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Grace Hurford PhD
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mountaineer, chutney/ cake maker, based in UK Lake District.❤️EU ; trying to be 💚; v lecturer in health policy leadership/MBA dissertation sup RKCollege Zurich.😷 masking until we get st vaccines. #LongCovidAdvocacy https://www.mef.org.uk/about/committee
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Sunset over Frigiliana Cool blue Mediterranean sunset above Nerja with a hint of pink on horizon
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Cycling bats? www.google.com/imgres?imgur...
Bat on a bicycle (board print available from red bubble)
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Autumn glory 🚲 #LakeDistrict
A golden leafy trail in the Lake District with bike handlebars in foreground, and glimpses of Derwentwater through deciduous trees, clearing skies above
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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There’s a lot of coughs about but also …
GP swabs - In week 40, among all tested samples, 12.1% were positive for SARS-CoV-2, compared with 8.9% in the previous week
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Gosh
Poll swinging from 38% to 54% blaming Brexit in 40 mins
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Yes the comms from the government’s own web site (signed off by Shabana Mahmood MP) are dreadful in this respect
“News story Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today. From: Home Office and The Rt Hon Shabana Mahmood MP Published 14 October 2025”
October 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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“The risk of Long COVID increases with the severity of acute infection. …However people with mild disease can also develop Long COVID, and given the much higher number of people with mild versus severe disease, they make up the great majority of people with Long Covid”.
“The risk of Long COVID increases with the severity of acute infection. By the committee’s best estimate, people whose infection was sufficiently severe to necessitate hospitalization are 2–3 times more likely to experience Long COVID than are those who were not hospitalized, and among those who were hospitalized, individuals requiring life support in the intensive care unit may be twice as likely to experience Long COVID. However, people with mild disease can also develop Long COVID, and given the much higher number of people with mild versus severe disease, they make up the great majority of people with Long COVID. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2024. Long-Term Health Effects of COVID-19: Disability and Function Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/27756.”
October 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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She will love it! And the breakfast after too…
A balloon taking off Hot air balloons against a blue sky with Atlas Mountains in the distance and desert below.
October 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Try not to pass it on and rest up- as multiple infections are very concerning. www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
“Every time you get infected [with COVID], it does harm to the body in some way,” says Avindra Nath, a neurologist at the National Institutes of Health who has led research on long COVID and other postviral conditions. For example, a pulmonary infection can leave scars in the lungs or trigger blood clots. COVID may also interfere with the immune system itself, he says. Nath notes that the protective sheaths of many viruses include regions that can interfere with the immune system…
October 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Lake District in and out of the sunshine
Sunday looking across at Helvellyn from Dale Head Monday summit of great gable wreathed in clouds but blue skies above
October 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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You had to go very high to catch the sun in the Lake District today
Great Gable wreathed in clouds with blue sky above
October 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Stunning autumn 🍂 day above the clouds #LakeDistrict
A silhouette of 2 people against the Helvellyn range with blue sky above and cloud below Deep valley fog in Newlands with Skiddaw and Blencathra poking out into blue skies - taken from Dale Head
October 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Stunning examples on the Gower too
A very large creamy toadstool
October 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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I’m not so sure - whether it’s wealth or income distribution the USA is very unequal equalitytrust.org.uk/scale-econom...
The UK’s wealth distribution is roughly average compared to the other OECD countries. The UK has a wealth GINI coefficient of 74.6%. Compared to other developed countries the UK has a very unequal distribution of income, with a Gini coefficient of 0.351. The UK has one of the highest levels of income inequality in Europe, although it is less unequal than the United States.
October 3, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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We’re going climbing on the Gower (aged 63 and 80)
Climber on Mermaid Wall, Rhossili against a bright blue sky Climber on Scavenger VS with a sandy beach below
October 1, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Gower beaches giving Bear Hunt vibes this evening 🧗 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️ 🍂
Golden beach with lowering cliffs and rippling tides in the evening sunshine A climber hurries home as the tide turns and the setting sun spotlights his way Climbing high on mermaids wall with a bright blue sky above Silky sands and wave laced seas under the cliffs of Rhossili / in the distance a climber carrying his footwear is paddling home as the tide turns and the setting sun glows golden
September 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Stunning weather in lakes but there’s a cold nip in the air 🚲
An empty lane with green fields and cumulus clouds scudding across a blue sky with mountains in the background An empty lane to Mungrisedale with sunlit slopes rising to left and deep shade cast by mature trees on right, blue sky beyond
September 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Help I’ve unearthed a mystery saucepan with sealed liquid in the base and in the lid compartment. I can’t find anything like it on google 🤔 @nigella.bsky.social @fafo.fm @joyofcooking.bsky.social
Saucepan with a large sealed compartment lid hmm 🤔
September 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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I’ve done no 3
Letter urging MP to withdraw from X
September 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Erm the life expectancy/ deprivation graph looks the wrong way round?? What have I missed? (P9)
The higher the deprivation index the higher the life expectancy??? Hmm
September 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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❤️ Morocco #Toubkal
A laden mule on a pass with blue sky behind A plate of fabulous vegetables Summit of Toubkal 4167 metres, with a woman waving and blue sky behind Hot air balloons at 937 metres over the desert
September 15, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Acknowledgement of complaint from GMC
September 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Cancer’s linked to COVID-19 though isn’t it? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
SARS-CoV-2 virus worsen cancer cases via inflammation, lymphopenia, and signaling. • It alters tumor microenvironment via cytokines, metabolism and immune suppression. • Lung and colorectal cancer are more susceptible, with high ACE2 and TMPRSS2 levels. • COVID-19 inflammatory signals reawaken dormant cancer cells. • Developing dual and combinatorial vaccines may work against new SARS-CoV-2 VOC.
September 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Yup www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
SARS-CoV-2 virus worsen cancer cases via inflammation, lymphopenia
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alters tumor microenvironment via cytokines, metabolism and immune suppression.
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Lung/colorectal cancer are more susceptible
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COVID-19 inflammatory signals reawaken dormant cancer cells.
SARS-CoV-2 virus worsen cancer cases via inflammation, lymphopenia, and signaling. • It alters tumor microenvironment via cytokines, metabolism and immune suppression. • Lung and colorectal cancer are more susceptible, with high ACE2 and TMPRSS2 levels. • COVID-19 inflammatory signals reawaken dormant cancer cells.
September 7, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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And www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
SARS-CoV-2 virus worsen cancer cases via inflammation, lymphopenia, and signaling. • It alters tumor microenvironment via cytokines, metabolism and immune suppression. • Lung and colorectal cancer are more susceptible, with high ACE2 and TMPRSS2 levels. • COVID-19 inflammatory signals reawaken dormant cancer cells.
September 6, 2025 at 9:34 PM