DuchessSD
@plagueduchess.bsky.social
Iceni dweller of Plague Island - Coffee loving, Stone bothering flint tool finder. Still trying to survive the Covid cull. “Laugh a Defiance”🪓
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Last call for stories from patients (or caregivers) who had difficulty getting healthcare workers to mask.
If you had pushback, reduction in care, were infected with Covid, experienced retaliation or accusations of “anxiety”… I want to hear from you 👇🏼!
If you had pushback, reduction in care, were infected with Covid, experienced retaliation or accusations of “anxiety”… I want to hear from you 👇🏼!
November 22, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Last call for stories from patients (or caregivers) who had difficulty getting healthcare workers to mask.
If you had pushback, reduction in care, were infected with Covid, experienced retaliation or accusations of “anxiety”… I want to hear from you 👇🏼!
If you had pushback, reduction in care, were infected with Covid, experienced retaliation or accusations of “anxiety”… I want to hear from you 👇🏼!
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"you're more likely to catch Covid in hospital than almost in any other setting"
Where is Infection protection control today?
Where is Infection protection control today?
🚨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?
Cancer patients are severely immunosuppressed whilst undergoing treatment. Their immune defenses are low.
We ask what is different for this group today?
November 22, 2024 at 11:18 AM
"you're more likely to catch Covid in hospital than almost in any other setting"
Where is Infection protection control today?
Where is Infection protection control today?
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🚨Matt Hancock - Safety
No consideration was given to safety in healthcare settings for Clinically Vulnerable people.
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No consideration was given to safety in healthcare settings for Clinically Vulnerable people.
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November 21, 2024 at 5:59 PM
🚨Matt Hancock - Safety
No consideration was given to safety in healthcare settings for Clinically Vulnerable people.
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No consideration was given to safety in healthcare settings for Clinically Vulnerable people.
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Gatwick Airport evacuates 'large part' of South Terminal due to 'security incident'
Gatwick Airport evacuates 'large part' of South Terminal due to 'security incident'
Friday 22 November 2024 11:00, UK
news.sky.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:17 AM
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⚠️ BREAKING:
California reports 63 new dairy herds infected with H5N1 bird flu, the single biggest increase ever recorded, according to USDA.
A total of 398 dairy herds in California and 612 nationwide have been infected so far.
California reports 63 new dairy herds infected with H5N1 bird flu, the single biggest increase ever recorded, according to USDA.
A total of 398 dairy herds in California and 612 nationwide have been infected so far.
November 21, 2024 at 9:12 PM
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Hancock's evidence starts 10am at the COVID Inquiry tomorrow, but what time will he first pretend to cry? 😭
November 20, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Hancock's evidence starts 10am at the COVID Inquiry tomorrow, but what time will he first pretend to cry? 😭
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I asked for a copy of WhatsApp's between Matt Hancock, Lord Bethell + Dido Harding (remember them) regarding Covid Testing.
The DHSC has refused to release them on "security" grounds.
They claim publication "would, or would be likely to,
prejudice the prevention or detection of crime" 🤦♂️⤵️
The DHSC has refused to release them on "security" grounds.
They claim publication "would, or would be likely to,
prejudice the prevention or detection of crime" 🤦♂️⤵️
November 18, 2024 at 3:37 PM
I asked for a copy of WhatsApp's between Matt Hancock, Lord Bethell + Dido Harding (remember them) regarding Covid Testing.
The DHSC has refused to release them on "security" grounds.
They claim publication "would, or would be likely to,
prejudice the prevention or detection of crime" 🤦♂️⤵️
The DHSC has refused to release them on "security" grounds.
They claim publication "would, or would be likely to,
prejudice the prevention or detection of crime" 🤦♂️⤵️
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The PPE scandal shows no sign of ending after it was revealed this week that over 1 million pallets laden with unusable Covid protective equipment have so far been destroyed by the Government.
1,049,700 pallets of PPE at a cost to the tax payer of £8.6b destroyed 🔥
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/14/m...
1,049,700 pallets of PPE at a cost to the tax payer of £8.6b destroyed 🔥
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/14/m...
More Than a Million Pallets of Unusable Covid PPE Costing £8 Billion Have So Far Gone Up in Smoke
Billions of pounds were spent on unusable protective equipment, with priority contracts handed to associates of Conservative ministers
bylinetimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 9:57 PM
The PPE scandal shows no sign of ending after it was revealed this week that over 1 million pallets laden with unusable Covid protective equipment have so far been destroyed by the Government.
1,049,700 pallets of PPE at a cost to the tax payer of £8.6b destroyed 🔥
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/14/m...
1,049,700 pallets of PPE at a cost to the tax payer of £8.6b destroyed 🔥
bylinetimes.com/2024/11/14/m...
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This is awful & heartbreaking. Schoolchildren from struggling families have pretended to eat out of empty lunchboxes to save their embarrassment at having no food.
Ending child poverty must be a priority for the Government
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ending child poverty must be a priority for the Government
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Milton Keynes children 'pretending to eat from empty lunchboxes'
More than one in three children in Milton Keynes are living in poverty, an organisation says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 2:29 PM
This is awful & heartbreaking. Schoolchildren from struggling families have pretended to eat out of empty lunchboxes to save their embarrassment at having no food.
Ending child poverty must be a priority for the Government
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ending child poverty must be a priority for the Government
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Part 1 in a 3 part series on masks in healthcare! I will be publishing the next 2 parts (patient stories and HCW stories) with Healthy Debate & on Disabled Ginger.
Never forget that you don’t need a mandate to do the right thing. Wear a mask and show you care about keeping patients safe from COVID.
Never forget that you don’t need a mandate to do the right thing. Wear a mask and show you care about keeping patients safe from COVID.
A plea to maskless #healthcare workers from vulnerable patients By @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social
healthydebate.ca/2024/11/topi...
healthydebate.ca/2024/11/topi...
A plea to maskless health-care workers from vulnerable patients - Healthy Debate
Health-care workers have a responsibility to protect their vulnerable patients. Our lives are in your hands.
healthydebate.ca
November 18, 2024 at 8:53 PM
Part 1 in a 3 part series on masks in healthcare! I will be publishing the next 2 parts (patient stories and HCW stories) with Healthy Debate & on Disabled Ginger.
Never forget that you don’t need a mandate to do the right thing. Wear a mask and show you care about keeping patients safe from COVID.
Never forget that you don’t need a mandate to do the right thing. Wear a mask and show you care about keeping patients safe from COVID.
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Hospitals should be safe places for everyone. If you believe that, and are in the UK, here is a petition to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings
We want the Government to set new rules on air quality and infection control in health and social care settings, to prevent and control airborne infections, with new ventilation and filtration require...
petition.parliament.uk
November 16, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Hospitals should be safe places for everyone. If you believe that, and are in the UK, here is a petition to sign: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
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Reporters: do not forget to include this in every story you write about Jay Bhattacharya
November 18, 2024 at 3:27 AM
Reporters: do not forget to include this in every story you write about Jay Bhattacharya
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"If you’re a health-care worker who sees a patient in a mask, put one on for them. Don’t make them ask. Don’t psychologize them. Don’t betray the trust they’ve shown you. They’ve put their lives in your hands. Don’t take that for granted, it’s not an easy thing for many of us to do"
A plea to maskless health-care workers from vulnerable patients - Healthy Debate
Health-care workers have a responsibility to protect their vulnerable patients. Our lives are in your hands.
healthydebate.ca
November 18, 2024 at 4:35 AM
"If you’re a health-care worker who sees a patient in a mask, put one on for them. Don’t make them ask. Don’t psychologize them. Don’t betray the trust they’ve shown you. They’ve put their lives in your hands. Don’t take that for granted, it’s not an easy thing for many of us to do"
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Young people taking action:
🇨🇦 Well done
To this student 💪💨
Action spurs inspection of this schools mechanical ventilation system
November 2024
Hazel Taylor-Quick a Grade 12 student wrote an article about high carbon dioxide levels present in new build high school
www.thewhig.com/news/student...
November 18, 2024 at 9:31 PM
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Concerning data showing spike in heart defects in babies born after pandemic- possibly links to growing evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks pose-Covid in unvaccinated children and adults 🧪
Pandemic linked to 16% rise in babies born with heart defects
The proportion of babies born with a congenital heart abnormality increased by 16 per cent after the first year of the pandemic, according to research at City St George's, University of London and pub...
www.news-medical.net
November 18, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Concerning data showing spike in heart defects in babies born after pandemic- possibly links to growing evidence of cardiovascular disease and diabetes risks pose-Covid in unvaccinated children and adults 🧪
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The engagement on BlueSky is just incredible. I go to my news feed & find posts from all the accounts I followed on X but never saw over there. And best of all no dumb arse content from Elon Musk forced on me & no bots. It’s seriously looking like the dream platform we’ve all been waiting for
November 17, 2024 at 1:15 PM
The engagement on BlueSky is just incredible. I go to my news feed & find posts from all the accounts I followed on X but never saw over there. And best of all no dumb arse content from Elon Musk forced on me & no bots. It’s seriously looking like the dream platform we’ve all been waiting for
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Wow.
It's actually a great article on what Covid can do to your skin.
I know people with examples of all five of these during or post-covid rashes:
www.today.com/health/coron...
It's actually a great article on what Covid can do to your skin.
I know people with examples of all five of these during or post-covid rashes:
www.today.com/health/coron...
5 COVID skin rashes: Dermatologists share tips to identify and treat viral skin conditions
Some viral illnesses are known to cause rashes, like hives.
www.today.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Wow.
It's actually a great article on what Covid can do to your skin.
I know people with examples of all five of these during or post-covid rashes:
www.today.com/health/coron...
It's actually a great article on what Covid can do to your skin.
I know people with examples of all five of these during or post-covid rashes:
www.today.com/health/coron...
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Gammons and TERFs on BlueSky desperately trying to get in on the conversation but realising they can’t because we’ve already blocked them all.
a baby wearing a bib that says christmas stocking on it
ALT: a baby wearing a bib that says christmas stocking on it
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Gammons and TERFs on BlueSky desperately trying to get in on the conversation but realising they can’t because we’ve already blocked them all.
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Christ
“Caravans, Airbnbs. We found a child in such bad accommodation with disabilities that there were rats eating through their feeding tubes every night,” De Souza said. “We’ve had children in tents. It’s absolutely shocking”
Hundreds of miles from family. Limited or no education
Appalling
“Caravans, Airbnbs. We found a child in such bad accommodation with disabilities that there were rats eating through their feeding tubes every night,” De Souza said. “We’ve had children in tents. It’s absolutely shocking”
Hundreds of miles from family. Limited or no education
Appalling
NEW: Hundreds of children are being deprived of their liberty - and placed in illegal/unregulated care.
AirBnBs, security guards, restraints - and often costing the state £1m+
Ministers want to act on this shocking failure of our welfare state:
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
AirBnBs, security guards, restraints - and often costing the state £1m+
Ministers want to act on this shocking failure of our welfare state:
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Fears grow over UK children at risk placed in illegal care homes
Rising number of vulnerable youngsters are being forced into unsuitable accommodation including Airbnbs, bedsits and caravans
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Christ
“Caravans, Airbnbs. We found a child in such bad accommodation with disabilities that there were rats eating through their feeding tubes every night,” De Souza said. “We’ve had children in tents. It’s absolutely shocking”
Hundreds of miles from family. Limited or no education
Appalling
“Caravans, Airbnbs. We found a child in such bad accommodation with disabilities that there were rats eating through their feeding tubes every night,” De Souza said. “We’ve had children in tents. It’s absolutely shocking”
Hundreds of miles from family. Limited or no education
Appalling
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November 17, 2024 at 3:12 AM
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If you know people still on twitter who WANT to leave but are struggling to make the leap - my latest article is designed to ease the transition.
It’s got tips and tricks as well as suggestions for how to ensure communities stick together.
Small 🧵 of other helpful articles I’ve found /1
It’s got tips and tricks as well as suggestions for how to ensure communities stick together.
Small 🧵 of other helpful articles I’ve found /1
The Xitter Exodus and What it Means for the Disability Community
Disabled and chronically ill people have long used Twitter/X for community, fundraising, companionship and support. With folks leaving in droves - where will we go and how can we stick together?
www.disabledginger.com
November 17, 2024 at 3:38 AM
If you know people still on twitter who WANT to leave but are struggling to make the leap - my latest article is designed to ease the transition.
It’s got tips and tricks as well as suggestions for how to ensure communities stick together.
Small 🧵 of other helpful articles I’ve found /1
It’s got tips and tricks as well as suggestions for how to ensure communities stick together.
Small 🧵 of other helpful articles I’ve found /1
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the potentially-devastating impact on our children’s health is the most egregious and tragic consequence of our society’s moral failure to adequately respond to COVID. we are putting their future physical well-being in peril—just as we are threatening the health of the planet they will inherit.
November 17, 2024 at 7:56 AM
the potentially-devastating impact on our children’s health is the most egregious and tragic consequence of our society’s moral failure to adequately respond to COVID. we are putting their future physical well-being in peril—just as we are threatening the health of the planet they will inherit.
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Jay Bhattacharya advocated for sending teachers back into schools in 2020 before vaccines were available & basically was okay with it cuz if teachers got COVID b/c most of them wouldn't die. He may be next NIH director for Trump. @mayachavez.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Jay Bhattacharya advocated for sending teachers back into schools in 2020 before vaccines were available & basically was okay with it cuz if teachers got COVID b/c most of them wouldn't die. He may be next NIH director for Trump. @mayachavez.bsky.social
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Recognise COVID complications as occupational:
'Health care workers who contracted Long COVID face monumental health struggles, many forced into early retirement. Devastating to their professional pride and to their personal finances.' @theRCN @TheBMA
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
'Health care workers who contracted Long COVID face monumental health struggles, many forced into early retirement. Devastating to their professional pride and to their personal finances.' @theRCN @TheBMA
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Long COVID: nursing staff still being denied access to financial support| News | Royal College of Nursing
The RCN is urging the UK government to act and recognise COVID complications as occupational following recommendations from the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council made 2 years ago.
www.rcn.org.uk
November 16, 2024 at 2:52 PM
Recognise COVID complications as occupational:
'Health care workers who contracted Long COVID face monumental health struggles, many forced into early retirement. Devastating to their professional pride and to their personal finances.' @theRCN @TheBMA
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
'Health care workers who contracted Long COVID face monumental health struggles, many forced into early retirement. Devastating to their professional pride and to their personal finances.' @theRCN @TheBMA
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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Not a hot take
Pausing drug development and infectious disease research when we aren't finished with COVID, Bird Flu (H5N1) is knocking on the door and women's health research has just begun smells like cull the heard, if it's not exactly that.
Pausing drug development and infectious disease research when we aren't finished with COVID, Bird Flu (H5N1) is knocking on the door and women's health research has just begun smells like cull the heard, if it's not exactly that.
a woman is making a funny face with the words so that level of stupid does exist wow
ALT: a woman is making a funny face with the words so that level of stupid does exist wow
media.tenor.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Not a hot take
Pausing drug development and infectious disease research when we aren't finished with COVID, Bird Flu (H5N1) is knocking on the door and women's health research has just begun smells like cull the heard, if it's not exactly that.
Pausing drug development and infectious disease research when we aren't finished with COVID, Bird Flu (H5N1) is knocking on the door and women's health research has just begun smells like cull the heard, if it's not exactly that.