David Buck
@davidjbuck.bsky.social
Senior fellow in public health and health inequalities at The King's Fund (https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/). Bit of a magpie, don't necessarily agree with those i (re)share. Also over at twitter @davidjbuck.
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There aren't any good options in dealing with Trump. You just have to improvise around his idiocy and hope he gets distracted by someting else.
January 17, 2026 at 4:48 PM
There aren't any good options in dealing with Trump. You just have to improvise around his idiocy and hope he gets distracted by someting else.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Indeed. Not a rational allocation of resources if the goal is maximising health. Never the bride. That's not dismissing off wider work/intentions on prevention (of which much), but if want to make a real difference, need to shift resources as well as rhetoric.
December 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Indeed. Not a rational allocation of resources if the goal is maximising health. Never the bride. That's not dismissing off wider work/intentions on prevention (of which much), but if want to make a real difference, need to shift resources as well as rhetoric.
Reposted by David Buck
I've got to say, I'm not sure why this has become such a big media story. I might be wrong but my current view is that it's overblown. Flu arrived early, which is why it's breaking 'time of year' records, but it's only in the medium threshold and could peak lower than last year, let alone 2022-23.
December 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I've got to say, I'm not sure why this has become such a big media story. I might be wrong but my current view is that it's overblown. Flu arrived early, which is why it's breaking 'time of year' records, but it's only in the medium threshold and could peak lower than last year, let alone 2022-23.