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Binita Kane
@binitakane.bsky.social
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Long COVID/ME interested lung doctor | Campaigner | Independent SAGE | Co-Founder South Asian Heritage Month | Diversity Power List 24/25 Website: https://thelongcovidclinic.co.uk Linktree: https://linktr.ee/binitakane
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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · May 14
A massive thank you to ActionForME and @longcovidsupport.bsky.social for inviting me to speak at today’s joint #LongCOVID and #ME All Party Parliament Group meeting, alongside Profs @daltmann.bsky.social @cgatist.bsky.social and David Strain.
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 12h
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 2d
The MILLIONS of people who were denied vaccines are suddenly realising.

@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social this was a terrible idea.

Not only will the NHS struggle this autumn / winter, but people will suffer and die unnecessarily.

It isn't too late for a U-turn!
Community Pharmacy England Q Pharmacy teams have reported major issues to us over the last two days related to large numbers of patients booking COVID-19 vaccinations via the National Booking System (NBS) who are not eligible for the vaccine this winter. We are working with NHS England to try to address this unacceptable situation and to get more NHS communications issued to help people understand whether they are eligible for the vaccine. In the meantime, we have created three posters that pharmacy teams can use to help explain about vaccine eligibility this winter:
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Long Covid Support @longcovidsupport.bsky.social · 3d
1/3. 🔥Next Fireside Chat from @binitakane.bsky.social and Long Covid Support’s @helenoakleigh.bsky.social🔥

‘Updates from the Santa Fe #LongCovid Symposium’ with guest @daltmann.bsky.social.

YouTube Live: Wednesday 8th October 2025, 6pm UK time.

More details and link below ⬇️
Image containing photographs from neck up of Doctor Binita Kane on the left and Professor Danny Altmann on the right. Text reads UPDATES FROM THE SANTA FE LONG COVID SYMPOSIUM Doctor Kane talks with Prof Danny Altmann LIVE Wednesday 8th October 2025 18:00 BST. Across the bottom of the image it says THE LONG COVID CLINIC WHAT YOU CAN DO You Tube @LCCWYCD. Image also includes the Long Covid Support logo in the lower right corner.
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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 4d
That’s better! 😅
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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 4d
Ok now you’re just trying to ruin my evening!
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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 4d
The one thing Manchester is good at is showing love and unity when sh*tty things happen.
Really proud to see the reaction of different communities coming together in solidarity against hate.
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David Miles @variolator.bsky.social · 4d
"I remember when children were sent home from school with headlice. Now, they’re encouraged to attend school with a dangerous virus."

A child's 2nd infection is more likely to cause long covid than their 1st. The 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc don't bear thinking about.
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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 4d
Oh why did you have to remind me of this! 😩
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Steve Griffin @profstevegriffin.bsky.social · 5d
The kids are not, and never were, OK💔

Brave testimony from @sammiemc.bsky.social on the impact of #LongCovidKids on her own, & 1000s of other families.

The gaslighting & influence of certain "public health" figures what wholly unacceptable 🤬

@longcovidkids.bsky.social

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Covid 19 Inquiry | Module 8 Oral Evidence of Sammie McFarland, Long Covid Kids | 01 10 2025
YouTube video by Long Covid Kids
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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 5d
Brilliant article by a teacher highlighting the current dire situation for teachers and kids every winter when it comes to infection risk and spread. We continue to fight for our kids to have the right to breathe clean air.

stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/d...
Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please Can We Talk About Health?
Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please can we talk about health? It’s autumn 2025. We’re one month into the school year, in England. Two of my children are ill, again.With Covid, again.It&#821…
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Jimmy D @licketysplit6.bsky.social · 7d
Good afternoon!

#jokesters
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 6d
He should have been expelled. This is way more than policing opinions.

- Inciting violence at far right rallies
- Interfering in government affairs
- Destroying health and science infrastructures
- Ensuring thousands will die

Abusers, excused and enabled by craven others, always grow in power.
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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 6d
"I am increasingly concerned over threats to the values that allow science to flourish." Read the full statement from the President of the Royal Society Sir Adrian Smith: royalsociety.org/news/2025/10...
A statement from the President of the Royal Society | Royal Society
A statement from the President of the Royal Society regarding threats to the values that allow science to flourish.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 7d
this study highlights that Long Covid remains a risk with every Covid infection, including for children and adolescents.

Particularly relevant as the Children's module opens for the UK Inquiry.

It's nonsense to say that children are and were at no risk from Covid.
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Prof Brendan Crabb AC @brendancrabb.bsky.social · 7d
“These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisystem effects and highlight the need to promote vaccination in younger populations...”

Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.

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Long COVID associated with SARS-CoV-2 reinfection among children and adolescents in the omicron era (RECOVER-EHR): a retrospective cohort study
Children and adolescents face a significantly higher risk of various PASC outcomes after reinfection with SARS-CoV-2. These findings add to previous evidence linking paediatric long COVID to multisyst...
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 11d
Sheena is the must-follow to understand what Kennedy et al are doing to US vaccines (and other medicines)
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Prof Sheena Cruickshank @sheencr.bsky.social · 11d
Kennedy has been very busy- I reflect on what has been happening but also worry that his tactics could be adopted elsewhere result in in wider undermining of trust in science and reducing vaccine access and uptake 🧪
What the current disinformation and discussions on vaccines, Tylenol (Paracetamol), autism could mean for us all.
Disinformation and Disarray in American Health Policy Making
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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 13d
This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”
Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.
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Bat Krown 🦇 @katbrownwrites.com · 13d
“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.”

What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC
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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 15d
More research💔on what Covid infections do to kids...

"Children don’t just bounce back after COVID.
A Bavarian study shows deep neurocognitive and emotional impacts in kids & teens - fatigue, loss of motivation, attention problems, mood disorders."

Full 🧵
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Children don’t just bounce back after COVID. A Bavarian study shows deep neurocognitive and emotional impacts in kids & teens - fatigue, loss of motivation, attention problems, mood disorders. What they found🧵
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Roger Kline @rogerkline.bsky.social · 15d
Maternity care: Racism and marginalisation led to ‘tragic outcomes’
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Racism and marginalisation led to ‘tragic outcomes’
"Racism and marginalisation" at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust meant families "felt pushed out" and resulted in "tragic outcomes", according to the chair of the inquiry into its maternity services.
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 15d
This ought to be engraved somewhere.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 15d
New consensus statement on preventing cardiovascular disease in people with COVID-19. #episky #healthpolicy #medsky academic.oup.com/eurjpc/advan...
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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 15d
7 days to go- a new film, a project close to our hearts, in collaboration with #CombinationDance

Together, we’re giving young people with #LongCovid the voices & visibility they deserve. Because no child should be left behind.

🙏 @bendybrain.bsky.social @sedsconnective.org
#Dancers #LongCovidKids
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Mahmud Nawaz @mahmudnawaz.bsky.social · 17d
Honoured to write the @nhsconfed.org blog this week about why #OrganDonation is important, #healthinequalities & how #NHS orgs can help

#OrganDonationWeek

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We must act together to save lives
Ahead of Organ Donation Week from 22 September, Mahmud Nawaz shares his personal experience of why organ donation is so important.
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 19d
Seems very timely

"What normalization does is transform the morally extraordinary into the ordinary. It makes us able to tolerate what was once intolerable by making it seem as if this is the way things have always been."

—  Jason Stanley. How Fascism Works

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Book cover of the book "How Fascism Works" by Jason Stanley
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TryingMyBest @tryingmybestuk.bsky.social · 19d
Beautiful - @khalidabdalla.bsky.social you are the most amazing person, thank you ❤️🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸☮️☮️☮️☮️🕊️
Together For Palestine: Star-studded concert at Wembley Arena raises £1.5m
Stars including Richard Gere, Florence Pugh, Riz Ahmed, Nicola Coughlan and Damon Albarn took to the stage to show support for Palestine.
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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 19d
COVID is airborne and most definitely still with us:
England positive tests on an upward trend since November 2024, hospitalisations, and deaths data also trending up.
Health protections matter: such as effective ventilation, booster vaccines, and testing, all may help limit spread and Long COVID.
COVID is airborne and most definitely still with us: England positive tests on an upward trend since November 2024, hospitalisations, and deaths data also trending up. Health protections matter: such as effective ventilation, booster vaccines, and testing, all may help limit spread and Long COVID.
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