Dr John Gibson
@drjohnegibson.bsky.social
Intensive Care and Anaesthetics Doctor. GMC registered with license to practice.
Still wearing an FFP3 mask. Co-inventor of #Safira
Fed up of the other place. Views my own and NOT necessarily those of my employer.
Still wearing an FFP3 mask. Co-inventor of #Safira
Fed up of the other place. Views my own and NOT necessarily those of my employer.
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💨Quote: @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social 'is considering airborne transmission (and methods used to combat it) in the context of healthcare in Module 3: Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare systems in the four nations of the UK'.
🤷It's STILL airborne!
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
🤷It's STILL airborne!
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
November 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
💨Quote: @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social 'is considering airborne transmission (and methods used to combat it) in the context of healthcare in Module 3: Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on healthcare systems in the four nations of the UK'.
🤷It's STILL airborne!
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
🤷It's STILL airborne!
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
Insufficient attention is *still* being paid to ..airborne transmission in poorly ventilated spaces. (Which is the case for most of the spaces in NHS healthcare.)
Airborne transmission @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
🤦Quote: 'Insufficient attention had been paid to the possibility of airborne transmission from as early as April 2020.
🤷Advice was clear... airborne transmission was possible in poorly ventilated spaces.'
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
🤦Quote: 'Insufficient attention had been paid to the possibility of airborne transmission from as early as April 2020.
🤷Advice was clear... airborne transmission was possible in poorly ventilated spaces.'
covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/modu...
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Insufficient attention is *still* being paid to ..airborne transmission in poorly ventilated spaces. (Which is the case for most of the spaces in NHS healthcare.)
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Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
Direct result of racism and insecurity unleashed by major political parties.
Not enough home trained doctors. Takes years and high debt to become a doctor.
A healthcare crisis in the making.
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Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19.
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
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👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
June 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Aerosol transmission of SARSCoV2 virus is the dominant route for transmitting COVID-19.
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
👏'2025 Faraday Horizon Prize for advancing understanding of the physicochemical properties of exhaled aerosols, and their impact on transmissibility of respiratory pathogens.' @rsc.org
www.rsc.org/standards-an...
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"“Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don’t like what your political opponents say, execute them,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that’s not what we do in America.”
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'Maybe It's Time to Pick a Fucking Side,' Says Murphy After Trump Calls for Execution of Lawmakers | Common Dreams
"Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don't like what your political opponents say, execute them," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that's not w...
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November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"“Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don’t like what your political opponents say, execute them,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that’s not what we do in America.”
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
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This is shocking. Up to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK over the government’s immigration proposals, plunging the NHS into its biggest ever workforce crisis, research suggests
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Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is shocking. Up to 50,000 nurses could quit the UK over the government’s immigration proposals, plunging the NHS into its biggest ever workforce crisis, research suggests
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan.
Bad inheritance from 14 yrs of Tory rule.
Not helped by another reorganization costing billions, low staff morale.
Billions wasted through PFI, privatisations. Govt planning more of the same, leaves less for frontline services.
Bad inheritance from 14 yrs of Tory rule.
Not helped by another reorganization costing billions, low staff morale.
Billions wasted through PFI, privatisations. Govt planning more of the same, leaves less for frontline services.
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan, report warns
Public accounts committee finds Labour’s progress ‘appears to have stalled’ despite billions of pounds in investment
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
NHS failing to cut waiting times as promised in recovery plan.
Bad inheritance from 14 yrs of Tory rule.
Not helped by another reorganization costing billions, low staff morale.
Billions wasted through PFI, privatisations. Govt planning more of the same, leaves less for frontline services.
Bad inheritance from 14 yrs of Tory rule.
Not helped by another reorganization costing billions, low staff morale.
Billions wasted through PFI, privatisations. Govt planning more of the same, leaves less for frontline services.
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On Thurs 20th, Lady Hallett publishes her module 2 report.
We wait with interest to see how it covers the deception wrought upon HCWs that: a) Covid is droplet/fomite, but not airborne b) Flimsy Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks are 'PPE' and will keep you safe.
We wait with interest to see how it covers the deception wrought upon HCWs that: a) Covid is droplet/fomite, but not airborne b) Flimsy Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks are 'PPE' and will keep you safe.
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
On Thurs 20th, Lady Hallett publishes her module 2 report.
We wait with interest to see how it covers the deception wrought upon HCWs that: a) Covid is droplet/fomite, but not airborne b) Flimsy Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks are 'PPE' and will keep you safe.
We wait with interest to see how it covers the deception wrought upon HCWs that: a) Covid is droplet/fomite, but not airborne b) Flimsy Fluid Resistant Surgical Masks are 'PPE' and will keep you safe.
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Using private finance for NHS infrastructure is like taking out a payday loan
A MASSIVE rip off that affects patient care
Today 53 academics tell Rachel Reeves: no new PFI in the budget
Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Join us today at 1pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
A MASSIVE rip off that affects patient care
Today 53 academics tell Rachel Reeves: no new PFI in the budget
Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Join us today at 1pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
Petition: No new PFI in Neighbourhood Health Services
Wes Streeting: do not use a “Public Private Partnership” to finance Neighbourhood Health Centres
weownit.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Using private finance for NHS infrastructure is like taking out a payday loan
A MASSIVE rip off that affects patient care
Today 53 academics tell Rachel Reeves: no new PFI in the budget
Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Join us today at 1pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
A MASSIVE rip off that affects patient care
Today 53 academics tell Rachel Reeves: no new PFI in the budget
Sign the petition weownit.org.uk/act-now/no-n...
Join us today at 1pm www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tell-rache...
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“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
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🚨 For millions across England NHS dentistry has effectively ceased to exist. People in agony are pulling out their own teeth - it’s not Victorian, it’s medieval! We cannot allow this to be normalized
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🚨People in agony are pulling out their own teeth - it’s not Victorian, it’s medieval!
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🚨 For millions across England NHS dentistry has effectively ceased to exist. People in agony are pulling out their own teeth - it’s not Victorian, it’s medieval! We cannot allow this to be normalized
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This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This perfectly encapsulates why we need the BBC
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Underpaying Doctors is applauded by NHS Managers
today as Wes Streeting spoke to NHS Employers
Yet having a workforce willing & happy to work is their responsibility
Strikes are the final resort of employees who aren’t listened to
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/pay-...
today as Wes Streeting spoke to NHS Employers
Yet having a workforce willing & happy to work is their responsibility
Strikes are the final resort of employees who aren’t listened to
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/pay-...
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Underpaying Doctors is applauded by NHS Managers
today as Wes Streeting spoke to NHS Employers
Yet having a workforce willing & happy to work is their responsibility
Strikes are the final resort of employees who aren’t listened to
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/pay-...
today as Wes Streeting spoke to NHS Employers
Yet having a workforce willing & happy to work is their responsibility
Strikes are the final resort of employees who aren’t listened to
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/pay-...
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"More & more, the nature of high-profile public service is repelling the best & the brightest. That is the great tragedy of our age – & the great opportunity for those who were never in it to serve the public in the first place."
🔥🔥 🔥 as ever from Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
🔥🔥 🔥 as ever from Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s the BBC v Trump, Farage and co. Who in their right mind would want to be its new boss? | Marina Hyde
Public life is a minefield and the best and brightest just don’t want to know. How convenient for foes of the most trusted news organisation in the world, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"More & more, the nature of high-profile public service is repelling the best & the brightest. That is the great tragedy of our age – & the great opportunity for those who were never in it to serve the public in the first place."
🔥🔥 🔥 as ever from Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
🔥🔥 🔥 as ever from Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘Complete and utter bollocks’ you say, Mr Johnson. Oh well, we’ll put all the actual evidence in the shredder, shall we?
November 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
‘Complete and utter bollocks’ you say, Mr Johnson. Oh well, we’ll put all the actual evidence in the shredder, shall we?
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
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NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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"We would never tolerate a government that chose to defund 70% of neonatal services, gambling that charities would fill the gap. Yet this is exactly the situation for end-of-life care."
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As a palliative care specialist, I’ve witnessed the human tragedy of our end-of-life care crisis | Rachel Clarke
While the government debates assisted dying, palliative care is an afterthought. And many more people face death without the care and support they need, says Rachel Clarke
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"We would never tolerate a government that chose to defund 70% of neonatal services, gambling that charities would fill the gap. Yet this is exactly the situation for end-of-life care."
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Please read my piece on the travesty of NHS palliative care underfunding 🙏
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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I think banning it would be bad, because:
1. It would backfire domestically
2. It would backfire HUGELY internationally
3. Democratic governments shouldn’t ban social platforms.
BUT: they really, *really* should stop using it.
1. It would backfire domestically
2. It would backfire HUGELY internationally
3. Democratic governments shouldn’t ban social platforms.
BUT: they really, *really* should stop using it.
genuinely hard to think of another single move the UK govt could do that would do as much good as banning twitter. it's the poison at the root of so much ill
November 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I think banning it would be bad, because:
1. It would backfire domestically
2. It would backfire HUGELY internationally
3. Democratic governments shouldn’t ban social platforms.
BUT: they really, *really* should stop using it.
1. It would backfire domestically
2. It would backfire HUGELY internationally
3. Democratic governments shouldn’t ban social platforms.
BUT: they really, *really* should stop using it.
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NHS staff on the frontline are being forced to plug gaps in services that should be filled by skilled managers and admin staff, according to a new report
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
NHS frontline staff forced to ‘plug gaps that should be ‘filled by managers’
Skilled clinical professionals are spending hours each week ‘chasing paperwork, managing rotas or navigating broke administrative systems’ says a new report
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:29 AM
NHS staff on the frontline are being forced to plug gaps in services that should be filled by skilled managers and admin staff, according to a new report
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
On Oct 1, 2025, GISAID informed us that they had ended updates to the flat file of SARS-CoV-2 genomic sequences and associated metadata that we had used to update Nextstrain analyses since Feb 2020. GISAID's stated rationale was that their "resources are limited". 1/5
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I want to spell this out in case the implications aren't clear:
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
This means all public tools/webapps of GISAID data (all the ones you've been used to seeing thru the pandemic, as far as we can tell) are prohibited.
The file allowed this. Cut that - cut off all tools the public & others were using.
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Public Health To Drop ‘Health’ And ‘Public’
November 4, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Public Health To Drop ‘Health’ And ‘Public’
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Covid boosted.
I wish it wasn’t £100 a pop but having had covid wipe me out 4 times already I need all the help I can get.
I wish it wasn’t £100 a pop but having had covid wipe me out 4 times already I need all the help I can get.
November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Covid boosted.
I wish it wasn’t £100 a pop but having had covid wipe me out 4 times already I need all the help I can get.
I wish it wasn’t £100 a pop but having had covid wipe me out 4 times already I need all the help I can get.