Dan Mears

And that’s a wrap! A massive thank you to @AsdaCommunity @AsdaBromboro @RethinkFoodUK and the film crew for this incredible opportunity. @stantonroadps @OakTreesMAT

Filming is underway! 4P are beyond excited to be part of this workshop to Rethink Food. Watch out Hollywood! We’re on our way! @RethinkFoodUK @AsdaCommunity @AsdaBromboro @OakTreesMAT @stantonroadps

We are creating diversitrees, thinking about different types of families and the things that make families strong🌳🥰 @AsdaCommunity @AsdaBromboro @OakTreesMAT @stantonroadps

Action!🎬 5M can’t wait to put their acting skills to the test by taking part in the Diversity Role Models workshop with @AsdaCommunity @AsdaBromboro @OakTreesMAT @stantonroadps

@Alex_Stafford Congratulations Alexander!

We got an early Christmas present - our new wonderful daughter Charlotte Ottilie Natalie Stafford, who was born on 20th December. Natalie had been an absolute star, so great to finally have them home in time for Christmas. Persephone is already smitten with her little sister.

I want a DJI Air 2S Fly More Combo to take footage of my annual golf trip. #DJIHolidays I entered the DJI festive calendar for my chance to win a DJI Air 2S Fly More Combo. You can join too via store.dji.com/event/holiday-…

I want a DJI Mavic 3 Cine Premium Combo to take footage of my annual golf trip. #DJIHolidays I entered the DJI festive calendar for my chance to win a DJI Mavic 3 Cine Premium Combo. You can join too via store.dji.com/event/holiday-…

@bobscartoons Name and shame Bob, this should not be happening and certainly not in a primary school

I am so sick of this shit.

My daughter was not able to attend school today because nobody would teach her unmasked. When I confronted the head about continued discrimination against our disabled child, she refused to engage with me on the matter. She has now banned my wife & I from entering school grounds.

@donmcvey The real issue is we humans think we can control the spread of a virus!

Fair point, well expressed.

It’s just....coercive control. #EnoughIsEnough #NoVaccinePassports

Quite a good example of why context matters. UK testing far more than other countries, so all else equal we tend to have comparatively high cases nos. Look at cases as % of tests or hospitalisations or deaths & charts are different. Rising, yes. But nothing like that case chart

£10,000 fines for Covid-19 offences: It appears that magistrates are not seeing the full picture before passing sentence, in closed-door hearings when no lawyers are present.

PM said today case growth was running ahead of projections laid out with unlocking timetable. What he didn’t point out is that hospitalisations are in line with the best-case scenario from Imperial for SPI-M in Feb. This could still change. But that’s where we are vs expectations

There we have it. According to @borisjohnson the UK hasn’t passed the four tests laid out in Feb when the reopening timetable was announced. A pretty clear pass on tests one and two (vaccines) and a pretty clear fail on test four (variants). Test three unclear. Reopening delayed.

@richbcam Camera tape over the lights all the time!

If I'd suggested 18 months ago that magistrates were dishing out £10k fines in private hearings; to defendants without legal representation & sometimes unaware it's happening; in a whole process kept secret from the public, it'd have been laughable. That's now a reality.

A thread. @wellcometrust kindly funded me for 13 yrs on MH projects. It’s also funded decades of research on social & economic determinants of health, long-term impacts of poverty, unemployment, stress, loneliness & isolation. I’m aghast re the lack of focus on these things 1/

@JamesWard73 @BristOliver 🎩Excellent!

@DanielJMears you're missing out if you don't know about the hats. see below, absolute classic from @BristOliver: twitter.com/BristOliver/st…

A thread on herd immunity. In summary: - We’re not there yet - Full herd immunity will probably arrive in late June, once we’ve vaxed all 18+ - From early June we’ll likely be in a partial-HI state where R will stay <1 with just baseline controls and cautious behaviour. 1/n

@JamesWard73 Not come across the magic hats before but sounds excellent 😉

@DanielJMears implicitly, yes. I’m using the real-world data (eg from PHE) on how much infections, deaths etc are reduced by the vaccines or by prior infection. the actual biological mechanism (whether antibodies, T-cells, or magic hats) isn’t directly relevant to the model.