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David Tomlinson
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Consultant Cardiologist & Electrophysiologist | Special interest: the objective nature of reality | CATA member | FreshAirNHS | Recent interest in scientific misconduct, & clean air
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David Tomlinson @drtomlinsonep.bsky.social · Nov 28
Email of thanks to CATA: final day UK COVID19 public inquiry M3

‘On behalf of all voiceless, powerless HCWs - THANK YOU

I reckon it will be impossible to gaslight a future generation of workers that respiratory viruses are anything other than routinely airborne transmitted’

❤️🙏🏻

#COVIDisAirborne
Dear team I would just like to echo all the positive comments of others On behalf of all voiceless, powerless HCWs - THANK YOU You have done an amazing job - I am so proud of you and the cause we’ve been working on There can be no doubt that we have had a huge impact And even if we don’t see as many of the safety changes we’d like in the NHS, I reckon it will be impossible to gaslight a future generation of workers that respiratory viruses are anything other than routinely airborne transmitted Many many thanks and much love to all David
drtomlinsonep.bsky.social
Yesterday marked the 1st day of UK COVID19 Inquiry Module 5

So what?

Well, we now have access to opening statements from core participants, like this, from saints at @bma.org.uk

Thanks to such CPs, ‘everything that is secret will be made known’

🙏🏻

covid19.public-inquiry.uk/documents/in...
Bible passage from Luke quoting the words of Jesus, making it clear that there is no hiding from misdeeds: we will all have to answer for our sin, even that conducted ‘in secret’ Amazingly, Jesus’ mercy and love know no limits, so all can be forgiven, no matter how bad they think they’ve been! May The Lord have mercy on all scientists who acted in sin during the pandemic, through denying reality in order to conceal a lack of pandemic planning, or failing to speak up against scientific untruth
March 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
drtomlinsonep.bsky.social
Recommended reading for all wishing to learn from history ⬇️

Shangguan Z, Wang MY, Sun W. What Caused the Outbreak of COVID-19 in China: From the Perspective of Crisis Management. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 May 8;17(9):3279. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17093279. PMID: 32397199; PMCID: PMC7246516.
February 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Reposted by David Tomlinson
glaucomflecken.bsky.social
One thing I didn’t expect in the wake of the CEO shooting is the sudden attention on health insurance policy. I have seen this video and the BCBS policy itself go viral on almost every platform. People are waking up. Real lasting change in healthcare is coming. youtube.com/shorts/vWA2a...
No More General Anesthesia
YouTube video by Dr. Glaucomflecken
youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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1goodtern.bsky.social
Tell me again about how nurseries and schools don't drive infections in local communities.
December 5, 2024 at 4:55 PM
drtomlinsonep.bsky.social
Feb 8th 2020 rewind: China confirms that COVID19 is transmitted through aerosols through the air

[Thank you Maarten for passing this on]

www.bbc.com/zhongwen/sim...
November 30, 2024 at 9:41 PM
drtomlinsonep.bsky.social
This is awesome: turning dreams of cleaner indoor air in schools into a reality

Bravo 👏
kprather.bsky.social Kimberly Prather PhD @kprather.bsky.social · Nov 30
Here is the full story by the person who has worked tirelessly to get this project funded. It is sad to see her left out.

Check out this thread at Thread Reader App. threadreaderapp.com/thread/18498...
November 30, 2024 at 11:51 AM
drtomlinsonep.bsky.social
Imagine academic physicians repeatedly signing off guidance denying nurses access to FFP3 for covid19-facing patient care doing 10 Downing Street pressers every day
wolfelake2002.bsky.social wolfelake2002.bsky.social @wolfelake2002.bsky.social · Nov 28
Imagine academic physicians signing off on nurses not being able to access N95 masks & then being showcased on national news programs at the height of the Pandemic.
November 28, 2024 at 10:14 PM
drtomlinsonep.bsky.social
Team #CATA saints at the National Covid Memorial Wall

Heroes forever 🙏🏻

28th Nov 2024
Members of CATA pictured against the sunlit hearts of the national covid memorial wall Every heart represents a life lost, thanks to plans devised by hubristic scientists blind to the life saving policy actions of overseas experts, and intent on gaslighting the population into believing their lies & empirical truth suppression SARS2 was always was known to be airborne, asymptomatic transmission (& proof of early peak viral titres) was identified in Jan 2020, & better ventilation masks for source control were mechanistically bound to help reduce transmission But thanks to the efforts of CATA and others, we see you - we know you for what you are You had one chance and you lied: how’s that working for you?
November 28, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Reposted by David Tomlinson
evonnetcurran.bsky.social
Excellent - we need 6 more IPC people who accept airborne transmission to make a starter pack list - any more on here?
November 28, 2024 at 7:43 AM
drtomlinsonep.bsky.social
Email of thanks to CATA: final day UK COVID19 public inquiry M3

‘On behalf of all voiceless, powerless HCWs - THANK YOU

I reckon it will be impossible to gaslight a future generation of workers that respiratory viruses are anything other than routinely airborne transmitted’

❤️🙏🏻

#COVIDisAirborne
Dear team I would just like to echo all the positive comments of others On behalf of all voiceless, powerless HCWs - THANK YOU You have done an amazing job - I am so proud of you and the cause we’ve been working on There can be no doubt that we have had a huge impact And even if we don’t see as many of the safety changes we’d like in the NHS, I reckon it will be impossible to gaslight a future generation of workers that respiratory viruses are anything other than routinely airborne transmitted Many many thanks and much love to all David
November 28, 2024 at 10:38 AM
drtomlinsonep.bsky.social
My leafy riverside walk has been swept clean by recent floodwaters

#spaniel heaven #Diptford
Leafy woodland walk swept clean below the recent high water mark Leafy woodland walk with a rather excited cocker spaniel looking back: where did that leat come from?
November 27, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Reposted by David Tomlinson
chrischirp.bsky.social
It is however nuts that for literally the most predictable NHS crisis we still rely on the luck of the disease draw (and the weather) every winter.

@paulmainwood.bsky.social put it brilliantly a few weeks ago in his substack (which I recommend). 5/6
this screenshot says: "Every year in England and Wales, a cynic1 might describe a process like this: Around spring, the incumbent government / devolved government promises that they are working hard to fix NHS capacity before next winter. In summer, the relevant NHS bodies warn that nothing meaningful is happening on the ground and/or everything’s much worse, and they are in no way ready for the winter. Through October and November we watch nervously as ripples of seasonal respiratory infections (e.g., RSV, flu and now COVID) grow into waves. The NHS know what’s coming and try vaccinate as many of the old, young and vulnerable as possible. As winter progresses, wards fill up with patients, so A&E is unable to admit patients to the hospital, so A&E fills up, so ambulances are unable to transfer patients safely to A&E, and queue at the front door, and are unable to respond to new calls. Patients suffering from heart attacks and strokes wait hours for help, and incur enormous harms - enough to show up in excess death indicators. In late December or early January, the waves of RSV, flu and COVID peak. If they all are high and peak at the same time, you get the winter of 2022 - average response time to stroke/heart attack symptoms of 1 hour 32 minutes. If, by luck, the peaks of infection are lower, or offset, you get the winter of 2023 - average response time 45 minutes. The target response time is 18 minutes. The waves recede in January and February, the NHS cares for the survivors and we bury the dead. Go to 1. "
November 27, 2024 at 7:21 AM
drtomlinsonep.bsky.social
Magnificent closing statement from Brian Stanton KC today at UK COVID19 Public Inquiry, on behalf of the BMA

🙏🏻

Thank you for speaking truth to power, for valuing HCW & patient safety, & for countering the lies & doublespeak of all NHSE & DHSC-linked witnesses

@profraymondagius.bsky.social
November 27, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Reposted by David Tomlinson
drrachelclarke.com
This piece by BBC health correspondent Nick Triggle on the replacement of NHS doctors with PAs is disappointingly misleading through omission of key context & reliance on those busy, yet always conveniently anonymous, 'NHS senior sources'. 1/n

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NHS physician associates and doctors locked in 'toxic' staffing row
A toxic row has engulfed the NHS, say ministers. So why have doctors turned on physician associates?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Reposted by David Tomlinson
drrachelclarke.com
Here's my recent piece on PAs.

Please read to understand the gravity of the issues involved.

I am speaking out for one reason only - because patients & the quality of their care matter to me more than anything.

[And by all means quote me, Nick.]

Ends/

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What if your ‘physician’ wasn’t actually a doctor at all? Beware this new reckless experiment | Rachel Clarke
The NHS says it’s not trying to replace qualified doctors with physician associates. But we can see the terrifying truth, says the palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Reposted by David Tomlinson
drrachelclarke.com
The NHS has a long & shoddy history of bullying, smearing & discrediting grassroots voices when they try to speak out about matters of patient safety.

They're doing it now, using obliging journalists as their mouthpiece.

It's infuriating on every level. 6/n
November 23, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Reposted by David Tomlinson
cvcev.bsky.social
🚨Matt Hancock explained "It was not clinically safe to have cancer treatment during the pandemic"

Cancer patients are severely immunosuppressed whilst undergoing treatment. Their immune defenses are low.

We ask what is different for this group today?
November 21, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Reposted by David Tomlinson
shoaclarke.bsky.social
By request, here is a longer explanation of how the CardioSky feed works. I created the feed so I could have one place to see cardiology related activity on Bluesky beyond just the #CardioSky hashtag. Below are the details, some considerations, and some caveats.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

1/5
November 21, 2024 at 1:40 AM
drtomlinsonep.bsky.social
Hallett: ‘Ms Freeman, a Q I suspect we’re going to put to various health ministers. If a system has had to close down cancer screening, a potentially fatal disease, if it’s had to cancel elective surgery where people can suffer in huge pain for years, why does that not mean the NHS is overwhelmed?’
November 19, 2024 at 9:59 PM
drtomlinsonep.bsky.social
VT ablation vs medical therapy in VANISH2

🚨Ablation wins

Congratulations to the authors, & for describing local RF endpoints like this (pic) to enable greater reproducibility of VT ablation in real world settings
#MedSky #EPeeps
H/t Bradley Porter
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A detailed description of local RF end points utilised during the VANISH2 trial - a very positive step towards improving reproducibility of VT ablation in real world settings
November 17, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Reposted by David Tomlinson
carolecadwalla.bsky.social
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.

I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Reposted by David Tomlinson
chrischirp.bsky.social
THREAD: we urgently need to talk about babies & Covid - AGAIN.

A new paper has dropped looking at acute Covid-19 outcomes from Sep 2023-Apr 2024 by age for all England.

Except for deaths, babies under 6 mths old have HIGHEST risk of A&E, admission & SEVERE hospital admission across ALL ages 1/10
Plot of covid outcomes by age for A&E attendance, hospital admission, severe hospital admission and death. Apart from death, rates were highest for babies under 6 months.
November 13, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Reposted by David Tomlinson
trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social
Pete wrote a nice article about our new paper.
thedoctor.bma.org.uk/articles/lif...
The human factor: the effects of remote working on doctor and patient
The pandemic saw a rapid shift in general practice towards remote care and many of the innovations remain in hybrid form – but what effect do they have on patients? Two leading GPs set out to find out...
thedoctor.bma.org.uk
November 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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mrjohncrace.bsky.social
Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
November 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM