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I will miss the goldfinches (and the occasional greenfinch) in the summer, but I will follow the RSPB's advice.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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@_CatintheHat @rwjdingwall @SafeDavid3 A relative was asked to wear a surgical mask when visiting hospital because of an RSV outbreak. She has now caught RSV.
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@rwjdingwall @SafeDavid3 More importantly, HSE did not consider SURGICAL MASKS suitable for protection against airborne transmission - and yet, that’s all that healthcare workers were (and continue to be) given, despite indisputable evidence that Covid, & many other viruses are spread via aerosols.
Cat in the Hat 🐈⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧@_CatintheHat
Here is yet another clip from the Covid Inquiry… …this time from Richard Brunt, Director at the Health & Safety Executive (HSE), explaining how surgical masks may offer limited protection against droplet transmission, but do NOT protect against AIRBORNE transmission.
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As usual, Roy nails it. The Hallett Inquiry's refusal to consider the back story has failed to deliver accountability and dismissed the work some of us put over two decades preparing and planning for just such a pandemic event.
Roy Lilley 💙@RoyLilley
The problem was not a lack of knowledge. It was a failure to act on what was already known. myemail.constantcontact.com/Knowingly.html…
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Covid inquiry Module 3 report. One of the most important recommendations, to my mind, to emerge, is this. We, CVF fought for HEPA in the inquiry hearing room and I was the first person to wear a mask to give evidence in the inquiry. Now the work to get this implemented!
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@1goodtern I'm looking forward to seeing the finches bringing their children to my feeders later in the year.
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I'm seeing the word 'unprecedented' in the papers a lot today about the meningitis outbreak.
It may be unprecedented, but it was not unpredicted.
x.com/i/status/19795…
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And then into your bloodstream... and brain... I sincerely hope that this one isn't this winter's breakout bacterium. Neisseria Meningitidis.
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@1goodtern A friend has just had her third infection in quick succession.
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@BBCBreakfast @CovidSolidarit1 Given how rapidly this is spreading & how deadly the consequences can be, please warn about the risk of AIRBORNE (AEROSOL) transmission.
Below is the guidance from both the UK Green Book & the World Health Organisation.
🔗 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6849adb8…
🔗 who.int/teams/health-p…
Al Haddrell@ukhadds
WARNING: Surgical masks do not protect you from an airborne pathogen! Meningitus B can be carried on exhaled aerosol. Meaning if you want any protection, wear a respirator. If you are in Kent, mask up PROPERLY, and protect yourself (and others)!! @BBCNews
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Before Covid came along, England was doing pretty well with meningococcal disease.
Which is great because it's a disease that can *kill a healthy teenager within hours*...
... or leave them alive without limbs, hearing, or memory...
But... and it's a really big but...
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@PeteUK7 I don't live near Kent, but I might top up my stock of FFP2s, just in case...
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Now this is better!
A proper 3M FFP2 headband respirator being worn correctly. Straps positioned correctly.
This person is far better protected than those choosing to wear surgical masks.
I'm glad some people have found out for themselves what the authorities failed to tell them.
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@Telegraph Robert Dingwall, the guy who argued against interventions to stop Covid spreading back in 2020 & said we should just let it rip. 🤔
Meanwhile, in case anyone is interested, here’s what the UK Green Book & WHO have to say about how Meningitis transmits.
Note the word “aerosols”.
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📣 SANOFI TO SUPPLY NOVAVAX COVID VACCINE FOR UK SPRING 2026 BOOSTERS
This will be the first availability of the Novavax Covid vaccine in the UK since early 2024.
This is great news, especially for those who cannot tolerate mRNA vax.
thepharmaletter.com/biotech-news/s…
(H/t @Biff234523)
Biff #SARSisAirborne 🍉@Biff234523
📢Big update on Novavax / Nuvaxovid availability for the UK! As reported by @ThePharmaLetter, @SanofiUK will be supplying 600k doses of Nuvaxovid for the UK’s spring 2026 vaccination program. This will be the first availability in the UK since early 2024.
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Nothing has been investigated MORE as a possible link to autism than vaccines
And the data is clear
Vaccines are NOT the cause of autism.
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"‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks"
"“Individual ICE agents get money per head that they detain – the guards told me that,”"
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/f…
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4. Almost everyone from the UK and Ireland who I've spoken to over the past few days is unaware that antiviral medication exists for influenza, and can be prescribed by any NHS or private GP. This is very telling.
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1. As a result of the current high prevalence of influenza and the accompanying media coverage of the spread of the disease, I've been asked about mitigations by a number of friends who take *no precautions against SARS-CoV-2*. A few observations regarding these conversations:
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This feels like an important breakthrough moment…
On the BBC News this evening, Medical Editor @BBCFergusWalsh clearly stated:
“As for facemasks, simple surgical masks are *not* good at stopping viruses. You really need a properly fitted tight respirator mask for that”…
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@gwladwr @Mike_Honey_ As I understand it, this autumn's Pfizer vaccine (for which I've paid) covers one of the parents of XFG, so it should give some (though not complete) protection.
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SARS-CoV-2 in Wales
Relative frequencies of prominent SARS-CoV-2 variants to 08 November 2025.
XFG* is the most frequent variant at ~88%. Within the lineage XFG.17.2.1 has increased rapidly in recent weeks.
The latest data may be incomplete.
(PHW data, @Mike_Honey_ charts)
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