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Margaret O’Hara @margaretohara.bsky.social · 1d

Just astonishing that after all this time and with so many disabled by it Long Covid is still ignored in this kind of study.

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Adam @abrokenbattery.bsky.social · 4d

Simon Wessely — the controversial psychiatrist once dubbed “Britain’s most hated doctor” has been appointed vice chair of Labour’s review into overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence.

www.benefitsandwork.co.uk/news/controv...

Controversial professor to investigate overdiagnosis of mental health and neurodivergence for Labour

Get the benefits you're entitled to: help with personal independence payment (PIP), universal credit (UC), employment and support allowance (ESA),disability living allowance (DLA). Claims, assessments...

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 3d

Excellent letter from the Bishop of Birmingham to Robert Jenrick.

At a time when so many other voices have been silent, the bishops have been admirably outspoken against attempts to stir up division.

The churches do a lot of community cohesion work & do not want to see this trashed for party gain.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 3d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Margaret O’Hara @margaretohara.bsky.social · 4d

I’m appalled to now live in a country where our racist politicians are so emboldened that they can parade their racism with no consequences. I’m worried about where we’re headed.

James Moules @jamesmoules.bsky.social · 4d

I’m old enough to remember when a comment like this would have been a resigning matter…

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4d

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 5d

Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

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Margaret O’Hara @margaretohara.bsky.social · 4d

Even a line to say that resting is very important as pushing through can increase the risk of Long Covid would have been helpful. And a mention that the risk of Long Covid increases with each infection but vaccination can mitigate the risk. You mention meningitis but surely LC is a bigger risk?

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Red Hot World @redhotworld.bsky.social · 5d

Experts feared it would take 193 years to reduce London's deadly levels of NO₂ air pollution to legal levels.

This week Mayor Sadiq Khan announced his team had defied the howls of pro-fossil fuel and motoring lobbyists to achieve the life-saving target in just 9 YEARS.

Here's how they did it 🧵

Deadly NO2 air pollution levels in London in 2016 before the introduction of the Ultra Low Emissions Zone

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 5d

A 'mum whose daughter has struggled for years with the effects of Covid is inviting SNP health secretary Neil Gray to hear her story in person at their home'
“Her room is like a hospital. She’s very sick and that’s what I want him to see.” @helen-goss.bsky.social

bit.ly/3IJ3PZY #LongCovidKids

Westhill mum of long Covid girl invites SNP health chief to see suffering for himself

Helen Goss says her daughter Anna, 12, is one of the “forgotten children” who deserve better.

bit.ly

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Jonathan Howard @joho.bsky.social · 6d

Pandemic 𓅃. Index @panaccindex.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 NEW: The "MedBed" Conspiracy, Explained

A deep dive into the latest embarrassment for the COVID Cranks who have wasted the past year destroying whatever credibility they had left.

👇 READ, SHARE, SUBSCRIBE (but not to the MedBed!) www.panaccindex.info/p/the-medbed...

The "MedBed" Conspiracy, Explained

A Deep Dive into Presidential Absurdity

www.panaccindex.info

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 8d

Japan: "Okayama study underscores risk of long COVID, new variant"

Of the 774 long COVID Omicron patients, 370 were in the ‘early recovery group’ (within 6 months). The other 404 (52%) had symptoms 180+ days, with some lasting 2–3 years. Women made up about 60% of this persistent group.

#LongCOVID

Okayama study underscores risk of long COVID, new variant | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

OKAYAMA--More than half of patients who visited Okayama University Hospital’s COVID-19 aftercare (CAC) outpatient clinic continued follow-up treatments for 180 days or more, a group of researchers sai...

www.asahi.com

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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 8d

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…

stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 10d

The accompanying editorial tells the sad truth that is largely being ignored
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

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Nikki Smith @nikki-s.bsky.social · 10d

Proud to have been involved in this work! Not surprised by this major under-recording of #LongCovid in healthcare records but it proves that using healthcare records/coding as evidence of the number of p/w Long Covid is substantially inaccurate…and downright dangerous.

Long Covid Support @longcovidsupport.bsky.social · 10d

📣 1/4. Paper out from the UK’s LOCOMOTION study on incidence of #LongCovid diagnosis.

🚩 Huge under-recording of Long Covid in primary healthcare records!

Big thank you to our Members & co-authors @nikki-s.bsky.social & @ruairidhm.bsky.social for their hard work🙏

Link to paper on below 🧵 ⬇️

Screenshot of research paper title and authors. Header says Health Expectations Open Access An International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy. Below this it says Original Article Open Access. The title of the paper is Understanding the Clinical Characteristics and Timeliness of Diagnosis for Patients Diagnosed With Long Covid: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study From North West London. The list of authors reads Denys Prociuk, Jonathan Clarke, Nikki Smith, Ruairidh Milne, Cassie Lee, Simon de Lusignan, Ghazala Mir, Johannes De Kock, Erik Mayer, Brendan C. Delaney, LOCOMOTION Consortium. It is dated as First Published on 25 September 2025. The reference is https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.70429.

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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 10d

New York Times: “Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds”

‘The new research provides evidence that Covid reinfections can increase the risk of long-term health consequences’

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 10d

important article highlighting the continuing benefit to both mother and newborn of vaccinating pregnant women against Covid.

The US under RFK Jr just stopped recommending vax for pregnant women. The UK has withdrawn vax for pregnant women too - I think both are very stupid decisions.

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 11d

Excited to co-author this study led by @nathanlo.bsky.social @stanfordmedicine.bsky.social on the devastating consequences of not vaccinating pregnant women vs Covid

jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Modeling the Health Impact of Discontinuing COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy in the US

This decision analytical model study estimates the number of avertable COVID-19 hospitalizations in US infants younger than 6 months and pregnant persons with vaccinations during pregnancy.

jamanetwork.com

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Long Covid Support @longcovidsupport.bsky.social · 10d

📣 1/4. Paper out from the UK’s LOCOMOTION study on incidence of #LongCovid diagnosis.

🚩 Huge under-recording of Long Covid in primary healthcare records!

Big thank you to our Members & co-authors @nikki-s.bsky.social & @ruairidhm.bsky.social for their hard work🙏

Link to paper on below 🧵 ⬇️

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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 11d

"We teach our children to say sorry. It’s time the government did the same for children and young people with Long Covid"
@sammiemc.bsky.social CEO & Founder, LCK

www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2550166...

#Dorset #COVIDInquiry #RockSolidAction #LongCovidKids

Calls for government to apologise over Long Covid failings as inquiry resumes

A WEYMOUTH campaigner is calling on the government to apologise to children over its handling of Long Covid.

www.dorsetecho.co.uk

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Margaret O’Hara @margaretohara.bsky.social · 11d

How utterly moronic of Labour not to realise that it has nothing to do with contribution, whatever that means, you’ll never appease Reform voters with this, they just don’t like Brown & Black people and nothing any of them do will ever be good enough, they’ll still want them deported. So depressing

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Dr. Genevieve Eastabrook, MD FRCSC (she/her) @placentadoc.bsky.social · 12d

AI medical tools found to downplay symptoms of women, ethnic minorities

Bias-reflecting LLMs lead to inferior medical advice for female, Black, and Asian patients.

None of this should be surprising, considering the terribly flawed data that these tools are based upon. Garbage in, garbage out.

AI medical tools found to downplay symptoms of women, ethnic minorities

Bias-reflecting LLMs lead to inferior medical advice for female, Black, and Asian patients.

arstechnica.com

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 12d

This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.

If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐

There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..

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Margaret O’Hara @margaretohara.bsky.social · 12d

Is that a worse problem than the 100,000 children who have Long Covid and have had their lives and education utterly destroyed? I very much doubt it.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 13d

'Rather than addressing the fundamental problems with existing verification systems, the Britcard threatens to digitise and amplify the very hostile environment policies that created these problems in the first place'

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

The Britcard – progressive or concerning? | British Politics and Policy at LSE

The Government is considering Labour Together's proposal to introduce mandatory digital ID cards in an effort to tackle irregular migration. There are problems with that.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Boo-trino Lab @putrinolab.bsky.social · 13d

A few days out from #UNGA80, I wanted to reflect on the session we took part in and the media responses since. Mount Sinai was one of the 150 organizations that signed the global pledge to advocate for healthy indoor air. The event itself featured four panels of speakers who
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Long Covid Kids @longcovidkids.bsky.social · 13d

#Research
Impact of COVID-19 #infection on the sleep of #infants and #toddlers

Conclusion: Our findings demonstrate that COVID-19 infection causes significant and prolonged disruptions to sleep architecture in infants and toddlers

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40993557/
#LongCovidKids #LongCovid #Sleep

Impact of COVID-19 infection on the sleep of infants and toddlers - PubMed

Our findings demonstrate that COVID-19 infection causes significant and prolonged disruptions to sleep architecture in infants and toddlers, with these effects persisting beyond the acute infection ph...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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