Dr John Gibson
@drjohnegibson.bsky.social
Intensive Care and Anaesthetics Doctor. GMC registered with license to practice.
Still wearing an FFP3 mask. Co-inventor of #Safira
Fed up of the other place. Views my own and NOT necessarily those of my employer.
Still wearing an FFP3 mask. Co-inventor of #Safira
Fed up of the other place. Views my own and NOT necessarily those of my employer.
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The UK flag flew at the European Parliament for 47 years
Brexit brought it down on 31st Jan 2020
The US under Trump, the US siding with Russia instead of the UK and Europe, the world has changed
The sooner the UK flag is raised up again at the European Parliament, the better
Brexit brought it down on 31st Jan 2020
The US under Trump, the US siding with Russia instead of the UK and Europe, the world has changed
The sooner the UK flag is raised up again at the European Parliament, the better
December 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The UK flag flew at the European Parliament for 47 years
Brexit brought it down on 31st Jan 2020
The US under Trump, the US siding with Russia instead of the UK and Europe, the world has changed
The sooner the UK flag is raised up again at the European Parliament, the better
Brexit brought it down on 31st Jan 2020
The US under Trump, the US siding with Russia instead of the UK and Europe, the world has changed
The sooner the UK flag is raised up again at the European Parliament, the better
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www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
NHS has issued a UK wide stay at home alert and advised people to stay away from others and ‘cover noses and mouths’.
UKHSA are incapable of saying wear a respirator & clean the air.
NHS has issued a UK wide stay at home alert and advised people to stay away from others and ‘cover noses and mouths’.
UKHSA are incapable of saying wear a respirator & clean the air.
NHS 'cover your mouth and nose' UK-wide update as H3N2 strain spreads
People are being urged to follow safety procedures as the virus spreads
www.mirror.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
NHS has issued a UK wide stay at home alert and advised people to stay away from others and ‘cover noses and mouths’.
UKHSA are incapable of saying wear a respirator & clean the air.
NHS has issued a UK wide stay at home alert and advised people to stay away from others and ‘cover noses and mouths’.
UKHSA are incapable of saying wear a respirator & clean the air.
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Clean the air in schools FFS.
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
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 12:02 PM
Clean the air in schools FFS.
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
"Prolonged exposure in shared, poorly ventilated spaces, which potentially includes several infectious sources, drives respiratory virus transmission more than close contact."
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Read this twice.
“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Read this twice.
“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
“Our findings redefine SARS-CoV-2 infection as a condition of long-lasting immune compromise.”
www.sciencedirect.com:5037/science/arti...
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Will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
Ministers and advisers have been quoting House of Commons analysis that found it could increase GDP by 2.2%.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ministers and advisers have been quoting House of Commons analysis that found it could increase GDP by 2.2%.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
Ministers and advisers have been quoting House of Commons analysis that found it could increase GDP by 2.2%.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ministers and advisers have been quoting House of Commons analysis that found it could increase GDP by 2.2%.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
December 5, 2025 at 6:14 PM
excited to award my kids the Burger King Peace Prize this weekend
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This has been going on since 2020, since I started campaigning for vaccines and clean air. These bots shaped the narrative on COVID. www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/covid-1...
COVID-19 Masking: Hundreds of Thousands of Russian Social Media Bots Have Tricked the Public | Infection Control Today
Kevin Kavanagh, MD, discusses how Russian bots have tried to convince the United States public that masking is unnecessary. What do the latest studies say?
www.infectioncontroltoday.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:49 PM
This has been going on since 2020, since I started campaigning for vaccines and clean air. These bots shaped the narrative on COVID. www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/covid-1...
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Ed Davey
Donald Trump is taking money away from our hospitals & GP surgeries, and Nigel Farage is cheering him on.
We can't let Trump get away with extortion like this, Parliament must be given a chance to vote this deal down.
Donald Trump is taking money away from our hospitals & GP surgeries, and Nigel Farage is cheering him on.
We can't let Trump get away with extortion like this, Parliament must be given a chance to vote this deal down.
December 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Ed Davey
Donald Trump is taking money away from our hospitals & GP surgeries, and Nigel Farage is cheering him on.
We can't let Trump get away with extortion like this, Parliament must be given a chance to vote this deal down.
Donald Trump is taking money away from our hospitals & GP surgeries, and Nigel Farage is cheering him on.
We can't let Trump get away with extortion like this, Parliament must be given a chance to vote this deal down.
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I've written today's Thunderer on the government's refusal to declare if any ministers have convictions.
If politicians wish to decide how the public’s taxes are spent and make policy that can upend lives, they must expect to be open about past conduct.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
If politicians wish to decide how the public’s taxes are spent and make policy that can upend lives, they must expect to be open about past conduct.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Public ought to know of ministers’ criminal records
Any minister who bemoans such transparency might wish to reflect on the records of recent governments of all colours
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I've written today's Thunderer on the government's refusal to declare if any ministers have convictions.
If politicians wish to decide how the public’s taxes are spent and make policy that can upend lives, they must expect to be open about past conduct.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
If politicians wish to decide how the public’s taxes are spent and make policy that can upend lives, they must expect to be open about past conduct.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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The EU is not routinely sharing information on suspended doctors with the GMC despite risks to British patients.
Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans.
www.thetimes.com/article/df50...
Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans.
www.thetimes.com/article/df50...
Suspended doctors practise in UK after EU fails to share data
Poor international links between medical regulators are allowing unfit doctors to practise undetected, leading to calls to tighten safeguards
www.thetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The EU is not routinely sharing information on suspended doctors with the GMC despite risks to British patients.
Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans.
www.thetimes.com/article/df50...
Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans.
www.thetimes.com/article/df50...
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6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
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I'm hoping to unite Left and Right - they'll all hate my piece in today's Sunday Times, saying that successive Budgets have overtaxed the highest-earning 20%, and under-taxed both the median earner and the richest 0.1%.https://buff.ly/BqRFpJr
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I'm hoping to unite Left and Right - they'll all hate my piece in today's Sunday Times, saying that successive Budgets have overtaxed the highest-earning 20%, and under-taxed both the median earner and the richest 0.1%.https://buff.ly/BqRFpJr
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No one wants to catch flu, or another airborne virus, in a waiting room. Signs, masks, ventilation and fewer visitors protect us all. If unwell, masking up or rescheduling are small steps to keep families, friends, and colleagues, safe during outbreaks.
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/check-c...?
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/check-c...?
Check-In to Contagion: Infection Prevention in Waiting Rooms | Infection Control Today
Crowded waiting rooms can turn routine checkups into transmission hubs. Here’s how outpatient clinics can cut risk, starting at the front door, with smarter cleaning, hand hygiene, masks, and fewer ex...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
No one wants to catch flu, or another airborne virus, in a waiting room. Signs, masks, ventilation and fewer visitors protect us all. If unwell, masking up or rescheduling are small steps to keep families, friends, and colleagues, safe during outbreaks.
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/check-c...?
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/check-c...?
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“If vaccines work, why would you need a booster?” he asks as he changes his oil for the third time that year.
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“If vaccines work, why would you need a booster?” he asks as he changes his oil for the third time that year.
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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Before I see one more post saying we shouldn’t have had a lockdown and behaved like Sweden, a reminder how that worked out. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Column: Did Sweden beat the pandemic by refusing to lock down? No, its record is disastrous
A new study shows just how badly Sweden fared in the pandemic.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Before I see one more post saying we shouldn’t have had a lockdown and behaved like Sweden, a reminder how that worked out. www.latimes.com/business/sto...
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This is MY GP, it’s here for me
Out for a run this morning I thought I’d show my appreciation for this GP practice
It has been there for me this year. I’ve needed 4 GP consults, 3 nurse appointments, a referral, 3 hospital letters responded to, blood test, 10 prescriptions
All that for less £150
Out for a run this morning I thought I’d show my appreciation for this GP practice
It has been there for me this year. I’ve needed 4 GP consults, 3 nurse appointments, a referral, 3 hospital letters responded to, blood test, 10 prescriptions
All that for less £150
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
This is MY GP, it’s here for me
Out for a run this morning I thought I’d show my appreciation for this GP practice
It has been there for me this year. I’ve needed 4 GP consults, 3 nurse appointments, a referral, 3 hospital letters responded to, blood test, 10 prescriptions
All that for less £150
Out for a run this morning I thought I’d show my appreciation for this GP practice
It has been there for me this year. I’ve needed 4 GP consults, 3 nurse appointments, a referral, 3 hospital letters responded to, blood test, 10 prescriptions
All that for less £150
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Dividends are taxed at marginal rates of 8.75%, 33.75%, and 39.35%, no national insurance is levied.
Wages taxed at 20%-45% +NIC.
Aligning taxation of dividends with wages could raise £6bn a year. Even higher if national insurance is also charged.
Wages taxed at 20%-45% +NIC.
Aligning taxation of dividends with wages could raise £6bn a year. Even higher if national insurance is also charged.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Dividends are taxed at marginal rates of 8.75%, 33.75%, and 39.35%, no national insurance is levied.
Wages taxed at 20%-45% +NIC.
Aligning taxation of dividends with wages could raise £6bn a year. Even higher if national insurance is also charged.
Wages taxed at 20%-45% +NIC.
Aligning taxation of dividends with wages could raise £6bn a year. Even higher if national insurance is also charged.
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💨Quote: @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social 'is considering airborne transmission (and methods used to combat it) in the context of healthcare in Module 3: Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare systems in the four nations of the UK'.
🤷It's STILL airborne!
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
🤷It's STILL airborne!
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
💨Quote: @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social 'is considering airborne transmission (and methods used to combat it) in the context of healthcare in Module 3: Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare systems in the four nations of the UK'.
🤷It's STILL airborne!
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
🤷It's STILL airborne!
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
Insufficient attention is *still* being paid to ..airborne transmission in poorly ventilated spaces. (Which is the case for most of the spaces in NHS healthcare.)
Airborne transmission @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
🤦Quote: 'Insufficient attention had been paid to the possibility of airborne transmission from as early as April 2020.
🤷Advice was clear... airborne transmission was possible in poorly ventilated spaces.'
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
🤦Quote: 'Insufficient attention had been paid to the possibility of airborne transmission from as early as April 2020.
🤷Advice was clear... airborne transmission was possible in poorly ventilated spaces.'
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Insufficient attention is *still* being paid to ..airborne transmission in poorly ventilated spaces. (Which is the case for most of the spaces in NHS healthcare.)
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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
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Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19.
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
June 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19.
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...