Jo Morrison
@jomorrison.medsky.social
Gynaecological oncologist | Honorary Associate Professor Uni of Exeter | EiC The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist | Senior Editor Cochrane Collaboration | dinghy sailor | gardener.
Views my own (I have plenty, often contrary) & re-posts ≠ endorsements
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Views my own (I have plenty, often contrary) & re-posts ≠ endorsements
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
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If I type what I feel about the people responsible for this I’d probably get struck off… but I’m sure you can imagine.
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 PM
If I type what I feel about the people responsible for this I’d probably get struck off… but I’m sure you can imagine.
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Superintresting and learnfull text which shows how challenging research and triangulation of evidence are. My respect that you wrote the whole text without using the Danish ø
November 24, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Superintresting and learnfull text which shows how challenging research and triangulation of evidence are. My respect that you wrote the whole text without using the Danish ø
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We've had to wait a long time to get to this point! With this new pair of Cochrane systematic reviews, the weight of the evidence has tipped very heavily in favor of HPV vaccination.
My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
#Vaccines
My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
#Vaccines
This Evidence Fundamentally Shifts the Debate About the HPV Vaccine - Absolutely Maybe
We’ve had to wait a long time to get to this point. If cervical cancer develops after HPV infection, it will take…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We've had to wait a long time to get to this point! With this new pair of Cochrane systematic reviews, the weight of the evidence has tipped very heavily in favor of HPV vaccination.
My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
#Vaccines
My new post @plos.org absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
#Vaccines
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
From @hildabast.bsky.social a wise and thoughtful ‘critical friend’
From @hildabast.bsky.social a wise and thoughtful ‘critical friend’
This Evidence Fundamentally Shifts the Debate About the HPV Vaccine - Absolutely Maybe
We’ve had to wait a long time to get to this point. If cervical cancer develops after HPV infection, it will take…
absolutelymaybe.plos.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2025/11/24/t...
From @hildabast.bsky.social a wise and thoughtful ‘critical friend’
From @hildabast.bsky.social a wise and thoughtful ‘critical friend’
www.eurekalert.org/news-release... very cringey but we’ve done a video too to accompany the reviews being published. Thanks to Laura, Emma, the Cochrane team and the SFT theatre teams for their patience and support
New research confirms HPV vaccination prevents cervical cancer
Two new Cochrane reviews show strong and consistent evidence that HPV vaccines are effective in preventing cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes, especially when given to young people before they ...
www.eurekalert.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:19 AM
www.eurekalert.org/news-release... very cringey but we’ve done a video too to accompany the reviews being published. Thanks to Laura, Emma, the Cochrane team and the SFT theatre teams for their patience and support
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41276263/
One of 2 new reviews on HPV vaccination published today. Thanks to Nicholas, Hanna and team for a huge amount of work and @hildabast.bsky.social and the Independent Advisory Group
One of 2 new reviews on HPV vaccination published today. Thanks to Nicholas, Hanna and team for a huge amount of work and @hildabast.bsky.social and the Independent Advisory Group
Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer and other HPV-related diseases: a network meta-analysis - PubMed
The evidence in this network meta-analysis of HPV vaccines is based on extensive searches and analyses. There is evidence from randomised controlled trials that HPV vaccination reduces the risk of pre-cancerous outcomes such as CIN2+ and anogenital warts. No data were available for cervical cancer o …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 AM
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41276263/
One of 2 new reviews on HPV vaccination published today. Thanks to Nicholas, Hanna and team for a huge amount of work and @hildabast.bsky.social and the Independent Advisory Group
One of 2 new reviews on HPV vaccination published today. Thanks to Nicholas, Hanna and team for a huge amount of work and @hildabast.bsky.social and the Independent Advisory Group
www.cochrane.org/evidence/CD0...
One of 2 new reviews on HPV vaccination published today. Thanks to Nicholas, Hanna and team for a huge amount of work and @hildabast.bsky.social and the Independent Advisory Group
One of 2 new reviews on HPV vaccination published today. Thanks to Nicholas, Hanna and team for a huge amount of work and @hildabast.bsky.social and the Independent Advisory Group
What are the benefits and risks of different human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for preventing cervical cancer and other HPV-related disease? | Cochrane
www.cochrane.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
www.cochrane.org/evidence/CD0...
One of 2 new reviews on HPV vaccination published today. Thanks to Nicholas, Hanna and team for a huge amount of work and @hildabast.bsky.social and the Independent Advisory Group
One of 2 new reviews on HPV vaccination published today. Thanks to Nicholas, Hanna and team for a huge amount of work and @hildabast.bsky.social and the Independent Advisory Group
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The difficult truth is that there is a clear national security element to social media information flows. It can't all be viewed through the single lens of free speech. Disinformation sabotage is a hostile act intended to destablise our societies. Our societies need appropriate protection.
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The difficult truth is that there is a clear national security element to social media information flows. It can't all be viewed through the single lens of free speech. Disinformation sabotage is a hostile act intended to destablise our societies. Our societies need appropriate protection.
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A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A friend who teaches theology shared with me a post about CS Lewis's Mere Christianity, which discusses foundational Christian logic across denominations. It reminded me of Dale's tweet below, and I wanted to share some thoughts here regarding modesty and respectability, which are often hot topics.
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“Have they given up? Are they just deciding to build up herd immunity by watching us die? The government has given up, hasn’t it? They are throwing us into the slaughterhouse.”
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
“Have they given up? Are they just deciding to build up herd immunity by watching us die? The government has given up, hasn’t it? They are throwing us into the slaughterhouse.”
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
It’s not hindsight - we knew this at the time @drrachelclarke.com writes:
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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All my neighbours had ordered goggles to my house before we had any other ppe at work. We had a bathtub full. Every day I’d lay them out and carry some up and distribute - to porters, nurses, anyone I would see in the hallways, filled with fear. The community pulled together when others failed us
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November 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
All my neighbours had ordered goggles to my house before we had any other ppe at work. We had a bathtub full. Every day I’d lay them out and carry some up and distribute - to porters, nurses, anyone I would see in the hallways, filled with fear. The community pulled together when others failed us
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We are in many ways actively behaving worse - real flu vaccination campaigns no longer happen in hospitals, vaccination rates are down, disinformation rising, selective memory, etc etc
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
We are in many ways actively behaving worse - real flu vaccination campaigns no longer happen in hospitals, vaccination rates are down, disinformation rising, selective memory, etc etc
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Too long, webinars from Italy, ward rounds where you knew next day the patients would no longer be there and others would fill their place, colleagues becoming unwell, some never recovered, delayed vaccine as “surgeons don’t see patients”, the endless streams of arterial blood clots thanks to covid
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Too long, webinars from Italy, ward rounds where you knew next day the patients would no longer be there and others would fill their place, colleagues becoming unwell, some never recovered, delayed vaccine as “surgeons don’t see patients”, the endless streams of arterial blood clots thanks to covid
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2020 and early 2021 were years I don’t want to think back to. We were completely abandoned. From all sides. I remember not being allowed to wear masks initially, smuggling goggles into the hospital which my neighbours donated, a self imposed decontamination before entering my home, no ppe for …
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
2020 and early 2021 were years I don’t want to think back to. We were completely abandoned. From all sides. I remember not being allowed to wear masks initially, smuggling goggles into the hospital which my neighbours donated, a self imposed decontamination before entering my home, no ppe for …
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Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
1/ How does the COVID Inquiry's Module 2 report align with what we said in @independentsage.bsky.social at the time? A 🧵on Transparency, Early & Decisive Action, Scientific Advice, Integration of Social & Economic Harms, Communication and Behavioural Science, Governance, Data and Preparedness
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Ignored warnings. Optimism bias. Chaos behind closed doors.🚪🤫
@rory-stewart.bsky.social reveals what was going on inside government during COVID.
New episode out now - link in the replies 👇
@rory-stewart.bsky.social reveals what was going on inside government during COVID.
New episode out now - link in the replies 👇
November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Ignored warnings. Optimism bias. Chaos behind closed doors.🚪🤫
@rory-stewart.bsky.social reveals what was going on inside government during COVID.
New episode out now - link in the replies 👇
@rory-stewart.bsky.social reveals what was going on inside government during COVID.
New episode out now - link in the replies 👇
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In particular
Lazy unprepared to master a brief or detail but instead rely on flippancy/"charm" and glib rhetoric
People pleasing, so constantly flip-flopping to please whoever the last person he had spoken to
Inconsistent
Totally self-interested, narcissistic
Lying and lying and lying
Lazy unprepared to master a brief or detail but instead rely on flippancy/"charm" and glib rhetoric
People pleasing, so constantly flip-flopping to please whoever the last person he had spoken to
Inconsistent
Totally self-interested, narcissistic
Lying and lying and lying
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM
In particular
Lazy unprepared to master a brief or detail but instead rely on flippancy/"charm" and glib rhetoric
People pleasing, so constantly flip-flopping to please whoever the last person he had spoken to
Inconsistent
Totally self-interested, narcissistic
Lying and lying and lying
Lazy unprepared to master a brief or detail but instead rely on flippancy/"charm" and glib rhetoric
People pleasing, so constantly flip-flopping to please whoever the last person he had spoken to
Inconsistent
Totally self-interested, narcissistic
Lying and lying and lying
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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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And of course had messaging about Covid being an airborne infection and promoting use of effective PPE/use of HEPA ventilation/uvc radiation to remove viruses from the air-we could be in a significantly better way- with less long term morbidity and future proofed against ongoing & future pandemics!
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
And of course had messaging about Covid being an airborne infection and promoting use of effective PPE/use of HEPA ventilation/uvc radiation to remove viruses from the air-we could be in a significantly better way- with less long term morbidity and future proofed against ongoing & future pandemics!
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He was the worst person to
be in charge at the worst possible time - unforgivable negligence
be in charge at the worst possible time - unforgivable negligence
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
He was the worst person to
be in charge at the worst possible time - unforgivable negligence
be in charge at the worst possible time - unforgivable negligence
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That inaccurate messaging persists. And staff remain unprotected on wards with patients with COVID armed with a mere plastic apron and surgical mask. As opposed to vaccination and FFP3 mask.
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
That inaccurate messaging persists. And staff remain unprotected on wards with patients with COVID armed with a mere plastic apron and surgical mask. As opposed to vaccination and FFP3 mask.