@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC
@drjoepajak.bsky.social
PhD physical chemistry (interface science)
Public governor NHS Hospital
https://www.change.org/Make-Covid-Vaccine-Freely-Available-In-The-UK
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732047
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Public governor NHS Hospital
https://www.change.org/Make-Covid-Vaccine-Freely-Available-In-The-UK
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/732047
https://mstdn.science/@JoePajak
https://substack.com/@joepajak
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Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19.
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
'Simple, proven measures of vaccination, isolation, and ventilation are being neglected, leaving the public vulnerable as flu spreads. Experts call for a layered approach to infection control, combining vaccination, isolation, ventilation, masks, and hygiene.'👇 www.digitaljournal.com/life/flu-sea...
Flu season peak exposes missed COVID-19 lessons
In the UK, flu hospitalisations have surged by more than half in just one week.
www.digitaljournal.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
'Simple, proven measures of vaccination, isolation, and ventilation are being neglected, leaving the public vulnerable as flu spreads. Experts call for a layered approach to infection control, combining vaccination, isolation, ventilation, masks, and hygiene.'👇 www.digitaljournal.com/life/flu-sea...
'The International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on 27 December, highlights the need for continuous investment in prevention, detection, and response to protect lives and strengthen health systems against ongoing and emerging threats.'
🌀 Airborne threats!
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/interna...
🌀 Airborne threats!
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/interna...
International Day of Epidemic Preparedness: Turning Lessons Into Lasting Systems | Infection Control Today
Observed on December 27, the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness highlights the need for continuous investment in prevention, detection, and response to protect lives and strengthen health syst...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com
January 4, 2026 at 10:38 AM
'The International Day of Epidemic Preparedness on 27 December, highlights the need for continuous investment in prevention, detection, and response to protect lives and strengthen health systems against ongoing and emerging threats.'
🌀 Airborne threats!
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/interna...
🌀 Airborne threats!
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/interna...
Review of 212 human viruses reported between 1900 and 2024 concludes:
'Emerging infectious diseases pose ongoing global health threats, making it essential to understand their temporal, geographic, and biological patterns to inform prevention & control strategies.'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
'Emerging infectious diseases pose ongoing global health threats, making it essential to understand their temporal, geographic, and biological patterns to inform prevention & control strategies.'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A century of emergence: trends and patterns in human viral pathogens, 1900–2024, a systematic review - BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) pose ongoing global health threats, making it essential to understand their temporal, geographic, and biological patterns to inform prevention and contro...
link.springer.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Review of 212 human viruses reported between 1900 and 2024 concludes:
'Emerging infectious diseases pose ongoing global health threats, making it essential to understand their temporal, geographic, and biological patterns to inform prevention & control strategies.'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
'Emerging infectious diseases pose ongoing global health threats, making it essential to understand their temporal, geographic, and biological patterns to inform prevention & control strategies.'
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
'The UK is the worst of the G7 nations regarding MMR vaccination uptake, according to the WHO.'
Moreover,
'Not a single one of the main childhood vaccines in England hit the target in 2024-25. There were also sharp differences in uptake across the country.'
@who.int
www.aol.co.uk/articles/chi...
Moreover,
'Not a single one of the main childhood vaccines in England hit the target in 2024-25. There were also sharp differences in uptake across the country.'
@who.int
www.aol.co.uk/articles/chi...
Children in England to be offered vaccines in their own homes
Exclusive: Pilot scheme launches as one in five start primary school with no protection against deadly diseases
www.aol.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 10:38 PM
'The UK is the worst of the G7 nations regarding MMR vaccination uptake, according to the WHO.'
Moreover,
'Not a single one of the main childhood vaccines in England hit the target in 2024-25. There were also sharp differences in uptake across the country.'
@who.int
www.aol.co.uk/articles/chi...
Moreover,
'Not a single one of the main childhood vaccines in England hit the target in 2024-25. There were also sharp differences in uptake across the country.'
@who.int
www.aol.co.uk/articles/chi...
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Our recent paper, "Optimal Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Boosting Dates Following Previous Booster Vaccination or Breakthrough Infection", is amongst the most-read recent articles in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Maybe because everyone can benefit from reading it?
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...
Maybe because everyone can benefit from reading it?
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...
Optimal Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Boosting Dates Following Previous Booster Vaccination or Breakthrough Infection
Optimal timing for COVID-19 boosters improves their efficacy. There is an optimal delay of boosters after breakthrough infection. Our analysis enables bene
academic.oup.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Our recent paper, "Optimal Annual COVID-19 Vaccine Boosting Dates Following Previous Booster Vaccination or Breakthrough Infection", is amongst the most-read recent articles in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Maybe because everyone can benefit from reading it?
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...
Maybe because everyone can benefit from reading it?
academic.oup.com/cid/article-...
Reposted by @DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC
Beyond the financial toll, the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Beyond the financial toll, the researchers found that withdrawing support for rapidly advancing mRNA vaccine technology could result in over 49,000 preventable deaths annually among patients diagnosed with four major cancers.
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The report estimates that mRNA vaccines could avert over $75 billion in economic costs annually.
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December 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The report estimates that mRNA vaccines could avert over $75 billion in economic costs annually.
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A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
New report sounds alarm on health fallout from mRNA vaccine funding cuts
A new report from the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have
ysph.yale.edu
December 22, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A new report from researchers at the Yale School of Public Health warns that the U.S. government’s abrupt cancellation of funding for mRNA vaccine research could have devastating health and economic consequences for the nation.
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Although this year’s vaccine match is suboptimal, it is better protection against severe influenza disease than going without #vaccines
🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/n... #IDSky
🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/n... #IDSky
Flu Cases Climb to Highest Levels in New York State in Two Decades
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Although this year’s vaccine match is suboptimal, it is better protection against severe influenza disease than going without #vaccines
🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/n... #IDSky
🎁 article 👉 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/n... #IDSky
Study concluded that 'COVID-19 vaccines targeting the KP.2 variant used in the 2024-2025 season [in the USA] offered high protection against death and modest protection against infection, ED/UC visits or hospitalization, and vaccine effectiveness declined over time.'
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Effectiveness of the 2024–2025 KP.2 COVID-19 vaccines in the United States during long-term follow-up - Nature Communications
Vaccinations against the SARS-CoV-2 KP.2 variant were introduced for the 2024-25 season in the United States. Here, the authors investigate the effectiveness of these vaccines up to April 2025 through...
www.nature.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Study concluded that 'COVID-19 vaccines targeting the KP.2 variant used in the 2024-2025 season [in the USA] offered high protection against death and modest protection against infection, ED/UC visits or hospitalization, and vaccine effectiveness declined over time.'
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🦠These viruses spread through the air we breathe, especially indoors in cramped spaces:
Flu
RSV
COVID
Measles
Whooping cough
✔️Protect our communities:
Stay up to date with available vaccines
Wear a well‑fitting mask in higher‑risk spaces
Improve indoor air quality
💪Clean air saves lives.
Flu
RSV
COVID
Measles
Whooping cough
✔️Protect our communities:
Stay up to date with available vaccines
Wear a well‑fitting mask in higher‑risk spaces
Improve indoor air quality
💪Clean air saves lives.
Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19.
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
December 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
🦠These viruses spread through the air we breathe, especially indoors in cramped spaces:
Flu
RSV
COVID
Measles
Whooping cough
✔️Protect our communities:
Stay up to date with available vaccines
Wear a well‑fitting mask in higher‑risk spaces
Improve indoor air quality
💪Clean air saves lives.
Flu
RSV
COVID
Measles
Whooping cough
✔️Protect our communities:
Stay up to date with available vaccines
Wear a well‑fitting mask in higher‑risk spaces
Improve indoor air quality
💪Clean air saves lives.
'An estimated 400 million people have been affected by long COVID since 2020, with a $1 trillion annual cost to the global economy.'
This study provides 'the first comprehensive genetic framework for understanding Long COVID and developing personalized treatments.'
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
This study provides 'the first comprehensive genetic framework for understanding Long COVID and developing personalized treatments.'
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Integrative multi-omics framework for causal gene discovery in Long COVID
Author summary We developed a computational approach to understand why some individuals experience long-lasting symptoms after COVID-19 infection, a condition known as Long COVID that affects millions...
journals.plos.org
December 26, 2025 at 9:49 AM
'An estimated 400 million people have been affected by long COVID since 2020, with a $1 trillion annual cost to the global economy.'
This study provides 'the first comprehensive genetic framework for understanding Long COVID and developing personalized treatments.'
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
This study provides 'the first comprehensive genetic framework for understanding Long COVID and developing personalized treatments.'
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...
Reposted by @DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC
All I want for Christmas if for my kid to breathe clean air at school, for adults to get why that’s important, & take steps to make it so
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
If you agree, please sign & share
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Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
If you agree, please sign & share
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Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
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No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm
Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance
preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
Clean Indoor Air Toronto
cleanindoorairto.ca
December 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
All I want for Christmas if for my kid to breathe clean air at school, for adults to get why that’s important, & take steps to make it so
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
If you agree, please sign & share
bsky.app/profile/mama...
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial
If you agree, please sign & share
bsky.app/profile/mama...
Early in the pandemic, people fixated on disinfecting surfaces, assuming it prevented infection. While hygiene matters, SARS‑CoV‑2 spreads mainly through airborne particles. Much better to focus on ventilation, masks in enclosed spaces, and hand hygiene.
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/debunki...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/debunki...
Debunking the Mistruths and Misinformation About COVID-19 | Infection Control Today
"Although the virus itself remains a threat, misinformation about COVID-19 has become a parallel epidemic, one that undermines public health efforts and endangers lives."
www.infectioncontroltoday.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Early in the pandemic, people fixated on disinfecting surfaces, assuming it prevented infection. While hygiene matters, SARS‑CoV‑2 spreads mainly through airborne particles. Much better to focus on ventilation, masks in enclosed spaces, and hand hygiene.
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/debunki...
www.infectioncontroltoday.com/view/debunki...
'Because of the nature of their work, healthcare workers have been hit hard by COVID‑19 and continue to face elevated winter risks from respiratory viruses like flu, SARSCoV2 and RSV due to their high exposure in clinical settings.' @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/23/u...
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/23/u...
December 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
'Because of the nature of their work, healthcare workers have been hit hard by COVID‑19 and continue to face elevated winter risks from respiratory viruses like flu, SARSCoV2 and RSV due to their high exposure in clinical settings.' @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/23/u...
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/23/u...
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The so-called ‘super-flu’ has been making headlines, but what is the science behind this virus?
We explain why flu is early this winter, how vaccines work, and how genomics can help track respiratory viruses.🧬
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/23/u...
We explain why flu is early this winter, how vaccines work, and how genomics can help track respiratory viruses.🧬
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/23/u...
Understanding respiratory viruses in the age of the ‘super flu’ - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog
For many, flu season has come earlier this year with hospitalisations rising by more than 50 per cent in one week in the UK. The so-called ‘super flu’ is causing a media frenzy – but what actually is ...
sangerinstitute.blog
December 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The so-called ‘super-flu’ has been making headlines, but what is the science behind this virus?
We explain why flu is early this winter, how vaccines work, and how genomics can help track respiratory viruses.🧬
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/23/u...
We explain why flu is early this winter, how vaccines work, and how genomics can help track respiratory viruses.🧬
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/23/u...
'Because of the nature of their work, healthcare workers have been hit hard by COVID‑19 and continue to face elevated winter risks from respiratory viruses like flu, SARSCoV2 and RSV due to their high exposure in clinical settings.' @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/23/u...
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/23/u...
Understanding respiratory viruses in the age of the ‘super flu’ - Wellcome Sanger Institute Blog
For many, flu season has come earlier this year with hospitalisations rising by more than 50 per cent in one week in the UK. The so-called ‘super flu’ is causing a media frenzy – but what actually is ...
sangerinstitute.blog
December 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
'Because of the nature of their work, healthcare workers have been hit hard by COVID‑19 and continue to face elevated winter risks from respiratory viruses like flu, SARSCoV2 and RSV due to their high exposure in clinical settings.' @sangerinstitute.bsky.social
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/23/u...
sangerinstitute.blog/2025/12/23/u...
Reposted by @DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC
„repeatedly derail their daily lives“
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protect yourself and shield others.
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protect yourself and shield others.
Persistent Long COVID. Millions face ongoing exhaustion and disabling symptoms, with setbacks that repeatedly derail daily life. Time authorities fully recognised LC — especially as an occupational injury for healthcare workers who sacrificed so much for us all.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Patterns of long COVID symptoms among healthcare workers in the UK and variations by sociodemographic, clinical and occupational factors: a cross-sectional analysis of a nationwide study (UK-REACH) - ...
Objectives: This study aimed to examine symptom patterns between healthcare workers (HCWs) with and without long COVID, identify the most common long COVID symp...
journals.sagepub.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
„repeatedly derail their daily lives“
>> 😷
protect yourself and shield others.
>> 😷
protect yourself and shield others.
Persistent Long COVID. Millions face ongoing exhaustion and disabling symptoms, with setbacks that repeatedly derail daily life. Time authorities fully recognised LC — especially as an occupational injury for healthcare workers who sacrificed so much for us all.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Persistent Long COVID. Millions face ongoing exhaustion and disabling symptoms, with setbacks that repeatedly derail daily life. Time authorities fully recognised LC — especially as an occupational injury for healthcare workers who sacrificed so much for us all.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Study is 'the first to reveal distinct patterns in Long COVID symptoms among HCWs with significant variations by ethnicity, sex and occupational role - emphasising need for targeted support strategies and workplace adjustments...' www.rsm.ac.uk/resources/jr...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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December 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Study is 'the first to reveal distinct patterns in Long COVID symptoms among HCWs with significant variations by ethnicity, sex and occupational role - emphasising need for targeted support strategies and workplace adjustments...' www.rsm.ac.uk/resources/jr...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
'The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic weaknesses in governance, accountability, & transparency, eroding trust in politics. @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social highlights failings + what allowed them. Hillsborough Law offers potential framework to respond to these lessons.'
consoc.org.uk/outcomes-of-...
consoc.org.uk/outcomes-of-...
Trust Lost, Lessons Learned: Outcomes of the COVID-19 Inquiry - The Constitution Society
Kate Dewsnip examines the outcomes of the Covid-19 Inquiry and asks whether in future more might be done to prevent reoccurring issues.
consoc.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
'The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic weaknesses in governance, accountability, & transparency, eroding trust in politics. @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social highlights failings + what allowed them. Hillsborough Law offers potential framework to respond to these lessons.'
consoc.org.uk/outcomes-of-...
consoc.org.uk/outcomes-of-...
Brutal Long COVID. Millions with relentless fatigue and a mix of debilitating symptoms, with crashes that send everything spiralling over again. Time governments fully recognised LC - especially as an occupational injury for healthcare workers who risked everything.
🔗 www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
🔗 www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
Cork healthcare workers with long covid ‘on a cliff edge’
Two Cork healthcare workers, who contracted covid while working during the pandemic, fear the consequences if a special pay scheme is stopped and are ...
www.echolive.ie
December 22, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Brutal Long COVID. Millions with relentless fatigue and a mix of debilitating symptoms, with crashes that send everything spiralling over again. Time governments fully recognised LC - especially as an occupational injury for healthcare workers who risked everything.
🔗 www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
🔗 www.echolive.ie/corknews/ari...
🦠COVID and flu continue to stretch the NHS to its limit.
These airborne pathogens do particularly well when there are fewer people being vaccinated, and at times when more people are mixing in crowded places with poor ventilation, and when face coverings are not being used sensibly.
England latest:
These airborne pathogens do particularly well when there are fewer people being vaccinated, and at times when more people are mixing in crowded places with poor ventilation, and when face coverings are not being used sensibly.
England latest:
December 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🦠COVID and flu continue to stretch the NHS to its limit.
These airborne pathogens do particularly well when there are fewer people being vaccinated, and at times when more people are mixing in crowded places with poor ventilation, and when face coverings are not being used sensibly.
England latest:
These airborne pathogens do particularly well when there are fewer people being vaccinated, and at times when more people are mixing in crowded places with poor ventilation, and when face coverings are not being used sensibly.
England latest:
'Why does my child need to be protected against chickenpox as well as measles, mumps and rubella?'
Why?
🤦Because it could save their life?
🤷Checkout this important detail below provided by the @ukhsa.bsky.social
#MMRV #Vaccines #ChildHealth #UKHealth #PublicHealth
ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/12/17/w...
Why?
🤦Because it could save their life?
🤷Checkout this important detail below provided by the @ukhsa.bsky.social
#MMRV #Vaccines #ChildHealth #UKHealth #PublicHealth
ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/12/17/w...
December 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
'Why does my child need to be protected against chickenpox as well as measles, mumps and rubella?'
Why?
🤦Because it could save their life?
🤷Checkout this important detail below provided by the @ukhsa.bsky.social
#MMRV #Vaccines #ChildHealth #UKHealth #PublicHealth
ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/12/17/w...
Why?
🤦Because it could save their life?
🤷Checkout this important detail below provided by the @ukhsa.bsky.social
#MMRV #Vaccines #ChildHealth #UKHealth #PublicHealth
ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2025/12/17/w...