David
@dpmillau.bsky.social
IT Specialist with Global Recordings Network. Author. Living with a Covid vulnerable partner. BSc, MIS. Cert IV WHS, CERT IV Medical First Response.
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In the face of lies,disinformation and twisted tropes .
Clean air policies work ..#Bradford
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Clean air policies work ..#Bradford
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bradford clean air zone saves NHS over £30,000 a month in first year
After one year of the zone, which is the second largest in England, GP visits for respiratory illnesses were down by a quarter
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In the face of lies,disinformation and twisted tropes .
Clean air policies work ..#Bradford
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Clean air policies work ..#Bradford
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Who is more likely to get long COVID? New study uncovers genetic drivers behind the disease.
University of South Australia–led researchers combined genetic and molecular data from 100+ international studies, identifying 32 causal genes linked to long COVID, including 13 new genes.
archive.md/dyiOM
University of South Australia–led researchers combined genetic and molecular data from 100+ international studies, identifying 32 causal genes linked to long COVID, including 13 new genes.
archive.md/dyiOM
December 16, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Who is more likely to get long COVID? New study uncovers genetic drivers behind the disease.
University of South Australia–led researchers combined genetic and molecular data from 100+ international studies, identifying 32 causal genes linked to long COVID, including 13 new genes.
archive.md/dyiOM
University of South Australia–led researchers combined genetic and molecular data from 100+ international studies, identifying 32 causal genes linked to long COVID, including 13 new genes.
archive.md/dyiOM
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A tonne of mask articles out on UK media this morning.
Must be bad there.
And likely reflects North Americas near future.
This is the best mask article in the bunch. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Must be bad there.
And likely reflects North Americas near future.
This is the best mask article in the bunch. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Does wearing a face mask stop you catching flu? Experts give verdict
Wearing a mask is inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as lockdowns
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A tonne of mask articles out on UK media this morning.
Must be bad there.
And likely reflects North Americas near future.
This is the best mask article in the bunch. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Must be bad there.
And likely reflects North Americas near future.
This is the best mask article in the bunch. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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Adding Prof Ian M. Mackay's analysis on the current influenza situation in Australia.
bsky.app/profile/mack...
bsky.app/profile/mack...
A small Australian December (!) #flu thread.
In the ~25 days since my last update (08NOV), detections have risen by 32,330. That's a daily rate of 1,293 (up from 1,067 in the previous update).
In the ~25 days since my last update (08NOV), detections have risen by 32,330. That's a daily rate of 1,293 (up from 1,067 in the previous update).
December 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Adding Prof Ian M. Mackay's analysis on the current influenza situation in Australia.
bsky.app/profile/mack...
bsky.app/profile/mack...
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"A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may worsen this. The message is clear: protecting ourselves still matters."
SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may wo...
johnsnowproject.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may worsen this. The message is clear: protecting ourselves still matters."
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If everyone wore n95 respirators at conventions, there'd be basically no such thing as "con crud".
Remember this when you're recovering from Covid or "Some Kind Of Bad Flu... Not Covid™️ Though" after MFF.
sph.umd.edu/news/study-s...
Remember this when you're recovering from Covid or "Some Kind Of Bad Flu... Not Covid™️ Though" after MFF.
sph.umd.edu/news/study-s...
Study shows N95 masks near-perfect at blocking escape of airborne COVID-19 | University of Maryland | School of Public Health
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – In a head-to-head comparison of masks worn by people with active COVID-19, the inexpensive “duckbill” N95 came out on top, stopping 98% of COVID-19 particles in the breath of infec...
sph.umd.edu
December 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
If everyone wore n95 respirators at conventions, there'd be basically no such thing as "con crud".
Remember this when you're recovering from Covid or "Some Kind Of Bad Flu... Not Covid™️ Though" after MFF.
sph.umd.edu/news/study-s...
Remember this when you're recovering from Covid or "Some Kind Of Bad Flu... Not Covid™️ Though" after MFF.
sph.umd.edu/news/study-s...
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Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact. New evidence in a classroom study.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact. New evidence in a classroom study.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus:
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
“We cannot talk about COVID in the past tense.
“It’s still with us, it still causes acute disease and Long COVID, and it still kills.
“The world might want to forget about COVID-19, but we cannot afford to.”
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Economic burden of long COVID: macroeconomic, cost-of-illness and microeconomic impacts
Published: 21 November 2025
Long COVID affects an estimated 36% globally, creating a huge economic burden: about $1 trillion a year worldwide, roughly $9,000 per US patient and $170 billion in lost US earnings.
Published: 21 November 2025
Long COVID affects an estimated 36% globally, creating a huge economic burden: about $1 trillion a year worldwide, roughly $9,000 per US patient and $170 billion in lost US earnings.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Economic burden of long COVID: macroeconomic, cost-of-illness and microeconomic impacts
Published: 21 November 2025
Long COVID affects an estimated 36% globally, creating a huge economic burden: about $1 trillion a year worldwide, roughly $9,000 per US patient and $170 billion in lost US earnings.
Published: 21 November 2025
Long COVID affects an estimated 36% globally, creating a huge economic burden: about $1 trillion a year worldwide, roughly $9,000 per US patient and $170 billion in lost US earnings.
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"NSW Health issues measles exposure warning for parts of Sydney including Oasis concert."
"A person from Queensland with measles has visited several locations across Sydney, promoting NSW Health to issue an alert."
Source: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"A person from Queensland with measles has visited several locations across Sydney, promoting NSW Health to issue an alert."
Source: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"NSW Health issues measles exposure warning for parts of Sydney including Oasis concert."
"A person from Queensland with measles has visited several locations across Sydney, promoting NSW Health to issue an alert."
Source: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"A person from Queensland with measles has visited several locations across Sydney, promoting NSW Health to issue an alert."
Source: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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"Children born to mothers who had COVID-19 while pregnant face an elevated risk of developmental disorders by age 3, including speech delays, autism, motor disorders, and other neurodevelopmental delays, according to new research by investigators at Mass General Brigham."
COVID-19 in pregnancy may raise autism and neurodevelopmental disorder risk
Children born to mothers who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy face a 29% higher likelihood of developmental disorders by age three, including speech, motor, and autism-spectrum delays. The risk wa...
www.news-medical.net
October 31, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Children born to mothers who had COVID-19 while pregnant face an elevated risk of developmental disorders by age 3, including speech delays, autism, motor disorders, and other neurodevelopmental delays, according to new research by investigators at Mass General Brigham."
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Is this what it will take for expectant minimizer parents to finally start caring about preventing COVID?
Something has to change. Viruses are bad for your babies' brains
www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/h...
Something has to change. Viruses are bad for your babies' brains
www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/h...
Autism diagnosis rates higher among children born to mothers who had Covid-19 during pregnancy, study suggests | CNN
Children may be more likely to be diagnosed with autism and other neurodevelopment disorders if their mother had a Covid-19 infection while pregnant, according to a new study.
www.cnn.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Is this what it will take for expectant minimizer parents to finally start caring about preventing COVID?
Something has to change. Viruses are bad for your babies' brains
www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/h...
Something has to change. Viruses are bad for your babies' brains
www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/h...
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“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.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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...
www.thelancet.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
“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.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Time to reconsider our approach to kids and COVID/long COVID.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Masking up and advocating for clean air at #UNGA w/ Violet Affleck and @myrabatchelder.bsky.social!
September 24, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Masking up and advocating for clean air at #UNGA w/ Violet Affleck and @myrabatchelder.bsky.social!
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Let’s hope this is a watershed moment for public health. Feels like it. Congratulations especially @drbronking.bsky.social - but also to Anna-Maria Arabia and all involved. Pls circulate the pledge and get on board. Here is an OpEd we put out yesterday www.burnet.edu.au/news/indoor-...
September 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Let’s hope this is a watershed moment for public health. Feels like it. Congratulations especially @drbronking.bsky.social - but also to Anna-Maria Arabia and all involved. Pls circulate the pledge and get on board. Here is an OpEd we put out yesterday www.burnet.edu.au/news/indoor-...
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Cardiovascular toll of COVID: Millions at risk, new report reveals prevention tips.
A new report warns of COVID-19’s cardiovascular toll affecting millions globally, urging vaccination, structured cardiac rehab, and more rehab investment to ease healthcare strain.
Source: archive.md/7qeY7
A new report warns of COVID-19’s cardiovascular toll affecting millions globally, urging vaccination, structured cardiac rehab, and more rehab investment to ease healthcare strain.
Source: archive.md/7qeY7
September 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Cardiovascular toll of COVID: Millions at risk, new report reveals prevention tips.
A new report warns of COVID-19’s cardiovascular toll affecting millions globally, urging vaccination, structured cardiac rehab, and more rehab investment to ease healthcare strain.
Source: archive.md/7qeY7
A new report warns of COVID-19’s cardiovascular toll affecting millions globally, urging vaccination, structured cardiac rehab, and more rehab investment to ease healthcare strain.
Source: archive.md/7qeY7
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NSW: "Overcrowding in NSW hospitals ‘worst’ some doctors have seen as winter illnesses clog emergency departments."
"State health minister Ryan Park says there have been more than 45,000 presentations to EDs over the past 5 days"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"State health minister Ryan Park says there have been more than 45,000 presentations to EDs over the past 5 days"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Overcrowding in NSW hospitals ‘worst’ some doctors have seen as winter illnesses clog emergency departments
State health minister Ryan Park says there have been more than 45,000 presentations to EDs over the past five days
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 11:06 PM
NSW: "Overcrowding in NSW hospitals ‘worst’ some doctors have seen as winter illnesses clog emergency departments."
"State health minister Ryan Park says there have been more than 45,000 presentations to EDs over the past 5 days"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"State health minister Ryan Park says there have been more than 45,000 presentations to EDs over the past 5 days"
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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People who get shingles within a year of Covid have doubled reinfection risk and 67 % higher heart attack odds
Researchers report shingles reactivation is increasingly seen in people who have had COVID-19, driven by the "immune dysregulation" that follows viral infections.
Source: archive.md/y9Sph
Researchers report shingles reactivation is increasingly seen in people who have had COVID-19, driven by the "immune dysregulation" that follows viral infections.
Source: archive.md/y9Sph
August 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
People who get shingles within a year of Covid have doubled reinfection risk and 67 % higher heart attack odds
Researchers report shingles reactivation is increasingly seen in people who have had COVID-19, driven by the "immune dysregulation" that follows viral infections.
Source: archive.md/y9Sph
Researchers report shingles reactivation is increasingly seen in people who have had COVID-19, driven by the "immune dysregulation" that follows viral infections.
Source: archive.md/y9Sph
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Scientists detect virus traces in blood that may unlock long COVID’s mystery.
"Scientists have found protein fragments from the COVID-19 virus hidden inside tiny cellular packages in the blood of long COVID patients, offering the first potential measurable biomarker for the condition."
"Scientists have found protein fragments from the COVID-19 virus hidden inside tiny cellular packages in the blood of long COVID patients, offering the first potential measurable biomarker for the condition."
Scientists detect virus traces in blood that may unlock long COVID’s mystery
Scientists have found protein fragments from the COVID-19 virus hidden inside tiny cellular packages in the blood of long COVID patients, offering the first potential measurable biomarker for the cond...
www.sciencedaily.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Scientists detect virus traces in blood that may unlock long COVID’s mystery.
"Scientists have found protein fragments from the COVID-19 virus hidden inside tiny cellular packages in the blood of long COVID patients, offering the first potential measurable biomarker for the condition."
"Scientists have found protein fragments from the COVID-19 virus hidden inside tiny cellular packages in the blood of long COVID patients, offering the first potential measurable biomarker for the condition."
Fir those in Canads
Advocacy alert 📣 Until August 19, you can give input on a game-changing national standard requiring N95s & other respirators in healthcare (and beyond)!
To make it easier to take part, we've created a plain-language explainer that includes some sample feedback: donoharmbc.ca/national-sta...
To make it easier to take part, we've created a plain-language explainer that includes some sample feedback: donoharmbc.ca/national-sta...
July 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Fir those in Canads
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COVID cases in NSW have surged, hitting their highest weekly count since June 2024, now topping 4,000 weekly notifications. This marks a clear winter wave.
With hardly anyone reporting and public RAT reporting ending on 1 Oct 2023, actual infections are definitely higher than the official figures.
With hardly anyone reporting and public RAT reporting ending on 1 Oct 2023, actual infections are definitely higher than the official figures.
June 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
COVID cases in NSW have surged, hitting their highest weekly count since June 2024, now topping 4,000 weekly notifications. This marks a clear winter wave.
With hardly anyone reporting and public RAT reporting ending on 1 Oct 2023, actual infections are definitely higher than the official figures.
With hardly anyone reporting and public RAT reporting ending on 1 Oct 2023, actual infections are definitely higher than the official figures.
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NSW health issues COVID warning as case numbers rise.
"Most people with COVID do not test for the virus, so the latest figures represent a small proportion of all people who have the virus."
@NSWHealth @RyanPark_Keira #COVIDisNotOVER
Live news blog: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"Most people with COVID do not test for the virus, so the latest figures represent a small proportion of all people who have the virus."
@NSWHealth @RyanPark_Keira #COVIDisNotOVER
Live news blog: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
June 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
NSW health issues COVID warning as case numbers rise.
"Most people with COVID do not test for the virus, so the latest figures represent a small proportion of all people who have the virus."
@NSWHealth @RyanPark_Keira #COVIDisNotOVER
Live news blog: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"Most people with COVID do not test for the virus, so the latest figures represent a small proportion of all people who have the virus."
@NSWHealth @RyanPark_Keira #COVIDisNotOVER
Live news blog: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Anyone know of any Long Covid aware GPs in Port Macquarie NSW AUstralia, for a friend. #longcovid #portmacquarie
June 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Anyone know of any Long Covid aware GPs in Port Macquarie NSW AUstralia, for a friend. #longcovid #portmacquarie
Anyone know of any Long Covid aware GPs in Port Macquarie NSW AUstralia, for a friend.
June 11, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Anyone know of any Long Covid aware GPs in Port Macquarie NSW AUstralia, for a friend.