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JoePajak

@JoePajak@mstdn.science

PhD ⚛️ physical chemistry - research studying air entrainment at a solid/liquid/gas interface
Fellow: Royal Society of Chemistry
Chartered Scientist
🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇵🇱 🇮🇪 🇺🇦 🇮🇹
🌬Covid-19 is an #airborne virus
💙NHS health & social care
💙EU citizen
#AirPollution and #WaterPollution: major health risks
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#CovidIsNotOver
🏳️‍🌈#LGBTQ

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‘The @covidinquiryuk has been passed evidence showing that Do Not Attempt Resuscitation notices were placed on medical files of many people with Down’s syndrome, autism & other learning disabilities who were otherwise healthy before contracting the virus.’
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/thousands-of-disabled-people-died-after-covid-treatment-withheld-inquiry-to-probe-2970333?ito=twitter_share_article-top

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is one dark miserable end of the COVID spectrum - which has never been 'just' a cold.
'The more times we are infected, the higher our cardiovascular risk, neurological, and endocrine risk - all 'risk' life-altering conditions'. Report @Skynews
https://news.sky.com/story/the-virus-is-still-evolving-at-an-incredible-rate-how-widespread-is-covid-now-and-how-many-people-are-dying-with-it-13059424

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has no cure, as yet. So, driven by desperation, and an understandable desire to improve their quality of life, those highlighted in this paper have turned to research. More needs to be done, including managing the airborne risk of transmission.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00901-3

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‘Pregnant women are being urged to get a booster vaccination this autumn to protect their newborn child after a study found babies to be far more vulnerable to the virus than other childhood age groups.’
@theipaper @bmj @chrischirp @SGriffin_Lab

https://inews.co.uk/news/health/pregnant-women-urged-booster-jab-covid-2479785?ito=twitter_share_article-top

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Recommendation 🇺🇸@CDCgov advisory group
‘Many were swayed by data, including those on , showing that NO group is at LOW risk from the virus.’
We need to stop the spread.
𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 .
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cdc-advisers-make-universal-covid-vaccine-recommendation

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No one could have predicted this. Universal mask wearing in hospitals significantly reduces hospital-acquired respiratory infections.
https://x.com/JoePajak/status/1718074314577322381?s=20

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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

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‘It is well-established that offer more protection than surgical masks against breath-emitted and smoke, which are micron-size fine particles.’ Recommended reading and references @TheWHN

https://whn.global/prevent-airborne-transmission-in-healthcare/

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'People died because neoliberal ideology and bad science had become embedded in public policy'.
@trishgreenhalgh via @BylinesEast https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/how-did-we-get-covid-so-disastrously-wrong/

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ℹ️ Only the NHS:
🏥'Takes care of patients at A&E - the private sector doesn’t have A&E.
🧑‍⚕️Trains our doctors and nurses - the private sector relies on NHS-trained staff.
❤️‍🩹Looks after ALL patients - the private sector cherry picks.' @We_OwnIt

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'Although it’s spotty and inconsistent in many places, 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙬𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧 testing is pointing to a new wave of COVID-19 infections, with as many as one-third of Americans expected to contract the disease by late February.'✍️📰@TimHendersonSL @njmonitor
https://newjerseymonitor.com/2024/01/23/wastewater-tests-show-covid-infections-surging-but-pandemic-fatigue-limits-precautions/

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‘With cases of coronavirus and flu rising across Europe, France has asked people to wear masks in crowded spaces, while Italy has reported a peak in infection rates.’ ✍️ @ffi0nlewis @WalesOnline
!

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/spain-italy-travel-update-anyone-28415781

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'Brutal' cold virus sweeps across UK and is 'worse than any winter bug' - but don't mentions the 𝐂-𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝...
Report via @DailyMirror
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/brutal-cold-virus-lasts-weeks-31534316?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

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‘Politicians don’t understand science’: Article @Nature
Well then, perhaps they should have paid better attention, to the advice being given to them by the government's leading experts in science and in health? @covidinquiryuk https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03706-y

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‘He didn’t appear to see vulnerable people as human beings, and thousands others died unnecessarily after the same mistakes were repeated because of a callous and brutal attitude.’
One daughter’s response to what is finally being revealed. @covidinquiryuk.
https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/covid-inquiry-live-dominic-cummings-questions-whatsapps-reveal-attacks-boris-johnson-2722800#entry-2723779

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GP using foodbank due to long COVID and loss of earnings...
And, @TheBMA's 2023 survey into long COVID found that 'of the 600-plus people who responded to the poll, one in five doctors have been unable to return to work due to long COVID'. @GPonlinenews
https://www.gponline.com/gp-forced-use-foodbank-due-long-covid-loss-earnings/article/1874219

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'We're facing more than Covid. World population with weakened immune systems - expecting bad winters full of RSV, flu, strep, pneumonia, measles, fungal infections, & tuberculosis. On the news? Probably not. Because it's not news, not anymore.' 💯@JessicaLexicus

https://www.okdoomer.io/covid-trashed-our-immunity/

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Covid hasn't gone away - more hospitals are likely to follow suit, and return to a common-sense approach - to protect staff, patients and visitors, from risks associated with spreading this virus. Not least, developing post infection.
https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/stoke-on-trent-news/royal-stoke-brings-back-face-8792708?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

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'Adding 'brain fog' to the staggering list of longer term problems caused by COVID must make us question what we’re allowing to happen to those being exposed to multiple infections with this virus, including our children.'💯@SGriffin_Lab @kathsci2601 @mnt
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/what-have-we-learned-about-brain-fog-in-long-covid-so-far?utm_source=Sailthru%20Email&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=MNT%20Daily%20News&utm_content=2024-02-26&apid=38228910&rvid=1607e08b06a36da99553e53d58fb3788ee38d6d683c382437c98043f24db1fb6

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How long is airborne infectious after an infected person leaves the room?
Study finds evidence of aerosol transmission almost 5 hours after hospital room turnover. @CharnessMichael et al @BUMedicine @PaulSaxMD @linseymarr @EricTopol @AJICJournal
https://www.ajicjournal.org/article/S0196-6553%2824%2900162-7/fulltext

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‘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

https://open.substack.com/pub/thegauntlet/p/does-the-public-understand-that-variant?r=cwb8u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

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Can’t we now agree that , the virus that causes the disease known as Covid-19, is transmitted through the air, by what is simply described as transmission?
Distance travelled depends on various factors, good ventilation reduces the risk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/health/who-airborne-covid.html?smid=tw-share

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'Covid test kits in high demand in Singapore - an estimated 25,900 Covid-19 cases were recorded from May 5 to 11, only 13,700 cases recorded in the previous week. Predominant variants circulating in Singapore are those belonging to KP.1 and KP.2.'
Article credit: @vietnamenglish
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/covid-test-kits-in-high-demand-in-singapore-amid-new-surge-of-infections-4748939.html?utm_source=eVnExpress&utm_medium=social_Twitter&utm_campaign=sharelink_20240521&utm_content=News

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‘COVID-19 has an important, largely unmeasured burden of disease as the cause of , which may become its biggest health impact. A growing number of studies are describing an estimated incidence of 5% to 15% of all infections.’ @ConversationEDU
🌬️ https://theconversation.com/a-pandemic-that-wont-go-away-as-covid-enters-its-5th-year-nz-needs-a-realistic-strategy-224047

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‘A study of almost 200,000 Scottish adults, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-43661-w, reported that, after adjustment for factors that might confuse the results, prevalence following an infection was 6.5% at 12 months, & 10.4% at 18 months.’ @ConversationEDU
🌬️ https://theconversation.com/a-pandemic-that-wont-go-away-as-covid-enters-its-5th-year-nz-needs-a-realistic-strategy-224047

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⬆️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?
🚨
https://ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk

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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.

Credit detail via @theipaper.

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/surge-covid-cases-prompt-fears-mini-wave-3037684?ito=twitter_share_article-top

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