Fiona Conlon
@fionaconlon.bsky.social
Science & solidarity •
Here to learn •
Cofounder: http://suvita.org •
Cambridge alum •
Interested in systems / policy / evidence / justice / scaling / health / economics / wellbeing / innovation / hope
Here to learn •
Cofounder: http://suvita.org •
Cambridge alum •
Interested in systems / policy / evidence / justice / scaling / health / economics / wellbeing / innovation / hope
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Sort of dizzying to think about how many people are alive today because Patricia Hewitt (ban on smoking in enclosed spaces) was health secretary and because Norman Fowler (mandatory seatbelts) was transport secretary and health secretary (HIV/Aids).
September 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Sort of dizzying to think about how many people are alive today because Patricia Hewitt (ban on smoking in enclosed spaces) was health secretary and because Norman Fowler (mandatory seatbelts) was transport secretary and health secretary (HIV/Aids).
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🧵 Access to mobile phones and the internet in India has expanded rapidly over the last decade. However, there is a gap in the technical skills needed to use these technologies effectively to communicate, learn and work.
#ICT #Technology #DigitalIndia #India #DataForIndia
#ICT #Technology #DigitalIndia #India #DataForIndia
August 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
🧵 Access to mobile phones and the internet in India has expanded rapidly over the last decade. However, there is a gap in the technical skills needed to use these technologies effectively to communicate, learn and work.
#ICT #Technology #DigitalIndia #India #DataForIndia
#ICT #Technology #DigitalIndia #India #DataForIndia
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“The U.S. may be doing more than simply failing to aid global vaccination efforts. The domestic stoking of anti-vaccine sentiment is itself infectious—a disease-carrying rat population on the ships exporting American culture.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
Calculating the Damage of Vaccine Skepticism
It’s clear that we’re on the precipice of a surge in preventable diseases. But how bad will it get?
www.newyorker.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“The U.S. may be doing more than simply failing to aid global vaccination efforts. The domestic stoking of anti-vaccine sentiment is itself infectious—a disease-carrying rat population on the ships exporting American culture.” @jackiantonovich.bsky.social
"The UK’s contribution to Gavi could have saved almost 400,000 more lives if it had been maintained at the same level as before."
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
UK pledge to global vaccine effort falls £400m to £1.25bn amid raft of aid cuts
Campaigners warn reduction could cost lives – even if Britain remains of the largest donors to the international Gavi alliance
www.independent.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"The UK’s contribution to Gavi could have saved almost 400,000 more lives if it had been maintained at the same level as before."
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
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Nothing like an exhibit of iron lung machines to remind us how life was before polio vaccines
April 3, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Nothing like an exhibit of iron lung machines to remind us how life was before polio vaccines
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Somehow missed this 2022 UK paper exploring responses to radical right parties (RRP) and whether accommodation - i.e. "beat" them by repeating a version of their tale actually worked electorally.
Short version: Nope.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Short version: Nope.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties | Political Science Research and Methods | Cambridge Core
Does accommodation work? Mainstream party strategies and the success of radical right parties - Volume 11 Issue 1
www.cambridge.org
March 11, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Somehow missed this 2022 UK paper exploring responses to radical right parties (RRP) and whether accommodation - i.e. "beat" them by repeating a version of their tale actually worked electorally.
Short version: Nope.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Short version: Nope.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...