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1. As a result of the current high prevalence of influenza and the accompanying media coverage of the spread of the disease, I've been asked about mitigations by a number of friends who take *no precautions against SARS-CoV-2*. A few observations regarding these conversations:
December 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
1. As a result of the current high prevalence of influenza and the accompanying media coverage of the spread of the disease, I've been asked about mitigations by a number of friends who take *no precautions against SARS-CoV-2*. A few observations regarding these conversations:
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With influenza surging in the UK and Ireland, the fact is that the culture war nonsense surrounding masks combined with the lack of airborne mitigations in hospitals (itself a result of the political and social erasure of Covid) will lead to deaths that could have been avoided.
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
With influenza surging in the UK and Ireland, the fact is that the culture war nonsense surrounding masks combined with the lack of airborne mitigations in hospitals (itself a result of the political and social erasure of Covid) will lead to deaths that could have been avoided.
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🧵 La Russia non sta vincendo la guerra.
La narrazione di una Russia “in vantaggio” — fatta propria in Italia da Lega e 5 Stelle — non trova riscontro nei dati.
Serve invece a giustificare finti “piani di pace” che concedono a Mosca ciò che non riesce a ottenere sul campo.
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La narrazione di una Russia “in vantaggio” — fatta propria in Italia da Lega e 5 Stelle — non trova riscontro nei dati.
Serve invece a giustificare finti “piani di pace” che concedono a Mosca ciò che non riesce a ottenere sul campo.
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La Russia non sta vincendo la guerra
Avanzamenti marginali, perdite enormi: cosa dicono davvero i dati, al di là della propaganda
fabiosabatini.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🧵 La Russia non sta vincendo la guerra.
La narrazione di una Russia “in vantaggio” — fatta propria in Italia da Lega e 5 Stelle — non trova riscontro nei dati.
Serve invece a giustificare finti “piani di pace” che concedono a Mosca ciò che non riesce a ottenere sul campo.
1/
La narrazione di una Russia “in vantaggio” — fatta propria in Italia da Lega e 5 Stelle — non trova riscontro nei dati.
Serve invece a giustificare finti “piani di pace” che concedono a Mosca ciò che non riesce a ottenere sul campo.
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Air filters and upper-room UV for chickens.
Bupkis for children.
It's the true left wing BC NDP way!
Bupkis for children.
It's the true left wing BC NDP way!
Yes, BC is rolling out a program: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/202...
Unfortunately, zero programs for hospitals & schools … unless the patients and kids move to the chicken barns 🤪
A step in the right direction … but BC public health IPAC is archaic.
Unfortunately, zero programs for hospitals & schools … unless the patients and kids move to the chicken barns 🤪
A step in the right direction … but BC public health IPAC is archaic.
December 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Air filters and upper-room UV for chickens.
Bupkis for children.
It's the true left wing BC NDP way!
Bupkis for children.
It's the true left wing BC NDP way!
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Delighted to have the opportunity to discuss the current influenza surge in today's Belfast Telegraph; the virus itself, what we should be doing to mitigate it - vaccination, ventilation, masks - and how infection control has become ideological.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
‘Not a pleasant Christmas for the NHS’: ‘Super flu’ mutation will further stress NI healthcare system, says biorisk expert
The early surge in a so-called ‘super flu’ strain of the influenza virus is going to “dramatically stress” the Northern Ireland healthcare service in the run-up to Christmas, a biorisk expert has said...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Delighted to have the opportunity to discuss the current influenza surge in today's Belfast Telegraph; the virus itself, what we should be doing to mitigate it - vaccination, ventilation, masks - and how infection control has become ideological.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
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⚠️ BREAKING:
Spain’s Catalonia Region Orders Immediate Mask Mandate Across All Hospitals, Clinics, and Nursing Homes amid a surge in flu cases
The flu is surging fast cases are up 2.5× this week with very high transmission.
Spain’s Catalonia Region Orders Immediate Mask Mandate Across All Hospitals, Clinics, and Nursing Homes amid a surge in flu cases
The flu is surging fast cases are up 2.5× this week with very high transmission.
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
⚠️ BREAKING:
Spain’s Catalonia Region Orders Immediate Mask Mandate Across All Hospitals, Clinics, and Nursing Homes amid a surge in flu cases
The flu is surging fast cases are up 2.5× this week with very high transmission.
Spain’s Catalonia Region Orders Immediate Mask Mandate Across All Hospitals, Clinics, and Nursing Homes amid a surge in flu cases
The flu is surging fast cases are up 2.5× this week with very high transmission.
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H/T Gina on x
This is the health advice in New York on our current situation. The Public are being advised to wear an N95/ffp2 respirator. This is the correct advice. The disparity between this advice which is correct for airborne transmission and UKHSA saying wear an FRSM is huge.
This is the health advice in New York on our current situation. The Public are being advised to wear an N95/ffp2 respirator. This is the correct advice. The disparity between this advice which is correct for airborne transmission and UKHSA saying wear an FRSM is huge.
December 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
H/T Gina on x
This is the health advice in New York on our current situation. The Public are being advised to wear an N95/ffp2 respirator. This is the correct advice. The disparity between this advice which is correct for airborne transmission and UKHSA saying wear an FRSM is huge.
This is the health advice in New York on our current situation. The Public are being advised to wear an N95/ffp2 respirator. This is the correct advice. The disparity between this advice which is correct for airborne transmission and UKHSA saying wear an FRSM is huge.
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Australia's social media ban for teens under 16 is now in effect, the first country in the world to do so
December 10, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Australia's social media ban for teens under 16 is now in effect, the first country in the world to do so
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FANTASTIC NEWS!
CHAIR is offering to fund facility-wide installation of Upper Air UV disinfection to a select number of acute care & long-term care facilities in 🇨🇦 as part of the world’s first large-scale UV pilot project for healthcare.
chaircoalition.org
chaircoalition.org
CHAIR Canada
A coalition of members working on introducing engineered solutions to reduce HAIs.
chaircoalition.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:45 AM
FANTASTIC NEWS!
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⚠️ BREAKING:
Europe Hit by Superflu Surge; UK Hospitals Overwhelmed, Schools Ordered Shut
The 'superflu' epidemic that has seen Britain's hospitals declare critical incidents, schools close and the return of face mask rules is now spreading to Europe.
Europe Hit by Superflu Surge; UK Hospitals Overwhelmed, Schools Ordered Shut
The 'superflu' epidemic that has seen Britain's hospitals declare critical incidents, schools close and the return of face mask rules is now spreading to Europe.
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
⚠️ BREAKING:
Europe Hit by Superflu Surge; UK Hospitals Overwhelmed, Schools Ordered Shut
The 'superflu' epidemic that has seen Britain's hospitals declare critical incidents, schools close and the return of face mask rules is now spreading to Europe.
Europe Hit by Superflu Surge; UK Hospitals Overwhelmed, Schools Ordered Shut
The 'superflu' epidemic that has seen Britain's hospitals declare critical incidents, schools close and the return of face mask rules is now spreading to Europe.
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When Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge upgraded its face masks for staff working on COVID-19 wards to filtering face piece 3 (FFP3) respirators, it saw a dramatic fall – up to 100% – in hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections among these staff. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
Upgrading PPE for staff working on COVID-19 wards cut hospital-acquired infections dramatically
When Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge upgraded its face masks for staff working on COVID-19 wards to filtering face piece 3 (FFP3) respirators, it saw a
www.cam.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 11:36 PM
When Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge upgraded its face masks for staff working on COVID-19 wards to filtering face piece 3 (FFP3) respirators, it saw a dramatic fall – up to 100% – in hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infections among these staff. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...
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“Immunity debt as an individual concept is not recognised in immunology,...The immune system is not viewed as a muscle that has to be used all the time to be kept in shape and, if anything, the opposite is the case.”
#CovidIsntOver #MedSky #IDSky #ImmunoSky #MaskUp
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#CovidIsntOver #MedSky #IDSky #ImmunoSky #MaskUp
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‘Immunity debt’ is a misguided and dangerous concept
There is no evidence that an individual is worse off for having avoided earlier infection
www.ft.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“Immunity debt as an individual concept is not recognised in immunology,...The immune system is not viewed as a muscle that has to be used all the time to be kept in shape and, if anything, the opposite is the case.”
#CovidIsntOver #MedSky #IDSky #ImmunoSky #MaskUp
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#CovidIsntOver #MedSky #IDSky #ImmunoSky #MaskUp
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Start conversations at holiday gatherings! Or give a great gift that they will remember.
The QR leads to a list of scholarly articles about how COVID shrinks dlcks.
Protect everyone. Wear an N95.
T-shirts are $30 or less delivered worldwide. DM for details.
The QR leads to a list of scholarly articles about how COVID shrinks dlcks.
Protect everyone. Wear an N95.
T-shirts are $30 or less delivered worldwide. DM for details.
December 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Start conversations at holiday gatherings! Or give a great gift that they will remember.
The QR leads to a list of scholarly articles about how COVID shrinks dlcks.
Protect everyone. Wear an N95.
T-shirts are $30 or less delivered worldwide. DM for details.
The QR leads to a list of scholarly articles about how COVID shrinks dlcks.
Protect everyone. Wear an N95.
T-shirts are $30 or less delivered worldwide. DM for details.
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This is exactly what happens when a novel seasonal influenza strain meets a population with Covid-induced immune dysregulation; it's not 'like Covid again', it's the ongoing and continuous effects of Covid.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Flu: It is like Covid again, says principal as 170 pupils sick
Confirmed flu cases among adults and children across Northern Ireland have more than trebled in the last two weeks.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is exactly what happens when a novel seasonal influenza strain meets a population with Covid-induced immune dysregulation; it's not 'like Covid again', it's the ongoing and continuous effects of Covid.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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⚠️ BREAKING:
Europe 🇪🇺 Ordered to Boost Hospitals, Reinstate Masks, and Quarantine Sick Amid Bird Flu Pandemic Threat
European countries have been advised to be ready to boost hospital capacity, encourage mask-wearing and quarantine sick people under a new plan to prevent a bird flu pandemic.
Europe 🇪🇺 Ordered to Boost Hospitals, Reinstate Masks, and Quarantine Sick Amid Bird Flu Pandemic Threat
European countries have been advised to be ready to boost hospital capacity, encourage mask-wearing and quarantine sick people under a new plan to prevent a bird flu pandemic.
December 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
⚠️ BREAKING:
Europe 🇪🇺 Ordered to Boost Hospitals, Reinstate Masks, and Quarantine Sick Amid Bird Flu Pandemic Threat
European countries have been advised to be ready to boost hospital capacity, encourage mask-wearing and quarantine sick people under a new plan to prevent a bird flu pandemic.
Europe 🇪🇺 Ordered to Boost Hospitals, Reinstate Masks, and Quarantine Sick Amid Bird Flu Pandemic Threat
European countries have been advised to be ready to boost hospital capacity, encourage mask-wearing and quarantine sick people under a new plan to prevent a bird flu pandemic.
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Da quando vivevamo nelle caverne fino alla metà del 19mo secolo l’aspettativa di vita è cambiata di soli 5 anni. Mangiavamo “organico”, l’aria era più pura, nessun allevamento intensivo. Cosa è cambiato negli ultimi 170 anni? Il progresso scientifico (cit).
December 4, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Da quando vivevamo nelle caverne fino alla metà del 19mo secolo l’aspettativa di vita è cambiata di soli 5 anni. Mangiavamo “organico”, l’aria era più pura, nessun allevamento intensivo. Cosa è cambiato negli ultimi 170 anni? Il progresso scientifico (cit).
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Clean water was already a priority in 1854, which had the famous cholera outbreak. The Municipal Water Act of 1852 was passed due to another cholera outbreak in 1849, and its effects weren't really felt for another decade.
Frustratingly, we're moving much more slowly than that, but we *are* moving.
Frustratingly, we're moving much more slowly than that, but we *are* moving.
Now entering Year 7 of doing nothing about a deadly & debilitating virus continuing to kill us all slowly.
Or, we can all catch up with research, start masking again 😷 to prevent infection and demand clean air, like when we cleaned the water after cholera. Let’s not take decades to do it this time.
Or, we can all catch up with research, start masking again 😷 to prevent infection and demand clean air, like when we cleaned the water after cholera. Let’s not take decades to do it this time.
6 years ago today: A man in Wuhan, China starts feeling ill, becoming the first confirmed case of COVID-19
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Clean water was already a priority in 1854, which had the famous cholera outbreak. The Municipal Water Act of 1852 was passed due to another cholera outbreak in 1849, and its effects weren't really felt for another decade.
Frustratingly, we're moving much more slowly than that, but we *are* moving.
Frustratingly, we're moving much more slowly than that, but we *are* moving.
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Some patients do attend A&E with problems that could be dealt with by other healthcare services. However, the article makes clear this cadre represents 2% of patients. If you really want to reduce pressure on A&Es, offer Covid vaccines free for all.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Patients clogging up A&E with hiccups, sore throats and niggles
NHS bosses warn the public to use hospitals wisely amid concern this could be a tough winter.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Some patients do attend A&E with problems that could be dealt with by other healthcare services. However, the article makes clear this cadre represents 2% of patients. If you really want to reduce pressure on A&Es, offer Covid vaccines free for all.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"People living with Long COVID are using health services far more frequently than before their diagnosis, driving annual healthcare costs to more than twice their previous levels, according to a major new analysis published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine."
Study Shows Long COVID Patients Face More Than Double the Healthcare Costs After Diagnosis - Womenhealthdomain.com
People living with Long COVID are using health services far more frequently than before their diagnosis, driving annual healthcare costs to more than twice
www.womenhealthdomain.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"People living with Long COVID are using health services far more frequently than before their diagnosis, driving annual healthcare costs to more than twice their previous levels, according to a major new analysis published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine."
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Breaking: Spain brings masks back.
Mandatory in hospitals, primary care, and long-term care—for patients, visitors, and staff.
Strong recommendation everywhere else.
Public health moving where evidence points.
Note: Really worth upgrading to respirators.
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/28/s...
Mandatory in hospitals, primary care, and long-term care—for patients, visitors, and staff.
Strong recommendation everywhere else.
Public health moving where evidence points.
Note: Really worth upgrading to respirators.
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/28/s...
December 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Breaking: Spain brings masks back.
Mandatory in hospitals, primary care, and long-term care—for patients, visitors, and staff.
Strong recommendation everywhere else.
Public health moving where evidence points.
Note: Really worth upgrading to respirators.
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/28/s...
Mandatory in hospitals, primary care, and long-term care—for patients, visitors, and staff.
Strong recommendation everywhere else.
Public health moving where evidence points.
Note: Really worth upgrading to respirators.
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/28/s...
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Colin Hay, frontman of Men at Work, postpones Australian shows.
"Colin Hay has postponed his scheduled Australian performances for December after suffering serious respiratory complications connected to the flu and Covid."
"Colin Hay has postponed his scheduled Australian performances for December after suffering serious respiratory complications connected to the flu and Covid."
Colin Hay Postpones Australian Shows Due To Covid
Colin Hay has postponed his December Australian shows due to serious respiratory complications from the flu and Covid. Affected shows include Melbourne Recital Centre, Enmore Theatre and Meredith Fest...
www.noise11.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Colin Hay, frontman of Men at Work, postpones Australian shows.
"Colin Hay has postponed his scheduled Australian performances for December after suffering serious respiratory complications connected to the flu and Covid."
"Colin Hay has postponed his scheduled Australian performances for December after suffering serious respiratory complications connected to the flu and Covid."
