Warren Doherty

A good update on current variants Good that vaccine still protects against severe illness What to Know About JN.1, the Latest SARS-CoV-2 “Variant of Interest” jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Fun guys may be coming to party…Read this @Doctors_net_uk news story: Brain-altering fungi could lead the next frontier in mental health care news.doctors.net.uk/opinion/4jAVrc…

The NHS has been absent from this leadership campaign, yet after energy bills the biggest issue facing the new Prime Minister will be a looming winter crisis. Judging by the state of ambulance and A&E services over Summer, this Winter will be the toughest ever. A thread…

@Annc33080408 So, I wonder if this why we are lifting the restrictions on bankers' bonus payments

God I hate the tory government.

Let’s hope this analysis is true. Omicron may not be the final variant, but it may be the final variant of concern theconversation.com/omicron-may-no… via @ConversationUK

Interesting. The actual paper is underpowered Good explanation in the editorial. Not a difficult change to implement journal.chestnet.org/action/showPdf…

Our Patient-centred Care Award is off to a great home again this year with the team at @gloshospitals. Congratulations to the team for a very well-deserved win! #ICSAwards21

@doclip1 Personally I don’t think that you can band acei and arb together. The 2 need separated. Many (about 12%) stop ACEI due to cough. A remarkably similar % to the general population ending up in hospital with +ve symptoms. This group are often moved onto an ARB instead

Danish health informatics study looking at COVID and ACEI/ARB use lnkd.in/d2xJdDf ACE-inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ACEI/ARB) 14% (CI 0,27 ) more likely to have positive PCR test vs calcium channel blockers (CCB) -but not whe…lnkd.in/d9cTzDc

Words can't describe how proud we are of our teams right now👊🦠 This is a "fight song" for ALL NHS workers Please RT and show your support youtu.be/jsvofgQgnXU @gloshospitals @RealHughJackman @BBCNews @Knibbsey @sbattrawden @ICS_updates @GaryLineker @SkyNews @NHSMillion @ITV

Covid-19: New coronavirus variant is identified in UK | The BMJ Vaccine should still work I’ve had mine! Make sure you get yours. ⁦@drfrocester⁩ bmj.com/content/371/bm…

Someday many of our vaccines may be made this way. @drfrocester @bugdoc76 jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Enjoy

With the recent approval of an antigen test, there are now 3 categories of #SARCoV2 testing. This is a very good infographic in today's @sdut by @JonathanWosen @ms_gilchrist

School Closure During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic: An Effective Intervention at the... ja.ma/3fX1gAk Have we made a mistake thinking Covid will behave like influenza. What will be the actual benefit or harm in the long term?

What it takes to be a commentator

This is a fabulous explanation of how Covid 19 has evolved @DrAdamUsher @simonwebster74 @drfrocester @Deborah62655228

This may be a valuable resource for those who find themselves suddenly working in critical care . Pandemic education for non-intensive care clinicians to work in ICU- quickicutraining.com Please review, use and snowball so more can benefit @drfrocester @simonwebster74

We have produced a 2-page guide to key non-technical behaviours to improve safety for clinicians and patients. Developed by clinicians, academics and experts in non-technical skills/human factors, please share. drive.google.com/open?id=1hpAEJ…

Soap is a great way to wash away any virus

Healthcare could pay attention to this! #HF2020 @HFandSTS