Jake Dunning

High consequence infectious disease cases in the UK between 1962 and 2023 - the definitive list, described in our latest paper: microbiologyresearch.org/content/journa… #HCID @HPRUezi @PSIOxford @RoyalFreeNHS

@rwjdingwall And also my point about elected representatives and personal opinions/beliefs about AD swaying voting. So yes, we do differ. Anyway, hope you are keeping well, Robert.

@OutbreakJake I think we must agree to differ, although I do think the shift in MSP votes following scrutiny of their bill rather supports my point.

There's something seriously wrong with a democracy when ~80% of a population supports an assisted dying bill with strong safeguards, yet a majority of elected representatives instead prioritise their own beliefs & vote against. It's antidemocratic, selfish, and immensely cruel.

@rwjdingwall And while surveys do indeed differ in the questions they ask and how they frame questions, which can influence the results (so results need to be interpreted with care), the totality of data from all surveys suggest that there is majority support amongst those randomly polled.

@rwjdingwall I disagree, and I think those who are opposed are doing everything they can to prevent assisted dying, including some elected officials. This is not scrutiny of an unsafe, reckless bill; it's deliberate over-scrutinising to serve a (not so well hidden) agenda, in my opinion.

Damn it! Wrong app. Thought this was LinkedIn.

Another day of speed walking to work, appreciating graffiti art & feeling #energised. Grateful to spend my day delivering mission-critical emails, synergising synergies alongside an incredible team who make greatness look easy. Humbled to be the backbone of progress. Onwards 🚀

“A smashed window. A provocative sticker. ‘Tis but a small act of petty symbolism” - The Guardian.

Violent attacks against Jewish communities...just THIS MONTH Antisemitism is a deadly disease and it is spreading unchecked

'Assisted dying bill no hope of passing unless Lords change approach' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… The House of Lords is the bully here, subverting a democratic decision & using fear mongering as cover. It's appalling behaviour that will prolong suffering and deny many their rights.

When Richard Dimbleby was the first to report from the newly liberated Belsen Concentration Camp, his BBC bosses demanded he take out references to the huge majority of skeletal survivors there being Jews. In the end, after he threatened to resign, his 11 minute report was cut to 6 minutes (it remains an extraordinary piece of journalism). Today the BBC still omits to tell us who the 6m were. ‘Six million people’. Perhaps this seems obvious to you and me but it isn’t to the millions in our country - 52 per cent according to one poll - who do not know that 6m Jews were killed.

Two days ago, Laila Soueif, mother of Alaa Abd el-Fattah, shared a Facebook post claiming that the hostages “were not subjected to systematic torture”. My cousin Tsachi was taken hostage alive after watching his firstborn daughter murdered in front of him. In captivity he was denied medical care, denied visits from the Red Cross, starved, tortured, and ultimately murdered. His body was returned to us so mutilated that forensics had trouble identifying him. My MP @sianberry never once contacted my family when Tsachi’s remains were finally returned earlier this year. No condolence. No acknowledgement. Just silence. Yet she is content to stand smiling beside the mother of an extremist who now shares posts denying the torture and mistreatment of the hostages – lies contradicted by the detailed, harrowing testimony of survivors who lived through those abuses and the forensic evidence of those who were murdered. Soueif’s son called for the killing of Zionists. He called for the expulsion of Jews from Israel. He praised Yahya Sinwar and other terrorists released in the Gilad Shalit deal as “heroes.” As her constituent, and as someone whose family has paid in blood, the contrast is devastating – silence for the murdered, smiles for those who excuse their tormentors.

BBC News - What's really going on with flu this winter? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… A well written piece with good insights from actual flu experts - worth a read. And 'statistical artistry' is a great term, @JamesTGallagher !

@bbcnickrobinson Maybe reflect on why your tweet causes offence to so many, and perhaps next time just keep quiet if you don't understand why what you said is offensive. This isn't about you and your voice being heard.

I’m so sad to see that some have reacted angrily to my post about the attack on Bondi beach this morning which sought to explain to people beyond the Jewish community & those who don’t know anyone who is Jewish the full horror of what has happened and the fear it would reinforce in the community. The comparison between today’s attack & the Christchurch mosque attack was meant to do that and that alone. It wasn’t an attempt to lessen the pain, fear and anger so many feel or to equate losses in one community with those in another. The Jewish community is tiny - less than a quarter of a million people. It is the job, maybe even the duty, of people like me - I’m Jewish by heritage although not by upbringing - to try to explain to others the wider significance of today’s horror.

The news from Bondi beach is grim. For many it will have terrible echoes of the massacres on October 7th. For Jews living here it will feel painfully close to the murders at a synagogue in Manchester. It is a reminder - if one was needed - that Jews all over the world now live in fear. If you struggle to understand that fear - you may not have any Jewish family or friends as it is a very small community - I urge you to think of the impact on the Muslim and, indeed, the wider community of the Christchurch mosque attack in New Zealand. Tonight Jews everywhere will light candles to mark the start of the festival of lights - Hanukkah. Few will feel able to celebrate. Many will be worrying about what might happen next.

(7/7) The number and range of imported infections in the UK has increased in recent decades. We need to maintain specialist skills in imported, complex and rare infections, as well as maintaining generalist skills in infection in the wider healthcare workforce.

(1/7) Today I have published the 2025 CMO Annual Report, on infections. It considers trends, successes, future challenges and opportunities in preventing and treating infectious diseases. gov.uk/government/pub…

@jmesillett @dpatto1 @timricketts_ Even more informative is experiencing acute and emergency care as a patient, or as a relative of a patient, not that I would wish that on anyone. That's not a criticism of the medical staff; it's a criticism of what our resource-strapped, over-subscribed NHS services have become.

@jmesillett @dpatto1 @timricketts_ Opel 4 is common & thus normalised now. I think the problem is many consultants (including me) don't see those queues or the increasing corridor care and 'over-nighters' in ED; I think seeing that could encourage lower thresholds for D/C, without necessarily compromising safety.

When trusts go into OPEL 4, it is common to see senior management put out statements that clinicians should be taking more risks when discharging patients. Who shoulders the liability from these decisions? Is OPEL 4 a defence in an FTP hearing or in court?

@OzKaterji Such naivety makes one no better than a Russian asset.

Genuinely unfathomable depths of stupidity, recklessness and naivety.

@wesstreeting Respectfully, I think many of the NHS' brilliant staff might disagree, despite their strong belief in the value of the NHS and universal healthcare. It's hard to be so optimistic when demand constantly outstrips supply, year-round, with no light visible at the end of the tunnel.

Some say the NHS is beyond saving. They're wrong. We're cutting bureaucracy, bad management and backing our brilliant staff. Patients will be treated faster and productivity boosted as we build an NHS fit for the future. gov.uk/government/new…