members of CATA (Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance), including @barryjmjones.bsky.social @safedavid3.bsky.social and @kamgadhok.bsky.social
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8/ Obviously it's easy to be wise after the event, but everything we said at the time is on our web site for others to judge
independentsage.org
independentsage.org
Independent SAGE – Independent scientific advice on the COVID-19 crisis, for the UK government and public.
Independent SAGE: Independent scientific advice on the COVID-19 crisis, for the UK government and public.
independentsage.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:53 PM
8/ Obviously it's easy to be wise after the event, but everything we said at the time is on our web site for others to judge
independentsage.org
independentsage.org
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Thank you.
Today, as the #CovidInquiry releases its module 2 report, we are thinking especially of everyone who will have to relive the trauma of that time, who will have to hear of the government failings that led to their loved ones' deaths.
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
We will never forget our beloved dead. ❤️
November 20, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Thank you.
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The view of the Wall at the reception we attended at the House of Lords, after the Government announcement that the Wall should be preserved.
We look forward to this exciting next chapter. ❤️
We look forward to this exciting next chapter. ❤️
November 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The view of the Wall at the reception we attended at the House of Lords, after the Government announcement that the Wall should be preserved.
We look forward to this exciting next chapter. ❤️
We look forward to this exciting next chapter. ❤️
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#PublicHealth measures like ventilation and air filtration are a matter of urgency
"Chances that disease X will be an influenza virus are probably greater than for any other known pathogen group"
time.com/7324877/flu-...
"Chances that disease X will be an influenza virus are probably greater than for any other known pathogen group"
time.com/7324877/flu-...
As the Flu Surges in Asia, Could Getting Sick Year-Round Be the New Normal?
Here’s what medical experts say could be behind the recent rise of influenza cases in Japan, India, Singapore, Thailand, and more.
time.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
#PublicHealth measures like ventilation and air filtration are a matter of urgency
"Chances that disease X will be an influenza virus are probably greater than for any other known pathogen group"
time.com/7324877/flu-...
"Chances that disease X will be an influenza virus are probably greater than for any other known pathogen group"
time.com/7324877/flu-...
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Professor @cathnoakes.bsky.social gave evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry on transmission in schools and the importance of ventilation to control both infections and air pollution exposure.
Read transcript and witness statement on the Covid Inquiry website:
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/hearings/chi...
Read transcript and witness statement on the Covid Inquiry website:
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/hearings/chi...
Children and Young People (Module 8) - Public Hearings - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
The independent public inquiry to examine the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK
covid19.public-inquiry.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Professor @cathnoakes.bsky.social gave evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry on transmission in schools and the importance of ventilation to control both infections and air pollution exposure.
Read transcript and witness statement on the Covid Inquiry website:
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/hearings/chi...
Read transcript and witness statement on the Covid Inquiry website:
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/hearings/chi...
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Great news all round. Let’s hope this sparks action across the rest of the country 🤞🏽
Great to visit St Mary’s Primary School in Battersea today - one of the first schools to receive indoor air quality filters as part of my initiative to improve children’s health.
More than 200 schools will be getting indoor air quality filters soon.
More than 200 schools will be getting indoor air quality filters soon.
October 18, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Great news all round. Let’s hope this sparks action across the rest of the country 🤞🏽
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It didn’t end well.
Cumulative Covid deaths.
Jenny Harries says that we should use the data to judge them.
HERE.
IS.
THE.
DATA…..
Jenny Harries says that we should use the data to judge them.
HERE.
IS.
THE.
DATA…..
October 10, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It didn’t end well.
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I want every single child to breathe clean air in and around their school.
This new £2.7 million City Hall initiative will provide indoor air quality filters to at least 200 schools across all London boroughs, benefitting tens of thousands of children.
This new £2.7 million City Hall initiative will provide indoor air quality filters to at least 200 schools across all London boroughs, benefitting tens of thousands of children.
Air filters to be rolled out to 200 London schools
The Mayor of London has launched a £2.7 million programme to improve air quality in schools by installing indoor air filters across the capital. At least 200 schools will receive High Efficiency Part...
airqualitynews.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I want every single child to breathe clean air in and around their school.
This new £2.7 million City Hall initiative will provide indoor air quality filters to at least 200 schools across all London boroughs, benefitting tens of thousands of children.
This new £2.7 million City Hall initiative will provide indoor air quality filters to at least 200 schools across all London boroughs, benefitting tens of thousands of children.
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🩵🩶 #NHS #CovidIsNotOver #COVIDisAirborne #N95sSaveLives #CleanAirNow #LongCovid #LongCovidKids #WeNotMe #TogetherWeCan #ShareTheCare
Hospitals are bringing masks back because Covid never left!
But we:
❌ Ignore Covid risks
❌ Don’t clean the air
❌ Deny vaccines to most Clinically Vulnerable
❌ Treat masking as “personal choice” (even HCWs)
It isn’t Living with Covid
It feels like neglect
#KeepCovidBoosters
But we:
❌ Ignore Covid risks
❌ Don’t clean the air
❌ Deny vaccines to most Clinically Vulnerable
❌ Treat masking as “personal choice” (even HCWs)
It isn’t Living with Covid
It feels like neglect
#KeepCovidBoosters
October 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Our latest blog went live earlier this week. In it @EvonneTCurran discusses how while handwashing shouldn't be ignored it's not the most important preventative measure for airborne infections. shh-uk.org/hand-hygi...
Hand Hygiene: Not The #1 Prevention For Healthcare Infections
Evidence shows hand hygiene is vital but not the top factor in preventing healthcare-associated infections.
shh-uk.org
September 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Our latest blog went live earlier this week. In it @EvonneTCurran discusses how while handwashing shouldn't be ignored it's not the most important preventative measure for airborne infections. shh-uk.org/hand-hygi...
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#COVID causes vascular damage. Here is Dr Rae Duncan talking about the risks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydRl...
Dr Rae Duncan explains Long Covid as a vascular disease
YouTube video by Sally Bourliakas
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September 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#COVID causes vascular damage. Here is Dr Rae Duncan talking about the risks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydRl...
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🧵
In private eye last week and Labour still have the same guidance in place in our hospitals 5 years on. We are still handwashing for a predominantly airborne virus.
September 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Thank you, Barry. It is disheartening - but not demotivating. This memorial to our beloved dead is too important. ♥️
September 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Thank you, Barry. It is disheartening - but not demotivating. This memorial to our beloved dead is too important. ♥️
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Shame on them. 💔
September 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Shame on them. 💔
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Good to see this BOHS guidance explaining the difference between FRSM and FFP3 in healthcare. FRSM are useful but are not protective equipment for workers and it’s important this is recognised properly when determining protection against airborne infection www.bohs.org/media-resour...
Healthcare Workers Still Exposed. Experts demand action to keep healthcare workers and patients safe. - British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)
Aside from the huge loss of life and legacy of illness among healthcare workers as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers are at particular risk from exposure to airborne diseases. Many...
www.bohs.org
August 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Good to see this BOHS guidance explaining the difference between FRSM and FFP3 in healthcare. FRSM are useful but are not protective equipment for workers and it’s important this is recognised properly when determining protection against airborne infection www.bohs.org/media-resour...
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🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷
BREAKING NEWS
At last, in the UK, we now have official guidance on the use of respirators (FFP3) vs Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks (FRSM) which has been prepared SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR.
🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷
BREAKING NEWS
At last, in the UK, we now have official guidance on the use of respirators (FFP3) vs Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks (FRSM) which has been prepared SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR.
🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷
August 22, 2025 at 11:51 PM
🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷
BREAKING NEWS
At last, in the UK, we now have official guidance on the use of respirators (FFP3) vs Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks (FRSM) which has been prepared SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR.
🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷
BREAKING NEWS
At last, in the UK, we now have official guidance on the use of respirators (FFP3) vs Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks (FRSM) which has been prepared SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR.
🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷
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Size Matters!???
This topic exposes how the IPC authors are still wedded to principle of aerosols being ‘respirable’ i.e. 5 microns or less, despite the expert evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry.
Getting this wrong means that Healthcare Workers are given inadequate respiratory protection.
This topic exposes how the IPC authors are still wedded to principle of aerosols being ‘respirable’ i.e. 5 microns or less, despite the expert evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry.
Getting this wrong means that Healthcare Workers are given inadequate respiratory protection.
August 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Size Matters!???
This topic exposes how the IPC authors are still wedded to principle of aerosols being ‘respirable’ i.e. 5 microns or less, despite the expert evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry.
Getting this wrong means that Healthcare Workers are given inadequate respiratory protection.
This topic exposes how the IPC authors are still wedded to principle of aerosols being ‘respirable’ i.e. 5 microns or less, despite the expert evidence at the Covid-19 Inquiry.
Getting this wrong means that Healthcare Workers are given inadequate respiratory protection.
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Other topics are covered in the presentation:
• Engagement with Government
• CATA engagement with International colleagues
• The draft new Canadian Standard for RPE
• Size Matters!
• Engagement with Government
• CATA engagement with International colleagues
• The draft new Canadian Standard for RPE
• Size Matters!
August 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Other topics are covered in the presentation:
• Engagement with Government
• CATA engagement with International colleagues
• The draft new Canadian Standard for RPE
• Size Matters!
• Engagement with Government
• CATA engagement with International colleagues
• The draft new Canadian Standard for RPE
• Size Matters!
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More information can be obtained by viewing a 20 minute presentation given to the Safer Healthcare Biosafety Network on the Patient Safety Learning website. (The presentation can be downloaded as a pdf)
www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...
www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...
Presentation by David Osborn to the Safer Healthcare Biosafety Network (1 August 2025)
David Osborn presentation to the Safety Healthcare Biosafety Network
www.pslhub.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:59 PM
More information can be obtained by viewing a 20 minute presentation given to the Safer Healthcare Biosafety Network on the Patient Safety Learning website. (The presentation can be downloaded as a pdf)
www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...
www.pslhub.org/learn/invest...
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The legal aspects are clearly explained:
August 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The legal aspects are clearly explained:
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Let’s double-down on that FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUTHORS OF THE IPC MANUALS:
August 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Let’s double-down on that FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUTHORS OF THE IPC MANUALS:
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It clarifies the legal status both of Surgical Masks and Respiratory Protective Equipment (eg FFP3, reusables, powered hoods). It blows away the myth contained in IPC Manuals and many other places by people who would have us believe FRSMs protect us against Covid-19, flu (etc)
August 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It clarifies the legal status both of Surgical Masks and Respiratory Protective Equipment (eg FFP3, reusables, powered hoods). It blows away the myth contained in IPC Manuals and many other places by people who would have us believe FRSMs protect us against Covid-19, flu (etc)
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BOHS expresses its appreciation to Professor Andrew Curran CBE (Director of Science and Chief Scientific Advisor to HSE) who supported the development of this guidance and personally contributed to the content.
August 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BOHS expresses its appreciation to Professor Andrew Curran CBE (Director of Science and Chief Scientific Advisor to HSE) who supported the development of this guidance and personally contributed to the content.
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The document has been prepared in consultation with the HSE, British Standards Institute and stakeholders. This gives it the credibility legal persuasiveness that an issue of this importance deserves.
The guidance document itself can be downloaded here: www.bohs.org/app/uploads/....
The guidance document itself can be downloaded here: www.bohs.org/app/uploads/....
www.bohs.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
The document has been prepared in consultation with the HSE, British Standards Institute and stakeholders. This gives it the credibility legal persuasiveness that an issue of this importance deserves.
The guidance document itself can be downloaded here: www.bohs.org/app/uploads/....
The guidance document itself can be downloaded here: www.bohs.org/app/uploads/....