Traveller, optimist, sceptic, retired medical journal editor ORCID 0000-0001-7915-6419
Joined October 2008
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17 Apr 2022
It’s been brilliant connecting with you all and I’ve learned so much here. Thank you. But I’m retired now 😎 and will soon close this account. If you’re at all interested in my non-medical musings, do DM me for my other twitter account
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Trish Groves retweeted
We have today written to @10DowningStreet regarding @BorisJohnson response to the news of the events of 20 May 2020.
A full copy of our letter is below.
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11 Jan 2022
Who else here has written to their MP to express anger about #no10party ? Mine is @JHowellUK @conservatives and only other time I contacted him was abt #barnardcastle
I expect short shrift again. But still worth writing, no?
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26 Dec 2021
Oh gosh; I didn’t know that Nigel Hawkes had gone too. Brilliant journalist
26 Dec 2021
I suspect you may also have known my other former fabulous colleague who alas passed away in October 😒 absw.org.uk/articles/nigel
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26 Dec 2021
Really sorry to hear about the death of #JaniceLong Truly professional, groundbreaking broadcaster and funny, warm person. Worked with Janice and @marcuschown @EndOfThePier many years ago on #PopScience @bbcworldservice and learned so much from them all
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22 Dec 2021
COVAX vaccine doses have been ramping up in recent weeks.
On December 5, #COVAX delivered 19 million doses on a single day.
Today, over 8⃣0⃣0⃣ million doses have been shipped worldwide🌍
"The ice jam seems finally to have broken." - @DrRHatchett
@gavi | @WHO | @UNICEF
22 Dec 2021
#COVAX has now delivered more than 800 million doses around the world and allocated 1.4 billion doses. Dramatic inequalities still exist between low- and high-income countries but we have made progress in the largest and most complex vaccine roll-out in history.
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22 Dec 2021
South Africa’s huge #omicron wave appears to be subsiding just as quickly as it grew. In less than a month, the country's outbreak has gone from a near-vertical rise to a near-vertical fall, by @maxbearak washingtonpost.com/world/202… via @washingtonpost #COVID19 #GlobalHealth
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22 Dec 2021
#omicron severity data just out from Ferguson et al @imperialcollege encouraging too imperial.ac.uk/mrc-global-in…
22 Dec 2021
Natl cohort study in Scotland with >23,000 S gene -ve cases, 15 admissions 23 Nov-19 Dec - suggesting #Omicron assoctd w 2/3 reduction in risk of hospitalisation vs #Delta Preprint just out @DrAzizSheikh et al research.ed.ac.uk/en/publica…
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22 Dec 2021
Natl cohort study in Scotland with >23,000 S gene -ve cases, 15 admissions 23 Nov-19 Dec - suggesting #Omicron assoctd w 2/3 reduction in risk of hospitalisation vs #Delta Preprint just out @DrAzizSheikh et al research.ed.ac.uk/en/publica…
22 Dec 2021
BREAKING New #Omicron study in Scotland and it looks like good news. ‘Early national data suggests that Omicron is associated with a two-thirds reduction in the risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation when compared to Delta.’ Experts from Edinburgh & Strathclyde Uni.
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15 Dec 2021
Some very good news from #TheBMJ @bmj_latest
Huge congratulations to @KamranAbbasi
Love and thanks to @fgodlee
15 Dec 2021
Kamran Abbasi has been appointed as the new editor in chief of The BMJ. He will take up the post on 1 January 2022, succeeding Fiona Godlee, who has been in the role for more than 16 years. Congratulations @KamranAbbasi bmj.com/content/375/bmj.n308…
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8 Dec 2021
What is it with Boris Johnson and buses? They’ve been bendy, they’ve spread Brexit lies, and now he’s throwing his #ChristmasParty team under one
Trish Groves retweeted
16 Sep 2021
The best data by far on #LongCovid is out from the ONS
For kids, the news is incredibly reassuring - parents minds should be put to rest
Rates of common symptoms after #COVID19 at 12 w for kids are extremely low (0% to 1.7%) compared to controls
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16 Sep 2021
Elvis Presley Gets the Polio Vaccine on The Ed Sullivan Show, Persuading Millions to Get Vaccinated (1956) @openculture bitly.com/3kbo6rQ
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THREAD: latest covid situation in UK (mainly England) and what I think is going on...
TLDR: I *do* think there has been a recent drop in transmission, due to combo of different things. Might not be quite as big as seems and might not last.
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30 Jul 2021
NEW: lots of attention on ONS Infection Survey today, but some confusion over how it should (and should not) be used to asses whether England’s fall in cases is "real"
Quick thread:
Most attention has gone on ONS “% of people testing positive” metric showing a continued rise
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Trish Groves retweeted
23 Jul 2021
Trying to find the epidemiology textbook that says that every single form of study design is invalid and unethical, except for the use of fear-inducing floating numerators. Anyone any ideas which one it is?
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22 Jul 2021
If you’re sceptical about Covid vaccines working, please take a moment to look at this graph.
And please chat to an NHS nurse or doctor if you’re still unsure about getting vaccinated. We’d love to help 🙏
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