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chrischirp, 1 month ago to random

Four years on from our first wave, here is a brilliant examination by Prof Anthony Costello of the failures of the UK pandemic response in 2020 - emphasising that we did NOT need hindsight to have responded differently.

https://open.substack.com/pub/independentsage/p/the-failures-of-2020-why-didnt-the?r=315tdh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

chrischirp, 1 month ago to random

really important article tackling the myth that ICU capacity was sufficient during the pandemic height in the BMJ

Also highlights the awful mental and physical health impact on frontline staff.

https://www.bmj.com/content/385/bmj-2023-075613

screenshot of the text - all available in the link!

chrischirp, 1 month ago to random

A new post on misleading Covid charts & why Covid really is low right now, and why we should be glad of it.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/hospitals-...

chrischirp, 2 months ago to random

Really good post from Bob Hawkins on where we are with vaccination uptake in England.

TLDR: worrying drop off in booster uptake, especially among younger immunocompromised people where it is very low

https://bhawkins3.substack.com/p/what-lessons-can-we-learn-from-the

chrischirp, 2 months ago to random

New! Prof Steve Griffin taking us back to pandemic basics: viruses, immunity, mitigations and the future!

have a read of the latest Indie SAGE substack!

https://open.substack.com/pub/independentsage/p/when-will-the-covid-race-be-run?r=315tdh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

chrischirp, 2 months ago to random

Hello! Our live briefings may have stopped, but we haven't!

Indie SAGE has started a (free) Substack - subscribe now to get regular info about all aspects of the pandemic from Indie SAGE members :-)

https://open.substack.com/pub/independentsage/p/independent-sage-has-joined-substack?r=315tdh&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

chrischirp, 2 months ago to random

Great Covid update from Bob Hawkins.

TLDR: All Covid measures are low and either stable or falling.

Infection survey also has estimate of current chance of hospitalisation on infection by age

https://bhawkins3.substack.com/p/covid-situation-report-mar-14-2024?utm_source=substack&publication_id=2056298&post_id=142611549&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=1qm7of&triedRedirect=true

chrischirp, 2 months ago to random

Another International Women's Day post - this time on why girls avoid Physics A-Level - and it isn't cos the maths is too hard.

https://open.substack.com/pub/christinapagel/p/girls-do-not-avoid-physics-cos-the?r=8zv6v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

chrischirp, 2 months ago to random

A post for International Women's Day

"Being embarrassed about periods, taboos for women talking about them, men not wanting to know, has all stopped us researching & treating it. It's wasting women's potential. Too little has changed in 50 YEARS. This has to stop"

https://open.substack.com/pub/christinapagel/p/periods-we-need-to-stop-ignoring?r=8zv6v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

chrischirp, 3 months ago to random

My latest post on Covid, flu and covid surveillance in England

https://christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-covid-update-everything-trending

chrischirp, 3 months ago to random

really important work showing a plausible physiological mechanism behind the brain fog many with Long Covid experience

https://theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/22/long-covid-brain-fog-may-be-due-to-leaky-blood-brain-barrier-study

chrischirp, 3 months ago to random

My new post on where we are with Covid (wave going down), the NHS (bad but lucky not to be worse) and the Covid vaccination programme - and a plea for a change in how we think about vaccination.

https://open.substack.com/pub/christinapagel/p/where-are-we-with-covid-in-england?r=8zv6v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

chrischirp, 3 months ago to random

This is insane: we made CPAP breathing devices in the 1000s in 2020/21 for the NHS - there are several thousand left over.

Ukraine is desperate for them; a charity has offered to ship them, but the government plan to destroy them instead!! madness.

https://ft.com/content/cbb2a8dc-173c-4c99-b273-07f4f0f10a8f

chrischirp, 4 months ago to random

Such important photos taken secretly to bear witness to the deportation of Jews from Breslau in 1941.

All the Jewish men, women and children you can see in the photos were murdered.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/27/breslau-1941-clandestine-photos-tell-of-the-holocausts-upheaval-and-terror

#InternationalHolocaustRemembranceDay

chrischirp, 4 months ago to random

went to the LightRooom London tonight in King's Cross to see The Moonwalkers - it was amazing!

Made husband and I very emotional...

kingscross.co.uk/event/the-mo...

chrischirp, 4 months ago to random

England virus update: This week we're seeing an unusual double flu wave in hospital admissions (32% increase in last week), and Covid admissions also increasing slightly (3% up).

Winter surges not over yet, but scale smaller than last winter which is good.

chrischirp, 4 months ago to random

Brilliant summary of the state of okay with long covid - biomarkers, treatments, prevention, scary long term health impacts
https://open.substack.com/pub/erictopol/p/lighting-up-long-covid?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=8zv6v

chrischirp, 4 months ago to random

Great summary of where we are with Covid in England and Scotland at the moment from Bob Hawkins - Covid prevalence falling a little, Covid admissions falling a little, flu admissions up a little.

https://bhawkins3.substack.com/p/covid-situation-report-jan-18-2023?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=email-restack-comment&r=1qm7of

chrischirp, 4 months ago to random

Good news on reducing deaths from Covid but we need to really go out and defend and promote Covid vaccines

https://open.substack.com/pub/christinapagel/p/good-news-on-deaths-from-covid-but?r=8zv6v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome=true

chrischirp, 4 months ago to random

My latest post on what is happening with Covid in England right now:

https://christinapagel.substack.com/p/latest-covid-situation-in-england

chrischirp, 4 months ago to random

My latest take on the Covid situation in England... and what we could do to reduce future waves

https://christinapagel.substack.com/p/the-latest-on-englands-big-jn1-covid

Looking at 2022's big waves suggest an infection peak next week.

Be careful out there - there is SO MUCH infection around.

chrischirp, 5 months ago to random

With the help of amazing volunteer Dr John Lockhart, I've been archiving my Twitter Threads from summer 2020 onwards as Substack posts.

Have got up to 31 Dec 2020 so far and have written about them here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/christinapagel/p/the-posts-of-christmas-past?r=8zv6v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcome=true

2021 is next...!

chrischirp, 5 months ago to random

A piece by me & Prof Martin McKee reflecting on the oral evidence for Module 2 of the Inquiry, the absence of international expertise or discussion and how we have much to learn from abroad for the next pandemic.

https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/healthcare/public-health/2023/12/covid-inquiry-international-learnings-experiences

chrischirp, 5 months ago to random

Beyond a shadow of a doubt that England is in its biggest Covid wave for well over a year now, with latest ONS infection survey results published.

An estimated 4.3% of people infected in England as of last week (6% in London!)

I've written about it here

https://christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-in-biggest-covid-wave-in