Really interesting pilot study suggesting that better communication about the tools people can use to reduce Covid risk was really valued by patients. Why hasn’t this been the norm? jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
The biggest scandal of all is that we still have the Tory guidance in place and staff still have no ffp3 respirators for an airborne virus that is vascular in nature and can cause heart damage & blood clots.
“[Trump’s] endangered American lives since he took office... What he's doing is presidential excess and overreach.”
Rep. André Carson tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social how Trump has put more Americans at risk, abroad and at home, by attacking Iran.
Watch the conversation: zeteo.com/p/no-intel-i...
👏👏👏Thanks to Rivka Gottlieb from @cbffjuk.bsky.social 💕
Ongoing issues today:
"Wider access to vaccination...
Legislation around air quality...
Mask wearing in healthcare settings that would protect the vulnerable."
These are simple things, but they have become so politicised."
Burnet Institute has called for stronger government leadership on indoor air quality, giving evidence to the New South Wales Legislative Council’s Inquiry into Clean Indoor Air.
Read more: www.burnet.edu.au/news/clean-i...
A sobering article.
Need a new technology to slip into the conversation? Try photoacoustics. This light-based imaging technique is being combined with ultrasound to create fast 3D images that show both the shape of soft tissues and how blood is flowing. We are way beyond x-rays now.
www.caltech.edu/about/news/b...
I did read that this may be a bit out of date in the outrage stakes as this government has actually implemented some overdue reforms to the water industry. (anglia byline?)
Does it feature Feargal Sharkey btw? He’s been amazing over his campaigning for clean water.
This 'correction' from @lewisgoodall.com regarding accusations from Reform and the Conservatives that the Greens engaged in sectarianism, deserves to be widely read.
#c4news
We need lower CO₂ thresholds.
We need ringfenced funding.
We need #cleanair recognised as an #equality issue.
Children deserve better.
#ChildrensRights #CleanAir #Education #ChildHealth #Inequality.
#LongCovidKids
@longcovidsupport.bsky.social @longcovidsos.bsky.social @longcovidphysio.bsky.social
High-quality #masks are supported and normalised in schools without stigma.
Clear and consistent isolation advice is provided for #children and #staff with infectious illness.
We are now waiting for the UK Covid Inquiry’s Module 8 report.
#ChildrensRights #CleanAir #Education #LongCovidKids
by Government in #classrooms & educational spaces.
#Airquality levels are monitored, recorded and regularly reviewed by school leadership & governors.
School leaders, staff & unions are informed & trained on managing indoor air safely.
Infection control guidance is reviewed across all 4 nations.
for “Clean Air and Safer Spaces”. In our Core Participant statement (Module 8), we recommended that:
The UK Government commits to meeting the 2021 #WHO Air Quality Guidelines, inc in all indoor settings used by #children and young people.
#HEPA filters, CO₂ monitors, staff training are fully funded
"Contrary to assumptions of post-acute recovery, Long COVID is associated with progressively widening healthcare costs over five years." Preprint from Massachusetts General Hospital researchers: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.6...
This week's cover @thelancet.com
It’s tricky. Given the way children mill about in corridors and are often lined up very close to one another, I think a package of measures including CO2 readings below 800, normalisation of masking for those than can/want to and better sickness/attendance policies would work best. Awareness is key.
(2/2) H13 filters are these strictly neccesary?. Plenty of Air filters seem to use no11 filters. Anyway - hoping and assuming the right people were consulted and wrote it but the language (around ozone additions for example) is a not explicit enough for the average teacher imo. Good start tho..
Me too - any assessment of need for ‘Air Cleaning Units’ is also down to the school/nursery. It’s really positive that Clean Indoor Air is finally getting better recognition but not good that the parameters are too high and the info on the documents is not clearer. Also filters seem to be (1/2)
🚨 NEW DfE GUIDANCE
- VENTILATION & AIR QUALITY -
Clean air matters - especially for #ClinicallyVulnerable children, staff and families. This is an important recognition that airborne transmission is preventable.
1/
Yet the government think that 800-1,500 CO2 measurements in schools is perfectly acceptable in new ventilation guidance for schools just published. @cvcev.bsky.social have written a post about this on X.
Since measles is coming back, here's a question:
What is the "half-life" of airborne decay of measles?
Answer: We have no idea. People think it's long (1 to 2 hours).
Why don't we know? Funders largely felt there wasn't a need to measure it since it was managed with vaccines.
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
In 2022 France implemented a new law stating that 50% of any new public building should be built from timber or other bio materials.
An outcome is new schools that look like this!
Designed by Le Penhuel & Associés, in Paris.
More good news on vaccines
A two-in-one mRNA vaccine developed by Moderna targets seasonal influenza & COVID-19. It produced robust and durable immune responses w/o safety concerns in a small mid-stage trial.
mRNA is the future. We can’t afford to lose it.
🧪 www.reuters.com/business/hea...
A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It's like living through the French Revolution or WWI, the sky is still blue and superficially things look the same. But the past is a different country. Mark Carney talked about a “rupture” with the post-war order but COVID primed the rupture.
I believe there was a well known one called Tallulah.
![Impact on Society Survey
Clinically Vulnerable Families
Findings from a national survey exploring the impact of Covid-19 on Clinically Vulnerable households.
February 2026
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Impact on Society Survey Clinically Vulnerable Families Findings from a national survey exploring the impact of Covid-19 on Clinically Vulnerable households. February 2026 [Image of a blurry hospital corridor and Clinically Vulnerable Families logo]
🚨 NEW CVF DATA 🚨
Today we publish new evidence on the impact of the pandemic on Clinically Vulnerable households across the UK.
For many, the harms did not end in 2022.
1/🧵 <Full report on final post>👇
Tile “Long COVID has not disappeared. People continue to develop the condition after new COVID-19 infections. World Health Organization European Region”
Harm from C 19 continues. Who is doing what?
We’re grateful for responses to our open letter from 🏴 & 🏴 Education Ministers & look forward to continuing dialogue.
Meanwhile 100’s of 1000’s have now viewed our article: The 5p Solution.
Appetite for practical action is clear.
