Swati
@swatiphysio.bsky.social
MLTC prog lead, clinical specialist Paeds physio by background. Live kidney donor to my mum and carer for someone living with MLTC. Clean air advocate
@sathnam.bsky.social came across this blog post and it resonated with me and your work on empire and Mental health challenges as one example medium.com/design-bootc... Why they said “No”. What researchers (and designers) miss… | by Dr Urvashi Sharma | Bootcamp | May, 2025 | Medium
Why they said “No”
What researchers (and designers) miss about culture, silence, and trust.
medium.com
June 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
@sathnam.bsky.social came across this blog post and it resonated with me and your work on empire and Mental health challenges as one example medium.com/design-bootc... Why they said “No”. What researchers (and designers) miss… | by Dr Urvashi Sharma | Bootcamp | May, 2025 | Medium
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Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
April 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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Masks work.
Lockdowns work.
Vaccines work.
Vaccines don’t cause autism.
Ivermectin is for parasite-infested horses.
Pass it on.
Lockdowns work.
Vaccines work.
Vaccines don’t cause autism.
Ivermectin is for parasite-infested horses.
Pass it on.
April 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Masks work.
Lockdowns work.
Vaccines work.
Vaccines don’t cause autism.
Ivermectin is for parasite-infested horses.
Pass it on.
Lockdowns work.
Vaccines work.
Vaccines don’t cause autism.
Ivermectin is for parasite-infested horses.
Pass it on.
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If Hamas had killed 7 Israelis inside of Israel this week, it would be one of the biggest stories in the world, & all over the US media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
March 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
If Hamas had killed 7 Israelis inside of Israel this week, it would be one of the biggest stories in the world, & all over the US media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
But Israel killed 7 HUNDRED Palestinians this week, including almost 200 children, & yet there's little outrage from our politicians or media.
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“To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks.”
In case you’re wondering whether or not it’s safe to visit the US now…
In case you’re wondering whether or not it’s safe to visit the US now…
March 20, 2025 at 5:20 AM
“To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks.”
In case you’re wondering whether or not it’s safe to visit the US now…
In case you’re wondering whether or not it’s safe to visit the US now…
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What we’ve done with all those “lessons we’ve learned from Covid”
GIFs only
GIFs only
a woman in a white robe carrying a bag of trash
Alt: a woman in a white robe carrying a bag of trash, flinging it into a dumpster, but the trash bag breaks open mid air and trash flies everywhere
media.tenor.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What we’ve done with all those “lessons we’ve learned from Covid”
GIFs only
GIFs only
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I wish folk could see the significance of this post.
A UK Council invested in air filters for schools but made a really terrible choice of machine.
Default auto mode, noisy, big, power hungry, useless added tech; zero plus points.
Upshot; they're unlikely to provide much protection against Covid.
1/
A UK Council invested in air filters for schools but made a really terrible choice of machine.
Default auto mode, noisy, big, power hungry, useless added tech; zero plus points.
Upshot; they're unlikely to provide much protection against Covid.
1/
To clarify, for benefit of Herts CC
@cathnoakes.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social
@peteuk7.bsky.social
A different air filter unit must be chosen 4 future projects
To inform BEST practice
This will support better data collected & evidence £ effectiveness
That is what needed
4 the most vulnerable
@cathnoakes.bsky.social @adphuk.bsky.social
@peteuk7.bsky.social
A different air filter unit must be chosen 4 future projects
To inform BEST practice
This will support better data collected & evidence £ effectiveness
That is what needed
4 the most vulnerable
March 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I wish folk could see the significance of this post.
A UK Council invested in air filters for schools but made a really terrible choice of machine.
Default auto mode, noisy, big, power hungry, useless added tech; zero plus points.
Upshot; they're unlikely to provide much protection against Covid.
1/
A UK Council invested in air filters for schools but made a really terrible choice of machine.
Default auto mode, noisy, big, power hungry, useless added tech; zero plus points.
Upshot; they're unlikely to provide much protection against Covid.
1/
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Brilliant piece by Siva Anandaciva from the Kings Fund on the implications of abolishing NHS England.
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
The Reshaping Of NHS National Bodies Has Only Just Started. How Will It Finish? | The King's Fund
Following the announcement that NHS England is to be abolished, Siva Anandaciva considers the implications and why at the moment there are more questions than answers.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
March 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Brilliant piece by Siva Anandaciva from the Kings Fund on the implications of abolishing NHS England.
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
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Mum-of-three urges public to ‘take a wee look’ for World Kidney Day | Spotting kidney disease early can be lifesaving. Hafsa Begum from Bradford shares her story to highlight the need to ‘take a wee look’
#WorldKidneyDay
#WorldKidneyDay
Mum-of-three urges public to ‘take a wee look’ for World Kidney Day
Spotting kidney disease early can be lifesaving. Hafsa Begum from Bradford shares her story to highlight the need to ‘take a wee look’
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Mum-of-three urges public to ‘take a wee look’ for World Kidney Day | Spotting kidney disease early can be lifesaving. Hafsa Begum from Bradford shares her story to highlight the need to ‘take a wee look’
#WorldKidneyDay
#WorldKidneyDay
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The comfortable lie that broke the world:
“Sorry, I used military word, airborne. It meant to spread via droplets or respiratory transmission. Please take it that way; not military language” Tedros from WHO
Excellent piece by @blakemurdoch.bsky.social on the damage of droplet dogma & denial:
“Sorry, I used military word, airborne. It meant to spread via droplets or respiratory transmission. Please take it that way; not military language” Tedros from WHO
Excellent piece by @blakemurdoch.bsky.social on the damage of droplet dogma & denial:
How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world - Healthy Debate
Five years later, the greatest basic science failure in generations caused the pandemic harms highlighted by people across the political spectrum, and broke our social cohesion.
healthydebate.ca
March 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The comfortable lie that broke the world:
“Sorry, I used military word, airborne. It meant to spread via droplets or respiratory transmission. Please take it that way; not military language” Tedros from WHO
Excellent piece by @blakemurdoch.bsky.social on the damage of droplet dogma & denial:
“Sorry, I used military word, airborne. It meant to spread via droplets or respiratory transmission. Please take it that way; not military language” Tedros from WHO
Excellent piece by @blakemurdoch.bsky.social on the damage of droplet dogma & denial:
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New example of "real life" CO2 measurement in a French university when all the windows and doors are closed.
21 students + 1 teacher
Room: 33 m2 (355 ft2), ceiling 2,7 m (9 ft),
In this configuration, it takes less than 5 minutes to exceed the recommended CO2 level of 800 ppm.
21 students + 1 teacher
Room: 33 m2 (355 ft2), ceiling 2,7 m (9 ft),
In this configuration, it takes less than 5 minutes to exceed the recommended CO2 level of 800 ppm.
March 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
New example of "real life" CO2 measurement in a French university when all the windows and doors are closed.
21 students + 1 teacher
Room: 33 m2 (355 ft2), ceiling 2,7 m (9 ft),
In this configuration, it takes less than 5 minutes to exceed the recommended CO2 level of 800 ppm.
21 students + 1 teacher
Room: 33 m2 (355 ft2), ceiling 2,7 m (9 ft),
In this configuration, it takes less than 5 minutes to exceed the recommended CO2 level of 800 ppm.
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📢 Are you a #UK #HealthcareProfessional managing patients with #KidneyDisease, #HighBloodPressure, #Diabetes or #Lupus?
👩⚕️ We want to hear what information/education you deliver about #kidneys, & anything that helped or hindered you.
🔗 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/ph...
🙌 Thank you!
👩⚕️ We want to hear what information/education you deliver about #kidneys, & anything that helped or hindered you.
🔗 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/ph...
🙌 Thank you!
March 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
📢 Are you a #UK #HealthcareProfessional managing patients with #KidneyDisease, #HighBloodPressure, #Diabetes or #Lupus?
👩⚕️ We want to hear what information/education you deliver about #kidneys, & anything that helped or hindered you.
🔗 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/ph...
🙌 Thank you!
👩⚕️ We want to hear what information/education you deliver about #kidneys, & anything that helped or hindered you.
🔗 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/salford/ph...
🙌 Thank you!
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The truth...
March 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The truth...
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Please consider signing this if you consider the way people are being treated is wrong, and/or decimating epidemiology during the overlap of a pandemic and a panzootic is just plain f***ing insane...
chng.it/f8SnXbcYZn
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Sign the Petition
Protect CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) and Laboratory Leadership Service (LLS)
chng.it
February 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Please consider signing this if you consider the way people are being treated is wrong, and/or decimating epidemiology during the overlap of a pandemic and a panzootic is just plain f***ing insane...
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It's striking the extent to which there's never any justification given for any of this beyond "it's too many people" or "it's actually fake" and no apparent planning behind any of it. It's the aesthetics of "move fast and break things" without any discernible direction or purpose. It's cosplay.
CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
February 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
It's striking the extent to which there's never any justification given for any of this beyond "it's too many people" or "it's actually fake" and no apparent planning behind any of it. It's the aesthetics of "move fast and break things" without any discernible direction or purpose. It's cosplay.
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Thank you for raising this. We did the same for schools last year when a parent sent us a list of reasons from the school Trustees as to why they wouldn't consider filtration
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Why prioritise clean air in schools? To us, the word “inclusion” is key.
We often hear comments from schools that kids can still get viruses and germs from other environments / extra curricular activities so it won’t make much difference to viral spread in the school 🤷♀️
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We often hear comments from schools that kids can still get viruses and germs from other environments / extra curricular activities so it won’t make much difference to viral spread in the school 🤷♀️
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![In this image there is a Blast air purifier placed in a school in the background. In the foreground there is some text that reads: "Why prioritise clean air in schools?", "[...] [...] it should be a priority for schools to make the one environment children are mandated to attend as safe as possible. Only then can the space be a truly inclusive one."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:w4srdtxvc5gci2dp2ra2dsaa/bafkreickqvb6o3dltrsiyeo2bb5rwnaggvls3ugo6flziz65tewoppit2m@jpeg)
February 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Thank you for raising this. We did the same for schools last year when a parent sent us a list of reasons from the school Trustees as to why they wouldn't consider filtration
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This would be a start to improving IAQ.. but with so little impetus from those in govt or leadership and a lack of awareness of clean air, it seems impossible to shift the dial.
Thread: Clean air roadmap.
We demand clear air in school, hospitals & other public spaces.
But what exactly could be done?
Firstly, the foundation of any change like this has to come from Gov. It starts with being truthful about the risk of infection & why it's essential to try to control it.
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We demand clear air in school, hospitals & other public spaces.
But what exactly could be done?
Firstly, the foundation of any change like this has to come from Gov. It starts with being truthful about the risk of infection & why it's essential to try to control it.
1/
February 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This would be a start to improving IAQ.. but with so little impetus from those in govt or leadership and a lack of awareness of clean air, it seems impossible to shift the dial.
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What to look for in a commercial HEPA filter.
It's not easy to compare machines.
A few key considerations:
1. CADR
2. Noise
3. Filter grade
4. Cost
5. Hidden extras / tech
6. Replacement filters
7. Auto mode
9. Carbon filter
10. Final thoughts
11. Resources & tweets
1/🧵
It's not easy to compare machines.
A few key considerations:
1. CADR
2. Noise
3. Filter grade
4. Cost
5. Hidden extras / tech
6. Replacement filters
7. Auto mode
9. Carbon filter
10. Final thoughts
11. Resources & tweets
1/🧵
November 22, 2024 at 10:31 AM
What to look for in a commercial HEPA filter.
It's not easy to compare machines.
A few key considerations:
1. CADR
2. Noise
3. Filter grade
4. Cost
5. Hidden extras / tech
6. Replacement filters
7. Auto mode
9. Carbon filter
10. Final thoughts
11. Resources & tweets
1/🧵
It's not easy to compare machines.
A few key considerations:
1. CADR
2. Noise
3. Filter grade
4. Cost
5. Hidden extras / tech
6. Replacement filters
7. Auto mode
9. Carbon filter
10. Final thoughts
11. Resources & tweets
1/🧵
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Done. Took about one minute.
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February 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Done. Took about one minute.
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Worked hard on this, and I hope it will be a useful resource for many.
A beginner’s guide to Long COVID, with a discussion of mechanisms:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/what-is-lo...
A beginner’s guide to Long COVID, with a discussion of mechanisms:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/what-is-lo...
What is Long COVID?
A Beginner's Guide
www.thegauntlet.news
February 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Worked hard on this, and I hope it will be a useful resource for many.
A beginner’s guide to Long COVID, with a discussion of mechanisms:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/what-is-lo...
A beginner’s guide to Long COVID, with a discussion of mechanisms:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/what-is-lo...