Ruth Gilbert

...is not stopped by vaccines. It is also costing the NHS millions,” says Dr Barry Jones, Chair of CATA.'

In Sweden, people are now ill for the last 84.1 − 66.2 = 17.9 years of their lives on average, according to Eurostat. That’s an 81% increase from 2019, when people were ill for 83.2 - 73.3 = 9.9 years on average at the end of life. 5/x

BREAKING: Texas has thrown thousands of voters, many who are women and democrat, off the voter rolls and then when they go to re-register they place a waiting period on these voters, meaning that they couldn’t even vote in the midterms. @AshleyDCan

@Acyn Fraud is bad and won't be tolerated!

Neguse: Where is this company headquartered? Noem: I don’t know. Neguse: I don’t know either. We can’t find it. We did find an address that’s registered to a political operative. This company that received 143 million dollars was incorporated 8 days before this contract went out. You want the American people to believe that this is all above board, that $143 million of taxpayer money just happened to go to this one company that doesn't have a headquarters, doesn't have a website, has never done work for the federal government before and is registered apparently or attached to a residence from a political operative, and of course one of the subcontractors of that contract, as you know, is a political firm that's tied to, to you back when you were governor of South Dakota?

🚨 Breaking: World Food Organization to halt all kitchens in Gaza starting next Friday. This isn’t just news. This is the start of a massive humanitarian disaster. Hundreds of thousands of children, women, and elderly—people who depended on a single hot meal—will now go completely hungry. Silence is a crime.

Mrs. T, 76, background of mild dementia. Admitted with COPD exacerbation. Doing well. Discharge planned for day 3. AM, night 2: bed manager moves her to a different ward. Bed pressures. Wheeled through dark corridors. New bay. Different nurses. Belongings in bags. By morning: frightened, disorientated, and calling out. Delirium diagnosed. Workup: all normal. No infection, no medication change, no pain. The cause: probably mostly the ward move itself. Sleep deprivation + loss of orientation cues + unfamiliar environment = iatrogenic delirium. We do this every night, in every hospital. Her avoidable delirium was very costly to her: reduced confidence, worse mobility, lasting traumatic memories. It also meant 4 extra days of hospital bed costs. ↳ How many cases of delirium in your hospital are caused by inadequate care? #acutecare #dementia

This 2025 study in the BMJ ("Global prevalence of long COVID and its most common symptoms among healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis") found that *40%* of healthcare workers who'd had Covid ended up with long Covid. You read that right bmjpublichealth.bmj.com/content/3/1/e0…

Children with in-utero COVID-19 exposure showed altered brain structures at birth and lower cognitive/social scores by age two, with 52% high-risk for developmental delays. This study links these brain changes to anxiety-like behaviors.🧵

@awgaffney idk, but there is some definite disability data from our own government that isn't looking great, given the starting point.

Hey Adam, I know two people personally in my life, who are rapidly developing dementia-like syndrome post infection. Both are middle aged, and previously healthy. Also in our practice, we are capturing COVID-19 infection history on intake documentation. Know what we seeing? New onset ADHD is off the charts in our patient population. well above what we’d expect from baseline prevalence trends.

BREAKING: In an extraordinary and illegal move, Trump says he’s transferring $10 billion from the U.S. government to his “Board of Peace,” which he chairs and can use the funds as he wishes. Where is Congress???

Now it’s official. To enter the United States with an ESTA, travellers must hand over all their social media from the last five years. Not a rumour. An official rule. This matters even more as the US prepares to host the next Football World Cup, welcoming athletes, supporters and families from across the globe. Security and safety are essential — but so are serenity, trust and individual freedoms. And this comes from the same political voices lecturing Europe on free speech. JD Vance warned us about censorship here, while endorsing indiscriminate digital scrutiny there. When the “Land of the Free” starts vetting opinions, hypocrisy is clear — and liberties long admired worldwide are put at risk.

Tulsi Gabbard has been investigating baseless allegations that Venezuelan hackers rigged the 2020 election That's alarming, as it could indicate that Trump is trying to establish a national security rationale for seizing voting machines in November vox.com/politics/47826…

Farage sold farmers (and fishermen) a lie, along with the rest of the country. The proof is in the numbers. Brexit did great harm. So when Farage rails against his latest faux enemy - net zero - and tells us we’re better off without it, let’s remember all the broken Brexit promises. This man has form, he creates a false enemy, makes simplistic, alluring claims and persuades us to do something very much against our interests. Brexit damaged our economy. Nexit (our exit from net zero) would be far worse. theguardian.com/environment/20…

@SangitaMyska UK and Commonwealth war graves, Northern Gaza Latitude: 31.51247, Longitude: 34.4821 Looked after by the same Palestinian family for a century before they were forced to flee in 2023 Desecrated and destroyed by the Israelis

Steve Bannon has actively undermined European democracy for over 10 years. He was involved in Cambridge Analytica and Brexit, a close associate of Epstein, and has promoted the illiberal movement in several European countries. Time to sanction this convicted con man.

Brexit wasn’t a mistake…it was a scam. With More and More evidence of interference from Russia, Epstein and Bannon. Making it the biggest con ever pulled on the British public. But who got rich off it? Clue: It wasn’t you. Drop your answers below. ⬇️ #ExitBrexit

@floboflo 🤣

Dave would like to say that I don’t speak for him. I’m more than happy to get the word out there.