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Ceri Turner 💚 😷 @ceri-turns.bsky.social · 15d

Hi @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social - would you please consider signing this pledge arising out of the recent inaugural High-Level Side Event on Healthy Indoor Air, taking place on the margins of the UN General Assembly?
www.airclub.org

www.airclub.org

Air Club

A global coalition aspiring towards healthy indoor air.

www.airclub.org

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Ceri Turner 💚 😷 @ceri-turns.bsky.social · 15d

Hi @ZackPolanski, please would you consider signing this #cleanair pledge arising from the inaugural High-Level Side Event on Healthy Indoor Air, taking place on the margins of the UN General Assembly. 👇🏻

www.airclub.org

Air Club

A global coalition aspiring towards healthy indoor air.

www.airclub.org

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · 17d

Not read much on effective mask wearing then?

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · 18d

Let's just take a moment to enjoy the fact that @dailymail.co.uk's poll backfired on them yesterday.
They wrote a misleading article about Violet Affleck's speech at the UN (she didn't call for a mask mandate), and expected their readers to say 'no' to masks in healthcare.
75% said YES.
Love it👏

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · 18d

@mrjamesob.bsky.social Any chance of you covering this? It would make us all a lot less sick, and the number of people who die from being infected with Covid WHILE IN HOSPITAL would go down. Currently, 1 in 10 of those infected with covid in hospital die. Which seems important.

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · 18d

@mrjamesob.bsky.social France...https://www.wifo.ac.at/en/news/krankenstaende-2022-und-2023-wieder-angestiegen/

Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · 18d

@mrjamesob.bsky.social PLEASE discuss this report from Sept 2025 is about the number of people who ARE IN WORK who are also struggling with huge increase in sickness too!
People are not all of sudden more lazy, they are sick. Because we are IN A PANDEMIC.
bsky.app/profile/anne...

Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

🚨NEW REPORT🚨
Huge increase in UK sickness absence.
The Health & Wellbeing Report 2025 found we now have record levels of sickness. Now 9.4 days per employee.
What happened in 2020?
A 35 page long report: guess what it doesn't mention as an ongoing cause of employee sickness?

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · 18d

This is Violet’s actual speech. Obvs, it’s not about mask mandates at all. That’s just the Daily Fail trying to put their dreadful spin on it. bsky.app/profile/luck...

Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 19d

“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.”

Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!

Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · 18d

Can I just flag up Violet Affleck at the UN clean indoor air meeting yesterday in New York? The Daily Fail did this poll which has backfired brilliantly on them: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Should people have to wear face masks in medical facilities?

Violet Affleck, the daughter of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck, has now advocated for the return of mask mandates to help protect the vulnerable, during a speech at a UN event in New York.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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jjonesn.bsky.social @jjonesn.bsky.social · 28d

Excellent and overdue article:

Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · 28d

🌟NEW ARTICLE🌟
I am so grateful to @teachearlyyears.bsky.social
magazine for supporting this vital message. We need our educational leaders to speak up! @departmentforedu.bsky.social #CleanAir
Why are we letting our children breathe dirty air? Link (Pg 61):
cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/test/T...

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · 28d

🌟NEW ARTICLE🌟
I am so grateful to @teachearlyyears.bsky.social
magazine for supporting this vital message. We need our educational leaders to speak up! @departmentforedu.bsky.social #CleanAir
Why are we letting our children breathe dirty air? Link (Pg 61):
cdn.teachwire.net/e-mag/test/T...

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 12

Study from the Netherlands. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

'Paediatric Long COVID (PLC) is a heterogeneous condition, which can have a substantial impact on daily life of children and adolescents.'
So, why aren't @ukhsa.bsky.social warning parents of this ongoing risk to our children?

Quality of life and mental health in children with long COVID

Pediatric Long COVID (PLC) is a heterogeneous condition, which can have a substantial impact on daily life of children and adolescents. This study aimed to evaluate health related quality of life (HRQ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 12

Can @ukhsa.bsky.social @departmentforedu.bsky.social look at this graph please?

Quality of life for chn with Chronic Health Conditions (CHC) compared with chn with Paediatric Long Covid (PLC)

The QoL for @longcovidkids.bsky.social is MUCH WORSE than chn suffering with other chronic conditions

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

Still brilliant and (unfortunately) relevant. @mattgreencomedy.com youtu.be/sfSvXhdrr7s?...

Don't Mention It!

YouTube video by Matt Green Comedy

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

youtu.be/sfSvXhdrr7s?...

Don't Mention It!

YouTube video by Matt Green Comedy

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

Regular listener here :)
When you get a spare hour, can you please pull this report to pieces?
It is beyond a joke that these reports are churned out which gloss over the ongoing impact of the ongoing global pandemic! 🤯
Long covid got me, my husband and millions of others. bsky.app/profile/anne...

Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

🚨NEW REPORT🚨
Huge increase in UK sickness absence.
The Health & Wellbeing Report 2025 found we now have record levels of sickness. Now 9.4 days per employee.
What happened in 2020?
A 35 page long report: guess what it doesn't mention as an ongoing cause of employee sickness?

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

Oh, and guess which workers ARE NOT off sick more?
🥁
Those working from home 🤷‍♀️

'Over a third (36%) of organisations with employees working from home say that sickness absence rates have decreased as a consequence,'

Why are we all being so stupid?

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

Oh, and guess which workers ARE NOT off sick more?
🥁
Those working from home 🤷‍♀️

'Over a third (36%) of organisations with employees working from home say that sickness absence rates have decreased as a consequence,'

Why are we all being so stupid?

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

@mrjamesob.bsky.social
RECORD levels of sickness. Guess what they don't mention? Look at the graph! It is absurd that this whole report won't say it out loud. More ppl are sick (short and long term).
Apart from the homeworkers!
with.https://bsky.app/profile/annemarie1.bsky.social/post/3lyl46tyogk2f

Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

🚨NEW REPORT🚨
Huge increase in UK sickness absence.
The Health & Wellbeing Report 2025 found we now have record levels of sickness. Now 9.4 days per employee.
What happened in 2020?
A 35 page long report: guess what it doesn't mention as an ongoing cause of employee sickness?

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

Shall we all just stop pretending that Covid isn't making us a lot sicker?
Reminds me of the totally inexplicable 'attendance crisis' in schools (since 2020)
And the huge numbers of ppl suddenly retiring early (since 2020).
Report here: a.storyblok.com/f/273343/x/e...

a.storyblok.com

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

@SimplyhealthUK (who wrote the report) say on their website that 'Mental ill health is a leading cause of long and short-term leave' BUT, their info graphic in their report says the main cause of ST term leave is 'Minor illness' (78%) and there are multiple reasons for LT absence:

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

🚨NEW REPORT🚨
Huge increase in UK sickness absence.
The Health & Wellbeing Report 2025 found we now have record levels of sickness. Now 9.4 days per employee.
What happened in 2020?
A 35 page long report: guess what it doesn't mention as an ongoing cause of employee sickness?

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

It is useful.
But of course, most are not testing anymore for Covid, so won't be able to answer if they have ongoing symptoms 12 weeks after their Covid infection.
Nor do people (including majority of Drs) know what 'Long Covid' includes, so are unlikely to say 'yes'.
Where did public health go?

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

It was a nonsensical, fumbled mess. These people are in charge.

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Anne Marie @annemarie1.bsky.social · Sep 11

I called @lbc.co.uk to ask Children's Commissioner Rachel De Souza if she has listened to @longcovidkids.bsky.social
Does she have have any idea how traumatising it is for a child to be forced into classrooms with ppl who HAVE Covid, when Covid already ruined their childhood?
She is NOT listening.

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