“Despite the removal of mandates around masking and other safety procedures, COVID continues to cause severe illness, disability and death” buff.ly/3XaNaSg

HART data manglers Norman Fenton and Martin Neil have written a book, ironically claiming they've been "exposing the flawed statistics behind the COVID-19 event". Their own use of statistics has been absolutely dire throughout the pandemic though. 🧵

Finally made it into the NME! About Oasis as well. My 16 year old self would be buzzing.

“A vaccination programme to protect newborn babies and older people against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is being rolled out in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Monday, following a similar scheme in Scotland” buff.ly/3XqKnWc

I swear, truly, you really can't make this stuff up anymore. First it was the Victorians, or was it the Romans, then the wrong kind of rain, now WCs are arguing that even if they had spent all of the £78,000,000,000 they're paid to shareholders on improvements it wouldn't have

Good.

Got very excited when I saw the hashtag #KnowYourNumbersWeek The mathematician in me can’t help be a little bit disappointed. But the biologist in me says this is a good cause!

"In a new study published in the Journal of Hospital Infections, researchers found simple infection control measures could save lives and reduce costs." It's not surprising really is it? Does make you wonder why we aren't even doing the basics. buff.ly/3Xihxq2

I think this tells you a lot about the way this platform has gone. "A post on X that could result in the wife of a Tory councillor serving a "substantial" prison sentence did not violate the platform's rules for violent threats" bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

New report of a nasal vaccine booster provides strong, durable #SARSCoV2 cross-variant protection—preventing infection— compared with shots in non-human primates nature.com/articles/s4159… Nature Immunology

This seems like a lovely idea to commemorate those who have lost their lives to covid and those who fought (and are still fighting) hard to save lives. buff.ly/4e8PwIe

“Water company bosses could be banned from receiving bonuses and even sent to prison under new government legislation to combat pollution.” The sooner the better. buff.ly/4dTh44G

Tomorrow, from 10:00am, we begin our first preliminary hearing for our eighth investigation ‘Children and Young People’ (Module 8). 📺 You’ll be able to follow the preliminary hearing on the Inquiry YouTube channel 👇 youtube.com/@UKCovid-19Inq…

NEWS "Grenfell design firm is in liquidation BUT is now blocked from closure." The law says if it had closed, no prosecution would be possible. Many VIP PPE Lane firms have already closed. Are we surprised? They are protected by law. We are not 😡

How I feel every time I submit a paper.

"Over the past week, daily case rates in England have plateaued at low levels, signalling the summer wave is likely over. Although case rates are stable in most regions there are early signs of increases in some northern regions." buff.ly/3MzOl8P

After a disappointing decision in July we are pleased to announce that we have now been granted Core Participant status in the COVID-19 Inquiry’s investigation into the impact on Children and Young People. THANK YOU to everyone who stood by us! longcovidkids.org/post/press-rel…

My stake in our country goes back generations (whatever that means). Are you going to give me a seat in the House of Lords?