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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · 14d

@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Are people getting sick and leaving the workforce because of the myriad earlier-onset chronic health conditions caused by repeated SARS-Cov-2 infections?

See the thread in the pics.

Full thread here, including link to the research study:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19709...

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · 15d

What are you talking about? You know nothing about my views on vaccination.

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · 16d

Read what I wrote. I said that "some of the effects of SC2 on the body are similar to those of HIV".

I know that HIV and SC2 are different kinds of virus and are not the same. Stop twisting my words.

(And I very much doubt that you "have read all literature".)

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · 16d

Hahahahahahaha

(Reader, it is in fact more similar to SARS1, and some of its effects on the body have similarities to those of HIV. Mr Veldhoen has been making a fool of himself for some time, now, largely because he seems only to read old text books instead of learning new things.)

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · Aug 11

Have you seen this brilliant campaign aimed at improving attendance rates in schools through providing clean air to breathe?

This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...

www.cleanairforkids.co.uk

Clean Air for Kids

Bringing Clean Air to the Kids of Bristol and Beyond. We wouldn’t let our children drink dirty water, why are we letting them breathe dirty air?

www.cleanairforkids.co.uk

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · Aug 11

Have you seen this brilliant campaign aimed at improving attendance rates in schools through providing clean air to breathe?

This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...

www.cleanairforkids.co.uk

Clean Air for Kids

Bringing Clean Air to the Kids of Bristol and Beyond. We wouldn’t let our children drink dirty water, why are we letting them breathe dirty air?

www.cleanairforkids.co.uk

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · Aug 11

@mrjamesob.bsky.social
DfE have just released attendance data for last school year.

In England:
Overall absence: 6.9%
Authorised absence: 4.5%
Illness absence: 3.2%

So 71.1% of authorised absence was due to illness.
(How much unauthorised absence was also illness?)

www.gov.uk/government/s...

Pupil attendance in schools

Data on the levels of attendance and overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.

www.gov.uk

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · Aug 6

Here's another Covid scandal that is just starting to emerge into the public domain from today's Private Eye. I think this will turn into a big one.

@mrjamesob.bsky.social

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · Aug 5

@mrjamesob.bsky.social a very good book about facts v emotions in political comms is ‘The Political Brain’ by Drew Westen in case you are looking for summer reading

Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · Jul 21

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social

Young people most certainly are carrying burdens that weren't carried before the arrival of Covid.

One of *many* studies about the damage Covid causes to mirochondria is linked here...

www.nih.gov/news-events/...

SARS-CoV-2 can cause lasting damage to cells' energy production

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can cause lasting damage to energy production by mitochondria in many organs of the body.

www.nih.gov

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · May 16

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Please have a look at this info below.

'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.

The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · Jul 21

@mrjamesob.bsky.social
It might be worth exploring what Covid does to mitochondria, the energy powerhouse of the body's cells - see below (there are loads of examples of research - let me know if you want links)

Thailand Medical News @thailandmedical.bsky.social · Jul 21

How COVID-19 Hijacks Mitochondria and Fuels Long Term Damage

www.thailandmedical.news/news/how-cov...

How COVID-19 Hijacks Mitochondria and Fuels Long Term Damage - Thailand Medical News

www.thailandmedical.news

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · Jul 21

@mrjamesob.bsky.social I wonder if a better question might be: "How do we get our £85bn back?"; or, "What is society's retribution now against those who have ripped us off so egregiously?"

Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · Jul 15

@mrjamesob.bsky.social as ever, enjoying the show today. Might I remind you, though, that when your callers say "it was during covid" they mean during the brief period when there were restrictions on our movements (also called 'lockdown'). We are still during Covid, and it still causes health harms.

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · Jul 2

@mrjamesob.bsky.social re addicted to sugar, Dr David Unwin who is locarbgp on twitter runs a surgery that reduces sugar intake to put diabetes into remission. His work is brilliant. Please tell your caller.

And his wife, Jen Unwin, also helps with sugar addiction www.purition.co.uk/blogs/articl...

Addicted to sugar? Ask Dr Jen Unwin | Blog | Purition

Dr Jen Unwin shares her thoughts on sugar addiction and provides her top tips on how to reduce your consumption of refined sugar and starchy carbs.

www.purition.co.uk

Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · Jun 14

Hi James, here’s a fabulous campaign promoting the benefits of clean air for kids. It’s starting in Bristol, but who knows, tomorrow, maybe the world.

And it’s a very pretty website, too.

Would you give it a puff, please?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@ruthbrooker.bsky.social

www.cleanairforkids.co.uk

Clean Air for Kids

Bringing Clean Air to the Kids of Bristol and Beyond. We wouldn’t let our children drink dirty water, why are we letting them breathe dirty air?

www.cleanairforkids.co.uk

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · Jun 9

Good morning, James @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Just to remind you, we are still 'during Covid'.

It is still causing earlier-onset chronic health conditions and shortening people's lives.

Here's a summary of some of the conditions it causes...

whn.global/public-servi...

Public Service Announcements - WHN

April 6, 2025 August 17, 2024 Scientists and Economists Alert! Global Emergency Compounded by the AIDS-like Features of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Over a million people in the US are being infected with se...

whn.global

Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · May 28

@mrjamesob.bsky.social re the research below about brain damage following Covid that I shared with you, this is what @drseanmullen.bsky.social wrote about it over on x…

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · May 28

Important research linked.

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Yet more evidence that Covid is a cardiovascular disease.

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Exercising after infection will make things worse.

Elite athletes especially take note.

And society, take note. SC2 can’t simply be dismissed as a ‘textbook virus’…

www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...

Exercise-induced Changes in Microclotting and Cytokine Levels Point to Vascular Injury and Inflammation in People with Long COVID

Background: Long COVID is a persistent and episodic multi-system condition that impacts quality of life and functional status. Underlying pathologies include viral persistence, endothelial dysfunction...

www.researchsquare.com

Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · May 28

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social

I think the recently published research linked below is hugely relevant to your discussion yesterday about attention span.

We are learning more almost daily. It is naive for society to think that SARS-CoV-2 is a ‘textbook virus’. We need open minds.

Dr. Jen Irwin @drjenirwin.bsky.social · May 28

“The present study revealed significant long-lasting cognitive dysfunction in PCC [post-covid condition/long covid] in young adults, two years after COVID-19 infection. Verbal working memory was significantly impaired, … .”

www.mdpi.com/3321544

www.mdpi.com

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · May 28

And your account is known for minimising

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · May 27

I got it from the Cat in a hat account on twitter. I haven't checked if the same info has also been posted from that bluesky account that I tagged - it's the same person

Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · May 27

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social

James, I've been banging on about this for a while to you, but repeated Covid illnesses really do impact the brain and attention span.

Here's a thread by @catinthehat.bsky.social with just a few of the studies:

threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...

Thread by @_CatintheHat on Thread Reader App

@_CatintheHat: COVID + THE BRAIN 🧠 There’s been a flurry of new studies published in recent weeks about Covid’s detrimental impact on the brain. This is the aspect of Covid which concerns me most, but...

threadreaderapp.com

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Alan Barnard @alanbarnard1.bsky.social · May 16

@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Please have a look at this info below.

'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.

The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...

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Cat in the Hat @catinthehat.bsky.social · May 16

Hi @mrjamesob.bsky.social

I’d like to know how Bridget Phillipson thinks that teaching children the value of grit is going to help them overcome the neurological damage caused by multiple COVID infections.

The science is clear that this is a major contributor to the mental health crisis in kids.

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