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)
As regards worker protection, see my pinned post. I'm not legally qualified to opine re the employer's responsibility towards an employee's household. Intuitively I'd say it's a poor employer that wouldn't let a worker use their own FFP to protect their family. bsky.app/profile/prof...
Bluesky is now my preferred platform for posts. My latest Editorial: “A better approach to mitigate the risk of airborne infections in workplaces“
doi.org/10.1093/occm...
TL;DR A ‘let them rip’ attitude towards the mitigation of the risk of common airborne infections in the workplace is unacceptable
doi.org/10.1093/occm...
TL;DR A ‘let them rip’ attitude towards the mitigation of the risk of common airborne infections in the workplace is unacceptable
A better approach to mitigate the risk of airborne infections in workplaces
Although the worst of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic appears to be over, the burden of airborne infection in workplaces remains unacceptably high, l
doi.org
October 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
As regards worker protection, see my pinned post. I'm not legally qualified to opine re the employer's responsibility towards an employee's household. Intuitively I'd say it's a poor employer that wouldn't let a worker use their own FFP to protect their family. bsky.app/profile/prof...
and this advice from New Zealand is also highly relevant to protect against covid and similar infections: www.phcc.org.nz/news/resourc...
Resource: Promoting respiratory infection safety in the workplace - A protocol
Organisations looking for guidance on how to keep staff safe from respiratory infection now have a new resource. The Department of Public Health, University of Otago, Wellington, has developed a proto...
www.phcc.org.nz
July 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM
and this advice from New Zealand is also highly relevant to protect against covid and similar infections: www.phcc.org.nz/news/resourc...
Signing this petition might help encourage the Health & Safety Executive to develop Guidance or, better still, an Approved Code of Practice to protect Health & Social Care Workers from airborne infection: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Introduce new air quality and PPE rules for health and social care settings
We want the Government to set new rules on air quality and infection control in health and social care settings, to prevent and control airborne infections, with new ventilation and filtration require...
petition.parliament.uk
April 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Signing this petition might help encourage the Health & Safety Executive to develop Guidance or, better still, an Approved Code of Practice to protect Health & Social Care Workers from airborne infection: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Indeed.
More accurately, for all of us in the "Old World":
Pi day is the 22nd of July
(*not* the 14th of March)
More accurately, for all of us in the "Old World":
Pi day is the 22nd of July
(*not* the 14th of March)
March 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Indeed.
More accurately, for all of us in the "Old World":
Pi day is the 22nd of July
(*not* the 14th of March)
More accurately, for all of us in the "Old World":
Pi day is the 22nd of July
(*not* the 14th of March)
The threshold that Parliament set in the 1974 H&S@W Act is not absolute but "to ensure .. health & safety .. so far as reasonably practicable" doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
Protection from covid-19 at work: health and safety law is fit for purpose
Shortcomings in protection from contracting covid at work arise from legislation being ignored, argue these authors
The 2020 Coronavirus Act and ensuing secondary legislation, as well as official gov...
doi.org
March 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The threshold that Parliament set in the 1974 H&S@W Act is not absolute but "to ensure .. health & safety .. so far as reasonably practicable" doi.org/10.1136/bmj....
Bienvenido. Hay mucha gente aquí del éXodo de allí.
March 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Bienvenido. Hay mucha gente aquí del éXodo de allí.
Workplaces should be foci to diminish the risk of airborne infection eg flu, RSV, Covid, HMPV etc doi.org/10.1093/occm...
A better approach to mitigate the risk of airborne infections in workplaces
Although the worst of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic appears to be over, the burden of airborne infection in workplaces remains unacceptably high, l
doi.org
January 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Workplaces should be foci to diminish the risk of airborne infection eg flu, RSV, Covid, HMPV etc doi.org/10.1093/occm...
Not just Mogg, the erstwhile leader of his party & Prime Minister vowed to kill off Health & Safety culture. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
David Cameron: I will kill off safety culture
'We need to realise, collectively, that we cannot eliminate risk and that some accidents are inevitable,' PM says
www.independent.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Not just Mogg, the erstwhile leader of his party & Prime Minister vowed to kill off Health & Safety culture. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Yes indeed. Squamous cell carcinoma of the scrotum in chimney sweeps = probably the first occupational cancer to be described. (It can occur in other occupations too - even nowadays).
January 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Yes indeed. Squamous cell carcinoma of the scrotum in chimney sweeps = probably the first occupational cancer to be described. (It can occur in other occupations too - even nowadays).
Unfortunately many people tend to confuse the 'age effect' and the 'birth cohort effect'
January 15, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Unfortunately many people tend to confuse the 'age effect' and the 'birth cohort effect'
Bluesky is now my preferred platform for posts. My latest Editorial: “A better approach to mitigate the risk of airborne infections in workplaces“
doi.org/10.1093/occm...
TL;DR A ‘let them rip’ attitude towards the mitigation of the risk of common airborne infections in the workplace is unacceptable
doi.org/10.1093/occm...
TL;DR A ‘let them rip’ attitude towards the mitigation of the risk of common airborne infections in the workplace is unacceptable
A better approach to mitigate the risk of airborne infections in workplaces
Although the worst of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic appears to be over, the burden of airborne infection in workplaces remains unacceptably high, l
doi.org
January 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Agreed. bsky.app/profile/prof...
Bluesky is now my preferred platform for posts. My latest Editorial: “A better approach to mitigate the risk of airborne infections in workplaces“
doi.org/10.1093/occm...
TL;DR A ‘let them rip’ attitude towards the mitigation of the risk of common airborne infections in the workplace is unacceptable
doi.org/10.1093/occm...
TL;DR A ‘let them rip’ attitude towards the mitigation of the risk of common airborne infections in the workplace is unacceptable
A better approach to mitigate the risk of airborne infections in workplaces
Although the worst of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic appears to be over, the burden of airborne infection in workplaces remains unacceptably high, l
doi.org
January 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Agreed. bsky.app/profile/prof...
The HSE document in the link discusses the concept of "as low as reasonable practicable" in the context of HASAWA 1974. The WEL for CO2 was based on toxicity not as a surrogate for ventilation. www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/expe....
Risk management: Expert guidance - ALARP at a glance
www.hse.gov.uk
January 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
The HSE document in the link discusses the concept of "as low as reasonable practicable" in the context of HASAWA 1974. The WEL for CO2 was based on toxicity not as a surrogate for ventilation. www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/expe....
Bluesky is now my preferred platform for posts. My latest Editorial: “A better approach to mitigate the risk of airborne infections in workplaces“
doi.org/10.1093/occm...
TL;DR A ‘let them rip’ attitude towards the mitigation of the risk of common airborne infections in the workplace is unacceptable
doi.org/10.1093/occm...
TL;DR A ‘let them rip’ attitude towards the mitigation of the risk of common airborne infections in the workplace is unacceptable
A better approach to mitigate the risk of airborne infections in workplaces
Although the worst of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic appears to be over, the burden of airborne infection in workplaces remains unacceptably high, l
doi.org
December 20, 2024 at 11:26 AM
FFP3 with head straps instead of ear loops would be even better. If it's hot and stuffy an exhalation valve is OK.
December 18, 2024 at 12:07 PM
FFP3 with head straps instead of ear loops would be even better. If it's hot and stuffy an exhalation valve is OK.