DVC @LSTMnews | Hon. Prof @UniofNottingham | Prof of #Virology working on #EmergingViruses. Ex-@BritSciAssoc #MediaFellowship @BBCNews | Occasional Sci Comms
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31 Dec 2025
Calling on my twitter friends. We are a small community under threat. We have 30 days to persuade the new Nottinghamshire County Council Reform administration to shelve plans to reopen the Rufford Ford circus RuffordFord.uk. Please write to object. We need your help. 🙏
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May 22
Given the status of the current #Bundibugyo #Ebolavirus outbreak in the #DRC, yet again, this piece I penned some time ago seems sadly prescient:
bbc.co.uk/news/health-249623…
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Based on his prior knowledge, he knows that there is high probability I will be taking him his morning walk.
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If I'm not here, but my wife, daughter and son are, it becomes a less certain, as they all take him reasonably frequently, but my wife probably more.
So it's she, who gets the stare, and more often than not he's right.
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Folk are understandably concerned/interested in #Hantavirus. Here's a nice introduction to this fascinating collection of viruses:
mdpi.com/1999-4915/15/8/1705
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Whilst uncommon - human to human transmission of #hantavirus has been reported previously:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
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And more recently @Thechappell, @PostdocPat and I published on the first full genome sequence of a novel UK hantavirus
microbiologyresearch.org/con…
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There's probably more hantavirus infections out there than we realise, especially in those regularly exposed to UK rodents...
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Jonathan Ball retweeted
May 1
What a night at the Reach Plc awards!
@nottslive is brand of the year 🎉. So chuffed after a tough year - what a team of reporters. So proud.
@DylanHayward is the rising star of the year 🎉
@PJLynchjourno is LDR of the year
And @MattLeeJourno highly commended for regional journalist of the year
Amazing work goes on every single day in all our newsrooms and it was such an honour for all of us to win.
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Jonathan Ball retweeted
The strain from this outbreak has now been confirmed as meningitis B. This isn't in the current UK teenage vaccine schedule (perhaps that will now change...) theguardian.com/uk-news/2026…
Dear students in the UK, if you haven't had your teenage meningitis vaccine or aren't sure if you have had it, PLEASE arrange with your GP to get vaccinated nhs.uk/vaccinations/menacwy-… It helps prevent tragic deaths like those that have occured recently in Kent.
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@jimwaterson - you've covered Rufford Ford previously -ot sure if this might be of interest?
31 Dec 2025
Calling on my twitter friends. We are a small community under threat. We have 30 days to persuade the new Nottinghamshire County Council Reform administration to shelve plans to reopen the Rufford Ford circus RuffordFord.uk. Please write to object. We need your help. 🙏
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Jan 17
@jimwaterson - I flag merely because the council are advocating £40M of 'savings' (aka 'cuts'} whilst planning to spend more than a quarter of a million on reopening a ford so the local golfers can get to the first tee 5 minutes quicker, maybe one of the councillors plays there?
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Jan 15
We're off! Rufford Ford has become a peaceful wildlife haven once again, but the threat of reopening looms. We need to fund an expert report. Every £1 helps protect our community and environment. Please share and contribute if you can! #SaveRuffordFord gofund.me/5627241c4
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Jan 13
Rufford Ford found peace, but #ReformUK are threatening this. Friends of Rufford Lane need your help to fund an expert report that will protect residents, visitors and the recovering ecosystem. Maybe give a pound and please share . #SaveRuffordFord gofund.me/ca4d19728
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Thinking about what your next #tattoo is going to be? Whilst you ponder you might like this.
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.25…
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#Trump's actions and interest in #Venezuela. Worth watching this posted 3 weeks ago.
youtu.be/Pgwny1BiCYk?si=7rF6…
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26 Nov 2025
Whoaaa!!
Just learned that its going to be the half #century #anniversary of #GregLake's #IBelieveInFatherChristmas. #Really? Will need to tune up my #6string and remember to #DropD
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26 Nov 2025
And for anyone interested (yes I know n=0). My copy of that single got burned in the 2nd @GaribaldiSchool fire - you know, the one that wasn't #arson. #HappyDays
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