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Claire Dow
@clairedow1.bsky.social
Consultant Geriatrician, Divisional Director for Medicine / ED, Whipps Cross University Hospital
Nye Bevan cohort 31 alumnus
Strictly and Eurovision fan
Not a great photo, but 8500 steps done today as 'medical foundation year 28' doctor in ED.
Have 2 days off as colleagues covering this weekend (as I'm on call next weekend)
Wonder if I'll beat that total on Monday and Tuesday when I'm back
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Find and treat a trigger
Find and treat another trigger
Find and treat another trigger
Find and treat another trigger
“I needed to be told the date every time. Repetition ≠ patronising.”

#delirium
November 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Perfect two part story here
Don't order a Revolut card after a few glasses of wine
September 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Incredible T20 performance from England against South Africa.

304-2

Third highest T20 international score ever and the highest in a game between test nations.

141 for Phil Salt. Highest individual score by a English player. 7th highest of all time.
September 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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If you have a secret or hidden phone, the government's Emergency Alerts could reveal your device, even if it's on silent or do not disturb.

The government is testing emergency alerts on Sunday 7 September. If you're worried this could reveal a phone, you can follow this guide to turn off the alerts
August 31, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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“After a gunman reportedly deceived by anti-vaccine disinformation opened fire on the CDC and fatally shot David Rose, a community grieves as Trump officials remain silent.

A lie murdered David Rose.”

www.theguardian.com/...

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How vaccine misinformation led to an officer’s murder at the CDC: ‘In the face of danger ... he ran into the fire’
After a gunman reportedly deceived by anti-vaccine disinformation opened fire on the CDC and fatally shot David Rose, a community grieves as Trump officials remain silent
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
September 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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August 31, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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August 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Talk about the European Convention on Human Rights is rife at the moment.
I hope this link explains how important it is (and as a subtext do we want to join Russia in leaving it?)
youtube.com/watch?v=ptfm...
Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
youtube.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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I can
August 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Well this couldn’t have come at a better time www.bbc.com/news/article...
Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'
The violin is smaller than a human hair and has "laid the groundwork" for future research.
www.bbc.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Well, looks like I'm writing about Elon Musk and Donald Trump again today. As Ron Burgundy once said, that escalated quickly. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump and Musk enter bitter feud - and Washington buckles up
A knock-down fight between world's the richest person and the most powerful politician is playing out in public view.
www.bbc.com
June 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
@mariannaspringbbc.bsky.social looking forward to the emergency "ELON" Americast soon
(Thanks to you and all the team for the great work)
June 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Sources reporting that Zelensky has called Trump and offered to mediate a peaceful resolution between Musk and himself.
June 5, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Thanks for the company this evening
Salzburg, Vienna or Innsbruck next year??
May 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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“What the hell just happened?” wasn’t the triumphant song of the contest, but it was the defining slogan #Eurovision
May 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Great song and so glad Austria won
May 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This voting is bonkers from the juries. Public vote even more influential than usual....
May 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Please Celine, do start singing as this is awful I'm afraid from Nemo
May 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Loving this song battle, perhaps this should be the new way to decide the winner next year?
May 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
So former Swiss Eurovision songs means that Celine is definitely singing tonight then....
May 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
So votes in the house (1 each as its my phone bill!) have gone to Sweden, Netherlands, Italy and Austria (but eldest thinks he should have voted for someone other than Austria now!)
May 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Really torn as loved Sweden, but there's been great entries this year
May 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Really not sure who is going to win tonight. Netherlands and Denmark performances much better than semi final, Malta and Finland bonkers and Sweden makes me smile (and can't get the tune out of my head)
May 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM