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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 46m

We think the UK government should ensure that management of healthcare associated infections (HCAI) is extended to include recording data on COVID infections spread within hospitals.
That’s why we signed this petition.
Please join us - if you haven’t already.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings

Ensure that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors, and reports on, the numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and advises o...

petition.parliament.uk

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 22h

BREAKING NEWS
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.

#NobelPrize

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17h

Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Signs of kindness put up along Nottingham road in place of flags

It is not clear who put up the signs, which have appeared on lamp-posts along a road in Nottingham.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 12h

As illustrated by this graph - showing how COVID (data as reported) impacted on us in England throughout the past 5 and a half years.
Where are we today?
COVID-19 hospital bed occupancy up.
COVID-19 positive tests up.
COVID-19 deaths up.
COVID-19 cases up.
Data sources include @ukhsa.bsky.social.

As illustrated by this graph - showing how COVID (data as reported) has impacted on us in England throughout the past 5 and a half years.
Where are we today?
COVID-19 hospital bed occupancy up.
COVID-19 positive tests up.
COVID-19 deaths up.
COVID-19 cases up.
Data source @ukhsa.bsky.social

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 14h

'Most people now know someone in bed with COVID. If someone says they are in bed with flu, it’s almost certainly COVID, given the number of people admitted to hospital for COVID last week was 50 times higher than the number admitted for flu!' @chrischirp.bsky.social
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England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

Prof Christina Pagel breaks down the latest Covid and NHS stats

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 14h

'Most people now know someone in bed with COVID. If someone says they are in bed with flu, it’s almost certainly COVID, given the number of people admitted to hospital for COVID last week was 50 times higher than the number admitted for flu!' @chrischirp.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/independ...

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 15h

So much winning. Make America healthy again. 🙄

@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 1d

'Measles: As of Oct 1, 2025, the US reported 1,544 confirmed cases across 41 states, the highest national tally in more than 3 decades; 86%of cases are linked to recognized outbreaks, underscoring sustained transmission in undervaccinated communities.'
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/measles...

Measles in October 2025: Why Outbreaks Are Surging—And What Is Changing Now

Let’s make measles prevention visible. One quick huddle, one clear sign, one easy clinic—each move keeps families safe and confident.

www.infectioncontroltoday.com

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 20h

Weekly England COVID-19 indicators produced independently since the first data in the spring of 2020 - not to compete with official sources, but to complement them, hopefully with clarity, transparency, and and a degree of humility. Every chart an invitation: to question, to understand, to engage.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

We found that the UK’s top scientific institutions, from the Met Office to the UK Health Security Agency, have inadequate institutional defences.

If an incoming government wanted to weaken the role of science and evidence in policy making, it could do so shockingly fast. 2/11

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

This is a vulnerability map for 8 key bodies: ONS, OBR, Food Standards Agency, MHRA, Met Office, UKRI, Natural England, & UKHSA.

ONS has the most independence. All but ONS have ministerially appointed leadership. 3 could be abolished with no oversight as they have no statutory basis.
6/11

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 21h

👏 Maria Corina Machado: 2025 #NobelPeacePrize
'She has brought her country’s opposition together. She has never wavered in resisting the militarisation of Venezuelan society. She has been steadfast in her support for a peaceful transition to democracy.'
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/

Nobel Peace Prize

www.nobelprize.org

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 22h

👏 Maria Corina Machado: 2025 #NobelPeacePrize
'Democracy – understood as the right to freely express one’s opinion, to cast one’s vote and to be represented in elective government – is the foundation of peace both within countries and between countries.'

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

www.nobelprize.org

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 22h

👏 Maria Corina Machado: 2025 #NobelPeacePrize
'Keeps the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness.'
'Ms Machado is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize first and foremost for her efforts to advance democracy in Venezuela.'

www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...

Nobel Peace Prize 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 was awarded to Maria Corina Machado “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transi...

www.nobelprize.org

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 22h

👏The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado “for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/

Nobel Peace Prize

www.nobelprize.org

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 22h

It makes sense @ukhsa.bsky.social, to monitor, and report on, COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and advises on how to prevent & control infection in settings such as hospitals, care homes & schools.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings

Ensure that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors, and reports on, the numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and advises o...

petition.parliament.uk

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Megan Darby @climatemegan.bsky.social · 22h

I can't understand why it's not routinely offered along with the seasonal flu jab? All that work to get a vaccine out quickly and they've just abandoned it!

Signed, someone suffering right now from what is probably Covid

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 1d

COVID, what’s changed?
Latest ENGLAND data source @ukhsa.bsky.social

3,049 Cases
7 days to 1 Oct 2025
+19.0%

87 Deaths
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
+3.6%

2,077 Hospital admissions
7 days to 30 Sep 2025
+9.7%

Virus tests positivity
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
+2.2%
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...

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Matthew Cobb @matthewcobb.bsky.social · 1d

Getting my jab today, but thanks to Wes Streeting, I have to pay for it (£90)… Many other 65-69s and immunocompromised ppl will not be able to afford it.

@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 1d

Latest England COVID-19 hospital bed occupancy up.
COVID-19 positive tests up.
COVID-19 deaths up.
COVID-19 cases up.
Data source @ukhsa.bsky.social
Why?
Limited vaccine eligibility, waning immunity, lower priority by leaders, mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces. Scant use of face coverings.

Latest England COVID-19 hospital bed occupancy up.
COVID-19 deaths up.
COVID-19 positive tests up.
COVID-19 cases up.
Data source @ukhsa.bsky.social
Why?
Limited vaccine eligibility, waning immunity, lower priority by leaders, mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces. Scant use of face coverings.

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 1d

'Talent can be born anywhere, but opportunities are not,' says Ina Ganguli, an economist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.' @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

www.nobelprize.org/all-nobel-pr...

All Nobel Prizes 2025

The Nobel Prizes are awarded to those that have conferred the greated benefit to humankind. These are the 2025 laureates.

www.nobelprize.org

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 1d

'Talent can be born anywhere, but opportunities are not,' says Ina Ganguli, an economist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.' @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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Nature @nature.com · 1d

Of the 202 Nobel laureates who have been awarded prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine this century, less than 70% hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize.

go.nature.com/4ocbFu6

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

go.nature.com

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 1d

'Talent can be born anywhere, but opportunities are not,' says Ina Ganguli, an economist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.' @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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Magdalena Skipper @magdalenaskipper.bsky.social · 1d

Less than 70% of science Nobel prize winners awarded this century hail from the country in which they were awarded their prize.
“Mobility benefits everyone. Each newcomer brings fresh ideas, new techniques & different ways of looking at old problems”
🧪 #academicSky
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys

The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.

www.nature.com

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 1d

'Measles: As of Oct 1, 2025, the US reported 1,544 confirmed cases across 41 states, the highest national tally in more than 3 decades; 86%of cases are linked to recognized outbreaks, underscoring sustained transmission in undervaccinated communities.'
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/measles...

Measles in October 2025: Why Outbreaks Are Surging—And What Is Changing Now

Let’s make measles prevention visible. One quick huddle, one clear sign, one easy clinic—each move keeps families safe and confident.

www.infectioncontroltoday.com

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