chris iddon

Having worked in the ventilation field I hard agree with this ⬇️. Improving poorly ventilated spaces is a great idea, but over selling the impact on covid transmission with 🚨🚨🚨 could turn ppl away from improving ventilation because they don't see the improvements they r sold

@apsmunro I couldn't find your account when posting about this yesterday

My new post looks at the current meningococcal outbreak in south east England What is meningococcus? What's happening with the outbreak? What's the deal with the vaccines? open.substack.com/pub/alasdairmu…

Another amazing achievement by the greatest snooker player ever at the *checks notes* Likang Roasted Eel X Jumma Cup World Open.

@BristOliver @DrCJ_Houldcroft WHN are still around tho. I've seen quite a bit of hysteria around MenB and masking/airborne too from the usual.

The meningitis outbreak in Kent is tragic and understandably prompting calls for wider vaccination. But not all vaccines are equally effective — MenB’s impact may be more limited than many assume, as outlined here: open.substack.com/pub/alasdairmu…

@BristOliver and pelican crossings, and those birds can just fly across the roads - more money wasted!

@DrCJ_Houldcroft i've skimmed it now and in the version I downloaded the section headed "Interventions in the childcare setting to reduce infectious disease transmission" has a whole paragraph repeated. Is this a duplication error or is there a missing paragraph that should be there instead?

Have you ever wondered why children starting nursery pick up so many germs? I certainly did, and with a crack team of parent-scientists/clinicians, we set out to answer that question. Is childcare a germ factory or an immune bootcamp? journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/cm…

Interesting questions about kids coming down with the lurgy

@DrCJ_Houldcroft is it ? cool, where can i find details on that? (bearing in mind i haven't read your paper yet if it's in there 😝 )

@moog77 One of the big arguments for adding chickenpox to the vaccine schedule!

@DrCJ_Houldcroft I suppose norovirus is an instant 48hr off school, what are the general number of noro infections pet pupil over the school life, could that be reduced. If they're 15 maybe you don't need time off work..etc

@DrCJ_Houldcroft I've book marked for later, but if early childhood diseases cause loss of work and therefore productivity, there's an economic cost to these infections. If these infections could be reduced in number that would be a saving, but are we just kicking the can down the road

58 views for £20,000 marbles *throws phone in bin*

So many popular posts now when you read the comments have loads of AI bot generated content that just rewords the original post. Like "hey this guy has noticed loads of bot replies just paraphrase the original poster"

If you are interested in the lots (mainly old text books from his personal collection) the link is here denhams.com/antique-auctio…

Some of Sir Barnes Wallis' possessions are up for auction this month. He invented the bouncing bomb and he used these marbles to test out his hypothesis for the concept. The guide price is £20,000-£30,000 I can't imagine there are many more expensive ordinary marbles!

I'd forgotten this playground reworking of this Andrew Lloyd Webber classic. An irreverent chuckle

@BristOliver It's ok, just make some hand waving assumptions about a decarbonised grid, carbon capture and batteries and you can make the sums work again 😬

When the original CFC beat Wrexham in an FA cup match. Great little lob from Chris Beaumont, I remember cheering from the Compton Street terrace.

@t__and__p @BristOliver And the plastic straws

@BristOliver So can we have our plastic carrier bags back?

@PaulHeatonSolo I have an early memory of you performing that song, maybe it was another show.

@moog77 No, it was 3 other songs

40yrs ago today- a phonecall yesterday offered us No73 kids show, so it's down to Maidstone for a soundcheck for Saturday's show. 200 miles now but this was before the M40 & M25 were completed. AND we've got to drive back to Polytechnic of Wales, Treforest for our gig later.