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Quick thread on the Astra Zeneca (AZ) covid vaccine since it's been in the news today. TLDR there isn't a new "smoking gun", the AZ vax was one of first and cheapest, it saved millions of lives globally, there are better vax out there now, adapted to new variants 1/9

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So important to have a whooping cough vaccine in pregnancy to protect your baby from this deadly disease MFT NHS Whooping cough: Cases up again as five infant deaths reported bbc.co.uk/news/health-68…

Interesting as we have seen a few of these very rare cases since the arrival of covid19. Anyone else?

What doctors, nurses, and allied healthcare staff, who watched so many people die during the pandemic waves, have face on this awful platform, just for bringing data to the conversation. Every day. So depressing. Caz Sampson Laurence Fox

John Olooney "empty" 🤦‍♂️

I’ve posted about this in the past & I suppose it’s time to do so again. I work with ventilators on a daily basis as a physician in the intensive care unit (ICU). I trained with one of the gods of ventilators. I know them well. Ventilators *save* lives, regularly. Save.

Dr Clare Craig Nelly Tells Good thing we’ve got plenty of real world data showing that the balance of risk vs protection for Covid vaccines in pregnancy is definitely in favour of vaccination, which is why it is recommended by professional bodies such as the royal college of obstetrics & gynaecology

RSV kills 20-30 babies in the UK every year and even milder cases are just miserable, as I know from 2x very sick babies of my own 😢 So great to hear that from 1st September, the UK will be offering an RSV vaccine in pregnancy to protect newborns! 🥳 gov.uk/government/pub…

In ancient Greece, women were forbidden to study medicine for several years until someone broke the law. Born in 300 BC, Agnodice cut her hair and entered Alexandria medical school dressed as a man. While walking the streets of Athens after completing her medical education, she

🧵for the new residents and students on the meaning of 'French' and 'Gauge'. We've covered this on here in the past, but a lot of new people are starting on surgical rotations, so let's look at them again. As usual, we'll cover their history and what they mean. (1/ )

Lest we forget. Women suffered and died so we could have the right to vote. Please vote

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Wrote this with colleagues in 2021 It was about the resumption of post COVID elective surgery & addressing the huge waiting list The fact that theatre/ICU staff were -bowed -morally challenged -exhausted -some changed forever, others broken ….and that moving on from

1/Important 🧵 How many people have been damaged by Covid? We don’t know. Not a clue. We know ‘ long Covid’ stats in UK up to 2022- 2 million But we are MISSING something Illnesses caused by Covid but not called ‘long Covid’ we have NO IDEA how many 🔴Read on-it may affect you

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Today Nature Communications published a paper reporting on a UK longitudinal study of cardiovascular events after 1st, 2nd, or booster doses of vaccination with Pfizer, AstraZeneca, or Moderna vaccines. This enormous cohort study uses the UK population level medical records data

1. I work as a consultant cardiologist in a large tertiary centre providing care over 1 million people. ➡️ There are 30 of us, and 70% of Cardiologists in my unit including myself are either immigrants themselves or the sons and daughters of immigrants ➡️ many of my colleagues