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Prof. Rob McLeod @robscot.bsky.social · 4h

Prevention matters... New research confirms that young people who have been affected with COVID-19 twice, are twice as likely to develop Long-COVID...

time.com/7322188/covi...

Repeat COVID-19 Infections Could Double Your Risk of Long COVID

The latest study shows that getting repeat COVID-19 infections can come at a high health cost.

time.com

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Martin Grimshaw Has Long Covid @thrivingplanet.bsky.social · 4d

"The evidence has been building for years and has been consistent; COVID causes brain damage.

Despite the clear evidence, we’ve continued to infect the population, not once, but repeatedly, with no plan to end the onslaught of reinfections."

#LongCovid

Julia Doubleday @juliadoubleday.bsky.social · 5d

Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:

www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...

When Will the Lion Concern Himself

Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days

www.thegauntlet.news

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sam--10.bsky.social @sam--10.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you for really listening to caller @annemarie1.bsky.social & as you succinctly said: "The short termism of prioritising the economy has led to the economy suffering because there have been so many people infected (w Covid) & are now unable to work".

@zackpolanski.bsky.social
#BoldPolitics

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Clinically Vulnerable Families 💙💜💗 @cvcev.bsky.social · 27d

Please support our call for Covid boosters for those whose lives may be at risk this autumn / winter.

It takes a couple of mins to help
SAVE LIVES 🙏

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Petition: Fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people – keep covid boosters

'Protect the NHS' and 'Save Lives' by continuing to fund NHS COVID boosters for Clinically Vulnerable people, including most previously shielded as CEV, rather than limiting them to over-75s, care hom...

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speckle48.bsky.social @speckle48.bsky.social · 7d

@gwynnemp.bsky.social please ask Wes and Bridget to give us all clean air to breathe indoors with a BSI clean air standard especially in schools and healthcare settings.

LET'S AIR @nousaerons.bsky.social · 7d

Good Air-Score in this classroom. The ventilation works well and the windows are open when necessary. Teaching in a safe and comfortable environment like this should be the norm in all schools.

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 7d

“Stratus is known 2 cause hoarseness and a scratchy or sore throat, which can be mistaken for allergies… The strain carries unique mutations that enhance its ability 2 evade antibodies gained from prior COVID infections or vaccinations.”

Unfortunately the article, like most, fails 2 mention masks.

New, highly transmissible COVID-19 strain fueling wave of infections across US

The increased Covid activity comes as the US heads into fall respiratory illness season, which tends to bring a rise in cases of the common cold, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

nypost.com

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Clean Air Hampshire @cleanairhampshire.bsky.social · 8d

#Hampshire children travel to The United Nations to raise awareness of the need for clean air in classrooms.

Safe Air Schools UK @safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social · 15d

On Tuesday, two of our junior clean air advocates stepped into Conference Room 4 at the United Nations in New York.

With their schools’ full support, they joined the historic event, Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action.

#AirClub #HealthyIndoorAir

Violet Affleck talking to two young children inside the UN

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#9 Dream @gayfabfourfan.bsky.social · 8d

At a minimum, please consider wearing a good mask like an N95 on airplanes and in healthcare settings. Now basically no one is, which is deeply dystopian and troubling. COVID is still out there and causing subclinical damage.

It’s just basic facts. Basic science. Basic compassion for others.

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sam--10.bsky.social @sam--10.bsky.social · 13d

Hello @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social, if the main aim of the inquiry is for 'lessons learnt'; will you be ensuring the public are made aware that Covid can reactivate dormant cancer cells?

BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 14d

Covid-19 infections can reactivate dormant cancer cells, & trigger the growth of secondary cancers. There is now compelling medical evidence to this effect.

Read the full story on our website: buds.org.uk/covid-and-ca...

Text on a cream background reading: "If you have been diagnosed with a cancer at any point in your life, catching Covid increases the risk that your cancer will return and spread to other parts of your body". On the right is an image of a Caucasian woman wearing a red blouse and white headscarf looking gravely into the camera, against a neutral grey background

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 11d

Gosh, what a mystery. Whatever could have happened to them?

No bodies, no tags, no prosecutions, no accountability, no deterrent. This will continue.

#RaptorResearch #WildlifeCrime

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/09/29/t...

Two Golden Eagles ‘disappear’ in south Scotland – Police appeal for information

Press release from Police Scotland, 29 September 2025: APPEAL FOR MISSING GOLDEN EAGLE Detectives are appealing for information after a satellite-tagged golden eagle disappeared in the hills to the…

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Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK (SHH-UK) @shh-uk.bsky.social · 11d

UK’s IPC guidance is outdated.

👇 To protect everyone, this is what needs to happen...
Clean air is a human right✊

#SafeAir4All #CleanAirIsHealth #publichealth #longcovid #longcovidawareness

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Supporting Healthcare Heroes UK (SHH-UK) @shh-uk.bsky.social · 11d

🧠✨ Cognitive Dysfunction Support Group ✨🧠

Our next online session is on:
📅 Wednesday 22nd October
🕚 11:00 – 12:20 (UK time)

👉 Sign up here: events.teams.microso...

#LongCovidSupport #LongCovid #BrainFog #CognitiveHealth #CovidRecovery #HealthcareSupport

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sam--10.bsky.social @sam--10.bsky.social · 11d

My daughter could hazard a guess.

Still waiting for the powers that be to have as much a grasp of this as my then 10 year old.

@mairigougeon.bsky.social

A poem written several years ago by my daughter, in response to 'missing' Golden Eagles Adam and Charlie. The picture also shows a newplast model of a dead eagle.
The persecution of our raptors in the UK continues unabated.

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Al Haddrell @ukhadds.bsky.social · 12d

Violet Affleck made headlines this week with a powerful speech at the UN. In it, she discussed the importance of masking in limiting Covid transmission

Her speech also gave us insights into how the right-wing/Murdoch media engages with science in the age of Covid

Some thoughts

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15d

The organizers of the UN event for healthy indoor air used a canary on all their materials and gave everyone canary pins.

Why? Canaries detect dangerous substances in the air of coal mines. We all need to be like canaries and warn about the dangers of unhealthy indoor air due to COVID and climate.

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J Green @jgreen63.bsky.social · 12d

I'd warrant that the vast majority of citizens in the UK have never heard of a 'think tank', never mind understand how their behaviours are being manipulated by them and their world destroyed by their paymasters.

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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 14d

Covid-19 infections can reactivate dormant cancer cells, & trigger the growth of secondary cancers. There is now compelling medical evidence to this effect.

Read the full story on our website: buds.org.uk/covid-and-ca...

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sam--10.bsky.social @sam--10.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you.

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sam--10.bsky.social @sam--10.bsky.social · 13d

I'm glad that you are. I was told by a relative that they didn't care if they gave me Covid, around the time of my surgery and radiotherapy treatment, even though I explained why I needed to avoid it.

The ignorance (and selfishness) is horrible.

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sam--10.bsky.social @sam--10.bsky.social · 13d

Hello @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social, if the main aim of the inquiry is for 'lessons learnt'; will you be ensuring the public are made aware that Covid can reactivate dormant cancer cells?

BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 14d

Covid-19 infections can reactivate dormant cancer cells, & trigger the growth of secondary cancers. There is now compelling medical evidence to this effect.

Read the full story on our website: buds.org.uk/covid-and-ca...

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 13d

The residents of this community are quite correct to be concerned about groundwater contamination; the dead chickens that are being dumped there were culled due to H5N1 infection. These dumping practices are significant biological risks.

www.tmj4.com/news/jeffers...

Palmyra community alarmed as trucks pull into potential dump site for millions of dead chickens

Palmyra community expresses alarm as 3 million chickens killed due to bird flu are dumped in their area, fearing smell and groundwater issues.

www.tmj4.com

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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 13d

Those conscious of other unpleasant truths, such as the climate crisis and the growth of far right neoliberal ideology, need to consider why they have signed up to the agreement to ignore the ongoing sars pandemic and the widespread harms of covid. @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social

Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 16d

6. The great and tragic irony is that the more societies agree to ignore it, by prioritising a yearning for the status quo above all else, the more of a force multiplier our societies become for the virus.

Societies have become the virus's greatest ally.

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sam--10.bsky.social @sam--10.bsky.social · 13d

Good to read this from David Putrino calling out the ignorance from the media after Violet Affleck spoke at the UN's Healthy Indoor Air Event #UNGA80

@ingerandersen.bsky.social
@unep.org, please give your support too.

Thank you.

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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Greens Against Covid @greensagainstcovid.bsky.social · 14d

It's not welcome information but it's important that people are informed so that they can make choices about protection. There are ways to reduce exposure to pathogens. This is why we are campaigning for clean air and safer gatherings. @greenparty.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social

BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 14d

Covid-19 infections can reactivate dormant cancer cells, & trigger the growth of secondary cancers. There is now compelling medical evidence to this effect.

Read the full story on our website: buds.org.uk/covid-and-ca...

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Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 13d

Why has an intelligent and articulate woman wearing a mask and speaking at the UN provoked an aggressive response from some media outlets?

Because her mask and her words have profoundly perturbed people at a deeply subconscious level. The nature of that perturbation is fear.

Conor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 16d

3. As such, fulfilling this need requires a shared societal agreement to embrace vast cognitive dissonance. Those who choose not to be part of this agreement will, inevitably, be deemed as having a mental health condition (Foucault understood this phenomena very well indeed).

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