Dr Pauline Nelson 🎃
@drpmanc110.bsky.social
Qualitative researcher in #HealthServicesOrganisation @sheffielduni.bsky.social; ‘Norn’ Irish; unpaid carer; tea drinker 🫖
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Exciting research shows potential for a new way to prevent flu infection using a nasal spray! 🧵🧪
Phase 1 and preclinical studies reveal safety, pharmacokinetics, and efficacy of intranasal delivery of the influenza antibody CR9114
Intranasal CR9114 is safe in humans, and twice-daily dosing confers protection against influenza virus challenge in macaques.
www.science.org
February 12, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Exciting research shows potential for a new way to prevent flu infection using a nasal spray! 🧵🧪
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I was born and raised in Gorton and Denton, and I absolutely guarantee you Reform won't put it first.
They won't even put Britain first.
They'll put Russia first. We LITERALLY jailed one of them for doing that.
They won't even put Britain first.
They'll put Russia first. We LITERALLY jailed one of them for doing that.
February 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
I was born and raised in Gorton and Denton, and I absolutely guarantee you Reform won't put it first.
They won't even put Britain first.
They'll put Russia first. We LITERALLY jailed one of them for doing that.
They won't even put Britain first.
They'll put Russia first. We LITERALLY jailed one of them for doing that.
Great commentary @dalupton.bsky.social and thank you for speaking out about the #Covid19 information vacuum we live through
Check out my new commentary, in which I provide 2 new versions of healthism - antiscience healthism and reverse healthism
January 6, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Great commentary @dalupton.bsky.social and thank you for speaking out about the #Covid19 information vacuum we live through
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Check out my new commentary, in which I provide 2 new versions of healthism - antiscience healthism and reverse healthism
January 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Check out my new commentary, in which I provide 2 new versions of healthism - antiscience healthism and reverse healthism
Sleeping giant at sundown 🌙 #CauseyPike #Keswick
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Sleeping giant at sundown 🌙 #CauseyPike #Keswick
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Batman returns! Leadership by crisis and the moral entrepreneurship of Donald J Trump: A dramaturgical perspective
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December 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Batman returns! Leadership by crisis and the moral entrepreneurship of Donald J Trump: A dramaturgical perspective
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When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.
The CDC has endorsed ACIP’s decision of revoking universal access in USA to hepatitis B vaccines at birth. The policy had been in place for 34y and was changed despite no new evidence emerging of any risk of vaccination. #HealthPolicy 🧵
CDC accepts ACIP’s hepatitis B vaccine recommendations for babies
The CDC also said if a baby is not receiving a birth dose of vaccine, the initial dose should be administered no earlier than 2 months of age.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 18, 2025 at 8:14 AM
When I was a medical student 45 years ago, I clerked in a 13 year old girl with deep jaundice and an abdominal mass. She was Hepatitis B positive. That had led to a primary liver tumour. In a 13-year-old. She was dead within the month. Avoidable with vaccination.
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New #StrongMessageHere is up. This week, Civilisational Collapse with Stewart Lee. We talk Trump, Truss, Farage and the olden times.
December 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New #StrongMessageHere is up. This week, Civilisational Collapse with Stewart Lee. We talk Trump, Truss, Farage and the olden times.
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New #StrongMessageHere talking Civilisational Collapse with Stewart Lee. In a few weeks we’ll be discussing your own nominations for political words or phrases that have gobsmacked or baffled you. Send suggestions to strongmessagehere@bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 10:08 AM
New #StrongMessageHere talking Civilisational Collapse with Stewart Lee. In a few weeks we’ll be discussing your own nominations for political words or phrases that have gobsmacked or baffled you. Send suggestions to strongmessagehere@bbc.co.uk
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🧵How much should the NHS worry about this winter's flu wave?
You may have seen this alarming headline on the BBC website today...
I think it's too early to make this claim and the data does not support it.
I think it will be a bad flu season but no evidence to think worse than previous yrs
1/8
You may have seen this alarming headline on the BBC website today...
I think it's too early to make this claim and the data does not support it.
I think it will be a bad flu season but no evidence to think worse than previous yrs
1/8
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🧵How much should the NHS worry about this winter's flu wave?
You may have seen this alarming headline on the BBC website today...
I think it's too early to make this claim and the data does not support it.
I think it will be a bad flu season but no evidence to think worse than previous yrs
1/8
You may have seen this alarming headline on the BBC website today...
I think it's too early to make this claim and the data does not support it.
I think it will be a bad flu season but no evidence to think worse than previous yrs
1/8
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PS It should go without saying that I think getting the flu vaccine is a very good idea!
I've had both my flu and covid vaccines this winter.
I've had both my flu and covid vaccines this winter.
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
PS It should go without saying that I think getting the flu vaccine is a very good idea!
I've had both my flu and covid vaccines this winter.
I've had both my flu and covid vaccines this winter.
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Good to see CMO recognise and highlight risk of delirium when older people develop infections. And link between delirium and dementia. Infections are one possible cause of delirium (acute confusion) in older people. Sometimes the first symptom, recognised in COVID
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Preventing infections in older people is hit and miss, says England’s chief medic
Chris Whitty contrasts systematic approach in children and calls for more research into managing infections in elderly
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Good to see CMO recognise and highlight risk of delirium when older people develop infections. And link between delirium and dementia. Infections are one possible cause of delirium (acute confusion) in older people. Sometimes the first symptom, recognised in COVID
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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With the release of The Covid 19 Report, this podcast is worth a listen again. It's an interview with Dr Dan Goyal who worked on the frontline during the pandemic. He was talking about the ITV series "Breathless" which depicted the conditions NHS staff worked under.
#Covid19Inquiry
#Covid19Inquiry
“Breathtaking”: Could it happen again? - Bylines Scotland
Dr Dan Goyal, NHS Medical Consultant and Bylines Scotland's Health Policy Editor talks about the ITV series "Breathtaking" and his own experience in working on the NHS frontline during the Covid pande...
bylines.scot
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
With the release of The Covid 19 Report, this podcast is worth a listen again. It's an interview with Dr Dan Goyal who worked on the frontline during the pandemic. He was talking about the ITV series "Breathless" which depicted the conditions NHS staff worked under.
#Covid19Inquiry
#Covid19Inquiry
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142 deaths in England involving COVID-19: w/ending 7 Nov 2025.
🤦Data too limited
🤷COVID-19 has not disappeared, continues to spread, disable, and disrupt lives - while strategies appear to fail to acknowledge its persistence or the need for better infection prevention. @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
🤦Data too limited
🤷COVID-19 has not disappeared, continues to spread, disable, and disrupt lives - while strategies appear to fail to acknowledge its persistence or the need for better infection prevention. @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
142 deaths in England involving COVID-19: w/ending 7 Nov 2025.
🤦Data too limited
🤷COVID-19 has not disappeared, continues to spread, disable, and disrupt lives - while strategies appear to fail to acknowledge its persistence or the need for better infection prevention. @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
🤦Data too limited
🤷COVID-19 has not disappeared, continues to spread, disable, and disrupt lives - while strategies appear to fail to acknowledge its persistence or the need for better infection prevention. @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
Modelled on family members #Halloween 🎃
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Modelled on family members #Halloween 🎃
Countdown to #Halloween 🎃 #EdwardGorey
October 29, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Countdown to #Halloween 🎃 #EdwardGorey
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I used to work at a small shop that made little plastic vampires.
There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
October 28, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I used to work at a small shop that made little plastic vampires.
There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
There were only 2 of us working there, so I had to make every second count.
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I'm saddened to learn that the reactionary legal project launched by Adrian Vermeule overseas has now found an official home in the UK at Surrey Law School (as if some of the stuff coming out of Oxford Law wasn't enough). Unsurprisingly, their first 'research project' is to attack the ECHR system /1
October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I'm saddened to learn that the reactionary legal project launched by Adrian Vermeule overseas has now found an official home in the UK at Surrey Law School (as if some of the stuff coming out of Oxford Law wasn't enough). Unsurprisingly, their first 'research project' is to attack the ECHR system /1
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Tim Walz: “People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we’re talking about a damn ballroom. Don’t lose the plot.”
That’s the line of the week. While Republicans obsess over Trump’s décor, Walz is talking about hungry families.
That’s the line of the week. While Republicans obsess over Trump’s décor, Walz is talking about hungry families.
October 27, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Tim Walz: “People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we’re talking about a damn ballroom. Don’t lose the plot.”
That’s the line of the week. While Republicans obsess over Trump’s décor, Walz is talking about hungry families.
That’s the line of the week. While Republicans obsess over Trump’s décor, Walz is talking about hungry families.
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'COVID-19 still causing a lot of serious illness. This study showed that 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines were effective, especially against severe outcomes, although their effectiveness waned over time. Thus, it is beneficial to have an annual COVID-19 vaccination.' www.news-medical.net/news/2025102...
Updated COVID-19 vaccines continue to offer strong protection, research shows
Updated COVID-19 vaccines are still providing effective protection against infection, emergency department visits, hospitalization and death, according to new research published today in JAMA Internal...
www.news-medical.net
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
'COVID-19 still causing a lot of serious illness. This study showed that 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines were effective, especially against severe outcomes, although their effectiveness waned over time. Thus, it is beneficial to have an annual COVID-19 vaccination.' www.news-medical.net/news/2025102...
Due to asthma I’m eligible for #fluvaccine but not #covidvaccine. Computer says no 🤷🏼♀️
Current NHS England policy restricts free COVID-19 vaccination to certain age groups and risk categories. Yet age alone should not determine access to protection. Anyone whose health professionals recommend vaccination should surely be eligible?
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October 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Due to asthma I’m eligible for #fluvaccine but not #covidvaccine. Computer says no 🤷🏼♀️
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Current NHS England policy restricts free COVID-19 vaccination to certain age groups and risk categories. Yet age alone should not determine access to protection. Anyone whose health professionals recommend vaccination should surely be eligible?
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
October 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Current NHS England policy restricts free COVID-19 vaccination to certain age groups and risk categories. Yet age alone should not determine access to protection. Anyone whose health professionals recommend vaccination should surely be eligible?
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
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It’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that large parts of Westminster remaining on X - a platform that tolerates and amplifies extremism and racism - has led a great many people to normalise what previously was unacceptable.
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
It’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that large parts of Westminster remaining on X - a platform that tolerates and amplifies extremism and racism - has led a great many people to normalise what previously was unacceptable.