Tony Thomas
@mungeri-lal.bsky.social
Engineer, MBA and mgmt consultant wanting to solve problems in global health and mental health. Father to 2 girls. Immigrant from India via Singapore and France.
“The first girl to be treated, whose story we reported in 2022, is still free of the disease and now plans to become a cancer scientist.”
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Blood cancer therapy reverses incurable leukaemia in some patients
Seven out of 11 patients with incurable cancer who had the treatment appear to be cancer-free.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“The first girl to be treated, whose story we reported in 2022, is still free of the disease and now plans to become a cancer scientist.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
November 21, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.
This is dangerous & disappointing.
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The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
Kids have a right to vaccinations. Let's bring in the lawyers
Children suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is a moral failure. Access to vaccines is a human right.
www.statnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The fact that children in 2025 are suffering from diseases that should have been consigned to history is not just a public health failure. It is a moral failure.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
www.statnews.com/2025/11/12/c...
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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What’s so funny about fathers? ft.trib.al/76M8QNT | opinion
What’s so funny about fathers?
Mock away. We know you’ll come running when there’s a spider to be trapped under a glass
ft.trib.al
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
What’s so funny about fathers? ft.trib.al/76M8QNT | opinion
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Freaking go, science.
Go vaccines!
“The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine acts like a siren and activates the immune system throughout the entire body”, including inside the tumour, where it “starts programming a response to kill the cancer”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Go vaccines!
“The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine acts like a siren and activates the immune system throughout the entire body”, including inside the tumour, where it “starts programming a response to kill the cancer”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
People with some cancers live longer after a COVID vaccine
mRNA vaccines seem to boost the effectiveness of an immune therapy for skin and lung cancer ― in an unexpected way.
www.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Freaking go, science.
Go vaccines!
“The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine acts like a siren and activates the immune system throughout the entire body”, including inside the tumour, where it “starts programming a response to kill the cancer”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Go vaccines!
“The COVID-19 mRNA vaccine acts like a siren and activates the immune system throughout the entire body”, including inside the tumour, where it “starts programming a response to kill the cancer”
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
October 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.”
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943
Mahatma Gandhi wanted us to “Be the change you want to see in the world.” This call from @aoc.bsky.social is just as meaningful - Be the consequence. Reject the perception of inevitability. Every straw feels useless till the final straw, when it all matters again.
October 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Mahatma Gandhi wanted us to “Be the change you want to see in the world.” This call from @aoc.bsky.social is just as meaningful - Be the consequence. Reject the perception of inevitability. Every straw feels useless till the final straw, when it all matters again.
Some exceptionally clear thinking on the flurry of recent developments related to health and social care data, from Lauren Bevan in her blog 'The Bevan Briefing: Thoughtful Takes on NHS & Health Innovation'.
www.thebevanbriefing.com/the-bevan-br...
www.thebevanbriefing.com/the-bevan-br...
The Bevan Briefing issue #3 Data data everywhere
There's been such a lot going on in the world of NHS data. It's taken me quite a few naptimes to read and cogitate on it all. Its 934 pages worth.....
We've obviously recently had the 10 year plan bu...
www.thebevanbriefing.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Some exceptionally clear thinking on the flurry of recent developments related to health and social care data, from Lauren Bevan in her blog 'The Bevan Briefing: Thoughtful Takes on NHS & Health Innovation'.
www.thebevanbriefing.com/the-bevan-br...
www.thebevanbriefing.com/the-bevan-br...
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Was just on BBC Wales talking about why Labour MPs are seriously starting to doubt the judgement of Keir Starmer, in the wake of the Peter Mandelson sacking, and pushing for Mandelson's ally Morgan McSweeney to also be given the chop too bylinetimes.com/2025/09/11/p...
Keir Starmer's Reluctant Sacking of Peter Mandelson Over Epstein Connections Gives the Lie to His 'Crackdown on Cronyism'
The Prime Minister and his advisers spent years dismissing questions about Mandelson's relationship with the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein
bylinetimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Was just on BBC Wales talking about why Labour MPs are seriously starting to doubt the judgement of Keir Starmer, in the wake of the Peter Mandelson sacking, and pushing for Mandelson's ally Morgan McSweeney to also be given the chop too bylinetimes.com/2025/09/11/p...
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The council got rid of the benches at the foot of Leith walk and the locals have responded appropriately...
August 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The council got rid of the benches at the foot of Leith walk and the locals have responded appropriately...
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The "data" package Secretary Kennedy used to bolster his argument for discontinuing #BARDA funding for #mRNA research doesn't support his argument. @jakescottmd.bsky.social lays it out in a must read for @statnews.com. www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...
Kennedy's case against mRNA vaccines collapses under his own evidence
“This isn't scientific disagreement. It's either staggering incompetence or willful misrepresentation,” writes infectious disease physician Jake Scott.
www.statnews.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The "data" package Secretary Kennedy used to bolster his argument for discontinuing #BARDA funding for #mRNA research doesn't support his argument. @jakescottmd.bsky.social lays it out in a must read for @statnews.com. www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...
Incompetence and wilful disregard manifest
www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...
Kennedy's case against mRNA vaccines collapses under his own evidence
“This isn't scientific disagreement. It's either staggering incompetence or willful misrepresentation,” writes infectious disease physician Jake Scott.
www.statnews.com
August 14, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Incompetence and wilful disregard manifest
www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...
www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/r...
This is a welcome measure. If only we had this before the Big Beautiful Brexit referendum...!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election
16- and 17-year-olds will be able to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration and crackdown on foreign interference
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This is a welcome measure. If only we had this before the Big Beautiful Brexit referendum...!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This regressive event is truly horrifying, though the article is very well written. Do read it, if only to know what we must guide our own girls to fight against.
"'Christians are not called to empathy,' she explained."
Lots of very healthy, extremely normal viewpoints detailed in this story
Lots of very healthy, extremely normal viewpoints detailed in this story
TPUSA’s Young Women’s Leadership Summit vision for women
The pitch: Trade feminism for femininity, ditch your career aspirations, and focus on finding your husband and becoming a stay-at-home mom.
www.splcenter.org
July 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This regressive event is truly horrifying, though the article is very well written. Do read it, if only to know what we must guide our own girls to fight against.
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We need to throw the GOP out. They’ve just handed us the playbook.
July 3, 2025 at 9:53 AM
We need to throw the GOP out. They’ve just handed us the playbook.