'Even allowing for natural climate variations over hundreds of years, 2023 was still the hottest summer since the height of the Roman Empire, exceeding the extremes of natural climate variability by half a degree Celsius.' Prof. Ulf Büntgen @Cambridge_Uni https://shar.es/agthCn
The @UKHSA COVID-19 data for England suggest an inflection point is here.
What's missing are ALL the actions that should be being taken to prevent a major impact:
Test, boosters, effective ventilation, appropriate face protection in crowded indoor spaces, and more timely data!
A majority of British voters now believe Brexit was a mistake.
A mistake our children will be paying for, for years to come. A selfish, short-sighted decision, rooted in racism and xenophobia. The world is in a dangerous place, what a time to be isolated. https://www.economist.com/britain/2024/04/11/why-most-people-regret-brexit
‘COVID’s ability to mutate underscores the need to get boosted.’
By this winter, those eligible may get a newer vaccine, yet the dominant variant will most likely be newer than the one the vaccine was developed to protect us against. ✍️ @julia_doubleday
Bird Flu? When, Not If.✍️@JessicaLexicus
Meanwhile, we should all avoid Long Covid, and its post-infection illnesses, that include viral persistence, a weakened immune system, brain damage, heart damage, liver damage, blood vessel damage, and more still. https://www.okdoomer.io/bird-flu-has-mutated-300-times/
⬆️COVID-19 latest: data trends upwards
Over 100,000 patients admitted to hospitals in England since 1 Jun 2023, who had COVID-19, plus those diagnosed in hospital with C19 in previous 24hrs.
Impact on the NHS, on waiting lists, on the economy?
🚨#LongCOVID https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk
Now is the time for the @UKHSA to review the eligibility criteria for people to get a COVID-19 spring booster, we are clearly starting to see a rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalisations after a few weeks of low activity.
Congratulations to Kimberly A. Prather, @kprather88, of @UCSanDiego, winner of the 2024 @theNASciences Award in Chemical Sciences for her pioneering research on aerosols! Watch her accept the award at the 161st NAS Annual Meeting, @theNASciences. #NASaward#academia#chemistry
Study confirms critical importance of ventilation & maintaining low CO2 concentrations [indoors] for mitigating disease transmission. As CO2 concentration increases, time respiratory viruses remain infectious in the air increases. @adamhfinn@ukhadds et al https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47777-5#Sec2
'To be clear, the rapid early decay in infectivity of aerosolized #SARSCoV2 reported here, as well as previously, does not contradict the consensus opinion that airborne transmission prevails as the dominant mode of transmission.' @adamhfinn@ukhadds et al
As an MP and psychiatrist, @DrDanPoulter, sees the burden that our NHS service, which is near breaking point takes on patients, their families and healthcare colleagues. @guardian
Link between work ability and post-COVID infection among healthcare staff [Short COVID and Long COVID impact], highlights serious implications for HR and occupational health, to support staff wellbeing and 'return' to work post-COVID. 🧑🔬🧑⚕️ @medcmuofficial https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-60437-4
'Nicotine within vapes affects teens differently to adults, their brains more sensitive to it. Even low levels of nicotine can make teens more likely to get addicted to other substances, experiment with risky behaviour, or develop health problems.' @AMIRAGUIRGUIS1@conversationuk