Dr Jackie Turvey Tait
@jaxtait.bsky.social
PhD in Natural Law Theory, not a medical doctor. #SSCE
Green Party (views are my own & don't necessarily represent GPEW policy)
#CRPS
Aka Jax
Green Party (views are my own & don't necessarily represent GPEW policy)
#CRPS
Aka Jax
Pinned
Well the slope from “let the elderly and disabled die of COVID” to “let’s trash all the rest of our ethics, morals and laws” was basically a short walk on a flat path wasn’t it?
This exactly how fascism always works. They make you feel threatened. They tell you the solution is to stop caring about a particular group of people. They strip those people of their rights. They manufacture another crisis to make you feel threatened. Rinse & repeat. In the end they come for you.
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Bottom line: Collective caring for each other isn’t "frozen hell," it’s how healthy communities—and healthy democracies—actually work.
"Rugged individualism" isn't patriotic, it's the selfish cruelty of predators who take without giving.
8/8
"Rugged individualism" isn't patriotic, it's the selfish cruelty of predators who take without giving.
8/8
January 2, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Bottom line: Collective caring for each other isn’t "frozen hell," it’s how healthy communities—and healthy democracies—actually work.
"Rugged individualism" isn't patriotic, it's the selfish cruelty of predators who take without giving.
8/8
"Rugged individualism" isn't patriotic, it's the selfish cruelty of predators who take without giving.
8/8
‘The NHS is far from complacent as temperatures drop with this likely to increase pressures in the New Year, and demand on services remaining high with NHS 111 services recording their second busiest day in two years on Saturday.'
NHS 'far from complacent' despite drop in flu admissions
The new data, for the week ending 28 December, shows there were 2,676 patients in hospital with flu last week, compared to 3,061 the week before.
Demand on the...
www.healthcare-management.uk
January 2, 2026 at 12:51 PM
‘The NHS is far from complacent as temperatures drop with this likely to increase pressures in the New Year, and demand on services remaining high with NHS 111 services recording their second busiest day in two years on Saturday.'
Amazing though this may seem to neurotypical parents, it's actually not a bad approach with autistic kids.
I would never do the "Here comes the airplane" bit to feed my child. Embarrassing for us both. I would calmly explain the importance of adequate nutrition and they will yield to unimpeachable logic
January 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Amazing though this may seem to neurotypical parents, it's actually not a bad approach with autistic kids.
Reposted by Dr Jackie Turvey Tait
Israel’s ban on 37 humanitarian organisations, including Doctors Without Borders, from entering Gaza is another war crime.
The Green Party condemns this decision and calls for immediate international action to protect humanitarian actors.
The Green Party condemns this decision and calls for immediate international action to protect humanitarian actors.
January 2, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Israel’s ban on 37 humanitarian organisations, including Doctors Without Borders, from entering Gaza is another war crime.
The Green Party condemns this decision and calls for immediate international action to protect humanitarian actors.
The Green Party condemns this decision and calls for immediate international action to protect humanitarian actors.
We asked Reform UK constituents if they have benefited from Brexit.
The answer? A resounding no.
The answer? A resounding no.
January 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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Britain is missing out on up to £100m for every week that a landmark deal with the European Union is not in place, according to new research that has prompted calls for Keir Starmer to urgently break the Brexit economic “doom loop”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Delay to post-Brexit deal costs UK £100m a week, analysis shows
Labour government hits out at critics, denouncing it as a ‘shame’ that they are not supporting its progress in forging closer ties with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Britain is missing out on up to £100m for every week that a landmark deal with the European Union is not in place, according to new research that has prompted calls for Keir Starmer to urgently break the Brexit economic “doom loop”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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What is shameful is that people have to use irregular crossings in the first place and we have a government which is so hostile, discriminatory and inhumane towards those seeking safety. It isn't the people seeking asylum who are the issue here
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
‘Shameful’ 41,000 people reached UK by small boat last year, says Home Office
Second highest annual number of irregular arrivals on record reached British shores in 2025
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:33 AM
What is shameful is that people have to use irregular crossings in the first place and we have a government which is so hostile, discriminatory and inhumane towards those seeking safety. It isn't the people seeking asylum who are the issue here
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
Chronic kidney disease & 7 other chronic conditions still make some people disproportionately vulnerable to hospitalisation & severe outcomes from #Covid.
It's cruel to mock or stigmatise clinically vulnerable people & their families, friends & carers who are still masking.
#Oneofthetwo.
It's cruel to mock or stigmatise clinically vulnerable people & their families, friends & carers who are still masking.
#Oneofthetwo.
Chronic Kidney Disease Linked to Severe COVID-19 Outcomes: Study
A multi-state cross-sectional analysis across 13 states and 98 counties has found that chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains strongly associated with increased COVID-19 hospitalizations and severe...
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January 2, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Chronic kidney disease & 7 other chronic conditions still make some people disproportionately vulnerable to hospitalisation & severe outcomes from #Covid.
It's cruel to mock or stigmatise clinically vulnerable people & their families, friends & carers who are still masking.
#Oneofthetwo.
It's cruel to mock or stigmatise clinically vulnerable people & their families, friends & carers who are still masking.
#Oneofthetwo.
Reposted by Dr Jackie Turvey Tait
🎉 Happy New Year!
Here's to a hopeful 2026 💚
Here's to a hopeful 2026 💚
January 1, 2026 at 12:02 AM
🎉 Happy New Year!
Here's to a hopeful 2026 💚
Here's to a hopeful 2026 💚
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December 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Fascinating! Who knew the Roman Empire had a "universal basic income"?!
I talked to the lovely Dan Snow about how the Roman Empire never fell - but evolved - and my book, Domination:
youtu.be/HynJ2_9_Rmk?...
youtu.be/HynJ2_9_Rmk?...
How Did Ancient Romans Become Christians?
YouTube video by Dan Snow's History Hit
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Fascinating! Who knew the Roman Empire had a "universal basic income"?!
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FUN FACT:
Only 2️⃣ people have given evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry wearing a mask.
I was #OneOfTheTwo, and the other was Dr Cathy Finnis.
We both spoke on behalf of people managing health risks in Clinically Vulnerable Families.
@jonstewartshow.bsky.social @jonfavs.bsky.social @timodc.bsky.social
Only 2️⃣ people have given evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry wearing a mask.
I was #OneOfTheTwo, and the other was Dr Cathy Finnis.
We both spoke on behalf of people managing health risks in Clinically Vulnerable Families.
@jonstewartshow.bsky.social @jonfavs.bsky.social @timodc.bsky.social
December 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
FUN FACT:
Only 2️⃣ people have given evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry wearing a mask.
I was #OneOfTheTwo, and the other was Dr Cathy Finnis.
We both spoke on behalf of people managing health risks in Clinically Vulnerable Families.
@jonstewartshow.bsky.social @jonfavs.bsky.social @timodc.bsky.social
Only 2️⃣ people have given evidence to the UK Covid Inquiry wearing a mask.
I was #OneOfTheTwo, and the other was Dr Cathy Finnis.
We both spoke on behalf of people managing health risks in Clinically Vulnerable Families.
@jonstewartshow.bsky.social @jonfavs.bsky.social @timodc.bsky.social
We all have a right to a safe working environment, our kids have a right to safe schools, our elderly relatives have a right to safe healthcare. Our government thinks our rights don't matter. Masking is a brave act of resistance.
#Oneofthetwo
#Oneofthetwo
Jon welcomes @jonfavs.bsky.social and @timmiller.bsky.social to ask how many years has 2025 been? The last new pod of 2025 drops tomorrow!
January 1, 2026 at 1:12 PM
We all have a right to a safe working environment, our kids have a right to safe schools, our elderly relatives have a right to safe healthcare. Our government thinks our rights don't matter. Masking is a brave act of resistance.
#Oneofthetwo
#Oneofthetwo
What's on your wishlist for 2026?
✅ Workers' Rights
✅ Safe Schools
✅ A Compassionate Society
✅ Clean Air
Join The Green Party & help us fight back against Fascism!
✅ Workers' Rights
✅ Safe Schools
✅ A Compassionate Society
✅ Clean Air
Join The Green Party & help us fight back against Fascism!
December 31, 2025 at 5:46 PM
What's on your wishlist for 2026?
✅ Workers' Rights
✅ Safe Schools
✅ A Compassionate Society
✅ Clean Air
Join The Green Party & help us fight back against Fascism!
✅ Workers' Rights
✅ Safe Schools
✅ A Compassionate Society
✅ Clean Air
Join The Green Party & help us fight back against Fascism!
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This might be true if it really was now just one of the respiratory pathogens, & we actually had basic measures in place to stop them. Surely by now everyone knows someone who's life has been wrecked by #LongCovid?
3) Will public health interventions be needed? No, SARS-CoV-2 is now just one of the respiratory pathogens and basic measures will be enough like countries take in winter wave of Flu
December 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This might be true if it really was now just one of the respiratory pathogens, & we actually had basic measures in place to stop them. Surely by now everyone knows someone who's life has been wrecked by #LongCovid?
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Why is it assumed every variant will be less dangerous? Surely the only way to slow it down, in the absence of herd immunity via sterilising vaccines, would be stringent public health measures to stop the spread?
December 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Why is it assumed every variant will be less dangerous? Surely the only way to slow it down, in the absence of herd immunity via sterilising vaccines, would be stringent public health measures to stop the spread?
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Good morning and happy New Year's Eve to everyone. Time zones are so weird. Australia is already in 2026. Europe is still in 2025. And the United States is in 1933.
December 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Good morning and happy New Year's Eve to everyone. Time zones are so weird. Australia is already in 2026. Europe is still in 2025. And the United States is in 1933.
The kids are not OK.
Study Reveals Symptoms Of Long COVID In Young Kids – Here's What To Look Out For
The authors say it’s proof a “one-size-fits-all” approach doesn’t work with this condition.
www.iflscience.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The kids are not OK.
"September brought Zack Polanski as the elected leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, finally giving some hope to those disillusioned on the left, especially after the complete farce of the Sultana/Corbyn experiment kept flailing from crisis to crisis."
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
2025: The Year We Got Used To It
A final long read for 2025, charting how we got used to cruelty, incompetence and farce - and how 2026 will need us all to be much noisier.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"September brought Zack Polanski as the elected leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, finally giving some hope to those disillusioned on the left, especially after the complete farce of the Sultana/Corbyn experiment kept flailing from crisis to crisis."
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
Labour aren't even pretending to be a socialist government fighting for equality & social justice. I suppose that explains why they aren't fighting for public health either...
"A socialist reorganization of society is not an abstraction, but a practical necessity if humanity is to confront a pandemic that has not ended but been politically obscured."
"The fight for public health is inseparable from the fight for social equality.. "
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"The fight for public health is inseparable from the fight for social equality.. "
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December 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Labour aren't even pretending to be a socialist government fighting for equality & social justice. I suppose that explains why they aren't fighting for public health either...
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"Governments have dismantled surveillance, narrowed definitions of COVID death & promoted the fiction of a post-pandemic “normal,” even as millions remain chronically ill & excess mortality persists."
"Where data remain robust, as in Finland, the scale of ongoing harm becomes visible.."
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"Where data remain robust, as in Finland, the scale of ongoing harm becomes visible.."
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#LongCovid is a mass disabling event that disproportionately impacts working class people. It's astonishing that our Labour government is completely failing to address this.
Long COVID and the concealment of pandemic harm
As COVID completes its sixth year, official statistics obscure the scale of harm, while Long COVID and excess deaths reveal the pandemic’s continuing public health consequences as well as the impact o...
www.wsws.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"Governments have dismantled surveillance, narrowed definitions of COVID death & promoted the fiction of a post-pandemic “normal,” even as millions remain chronically ill & excess mortality persists."
"Where data remain robust, as in Finland, the scale of ongoing harm becomes visible.."
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"Where data remain robust, as in Finland, the scale of ongoing harm becomes visible.."
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If you don’t care about long covid you don’t care about the working class. Also—- note how small that important long covid drug study is. Our government is not investing in treatments at the scale needed to keep society functioning.
🚌 Two recent studies state that Long COVID is an occupational disease
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
👩🏽⚕️ Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on Long COVID and POTS
💊 A new phase two remote clinical trial for ME will assess low-dose naltrexone
This week's #LongCOVID research: bit.ly/49bWgnJ
![Vanderbilt researchers are conducting an immune profiling study on people with Long COVID and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). In the cross-sectional study, researchers are comparing three inflammatory markers in 150 people with POTS, Long COVID, and those with a history of SARS-C0V-2 infections who did not develop long-term symptoms. The researchers are evaluating a hypothesis that “post-COVID-19 POTS is caused by reduced [parasympathetic] activity, which in turn, contributes to persistent inflammation [and] orthostatic intolerance.” Contact: Marwa Mohamed, marwa.mohamed@vumc.org.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:age5xvis2s2vy5qiz2tjxoc6/bafkreigcdjuadbbervdk6vz2ig7a7mwwvy47piyzxu7xjqtop767fsubnq@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If you don’t care about long covid you don’t care about the working class. Also—- note how small that important long covid drug study is. Our government is not investing in treatments at the scale needed to keep society functioning.
#LongCovid is a mass disabling event that disproportionately impacts working class people. It's astonishing that our Labour government is completely failing to address this.
Long COVID and the concealment of pandemic harm
As COVID completes its sixth year, official statistics obscure the scale of harm, while Long COVID and excess deaths reveal the pandemic’s continuing public health consequences as well as the impact o...
www.wsws.org
December 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#LongCovid is a mass disabling event that disproportionately impacts working class people. It's astonishing that our Labour government is completely failing to address this.
"Andor understands that resistance is hard, messy, boring, and comes with as many irritating setbacks as it does great personal risks... the frustrating work of building an alliance."
(From May 2025)
(From May 2025)
"In 'Andor,' Cassian, Mon, Luthen (Stellan Skarsgård), and the rest are trying to organize a rebellion — and find that doing so sucks. But then, the only thing worse than fighting fascism is accepting it."
sojo.net/articles/cul...
sojo.net/articles/cul...
‘Andor’: The ‘Star Wars’ Show That Knows What Fascism Really Looks Like
In its second season, 'Andor' explores the complications of resisting quiet authoritarianism.
sojo.net
December 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"Andor understands that resistance is hard, messy, boring, and comes with as many irritating setbacks as it does great personal risks... the frustrating work of building an alliance."
(From May 2025)
(From May 2025)