Prof Mark Fielder Professor of medical microbiology @ Kingston University
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
5 Jan 2021
I lost mum to Covid this Christmas. I am broken and there is a lot to heal. It’s hard to put into words just how extraordinary the @NHSuk nurses and doctors have been, how patient and kind as they led me through every detail of mum’s condition that I hung on to, how composed 1/9
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
5 Jan 2021
Today would have been the birthday of Rebecca Craighill Lancefield, who developed the Lancefield classification system. Born in 1895, Lancefield's system of classification of beta-haemolytic Streptococci is still in use in clinical settings today.
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
7 Dec 2020
'A healthy economy simply isn’t possible without healthy people and a healthy planet at its heart.'
In this article, my friend and partner of @AMRInvestAction, @Fireynolds, explores the role of investors in safeguarding medicine and economies ⤵️
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8 Dec 2020
Awesome day
8 Dec 2020
Landmark moment: UK has started Pfizer #COVID-19 vaccinations bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55227325
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
25 Nov 2020
Want to know more about the implications of the recent developments with the Moderna, Oxford/AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines?
Five key questions about the #COVID19 #vaccines are answered by #KingstonUni’s Professor of medical microbiology Mark Fielder (@Markusmicrobius)
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
25 Nov 2020
The two greatest defences against infectious diseases are:
1. Clean water
2. Vaccines - the the single most life-saving medical innovation in the history of medicine
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
16 Jul 2020
We now have a new President @SfAMtweets 🤩🥳@BrendanFGilmore
thanks @Markusmicrobius for welcoming me as a trustee and for always explaining me how the society works 👏👏 😃 @lucyharper
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
6 May 2020
More than a thousand people have taken part in a Kingston University survey on attitudes to coronavirus testing.
The 15-minute survey can be done online, more details are here:
kingston.ac.uk/news/article/…”
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
6 May 2020
Just published - little editorial on #swabandsend - what we do and why we do it. #AMR #antibiotics
future-science.com/doi/10.21…
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
26 Apr 2020
Thank you so much for sharing!
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
1 May 2020
The team of health psychology and microbiology experts including @Psych_Tush, @Markusmicrobius and @PhilipTerry is inviting people from across the world to take part in the study by completing a public survey: kingstonpcs.eu.qualtrics.com… #Covid_19
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
27 Apr 2020
#KingstonUni microbiology expert Prof Mark Fielder (@Markusmicrobius) spoke to @Newsweek for an article exploring why an accurate picture of fatality and recovery rates from #COVID19 will not emerge until after the pandemic #KUresearch #coronavirusfacts
newsweek.com/coronavirus-dea…
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
27 Apr 2020
Please consider completing our survey! We are collecting information on an important topic relating to the COVID-19 outbreak. It takes 15 minutes and your response would be really useful!
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
26 Apr 2020
Please complete our survey "Attitudes Towards Coronavirus Testing During the Pandemic". It is worldwide research, you just need to be 18 , It takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. Please retweet & share with your friends/family! #coronavirus
kingstonpcs.eu.qualtrics.com…
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
The great guys at Kingston Uni are running a survey on public perception of testing for COVID-19 (SARS CoV2)
Would you mind sharing widely as it's a really important issue right now and we need to increase our understanding of comms
@Markusmicrobius
kingstonpcs.eu.qualtrics.com…
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26 Apr 2020
Could you help with our survey please?
Myself and some colleagues are undertaking a bit of social science work to try and understand the perceptions and feelings around the issue of testing for COVID-19 during the current pandemic. kingstonpcs.eu.qualtrics.com…
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
24 Apr 2020
Thanks for speaking to me about why the COVID-19 death rate is so tricky to calculate @Markusmicrobius, @chngin_the_wrld, @mjtildesley and Dr Aiken of @theNAME1966 newsweek.com/coronavirus-dea…
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
6 Apr 2020
A huge thank you to @KingstonUni for donating 16,600 disposable gloves, 82 regular lab coats, 1,324 safety spectacles, 10 packs of overshoes and 54 disposable face masks to Kingston Hospital and Kingston Health Centre to help protect front-line NHS staff. 👏👏👏
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Prof Mark Fielder retweeted
7 Apr 2020
“We need to be thinking about pandemics in the same way we think about climate change – it’s an existential threat to us, but it’s one we can actually control, because we’re the drivers of it.” scmp.com/news/china/article/…
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