Terrytini
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Terrytini
@terrytini.bsky.social
Family, music, the Ocean, Aston Villa, the Wonders of The Universe, Puzzles, and peace & quiet
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“Too much of the discussion draws on religion. This cannot be just. Imposing religious doctrine on a largely secular country is archaic.”
November 26, 2024 at 4:56 AM
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1. The difference so far (and for god's sake let's keep it that way) between X and Bluesky is not between right and left but between abuse and respect.
A good society is built on mutual respect. But what does this mean?
A short thread.🧵
November 21, 2024 at 7:54 AM
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Jeez. Boris Johnson is now on French radio saying “We forget all this now because it was two or three years ago but when we had the pandemic, thanks to Brexit we had the chance to do the vaccinations in England much earlier”

I’ve debunked this absolute boll**** many times👇
Boris Johnson is still repeating his completely untrue claim that “Brexit saved lives” with the vaccine rollout - and he’s now doing it completely unchallenged. How many times do I have to correct this boll****

youtu.be/7sMlWPRv86c?...
LBC, Sky & GB News all fail to correct Johnson’s completely untrue statement “Brexit saved lives”
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 19, 2024 at 8:24 AM
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Study reveals how SARS-CoV-2 triggers diabetes by destroying pancreatic cells

Very cool organoid model used to model how macrophage-mediated pyroptosis may contribute to beta cell death during SARS-CoV-2 & coxsackie B virus infections
www.news-medical.net/news/2024091...
Study reveals how SARS-CoV-2 triggers diabetes by destroying pancreatic cells
Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have used a cutting-edge model system to uncover the mechanism by which SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, induces new cases of diabetes, and worsens c...
www.news-medical.net
November 18, 2024 at 11:24 PM
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NASA’s new rendering of the Christmas Tree Nebula
November 18, 2024 at 5:52 AM
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CDC reports change in sequence NA-S247N from 3 human specimens of H5 #birdflu in poultry workers, expected to result in slight ⬇️ in susceptibility to neuraminidase inhibitors (e.g., Tamiflu), but not resistance. Oseltamivir is recommended by #CDC for #H5N1: bit.ly/4fxtSya

#MedSky #IDSky
CDC A(H5N1) Bird Flu Response Update November 18, 2024
CDC provides an update on its response activities related to the multistate outbreak of avian influe
bit.ly
November 19, 2024 at 2:49 AM
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Hello Bluesky, hello all

#AVFC are back and so is club football.
November 18, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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Arguably, the greatest advance in healthcare in the past 100 years was the widespread vaccination of children.
November 14, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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If you’re finding it hard to find the people you want to follow, Rufus is following them all. Also follow him.
November 13, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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This is a new opinion piece by martinmckee.bsky.social, me and Kent Buse on the weaponisation of disinformation in the presidential campaign and why it matters for all of us

Here I set out a thread covering the main points. Please share! 1/13
bmj.com The BMJ @bmj.com · Nov 12
"If you control enough of the information ecosystem, truth no longer matters."

Disinformation has far reaching implications for society, including health.

@martinmckee.bsky.social, @chrischirp.bsky.social, and Kent Buse outline the challenges and propose a way forward
www.bmj.com/content/387/...
November 13, 2024 at 12:45 AM
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Some people in Malawi have had nothing except mangoes to eat for many months because of successive bouts of extreme weather.

www.france24.com/en/africa/20...
‘Nothing grows anymore’: In Malawi, eating becomes a daily struggle due to climate change
The combined effects of cyclones and droughts, worsened by climate change, have led to widespread food insecurity in Malawi. While some adaptation efforts are emerging in this agriculture-dependent co...
www.france24.com
November 11, 2024 at 10:14 PM
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Repost this if you’re old enough to remember when they tried to convince us that “global warming stopped in 2008” (or whenever).
November 11, 2024 at 5:12 PM