Alan Barnard
@alanbarnard1.bsky.social
Campaigner & storyteller. Airborne Aware. Director of Campaigns & Elections for Labour way back when. Buy my book Campaign It! here: http://bit.ly/1UlAMbW
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Alan Barnard
@alanbarnard1.bsky.social
· Aug 11
Clean Air for Kids
Bringing Clean Air to the Kids of Bristol and Beyond. We wouldn’t let our children drink dirty water, why are we letting them breathe dirty air?
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
Have you seen this brilliant campaign aimed at improving attendance rates in schools through providing clean air to breathe?
This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
This paper was published yesterday. Once it is understood by political leaders they will have to act to mitigate a virus spread by breathing in each other’s exhaled breath.
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
This paper was published yesterday. Once it is understood by political leaders they will have to act to mitigate a virus spread by breathing in each other’s exhaled breath.
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?
COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal
and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due
to the immune dysfunction caused ...
www.ajpmfocus.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
This paper was published yesterday. Once it is understood by political leaders they will have to act to mitigate a virus spread by breathing in each other’s exhaled breath.
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
This paper was published yesterday. Once it is understood by political leaders they will have to act to mitigate a virus spread by breathing in each other’s exhaled breath.
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Are people getting sick and leaving the workforce because of the myriad earlier-onset chronic health conditions caused by repeated SARS-Cov-2 infections?
See the thread in the pics.
Full thread here, including link to the research study:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19709...
Are people getting sick and leaving the workforce because of the myriad earlier-onset chronic health conditions caused by repeated SARS-Cov-2 infections?
See the thread in the pics.
Full thread here, including link to the research study:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19709...
September 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Are people getting sick and leaving the workforce because of the myriad earlier-onset chronic health conditions caused by repeated SARS-Cov-2 infections?
See the thread in the pics.
Full thread here, including link to the research study:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19709...
Are people getting sick and leaving the workforce because of the myriad earlier-onset chronic health conditions caused by repeated SARS-Cov-2 infections?
See the thread in the pics.
Full thread here, including link to the research study:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19709...
Reposted by Alan Barnard
Have you seen this brilliant campaign aimed at improving attendance rates in schools through providing clean air to breathe?
This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
Clean Air for Kids
Bringing Clean Air to the Kids of Bristol and Beyond. We wouldn’t let our children drink dirty water, why are we letting them breathe dirty air?
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Have you seen this brilliant campaign aimed at improving attendance rates in schools through providing clean air to breathe?
This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
DfE have just released attendance data for last school year.
In England:
Overall absence: 6.9%
Authorised absence: 4.5%
Illness absence: 3.2%
So 71.1% of authorised absence was due to illness.
(How much unauthorised absence was also illness?)
www.gov.uk/government/s...
DfE have just released attendance data for last school year.
In England:
Overall absence: 6.9%
Authorised absence: 4.5%
Illness absence: 3.2%
So 71.1% of authorised absence was due to illness.
(How much unauthorised absence was also illness?)
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Pupil attendance in schools
Data on the levels of attendance and overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.
www.gov.uk
August 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
DfE have just released attendance data for last school year.
In England:
Overall absence: 6.9%
Authorised absence: 4.5%
Illness absence: 3.2%
So 71.1% of authorised absence was due to illness.
(How much unauthorised absence was also illness?)
www.gov.uk/government/s...
DfE have just released attendance data for last school year.
In England:
Overall absence: 6.9%
Authorised absence: 4.5%
Illness absence: 3.2%
So 71.1% of authorised absence was due to illness.
(How much unauthorised absence was also illness?)
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Here's another Covid scandal that is just starting to emerge into the public domain from today's Private Eye. I think this will turn into a big one.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Here's another Covid scandal that is just starting to emerge into the public domain from today's Private Eye. I think this will turn into a big one.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social a very good book about facts v emotions in political comms is ‘The Political Brain’ by Drew Westen in case you are looking for summer reading
August 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social a very good book about facts v emotions in political comms is ‘The Political Brain’ by Drew Westen in case you are looking for summer reading
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Young people most certainly are carrying burdens that weren't carried before the arrival of Covid.
One of *many* studies about the damage Covid causes to mirochondria is linked here...
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Young people most certainly are carrying burdens that weren't carried before the arrival of Covid.
One of *many* studies about the damage Covid causes to mirochondria is linked here...
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
SARS-CoV-2 can cause lasting damage to cells' energy production
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can cause lasting damage to energy production by mitochondria in many organs of the body.
www.nih.gov
July 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Young people most certainly are carrying burdens that weren't carried before the arrival of Covid.
One of *many* studies about the damage Covid causes to mirochondria is linked here...
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Young people most certainly are carrying burdens that weren't carried before the arrival of Covid.
One of *many* studies about the damage Covid causes to mirochondria is linked here...
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Reposted by Alan Barnard
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Please have a look at this info below.
'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.
The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
Please have a look at this info below.
'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.
The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
May 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Please have a look at this info below.
'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.
The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
Please have a look at this info below.
'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.
The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
It might be worth exploring what Covid does to mitochondria, the energy powerhouse of the body's cells - see below (there are loads of examples of research - let me know if you want links)
It might be worth exploring what Covid does to mitochondria, the energy powerhouse of the body's cells - see below (there are loads of examples of research - let me know if you want links)
How COVID-19 Hijacks Mitochondria and Fuels Long Term Damage
www.thailandmedical.news/news/how-cov...
www.thailandmedical.news/news/how-cov...
How COVID-19 Hijacks Mitochondria and Fuels Long Term Damage - Thailand Medical News
www.thailandmedical.news
July 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
It might be worth exploring what Covid does to mitochondria, the energy powerhouse of the body's cells - see below (there are loads of examples of research - let me know if you want links)
It might be worth exploring what Covid does to mitochondria, the energy powerhouse of the body's cells - see below (there are loads of examples of research - let me know if you want links)
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I wonder if a better question might be: "How do we get our £85bn back?"; or, "What is society's retribution now against those who have ripped us off so egregiously?"
July 21, 2025 at 9:37 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I wonder if a better question might be: "How do we get our £85bn back?"; or, "What is society's retribution now against those who have ripped us off so egregiously?"
@mrjamesob.bsky.social as ever, enjoying the show today. Might I remind you, though, that when your callers say "it was during covid" they mean during the brief period when there were restrictions on our movements (also called 'lockdown'). We are still during Covid, and it still causes health harms.
July 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social as ever, enjoying the show today. Might I remind you, though, that when your callers say "it was during covid" they mean during the brief period when there were restrictions on our movements (also called 'lockdown'). We are still during Covid, and it still causes health harms.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re addicted to sugar, Dr David Unwin who is locarbgp on twitter runs a surgery that reduces sugar intake to put diabetes into remission. His work is brilliant. Please tell your caller.
And his wife, Jen Unwin, also helps with sugar addiction www.purition.co.uk/blogs/articl...
And his wife, Jen Unwin, also helps with sugar addiction www.purition.co.uk/blogs/articl...
Addicted to sugar? Ask Dr Jen Unwin | Blog | Purition
Dr Jen Unwin shares her thoughts on sugar addiction and provides her top tips on how to reduce your consumption of refined sugar and starchy carbs.
www.purition.co.uk
July 2, 2025 at 10:32 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re addicted to sugar, Dr David Unwin who is locarbgp on twitter runs a surgery that reduces sugar intake to put diabetes into remission. His work is brilliant. Please tell your caller.
And his wife, Jen Unwin, also helps with sugar addiction www.purition.co.uk/blogs/articl...
And his wife, Jen Unwin, also helps with sugar addiction www.purition.co.uk/blogs/articl...
Hi James, here’s a fabulous campaign promoting the benefits of clean air for kids. It’s starting in Bristol, but who knows, tomorrow, maybe the world.
And it’s a very pretty website, too.
Would you give it a puff, please?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@ruthbrooker.bsky.social
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
And it’s a very pretty website, too.
Would you give it a puff, please?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@ruthbrooker.bsky.social
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
Clean Air for Kids
Bringing Clean Air to the Kids of Bristol and Beyond. We wouldn’t let our children drink dirty water, why are we letting them breathe dirty air?
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
June 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Hi James, here’s a fabulous campaign promoting the benefits of clean air for kids. It’s starting in Bristol, but who knows, tomorrow, maybe the world.
And it’s a very pretty website, too.
Would you give it a puff, please?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@ruthbrooker.bsky.social
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
And it’s a very pretty website, too.
Would you give it a puff, please?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@ruthbrooker.bsky.social
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
Good morning, James @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Just to remind you, we are still 'during Covid'.
It is still causing earlier-onset chronic health conditions and shortening people's lives.
Here's a summary of some of the conditions it causes...
whn.global/public-servi...
Just to remind you, we are still 'during Covid'.
It is still causing earlier-onset chronic health conditions and shortening people's lives.
Here's a summary of some of the conditions it causes...
whn.global/public-servi...
Public Service Announcements - WHN
April 6, 2025 August 17, 2024 Scientists and Economists Alert! Global Emergency Compounded by the AIDS-like Features of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Over a million people in the US are being infected with se...
whn.global
June 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Good morning, James @mrjamesob.bsky.social
Just to remind you, we are still 'during Covid'.
It is still causing earlier-onset chronic health conditions and shortening people's lives.
Here's a summary of some of the conditions it causes...
whn.global/public-servi...
Just to remind you, we are still 'during Covid'.
It is still causing earlier-onset chronic health conditions and shortening people's lives.
Here's a summary of some of the conditions it causes...
whn.global/public-servi...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re the research below about brain damage following Covid that I shared with you, this is what @drseanmullen.bsky.social wrote about it over on x…
May 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social re the research below about brain damage following Covid that I shared with you, this is what @drseanmullen.bsky.social wrote about it over on x…
Important research linked.
1)
Yet more evidence that Covid is a cardiovascular disease.
2)
Exercising after infection will make things worse.
Elite athletes especially take note.
And society, take note. SC2 can’t simply be dismissed as a ‘textbook virus’…
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
1)
Yet more evidence that Covid is a cardiovascular disease.
2)
Exercising after infection will make things worse.
Elite athletes especially take note.
And society, take note. SC2 can’t simply be dismissed as a ‘textbook virus’…
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Exercise-induced Changes in Microclotting and Cytokine Levels Point to Vascular Injury and Inflammation in People with Long COVID
Background: Long COVID is a persistent and episodic multi-system condition that impacts quality of life and functional status. Underlying pathologies include viral persistence, endothelial dysfunction...
www.researchsquare.com
May 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Important research linked.
1)
Yet more evidence that Covid is a cardiovascular disease.
2)
Exercising after infection will make things worse.
Elite athletes especially take note.
And society, take note. SC2 can’t simply be dismissed as a ‘textbook virus’…
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
1)
Yet more evidence that Covid is a cardiovascular disease.
2)
Exercising after infection will make things worse.
Elite athletes especially take note.
And society, take note. SC2 can’t simply be dismissed as a ‘textbook virus’…
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
I think the recently published research linked below is hugely relevant to your discussion yesterday about attention span.
We are learning more almost daily. It is naive for society to think that SARS-CoV-2 is a ‘textbook virus’. We need open minds.
I think the recently published research linked below is hugely relevant to your discussion yesterday about attention span.
We are learning more almost daily. It is naive for society to think that SARS-CoV-2 is a ‘textbook virus’. We need open minds.
“The present study revealed significant long-lasting cognitive dysfunction in PCC [post-covid condition/long covid] in young adults, two years after COVID-19 infection. Verbal working memory was significantly impaired, … .”
www.mdpi.com/3321544
www.mdpi.com/3321544
www.mdpi.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
I think the recently published research linked below is hugely relevant to your discussion yesterday about attention span.
We are learning more almost daily. It is naive for society to think that SARS-CoV-2 is a ‘textbook virus’. We need open minds.
I think the recently published research linked below is hugely relevant to your discussion yesterday about attention span.
We are learning more almost daily. It is naive for society to think that SARS-CoV-2 is a ‘textbook virus’. We need open minds.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
James, I've been banging on about this for a while to you, but repeated Covid illnesses really do impact the brain and attention span.
Here's a thread by @catinthehat.bsky.social with just a few of the studies:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
James, I've been banging on about this for a while to you, but repeated Covid illnesses really do impact the brain and attention span.
Here's a thread by @catinthehat.bsky.social with just a few of the studies:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
Thread by @_CatintheHat on Thread Reader App
@_CatintheHat: COVID + THE BRAIN 🧠 There’s been a flurry of new studies published in recent weeks about Covid’s detrimental impact on the brain. This is the aspect of Covid which concerns me most, but...
threadreaderapp.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
James, I've been banging on about this for a while to you, but repeated Covid illnesses really do impact the brain and attention span.
Here's a thread by @catinthehat.bsky.social with just a few of the studies:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
James, I've been banging on about this for a while to you, but repeated Covid illnesses really do impact the brain and attention span.
Here's a thread by @catinthehat.bsky.social with just a few of the studies:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Please have a look at this info below.
'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.
The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
Please have a look at this info below.
'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.
The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
May 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Please have a look at this info below.
'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.
The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
Please have a look at this info below.
'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.
The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
Reposted by Alan Barnard
Hi @mrjamesob.bsky.social
I’d like to know how Bridget Phillipson thinks that teaching children the value of grit is going to help them overcome the neurological damage caused by multiple COVID infections.
The science is clear that this is a major contributor to the mental health crisis in kids.
I’d like to know how Bridget Phillipson thinks that teaching children the value of grit is going to help them overcome the neurological damage caused by multiple COVID infections.
The science is clear that this is a major contributor to the mental health crisis in kids.
May 16, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Hi @mrjamesob.bsky.social
I’d like to know how Bridget Phillipson thinks that teaching children the value of grit is going to help them overcome the neurological damage caused by multiple COVID infections.
The science is clear that this is a major contributor to the mental health crisis in kids.
I’d like to know how Bridget Phillipson thinks that teaching children the value of grit is going to help them overcome the neurological damage caused by multiple COVID infections.
The science is clear that this is a major contributor to the mental health crisis in kids.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social You are correct that parents want the best for their children.
Do you think that when they learn about this research suggesting that a child catching Covid-19 increases the child's chances of kidney disease, they'll want to stop letting their children catch Covid repeatedly?
Do you think that when they learn about this research suggesting that a child catching Covid-19 increases the child's chances of kidney disease, they'll want to stop letting their children catch Covid repeatedly?
April 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social You are correct that parents want the best for their children.
Do you think that when they learn about this research suggesting that a child catching Covid-19 increases the child's chances of kidney disease, they'll want to stop letting their children catch Covid repeatedly?
Do you think that when they learn about this research suggesting that a child catching Covid-19 increases the child's chances of kidney disease, they'll want to stop letting their children catch Covid repeatedly?
Are you a parent?
I guess if so, you will care about the health of your child/ren. You might therefore want to have a read of this, below.
And have a little think…
I guess if so, you will care about the health of your child/ren. You might therefore want to have a read of this, below.
And have a little think…
Study of 297,920 children and adolescents with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
“We found that those infected with SARS-CoV-2 exhibited increased risks for a range of post-acute cardiovascular outcomes”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#LongCovdidKids #PaediatricLongCovid
#HeartHealth
“We found that those infected with SARS-CoV-2 exhibited increased risks for a range of post-acute cardiovascular outcomes”
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#LongCovdidKids #PaediatricLongCovid
#HeartHealth
April 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Are you a parent?
I guess if so, you will care about the health of your child/ren. You might therefore want to have a read of this, below.
And have a little think…
I guess if so, you will care about the health of your child/ren. You might therefore want to have a read of this, below.
And have a little think…
Hi James @mrjamesob.bsky.social re your caller with his third, mild, bout of Covid; just to remind, the acute stage of Covid isn't so much the problem as its sequelae.
Repeated infections are going to cause huge future health problems. Here's a flavour of what they are:
whn.global/public-servi...
Repeated infections are going to cause huge future health problems. Here's a flavour of what they are:
whn.global/public-servi...
Public Service Announcement - WHN
Scientists and Economists Alert! Global Emergency Compounded by the AIDS-like Features of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Over a million people in the US are being infected with severe acute respiratory syndrom...
whn.global
April 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Hi James @mrjamesob.bsky.social re your caller with his third, mild, bout of Covid; just to remind, the acute stage of Covid isn't so much the problem as its sequelae.
Repeated infections are going to cause huge future health problems. Here's a flavour of what they are:
whn.global/public-servi...
Repeated infections are going to cause huge future health problems. Here's a flavour of what they are:
whn.global/public-servi...
Reposted by Alan Barnard
"Good relations with good people" Alan Barnard to @mrjamesob.bsky.social
This has to be the life goal of all going forward.
This has to be the life goal of all going forward.
March 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
"Good relations with good people" Alan Barnard to @mrjamesob.bsky.social
This has to be the life goal of all going forward.
This has to be the life goal of all going forward.
And I think it’s worth reflecting today, too, that joining in with survivor bias is only a useful strategy whilst you are still a survivor.
March 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
And I think it’s worth reflecting today, too, that joining in with survivor bias is only a useful strategy whilst you are still a survivor.