Prof Raymond Agius
@profraymondagius.bsky.social
Professor Emeritus: Occ. & Env. Medicine (Univ. of Manchester). Doctor ex 40 yrs NHS. British Medical Association Council Member. #COVIDisAirborne. #ProEU 🇪🇺 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇹🇲🇹🇪🇦 polyglot. Xited (was @ProfEmer on X)
With better prevention especially control measures in workplaces (eg ventilation & respiratory protection), so many sequelae of Covid could have been prevented. www.context.news/socioeconomi...
February 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
With better prevention especially control measures in workplaces (eg ventilation & respiratory protection), so many sequelae of Covid could have been prevented. www.context.news/socioeconomi...
"Healthcare workers should get covid-19 vaccinations": my @bmj.com letter prompted by the Joint Committee on Vaccination & Immunisation Statement on covid-19 which made no recommendation on vaccination for healthcare workers
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
January 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
"Healthcare workers should get covid-19 vaccinations": my @bmj.com letter prompted by the Joint Committee on Vaccination & Immunisation Statement on covid-19 which made no recommendation on vaccination for healthcare workers
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Indeed. When the mismanagement by kakistocracy was evident early in the pandemic, I called this 'double whammy' a #kakistocrapandemia
In the UK, the Covid-19 Public Inquiry is sadly providing evidence for this.
In the UK, the Covid-19 Public Inquiry is sadly providing evidence for this.
November 30, 2024 at 7:04 PM
Indeed. When the mismanagement by kakistocracy was evident early in the pandemic, I called this 'double whammy' a #kakistocrapandemia
In the UK, the Covid-19 Public Inquiry is sadly providing evidence for this.
In the UK, the Covid-19 Public Inquiry is sadly providing evidence for this.
November 28, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Re mesothelioma: In 1981 I took this photo of the boiler house door in a NHS hospital where I was a registrar in general & respiratory medicine (Since demolished). Attitudes towards active control of asbestos exposure (source control, ventilation, RPE etc) were similar to the NHS & Covid in 2020.
November 24, 2024 at 1:26 PM
Re mesothelioma: In 1981 I took this photo of the boiler house door in a NHS hospital where I was a registrar in general & respiratory medicine (Since demolished). Attitudes towards active control of asbestos exposure (source control, ventilation, RPE etc) were similar to the NHS & Covid in 2020.
The truth is slowly surfacing in the Covid Inquiry. As we said in the British Medical Journal in April 2021 some of the ostensibly 'science led' policies were really "rationalising the *rationing* " of worker protection - because past 'lessons' hadn't been learnt. doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
November 24, 2024 at 10:54 AM
The truth is slowly surfacing in the Covid Inquiry. As we said in the British Medical Journal in April 2021 some of the ostensibly 'science led' policies were really "rationalising the *rationing* " of worker protection - because past 'lessons' hadn't been learnt. doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
Vaccination against covid-19 helps fulfil the legal duty to "ensure .. health and safety" of health care workers. The latest advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation ignores this. My rapid response to the British Medical Journal: www.bmj.com/content/387/...
November 22, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Vaccination against covid-19 helps fulfil the legal duty to "ensure .. health and safety" of health care workers. The latest advice of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation ignores this. My rapid response to the British Medical Journal: www.bmj.com/content/387/...
"First - do not harm the patient"
(attributed to Hippocrates)
It is just as unacceptable for a patient to contract an airborne viral infection from a physician during a ward round or consultation as it is to contract a blood borne viral infection during surgery.
(attributed to Hippocrates)
It is just as unacceptable for a patient to contract an airborne viral infection from a physician during a ward round or consultation as it is to contract a blood borne viral infection during surgery.
November 16, 2024 at 12:55 PM
"First - do not harm the patient"
(attributed to Hippocrates)
It is just as unacceptable for a patient to contract an airborne viral infection from a physician during a ward round or consultation as it is to contract a blood borne viral infection during surgery.
(attributed to Hippocrates)
It is just as unacceptable for a patient to contract an airborne viral infection from a physician during a ward round or consultation as it is to contract a blood borne viral infection during surgery.
Exceptional CO2 agreement between the 2 devices. But this is probably just where the lines intersect. (The Aranet4 is my favourite.)
February 10, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Exceptional CO2 agreement between the 2 devices. But this is probably just where the lines intersect. (The Aranet4 is my favourite.)
28% of responding doctors with post acute covid reported a lack of RPE, & 18% had been unable to return to work since contracting covid.
December 12, 2023 at 11:29 AM
28% of responding doctors with post acute covid reported a lack of RPE, & 18% had been unable to return to work since contracting covid.
Just published: The results of a survey of post-acute Covid-19 publications in UK doctors. doi.org/10.1093/occm...
December 12, 2023 at 11:20 AM
Just published: The results of a survey of post-acute Covid-19 publications in UK doctors. doi.org/10.1093/occm...
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Care Workers in the UK and elsewhere were presented with the narrative that surgical masks were effective respiratory protection (RPE).
They should have been provided with respirators [like coal miners].
6/10
They should have been provided with respirators [like coal miners].
6/10
December 7, 2023 at 8:48 PM
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Health Care Workers in the UK and elsewhere were presented with the narrative that surgical masks were effective respiratory protection (RPE).
They should have been provided with respirators [like coal miners].
6/10
They should have been provided with respirators [like coal miners].
6/10
British Medical Association Statement: Covid Inquiry: "A key failure of Govt. decision-making was, & continues to be, the failure to properly consider & acknowledge that Covid-19 is an airborne virus. This impacted on the protections available to healthcare workers."
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
October 4, 2023 at 1:48 PM
British Medical Association Statement: Covid Inquiry: "A key failure of Govt. decision-making was, & continues to be, the failure to properly consider & acknowledge that Covid-19 is an airborne virus. This impacted on the protections available to healthcare workers."
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...
www.bma.org.uk/advice-and-s...