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Kit 💛🤍🖤💜 @littlegreyboat.bsky.social · 4d

Some excellent evidence here on why forcing people with ME/CFS or Long Covid into work is a bad idea. Think there's little or no chance of the government listening through.

meassociation.org.uk/2025/10/empl...

Employment, Government policy and ME/CFS or Long Covid - The ME Association

The ME Association is engaging in ongoing campaign work regarding […]

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Pete Quily @pqpolitics.bsky.social · 4d

Nurses at VGH & Nanaimo Hospital in BC Canada told me that they are not coding for Covid

Refuse to count Covid cases!

What you refuse to measure you can avoid managing & avoid social media & MSM criticism

Ask your MPs to demand all provinces count Covid cases including hospital infections #bcpoli

3-13% death rate if you get infected with covid19 in hospital year and a half long study of England and Scotland.

Nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 Omicron infections remain common, with crude mortality estimates ranging from 3% to 13%

Discontinuation of Universal Admission Testing for SARS-CoV-2 and Hospital-Onset COVID-19 Infections in England and Scotland

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2805585

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6d

Final day of conference - and the energy has been amazing.

Our country is a mess. The world is in turmoil. We've got lots to do.

And we're ready.

youtu.be/tffONP7XErg?...

'Helping Fascist Farage Into Power is My Red Line' | Zack Polanski Interview

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 6d

Excellent clear information from Anne and frustration with gov disinformation on Natasha Devon @lbc.co.uk : not giving us the right information must be deliberate. #LongTermSickness #covid youtu.be/yqSKwS8GoDs?...

Natasha LBC discussing long term sickness

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 8d

It's #GreenPartyconference today. Have a good one, and if you are attending in person, especially in the smaller rooms, we strongly recommend wearing ffp3 respirator face masks. Surgical masks are insufficient. #avoidinfection

Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 11d

A little reminder. It's conference season and attendees should protect themselves. Check ventilation. Wear ffp3. Let your party (and SM) know if the CO2 levels are above 800ppm. We're not walking the walk completely yet, we know. #GreensAgainstCovid are working on it. youtu.be/wwjJkkiPsUk?...

What is the Green Party Covid and Long Covid policy calling for?

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Long Covid Support @longcovidsupport.bsky.social · 11d

📣 1/4. Paper out from the UK’s LOCOMOTION study on incidence of #LongCovid diagnosis.

🚩 Huge under-recording of Long Covid in primary healthcare records!

Big thank you to our Members & co-authors @nikki-s.bsky.social & @ruairidhm.bsky.social for their hard work🙏

Link to paper on below 🧵 ⬇️

Screenshot of research paper title and authors. Header says Health Expectations Open Access An International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy. Below this it says Original Article Open Access. The title of the paper is Understanding the Clinical Characteristics and Timeliness of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed With Long Covid: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study From North West London. The list of authors reads Denys Prociuk, Jonathan Clarke, Nikki Smith, Ruairidh Milne, Cassie Lee, Simon de Lusignan, Ghazala Mir, Johannes De Kock, Erik Mayer, Brendan C. Delaney, LOCOMOTION Consortium. It is dated as First Published on 25 September 2025. The reference is https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70429.

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 11d

@greenparty.org.uk @greenpartymolly.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @jennyjones.bsky.social

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 11d

A little reminder. It's conference season and attendees should protect themselves. Check ventilation. Wear ffp3. Let your party (and SM) know if the CO2 levels are above 800ppm. We're not walking the walk completely yet, we know. #GreensAgainstCovid are working on it. youtu.be/wwjJkkiPsUk?...

What is the Green Party Covid and Long Covid policy calling for?

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Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK (SHH-UK) @shh-uk.bsky.social · 12d

🦠 Long Covid Facts...

Cleaner indoor air = fewer infections = less Long Covid.

We need #SafeAir4All 🌬️💚

#LongCovid #CleanAir #PublicHealth #longcovidawareness #longcovidrecovery

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 13d

We appreciate Violet Affleck's advocacy for clean air. This is the correct response to the reality of the situation and a response that would be widely beneficial.

Rose Mary @rose-mary-x.bsky.social · 15d

All the projection going on towards Violet Affleck right now…
She is a fierce young woman who clearly scares a lot of people.
Keep going, Violet 💜
(also lol at the people comparing her to Greta Thunberg as if that’s an insult 😅)

Rose Mary @rose-mary-x.bsky.social · 15d

Which actually takes me back to my original point: that many ppl aren't mentally/emotionally robust enough to face the reality of how harmful Covid is. Which is understandable, but it’s galling when those same people project that character onto those of us who are facing up to it.

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 16d

We are pleased to confirm that @sammiemc.bsky.social Founder & CEO, LCK, will give evidence to the UK COVID Inquiry on the morning of Wednesday 1st October.

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

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 17d

“Immunity debt” doesn’t exist, but immune damage does. Children are sicker now than pre-pandemic – many with disabling chronic illnesses. This cycle of harm can only stop when we accept reality – there’s no off ramp without cleaning classroom air.

www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...

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Rose Mary @rose-mary-x.bsky.social · 15d

All the projection going on towards Violet Affleck right now…
She is a fierce young woman who clearly scares a lot of people.
Keep going, Violet 💜
(also lol at the people comparing her to Greta Thunberg as if that’s an insult 😅)

Rose Mary @rose-mary-x.bsky.social · 15d

Which actually takes me back to my original point: that many ppl aren't mentally/emotionally robust enough to face the reality of how harmful Covid is. Which is understandable, but it’s galling when those same people project that character onto those of us who are facing up to it.

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Rose Mary @rose-mary-x.bsky.social · 13d

Seems obvious that @greenparty.org.uk should be signing this global pledge for healthy indoor air. A natural extension of their work on #EllasLaw and their excellent #Covid19 & #LongCovid policy.
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @bluelumin.bsky.social

Ceri Turner 💚 😷 @ceri-turns.bsky.social · 14d

Hi @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social - would you please consider signing this pledge arising out of the recent inaugural High-Level Side Event on Healthy Indoor Air, taking place on the margins of the UN General Assembly?
www.airclub.org

www.airclub.org

Air Club

A global coalition aspiring towards healthy indoor air.

www.airclub.org

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks Natalie.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 13d

Pleased to sign and will continue to promote when I can

Rose Mary @rose-mary-x.bsky.social · 13d

Seems obvious that @greenparty.org.uk should be signing this global pledge for healthy indoor air. A natural extension of their work on #EllasLaw and their excellent #Covid19 & #LongCovid policy.
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @sianberry.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social @bluelumin.bsky.social

Ceri Turner 💚 😷 @ceri-turns.bsky.social · 14d

Hi @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social - would you please consider signing this pledge arising out of the recent inaugural High-Level Side Event on Healthy Indoor Air, taking place on the margins of the UN General Assembly?
www.airclub.org

www.airclub.org

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Boo-trino Lab @putrinolab.bsky.social · 14d

A few days out from #UNGA80, I wanted to reflect on the session we took part in and the media responses since. Mount Sinai was one of the 150 organizations that signed the global pledge to advocate for healthy indoor air. The event itself featured four panels of speakers who
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Ceri Turner 💚 😷 @ceri-turns.bsky.social · 14d

Hi @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social - would you please consider signing this pledge arising out of the recent inaugural High-Level Side Event on Healthy Indoor Air, taking place on the margins of the UN General Assembly?
www.airclub.org

www.airclub.org

Air Club

A global coalition aspiring towards healthy indoor air.

www.airclub.org

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Ceri Turner 💚 😷 @ceri-turns.bsky.social · 14d

Hi @ZackPolanski, please would you consider signing this #cleanair pledge arising from the inaugural High-Level Side Event on Healthy Indoor Air, taking place on the margins of the UN General Assembly. 👇🏻

www.airclub.org

Air Club

A global coalition aspiring towards healthy indoor air.

www.airclub.org

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · Aug 20

Petitioning the agency to do what they should be doing but aren't. Please sign and share.

J Green @jgreen63.bsky.social · Aug 20

We shouldn't be having to beg for this, but here we are. 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...

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 14d

The only party that’s concerned

Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 14d

It's not welcome information but it's important that people are informed so that they can make choices about protection. There are ways to reduce exposure to pathogens. This is why we are campaigning for clean air and safer gatherings. @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social

BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 15d

Covid-19 infections can reactivate dormant cancer cells, & trigger the growth of secondary cancers. There is now compelling medical evidence to this effect.

Read the full story on our website: buds.org.uk/covid-and-ca...

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 13d

Yes. Our campaign is for universal access to vaccines. It's incredible to read ukhsa advice saying vaccines are 'the best defence' and then see the incredible reduction of the programme.

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Ruth Brooker @ruthbrooker.bsky.social · 14d

Here's Ruth Brooker, representing Clean Air for Kids, signing the Global Pledge for Healthy Indoor Air at the United Nations in New York.

To sign, visit www.airclub.org

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 14d

The question really is, is to what extent there actual recovery? Covid causes damage. Not just to the sense of smell.

Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 14d

A diminished or lost sense of smell has been connected to weight loss, reduced quality of life and depression, and those who can't smell also might not be able to detect dangers like spoiled food, gas leaks or smoke.
www.upi.com/Health_News/...

Study finds COVID-19 damage to sense of smell can last years - UPI.com

A COVID-19 infection might blunt a person's sense of smell for years afterward, but so subtly they might not even notice it, researchers wrote in a new study.

www.upi.com

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 14d

Those conscious of other unpleasant truths, such as the climate crisis and the growth of far right neoliberal ideology, need to consider why they have signed up to the agreement to ignore the ongoing sars pandemic and the widespread harms of covid. @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 16d

6. The great and tragic irony is that the more societies agree to ignore it, by prioritising a yearning for the status quo above all else, the more of a force multiplier our societies become for the virus.

Societies have become the virus's greatest ally.

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