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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · Apr 21

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Pact @prisonadvice.bsky.social · 10h

Developed with prisoners and their families, the Prison Life video series explores life in custody and the support available to those in prison.

Watch here: www.prisonersfamilies.org/prison-life-...

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 7d

Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 8d

More than 5 years have passed since the emergence of #SARSCoV2, the virus responsible for #COVID-19.
Despite some progress, the virus continues to circulate worldwide - causing infections, hospitalizations, and long-term health complications.
England positive COVID-19 tests trend up throughout 2025.

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Muslim Council of Britain @muslimcouncil.bsky.social · 8d

We are deeply concerned by reports of a violent attack at a synagogue in Manchester today. We unequivocally condemn this act of violence.

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 13d

At Healthy Working Wales we will soon be lunching new FREE services to help employers keep your workforce well. Register here for our employer brunch briefing healthyworking.wales/event/new-fr...

sustainable economies and businesses need healthy and happy workforces

#CymruCan #PublicHealth

Healthy Working Wales new free services launch event - Healthy Working Wales

Sign-up to learn about Healthy Working Wales’ new, free support services designed to support health and wellbeing, and network with other businesses in Wales.

healthyworking.wales

Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 14d

The voice of families with firsthand experience is all over this. Please spread and use this tool, it’s written from lived experience and will help improve the health and health care of people in prison. www.prisonadvice.org.uk/get-help/hea.... #publichealth

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 16d

Statement from the UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency

"MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children"

www.gov.uk/government/n...

MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children

Paracetamol should be taken as directed in the patient information leaflet

www.gov.uk

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ecdc.europa.eu · 17d

#Vaccines have been the cornerstone of #PublicHealth efforts for decades, protecting us from infectious diseases & paving the way for healthier, more prosperous societies.

#Immunisation is a safe and cost-effective way to protect people – especially infants & young children.
#VaccinesWork

Childhood immunisation

Immunisation is a safe and cost-effective way to protect people, especially infants and young children – from certain infectious diseases.

www.ecdc.europa.eu

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European Medicines Agency @ema.europa.eu · 17d

Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.

Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.

Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...

Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations

www.ema.europa.eu

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 23d

En route to Public Health Wales AGM in Carmarthen. A tree precariously near line delayed us. Sorted. GWR train manager from Cardiff and Transport for Wales swansea staff unbelievably helpful. Train for Carmarthen/Fishguard rolls calmly into swansea only 1 minute late. And we’re off. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻love it

a black and white photo of a man standing in front of a train .

ALT: a black and white photo of a man standing in front of a train .

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Ian Weissman, DO @drianweissman.bsky.social · 23d

Patients who continue to struggle with fatigue and brain fog after recovering from COVID-19 may have lingering neuroinflammation triggered by the virus.
healthimaging.com/topics/clini...

COVID-induced neuroinflammation can last 2 years or longer, according to new PET data

These findings are important to consider with regard to patients’ long-term health, as chronic inflammation has been implicated in cognitive decline.

healthimaging.com

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 26d

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The metamorphosis of Jesus Christ from a humble servant of the abject poor to a symbol that stands for gun rights, prosperity theology, anti-science, limited government (that neglects the destitute) and fierce nationalism is truly the strangest transformation in human history.
Rainn Wilson

Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved.
Beware of any Christian movement that demands the government be an instrument of God's wrath but never a source of God's mercy, generosity, or compassion.
-Rev. Benjamin R. Cremer

Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 26d

A book for our times. As Lyse Doucet says quoted in intro to this “If you don’t understand religion, including the abuse of religion, you don’t understand what is happening in our world.” Or how to respond.

books.google.co.uk/books/about/...

The first page of chapter five on nationalism and religion , with a quote from Demond Tutu saying that if someone says there is no connection between politics and religion they are reading a different Bible to the one he is reading

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 26d

John C. Turner pulls no punches 😂

John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 26d

'Social dominance theory is reductionist & philosophically idealist - it seeks to derive all political ideologies, intergroup relations & social structure from one attitude, abstracted, & reified to stand for a hard-wired original sin of biology’

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Duncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 26d

Shot, chaser

Young men more likely to vote Green than Reform. Young men second most progressive group of any demographic. Combined right-wing vote barely bigger than Green vote alone for young men

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 27d

Though it’s traumatic for me to bring this up, I was targeted by a group allied with Turning Point USA in 2018, with the help of Tucker Carlson on Fox. My home address circulated online and I got death threats. 1/

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · 27d

Andrew Marr writing in this week’s @newstatesman.com

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European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control @ecdc.europa.eu · 29d

📢 Join us for the next ECDC Lighthouse webinar
“The public as partners: unlocking the potential of citizen science in disease prevention and control”.

What happens when science opens its doors to the public?
🗓️ Monday 22/09/2025
🕕 13.00-14.00 CET
💻 Online

#ECDCLighthouse

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · Sep 8

This article wasn’t about them, but it shows how people faked concern of social justice to let it rip.

sciencebasedmedicine.org/wokewashing/

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · Sep 8

15th November - British Psychological Society Wales is holding a Festival of #Psychology and #PublicHealth

Mind and Nation will bring people together to share the contribution of psychology to improving and protecting the health of the People of Wales.

www.bps.org.uk/event/bps-we...

BPS Welsh Branch - Mind and Nation: A Festival of Psychology and Public Health Cymru | BPS

The BPS Welsh Branch presents a one-day event exploring the vital role of psychology in addressing the unique challenges and opportunities facing Wales.

www.bps.org.uk

Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · Sep 7

Im two chapters into Harry Tanner’s first book and its brilliant . @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social His writng sweeps you up and carries you. Highly recommend www.bloomsbury.com/uk/queer-thi...

The Queer Thing About Sin

'BOLD AND BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN' TOM HOLLAND'MY GOD, THIS BOOK IS NEEDED. HISTORY HAS NEVER SEEMED MORE ALIVE...' RUSSELL T DAVIESA gripping new journey through a…

www.bloomsbury.com

Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · Sep 7

Good piece about St George by a historian in The Tablet . A saint of Middle Eastern origin brought to England by foreign missionaries and revered by many Muslims not just Christians….

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Adam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · Sep 7

A lot of unevidenced claims about vaccines are getting picked up and amplified on X by journalists who should probably know better.

So if your aim is to use social media to reduce impact of these claims, then it does feel like you should be tackling the flawed-claim-to-media-uptake step on X...

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Prof Jim McManus, OCDS, D.Sc,FFPH,FBPsS, @jimmcmanusph.bsky.social · Sep 7

A reminder that you’ll get an alert at 3pm today to test the UK national emergency alert system. If you have a phone you need to keep concealed (eg because of abuse or violence) here’s how to opt out of the alerts www.gov.uk/alerts/optin...

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Steve Senior @stevensenior.bsky.social · Sep 7

“That’s how it starts. Not with a rejection of science, but with a crack in the trust.”

This should be mandatory reading for everyone in public health and healthcare.

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Confessions of an Ex-Anti-Vaxxer - Macleans.ca

I spent years spouting conspiracy theories about vaccines. Now, as measles rages in my home of Alberta, I’m trying to convince vax-hesitant parents to inoculate their kids.

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Shaun Lintern @shaunlintern.bsky.social · Sep 6

Given importance of health to the voting public, it seems politically naive of Nigel Farage and Reform to have their health policy so closely tied to Dr Aseem Malhotra, whose speech today confirms his switch from once respected clinician to conspiracy theorist quack: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Doctor claims Covid jabs may be linked to cancer in royal family

Aseem Malhotra told Reform UK’s party conference that the vaccination was a ‘significant factor’ in the diagnoses of King Charles and the Princess of Wales

www.thetimes.com

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An English Bear @ursusclan.bsky.social · Sep 5

Angela Rayner got hounded for a housing mix-up.
Farage hides income through companies and trusts to dodge tax.
One rule for the loudest man in politics.
Another for everyone else.
Families pay their share.
Nigel doesn’t.
That’s the real scandal.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Sep 5

If you’re wondering how much of what RFK Jr said yesterday about vaccines was true—almost none of it was.

@FullerLab_UW is one of the most accomplished vaccinologists out there and her article is required reading to separate truth from falsehoods.

theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-s...

How RFK Jr.’s misguided science on mRNA vaccines is shaping policy − a vaccine expert examines the false claims

Chaos at the CDC and the sharp move away from mRNA vaccines has public health experts alarmed.

theconversation.com

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Anne M. Carpenter @catholickungfu.bsky.social · Sep 5

I refuse to submit to the philosophy that, because people threaten me, because they make my life hard, because I disagree, they deserve my cruelty in return. No matter how scared I feel, I will not hand them a win by agreeing with them about the use of force.

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