Dr Linda Dykes @[email protected] Yep. They’re picking from our shelf these days….it used to be weddings and birthdays, now it’s funerals. I have a morbid enjoyment of walking around graveyards…..the amount of names you would know personally, and calls you attended….

Such a pity essentially no 'major' journals publish case reports any more. Everyone talks about the importance of narrative in learning, and the papers we remember from 100 years ago tend to be the case reports. Key case reports can be massively impactful. But no.

I’m curious as to whether I’m in the minority on this or not - for medics and qualified doctors, who out of these is scarier?

Dr Linda Dykes @[email protected] Oh FFS. Trying to eat healthily, on a budget.. impossible.
Restaurants, cafes, hospitality and pubs will go to the wall.
Brexshit is still toxic.

📋 | Dr Sarah Benn was suspended from the medical register for peaceful climate protests because an oil company obtained an injunction to stop demonstrations.
We want your views on whether doctors who protest against climate change can still be doctors? docs.google.com/forms/d/135eOB…

I appreciate Marc's post. I also don't share the fatalistic outlook. Systemic changes, such as improved ventilation and masking, could make huge dents in these illnesses. In a generation, I truly believe that we'll look at this list of illnesses the same way we see worms today.

Correlates of protection against symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 in vaccinated children

Nice study: Children respond very well to vaccination, which is stable over time, and as suspected 2 dosages are near-optimal, with improved immunity after infection.

nature.com/articles/s4159…
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Here’s a thread alleging how the Department of Health Department of Health and Social Care has been sort of spying on me and other elected BMA reps during industrial action by doctors.

Let’s dive in! 🧵

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Liz Truss says she hates handouts.

So why is she collecting her £125,000 a year ex-PM pension, for the shortest, worst ever premiership?

She even said she wouldn't collect it.

But of course she does.

Summary of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Joint Workshop on Genital Herpes – 3-4 November 2022 American Sexual Health Association academic.oup.com/ofid/article/d…

The chick which hatched this morning was ready for its first meal this evening.

'Don't run a train across a broken bridge'

Some of the best stakeholder management advice I ever got. When a relationship is broken, pushing more information will only make things worse.

Repair the relationship before continuing the conversation.

Zimbabwe is currently grappling with a severe cholera outbreak.

With the support of the IFRC, teams from Zimbabwe Red Cross remain actively engaged in the cholera response.

They contributed to the rehabilitation of five water points. They are also conducting door-to-door visits in their

Dr Linda Dykes @[email protected] BuT wE tOoK bAcK cOnTrOl Of ArE bOrDeRs AnD aRe CoUnTrY

Dr Linda Dykes @[email protected] And all the people with reduced incomes will have even less to eat

Well, this’ll fuck up jnflation all over again. #Brexit - the gift that keeps on giving 😡🙄

Fuck!

Food importers in UK say new checks could add 60% to costs theguardian.com/politics/2024/…