Kay Griffiths
@ekayyg.bsky.social
HEDS sufferer and fighter, Chesterfield Football Club shareholder, unpaid carer, gardener, runner, clean air advocate - it's a no brainer.
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Excellent thread by @profstevegriffin.bsky.social . Bang on the money and pretty much covers everything that needs to be said. @greenparty.org.uk
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Excellent thread by @profstevegriffin.bsky.social . Bang on the money and pretty much covers everything that needs to be said. @greenparty.org.uk
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Good quality face masks work to reduce spread of respiratory infections. Widespread prejudice against wearing masks doesn’t undermine their effectiveness but it does undermine uptake & acceptability & these are important for population health. So it’s important to understand & tackle such prejudice.
December 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Good quality face masks work to reduce spread of respiratory infections. Widespread prejudice against wearing masks doesn’t undermine their effectiveness but it does undermine uptake & acceptability & these are important for population health. So it’s important to understand & tackle such prejudice.
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If we are really worried about the pressure put on the NHS by flu then shouldn’t we have offered the flu vaccine to more people for free?
Super flu' wave hits hospitals in England with no peak yet
Numbers in hospital rise by more than 50% in a week as NHS faces 'worst-case scenario'.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
If we are really worried about the pressure put on the NHS by flu then shouldn’t we have offered the flu vaccine to more people for free?
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A few doctors striking for a few days will not be what causes the collapse of the NHS.
Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.
Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
A few doctors striking for a few days will not be what causes the collapse of the NHS.
Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.
Years of chronic underfunding and mismanagement will do that for you.
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if we had not closed half our or general and acute beds
if we did not have the 2nd lowest bed base per 1000 in the OECD
if those beds were not full of people waiting community services but fit to leave
if we had not decimated public health, primary care and community nursing
no crisis to see
if we did not have the 2nd lowest bed base per 1000 in the OECD
if those beds were not full of people waiting community services but fit to leave
if we had not decimated public health, primary care and community nursing
no crisis to see
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
if we had not closed half our or general and acute beds
if we did not have the 2nd lowest bed base per 1000 in the OECD
if those beds were not full of people waiting community services but fit to leave
if we had not decimated public health, primary care and community nursing
no crisis to see
if we did not have the 2nd lowest bed base per 1000 in the OECD
if those beds were not full of people waiting community services but fit to leave
if we had not decimated public health, primary care and community nursing
no crisis to see
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On the 12th day of Xmas my true love gave to me: 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 lords-a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing, 8 maids-a-milking, 7 swans-a-swimming, 6 geese-a-laying, 5 GOLD RINGS, 4 calling birds, 3 French hens, 2 turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. What's for dessert?
December 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
On the 12th day of Xmas my true love gave to me: 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 lords-a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing, 8 maids-a-milking, 7 swans-a-swimming, 6 geese-a-laying, 5 GOLD RINGS, 4 calling birds, 3 French hens, 2 turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. What's for dessert?
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@greenparty.org.uk and @scottishgreens.org have policy on covid and long covid. Other green parties should taken note.
I wish our Greens would post about masking like the UK Green Party
December 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
@greenparty.org.uk and @scottishgreens.org have policy on covid and long covid. Other green parties should taken note.
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What Steve said. There has never been a study in which high-quality, well-fitting masks were actually WORN that did not show a significant impact on disease transmission. Many mask studies failed to take account of post-allocation confounders (non-adherence + non-mask people choosing to mask).
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 11:26 AM
What Steve said. There has never been a study in which high-quality, well-fitting masks were actually WORN that did not show a significant impact on disease transmission. Many mask studies failed to take account of post-allocation confounders (non-adherence + non-mask people choosing to mask).
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Delighted to have the opportunity to discuss the current influenza surge in today's Belfast Telegraph; the virus itself, what we should be doing to mitigate it - vaccination, ventilation, masks - and how infection control has become ideological.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
‘Not a pleasant Christmas for the NHS’: ‘Super flu’ mutation will further stress NI healthcare system, says biorisk expert
The early surge in a so-called ‘super flu’ strain of the influenza virus is going to “dramatically stress” the Northern Ireland healthcare service in the run-up to Christmas, a biorisk expert has said...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Delighted to have the opportunity to discuss the current influenza surge in today's Belfast Telegraph; the virus itself, what we should be doing to mitigate it - vaccination, ventilation, masks - and how infection control has become ideological.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/...
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19. Put it this way, countries in SE Asia have embraced this philosophy for good reasons, as
@globalhlthtwit.bsky.social
rightly points out, relentlessly.
They coped with SARS1, SARS2, avian flu, Nipah, etc...they know their onions! Just compare the death rates, folks.
20. Immunity debt, no.
@globalhlthtwit.bsky.social
rightly points out, relentlessly.
They coped with SARS1, SARS2, avian flu, Nipah, etc...they know their onions! Just compare the death rates, folks.
20. Immunity debt, no.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
19. Put it this way, countries in SE Asia have embraced this philosophy for good reasons, as
@globalhlthtwit.bsky.social
rightly points out, relentlessly.
They coped with SARS1, SARS2, avian flu, Nipah, etc...they know their onions! Just compare the death rates, folks.
20. Immunity debt, no.
@globalhlthtwit.bsky.social
rightly points out, relentlessly.
They coped with SARS1, SARS2, avian flu, Nipah, etc...they know their onions! Just compare the death rates, folks.
20. Immunity debt, no.
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18. Needless to say, the Healthcare/NHS IPC refusal to act against airborne infections is a nonsense. People would be less upset if you admitted your mistake, apologised, and took action now.
Reintroducing mask mandates, too late, wrong masks, and piecemeal just compounds this.
Reintroducing mask mandates, too late, wrong masks, and piecemeal just compounds this.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
18. Needless to say, the Healthcare/NHS IPC refusal to act against airborne infections is a nonsense. People would be less upset if you admitted your mistake, apologised, and took action now.
Reintroducing mask mandates, too late, wrong masks, and piecemeal just compounds this.
Reintroducing mask mandates, too late, wrong masks, and piecemeal just compounds this.
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17. Think "Swiss Cheese" - no single measure is enough on its own, no single person will effect change at scale. BUT, individual acts can have both good and bad consequences.
Balance risk, vax status, time spent, ventilation, the activity in question, and who else is there...
Balance risk, vax status, time spent, ventilation, the activity in question, and who else is there...
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
17. Think "Swiss Cheese" - no single measure is enough on its own, no single person will effect change at scale. BUT, individual acts can have both good and bad consequences.
Balance risk, vax status, time spent, ventilation, the activity in question, and who else is there...
Balance risk, vax status, time spent, ventilation, the activity in question, and who else is there...
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16. What we need is information regarding risk (ventilation ratings, prevalence, etc) and to drop the ridiculous persecution of those who act to both protect themselves and others.
This is a trivial act, a minor inconvenience, you don't know who you're sitting next to on the bus.
This is a trivial act, a minor inconvenience, you don't know who you're sitting next to on the bus.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
16. What we need is information regarding risk (ventilation ratings, prevalence, etc) and to drop the ridiculous persecution of those who act to both protect themselves and others.
This is a trivial act, a minor inconvenience, you don't know who you're sitting next to on the bus.
This is a trivial act, a minor inconvenience, you don't know who you're sitting next to on the bus.
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14. The narrative that "masks don't work" not only denies physics, but is clearly biased towards fatalism, individualism, and libertarianism. How convenient to have something you don't like rubbished by "experts"...I mean, come on folks...
15. We don't mostly need "mandates"...
15. We don't mostly need "mandates"...
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
14. The narrative that "masks don't work" not only denies physics, but is clearly biased towards fatalism, individualism, and libertarianism. How convenient to have something you don't like rubbished by "experts"...I mean, come on folks...
15. We don't mostly need "mandates"...
15. We don't mostly need "mandates"...
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11. Airborne viruses include, but are not limited to: SARS2, influenza, RSV, measles virus, M-Pox (likely)...
12. Yes, virus particles are smaller than mask pore sizes, but aerosol particles are NOT.
13. Masks aren't sieves, they r multi-layered & chemically/physically optimised.
12. Yes, virus particles are smaller than mask pore sizes, but aerosol particles are NOT.
13. Masks aren't sieves, they r multi-layered & chemically/physically optimised.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
11. Airborne viruses include, but are not limited to: SARS2, influenza, RSV, measles virus, M-Pox (likely)...
12. Yes, virus particles are smaller than mask pore sizes, but aerosol particles are NOT.
13. Masks aren't sieves, they r multi-layered & chemically/physically optimised.
12. Yes, virus particles are smaller than mask pore sizes, but aerosol particles are NOT.
13. Masks aren't sieves, they r multi-layered & chemically/physically optimised.
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9. Respirator (FFP2/3) masks, well fitted, DO protect the wearer as well as exerting source control. Surgical masks and, to a very limited extent, "face coverings" will restrict/protect from droplet-borne viruses.
10. Airborne transmission means FFP2/3 masks are gold standard.
10. Airborne transmission means FFP2/3 masks are gold standard.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
9. Respirator (FFP2/3) masks, well fitted, DO protect the wearer as well as exerting source control. Surgical masks and, to a very limited extent, "face coverings" will restrict/protect from droplet-borne viruses.
10. Airborne transmission means FFP2/3 masks are gold standard.
10. Airborne transmission means FFP2/3 masks are gold standard.
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7. Specifically, mask RCTs are inherently flawed, source control must be considered alongside protection.
8. RCTs can't account for complex behaviour.
8. Meta-analyses & systematic reviews are defined by their selection criteria, study weighting, and evidence hierarchy/idolatry.
8. RCTs can't account for complex behaviour.
8. Meta-analyses & systematic reviews are defined by their selection criteria, study weighting, and evidence hierarchy/idolatry.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
7. Specifically, mask RCTs are inherently flawed, source control must be considered alongside protection.
8. RCTs can't account for complex behaviour.
8. Meta-analyses & systematic reviews are defined by their selection criteria, study weighting, and evidence hierarchy/idolatry.
8. RCTs can't account for complex behaviour.
8. Meta-analyses & systematic reviews are defined by their selection criteria, study weighting, and evidence hierarchy/idolatry.
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6. Masks are key NPIs, all the more critical due to lack of clean air.
7. Respecting the impact of infection on fellow human beings and awareness of NHS capacity is not "panic".
8. Awareness that millions of vulnerable folks don't have reasonable adjustments is also not "panic".
7. Respecting the impact of infection on fellow human beings and awareness of NHS capacity is not "panic".
8. Awareness that millions of vulnerable folks don't have reasonable adjustments is also not "panic".
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
6. Masks are key NPIs, all the more critical due to lack of clean air.
7. Respecting the impact of infection on fellow human beings and awareness of NHS capacity is not "panic".
8. Awareness that millions of vulnerable folks don't have reasonable adjustments is also not "panic".
7. Respecting the impact of infection on fellow human beings and awareness of NHS capacity is not "panic".
8. Awareness that millions of vulnerable folks don't have reasonable adjustments is also not "panic".
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2. COVID now adds to disease burden in an unpredictable, perennial way.
3. We maddeningly restrict access to vaccines without considering the wider and long-term costs of disease.
4. Nothing has been done nationally to improve indoor air quality.
5. Vaccines and NPIs synergise.
3. We maddeningly restrict access to vaccines without considering the wider and long-term costs of disease.
4. Nothing has been done nationally to improve indoor air quality.
5. Vaccines and NPIs synergise.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
2. COVID now adds to disease burden in an unpredictable, perennial way.
3. We maddeningly restrict access to vaccines without considering the wider and long-term costs of disease.
4. Nothing has been done nationally to improve indoor air quality.
5. Vaccines and NPIs synergise.
3. We maddeningly restrict access to vaccines without considering the wider and long-term costs of disease.
4. Nothing has been done nationally to improve indoor air quality.
5. Vaccines and NPIs synergise.
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So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
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So much debate over masks. Really important thread from the Summer.
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BREAKING NEWS
At last, in the UK, we now have official guidance on the use of respirators (FFP3) vs Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks (FRSM) which has been prepared SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR.
🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷
BREAKING NEWS
At last, in the UK, we now have official guidance on the use of respirators (FFP3) vs Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks (FRSM) which has been prepared SPECIFICALLY FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR.
🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷🚨😷
December 11, 2025 at 12:09 AM
So much debate over masks. Really important thread from the Summer.
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A depressing milestone on the TrumpActionTracker - 2000 logged actions since January.
www.trumpactiontracker.info
Shortly about to be 2002 as I have a couple more to add tonight :-/
www.trumpactiontracker.info
Shortly about to be 2002 as I have a couple more to add tonight :-/
December 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A depressing milestone on the TrumpActionTracker - 2000 logged actions since January.
www.trumpactiontracker.info
Shortly about to be 2002 as I have a couple more to add tonight :-/
www.trumpactiontracker.info
Shortly about to be 2002 as I have a couple more to add tonight :-/
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On the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 11 pipers piping, 10 lords-a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing, 8 maids-a-milking, 7 swans-a-swimming, 6 geese-a-laying, 5 GOLD RINGS, 4 calling birds, 3 French hens, 2 turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. 38 people watched me devour 23 birds.
December 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
On the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me: 11 pipers piping, 10 lords-a-leaping, 9 ladies dancing, 8 maids-a-milking, 7 swans-a-swimming, 6 geese-a-laying, 5 GOLD RINGS, 4 calling birds, 3 French hens, 2 turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree. 38 people watched me devour 23 birds.
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And I'm very fortunate in that I can usually work remotely when ill, and when I did have COVID recently, stayed at home despite missing an event I'd paid a lot of money for, but if I did have to go to anywhere enclosed, I'd definitely wear a well fitting mask. It's called being responsible.
December 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
And I'm very fortunate in that I can usually work remotely when ill, and when I did have COVID recently, stayed at home despite missing an event I'd paid a lot of money for, but if I did have to go to anywhere enclosed, I'd definitely wear a well fitting mask. It's called being responsible.
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I'm not saying masks are the complete solution. Isolation, ventilation, vaccination all important. Can you imagine a general going into battle saying I'll take my infantry, but not bother with armour, artillery or engineers?
December 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I'm not saying masks are the complete solution. Isolation, ventilation, vaccination all important. Can you imagine a general going into battle saying I'll take my infantry, but not bother with armour, artillery or engineers?