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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
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Health academic, #IDSky, sailor⛵, photographer, botanist🌿, writer. Memoir, poetry, children’s stories. AI, public health, education, climate, UCU, films

N Ireland 🇪🇺 Avoid🦠Covid.

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Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · Jun 16
Honoured to be in this #poetry collection (p.14):

Thoughts from the other side of the Mid Atlantic Rift

Written on #Rathlin Island on a #Sailing boat. Grateful to @chaossectionpoetry.bsky.social for the call, curation & publication. Means so much to me to support #US #Protest #Politics #Metaphor
Front cover of newly published collection of poems on Dissent and protest against Trump politics in US https://thechaossectionpoetryproject.com/record-of-dissent-poems-of-protest-in-an-authoritarian-age-summer-2025/
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
DPH member Mary Canales, PhD, RN, has just published an *excellent* piece on the need for nurses to speak to truth to power in this moment.

I know there are a ton of nurses doing exactly that, and I thank you for that, but hey we can always use more!

You can read her paper here:
Revisiting Speaking Truth to Power: A Return to Its Roots | Defend Public Health
Defend Public Health member Mary Canales, PhD, RN shares her thoughts on the attacks on public health, and why it is time for medical professionals to speak truth to power.
www.defendpublichealth.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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sassylassiein2024.bsky.social
organicbotanic.bsky.social Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸 @organicbotanic.bsky.social · 1d
Roe Valley for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Close up of Herb Robert - a small purse flower with hairy calyx and hairy stems - some hairs are long, some short.
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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amitchandramd.bsky.social
🌡️ India's heat crises are likely worse than we think. Official counts miss most heat-related deaths... though estimates rise to 150,000+ excess deaths for summers experiencing 5 heat waves.
Addressing gaps in data collection and urban public health systems will be good places to start.
How Many People Die in India From Hot Weather? Nobody Really Knows.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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adamjkucharski.bsky.social
The default pandemic strategy for many countries does now seem to be "Play it by ear then lockdown and wait for a vaccine"
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Reposted by Sue McBean🇺🇦⛵️💚🌱✍️📸
jennifernuzzo.bsky.social
I fear this exactly. Failing to adequately prepare increases the likelihood of lockdowns. No one should want this.
adamjkucharski.bsky.social Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 11h
The default pandemic strategy for many countries does now seem to be "Play it by ear then lockdown and wait for a vaccine"
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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elizabethjacobs.bsky.social
Five people have now died in the Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in Ethiopia near the border with South Sudan.

A total of 53 suspected cases have been tested so far.

MVD is a hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, with a case fatality rate that has been reported to range from 25% to 90%.
Death toll from Ethiopia’s Marburg outbreak rises to 5 - Namibia Daily News
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 24 -- The death toll from Ethiopia's Marburg virus disease outbreak has risen to five, the country's Ministry of Health has said. In its latest update issued late Saturday, the minis...
namibiadailynews.info
November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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organicbotanic.bsky.social
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Campion close up of a flowering spike with about 8 - 10 pink flowers looking surprisingly flourishing for winter
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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organicbotanic.bsky.social
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Many daisy leaves by the path in this place and quite a few flowers but only one flower looked unharmed by feet or weather. One flower head with white petals and yellow centre which has Fibonacci spiral
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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organicbotanic.bsky.social
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Lacey tiny white flowers in five clusters in close up take up the central circle of the photo with a few green leaves behind almost out of focus.
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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organicbotanic.bsky.social
Roe Valley for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Close up of Herb Robert - a small purse flower with hairy calyx and hairy stems - some hairs are long, some short.
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
organicbotanic.bsky.social
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Lacey tiny white flowers in five clusters in close up take up the central circle of the photo with a few green leaves behind almost out of focus.
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
organicbotanic.bsky.social
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Many daisy leaves by the path in this place and quite a few flowers but only one flower looked unharmed by feet or weather. One flower head with white petals and yellow centre which has Fibonacci spiral
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
organicbotanic.bsky.social
Roe Valley, Limavady for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy.
Good place for a New Year Plant Hunt #NYPH #BSBI
Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Campion close up of a flowering spike with about 8 - 10 pink flowers looking surprisingly flourishing for winter
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
organicbotanic.bsky.social
Roe Valley for #thewinterten for #WildFlowerHour
FOUR found! Herb Robert, Common Hogweed, Campion, Daisy. Also on #Rathlin: Primrose & Smooth Sow Thistle.

@wildflowerhour.bsky.social
@bsbibotany.bsky.social
@bsbiireland.bsky.social
Close up of Herb Robert - a small purse flower with hairy calyx and hairy stems - some hairs are long, some short.
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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theatlantic.com
The Atlantic has chosen 65 titles to help foster a child’s lifelong relationship with books and to give these formative works the respect and scrutiny they deserve. David Sims explains why he chose "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." Explore the full list at the link: theatln.tc/ktFFrmrR
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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martinmckee.bsky.social
Indeed, as we did (and these are just 2 of our early published papers with Italian colleagues, which take time to appear in print). We heard their warnings very clearly but U.K. government didn’t.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
How the Italian NHS Is Fighting Against the COVID-19 Emergency
An official website of the United States government
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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jomorrison.medsky.social
No one in Wuhan was washing their hands and merrily singing ‘happy birthday’ (one of the worst AGP it turned out, in a plastic pinny refashioned from a bin bag, they were well-protected in PPE3 kit.
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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drrachelclarke.com
Thank you, Martin. You, @profaliceroberts.bsky.social, @kityates.bsky.social & all the others at Independent SAGE were such important voices throughout. I dearly wish those with the power to save lives had listened.
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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martinmckee.bsky.social
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...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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microlabdoc.bsky.social
In a digital age it’s still remarkable how history revision is possible. Power gets to bludgeon its way to writing history if your democracy is limping.
martinmckee.bsky.social Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 1d
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...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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alisonannyoung.bsky.social
FDA delays left recalled ByHeart baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert tells Healthbeat. Nearly a week was lost clearing bureaucratic hurdles before all state and local food safety officials were told where formula was being sold. www.healthbeat.org/2025/11/22/b... #IDsky #Medsky
FDA delays left recalled baby formula on store shelves, food safety expert says
The leader of the Association of Food and Drug Officials told Healthbeat that the FDA has been slow to share distribution lists for recalled ByHeart formula. “I’m not sure they recognize the sense of ...
www.healthbeat.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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gregggonsalves.bsky.social
This week was terrible: RFK Jr. put autism/vaccines at center of CDC website; ACIP is about to tank the birth dose of HBV vaccine; loans for public health/nursing degrees just got cut. I cannot express the white hot hatred I have for these people. Get on the phone. Call your representatives.
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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organicbotanic.bsky.social
Govt no humility. Completely missed point.
She’s right about spending brag list. But I can’t accept phrase “during the pandemic” as assumes its over, in past, when its current.
#CovidisnotOver

& #CovidisAirborne - & Govt wrongly STILL focuses all advice on #washhands

Safe = #respirator #mask
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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greathands4you.bsky.social
The Worldwide Pandemic was initially handled
"Too little, too late ".
Donald J.Trump knew about the Pandemic for 7 weeks, before there was any response from his Administration, THEN....
& Now ,he has slandered the CDC, & has RFK Jr...
who doesn't believe in Vaccinations!
Even those that helped !!
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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organicbotanic.bsky.social
‘Too little, too late’: damning #report condemns UK’s #Covid response.
“the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.”
#CovidisnotOver
#CovisisAirborne
#Respirator #WearAMask

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM