Mark Bellamy

@Independent Very sorry. I cannot endorse that sentiment.

Teachers should be prepared to ‘sacrifice their lives’, says ex-Ofsted head #Echobox=1614414285" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">independent.co.uk/news/education…

Great news. But we desperately need to roll out a tweaked vaccine to take account of new variants. SA variant is here and real. #selectionpressure #backtosquare1

@Channel4News The problem being the SA variant is already here. #backtosquare1

"Everybody coming into the country from anywhere in the world should be tested and subject to quarantine in a hotel." Sir Keir Starmer accuses Boris Johnson of "delay in securing our borders", but the PM says "tougher measures" will be introduced to combat new Covid variants.

@ICMdoc Agree with all of this. But the greater threat IMHO is the SA variant, AKA #backtosquare1

Given that a big chunk of the patients currently on our ICU wouldn’t be classed as “most vulnerable” & so wouldn’t have been vaccinated yet I can categorically state this would be a very bad idea!

@carolvorders A couple of aero engines backfiring? Probably doesn’t happen with a Jet-A burner though....

I was woken last night by someone letting off fireworks right outside my house. I live near a landmark in Bristol. I lay still and thought well it's some lad showing off to his girlfriend and good for him, I like people being happy, it's nearly Valentine's. And then I thought ...

RECOVERY Result for Tocilizumab For patients with COVID-19, hypoxia & inflammation: - reduces mortality - shortens time to hospital discharge - reduces the need for invasive mechanical ventilation Good news for patients. Good news for the health services that look after them

Critical care has long been a Cinderella specialty. During this pandemic, she has arrived at the ball in a golden coach pulled by a team of white horses. But what will happen at midnight?

e-Days–#ECMO: Registrations for the virtual 1-day symposium on ECMO are now open. All aspects of VV- and VA-ECMO from basic physiology to practical issues such as #cannulation, #anticoagulation, complications and use in #COVID19 will be covered. For more bit.ly/39fLn6x

@carolvorders But why??

Onto a weights session now ....altho a load of new weights arrived on the doorstep and they were a bit heavy 😂😂😂😂😂 I will NOT BE DEFEATED 😂💪

Today's webinar on High Flow Nasal Oxygen & Swallowing is now on our YouTube channel: youtu.be/52ciZVDhNCU Thank you to our fantastic speakers @PaulTwose and @MsAnnaLiisaSutt @RCSLT @RCSLTLearn @RCSLTTracheCEN @TheACPRC @CriticalCareSLT

This leak exposes the truth about the Government's priorities, which are way out of step with the needs of workers and their families. In the midst of the worst economic crisis in three centuries, ministers are preparing to take a sledgehammer to workers’ rights. (1/3)

@SepsisUK Best wishes from St James’s Leeds. We are with you.

Pleased that there has been so much interest in @ICS_updates statement about correctly reporting % ICU bed occupancy relative to baseline. For a more complete picture of hospital pressures we now need to also report % NIV beds occupied outside of ICU relative to baseline 1/2

@PDChina Impressed. Full stop.

A prototype train using high-temperature superconducting (HTS) maglev technology was rolled out on Wednesday in southwest China's city of Chengdu. The train is domestically developed and boasts a designed speed of 620 kph.

On the recommendation of the data safety monitoring board @REMAPCAP has closed recruitment to the Immunoglobulin Domain for patients requiring organ support in ICU.

“We don’t want to be in this situation next winter.” Prof Devi Sridhar says “we still don’t know” how effective the Covid vaccine is against new variants of the virus - and warns the UK could face another lockdown as a result.

@Dr_D_Robertson @mancunianmedic @Jopo_dr @HallSuzyj @SepsisUK @drmarkporter Can't help either, but Hypertension seems a big risk factor - silent, 50% of people with it don't know they have it - and very common.