I love some of the straight talk in the but ✋ why aren’t we masking my dear sensible lawyers and scientists? You sound so smart on the subject but your actions suggest you’ve got a lot to learn.
My mother died of hospital-acquired COVID-19 in an underventilated ward where staff wore loose-fitting surgical masks. Policymakers’ hubris and lack of engagement with the evidence base cost thousands of lives.
“My mother died of hospital-acquired COVID-19 in an underventilated ward where staff wore loose-fitting surgical masks. Policymakers’ hubris and lack of engagement with the evidence base cost thousands of lives.”
Again, we have the same question as Chair, Baroness Hallet
"If you have uncertainty and there's a possibility that the pathogen could be aerosol...if you're going to exercise the precautionary principle. Wouldn't it be best to advise the highest level of face mask protection?"
"The most contagious period is shortly before they become symptomatic - 2 to 3 days beforehand, and shortly after"
“The most contagious period is shortly before they become symptomatic - 2 to 3 days beforehand, and shortly after"
Asymptomatic transmission - this is how #SARSCoV2 does spreads so successfully”
"Covid is not airborne it's droplets - surgical masks are fine"
Dr Barry Jones describes the "dishonesty" of the IPC cell & the WHO, originally categorising #covid as airborne but then insisting via social media and official guidance that it was not
"The weight of evidence was that wearing masks was better than not wearing masks, and respirators [FFP3] were better than surgical masks"
"The weight of evidence was that wearing masks was better than not wearing masks, and respirators [FFP3] were better than surgical masks"
Prof Beggs is questioned by @covidinquiryuk about the The Royal Society Expert Group review of studies into #SARSCoV2 transmission”
🚨At Lady Hallett to Prof. Clive Beggs:
🚨At #CovidInquiry Lady Hallett to Prof. Clive Beggs:
Q. Is it reasonable if you don’t know the route of transmission surely you should be preparing for & guarding against…every possible route of transmission until you know?
A. You’re absolutely correct
Covid_19 #LongCovid
Records - UK Covid-19 Inquiry
Long Covid Inquiry: Every Story Matters
🚨 Part of opening submission from ’ Barrister Sarah Hannett KC at :
“Healthcare system has not committed even now to preventing #LongCovid. There is no treatment for Long Covid… And yet practitioners, patients & public are not adequately warned”
note that many pharmacists are suffering from
@rpharms note that many pharmacists are suffering from #LongCOVID
🚨 More on at , this time from the RCN:
“Members contacted, & continue to contact the College in large numbers about Long Covid… Many nurses who contracted Long #Covid via exposure at work have either lost or now at risk of losing their employment”
"Studies have shown the reduction in quality of life and the impact on the sufferer to be able to do the job they did before "
"Studies have shown the reduction in quality of life and the impact on the sufferer to be able to do the job they did before #LongCovid"
I can relate to the words of the Dr. I caught Covid in April 20 working on the frontline as a nurse. Have never been able to return to the job I loved & now have lost my nurse registration. I exist, mostly bedbound, with this hellish illness.
“I can relate to the words of the Dr. I caught Covid in April 20 working on the frontline as a nurse. Have never been able to return to the job I loved & now have lost my nurse registration. I exist, mostly bedbound, with this hellish illness.”
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"Despite the growing weight of evidence of aerosol transmission as the pandemic progressed. The IPC guidance continued to put staff and patients at risk of infection."
🚨At is spotlighted by many, including by the BMA:
“In the words of a Resident Doctor: I caught #Covid in March 2020… These were supposed to be the best years of my life but I’m spending them alone, in bed, feeling like I’m dying almost all the time”
"Nurses who contracted via exposure at work have either lost or now at risk of losing their employment due to their ongoing health issues"
Nurses who contracted #LongCOVID via exposure at work have either lost or now at risk of losing their employment due to their ongoing health issues"
💔 At John Sullivan describes what he went through when daughter Susan, who had Down Syndrome, died in hospital with . Heartbreaking but powerful testimony:
“I just hope when the next pandemic comes along disabled people are treated with a bit more respect”