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globalhlthtwit.bsky.social @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social · 2d

The next three posts on my free Substack about the first months of the Covid pandemic in the UK cover the culture and people behind the flawed strategy. Here is the first: open.substack.com/pub/thesocia...

7. The UK culture and strategy in January 2020

Plans for the wrong virus

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23d

Imagine paying the slightest bit of attention to this drivel

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d

Trump: "The MMR I think should be taken separately. This is based on what I feel."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28d

Monarez: "Kennedy demanded 2 things of me that were were inconsistent w/ my oath of office. He directed me to commit in advance to approving every ACIP recommendation regardless of the scientific evidence. He also directed me to dismiss career officials responsible for vaccine policy without cause"

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Jana Bacevic @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · Aug 28

Update(s) from Serbia: the School of Philosophy at the University of Novi Sad has been overtaken by the police, who have evicted the students occupying the building since the start of the student-led movement for social change. The police are now attacking citizens who came to support students.

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globalhlthtwit.bsky.social @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social · Aug 18

Exactly. Public health trumps any benefits from AI in hospital management and diagnosis

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Aug 18

More about the importance of public health: in countries embracing AI in medical diagnosis and treatment that's all very well - but if all the *other* policies are making people sicker (e.g. pollution, food, poverty), then AI-enabled hospitals are not going to compensate for that.

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Republicans R Evil 👿 @republicansrevil.bsky.social · Aug 8

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globalhlthtwit.bsky.social @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social · Aug 8

The US under RF Kennedy and Trump is back in the eighteenth century for childhood infection control.

web_rant @webrant.bsky.social · Aug 8

Reminder that the measles vaccine was the most successful in history and was considered to have entirely eliminated infections until the funded anti-vax movement was fueled by RFK Jr & others to concentrate capital with more pandemics.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Jul 13

This is tragic - please please vaccinate your children against measles!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

here is Indie SAGE report on preventable childhood diseases - including measles! Screenshot from report below.
please share!
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Measles: Child dies at Alder Hey Children's hospital as cases surge

Seventeen children have been treated at the Liverpool hospital for the virus since June.

www.bbc.co.uk

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John Hanger @jrfhanger.bsky.social · Jul 9

Good morning with good news: Arizona's solar generation skyrocketed 49% in April 2025 to 2002 GWh, up from 1342 GWh in April 2024.

Solar generated 25.1% of AZ's electricity in April 2025. Wow!

AZ April Solar Share
2025: 25.1%
2024: 16.6%
2023: 13.5%
2021: 11.1%
2019: 9.6%
2015: 6.4%
#energysky

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globalhlthtwit.bsky.social @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social · Jul 1

Dismantled judiciary powers, capture of the Supreme Court, a private army of masked ICE officials terrorising ethnic minorities, massive personal corruption, oligarch bias, militarism without Congress approval, complicity with Putin. In just 6m the US moves totalitarian. Scary.

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globalhlthtwit.bsky.social @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social · Jul 1

Dont be fooled by RFK on chronic disease and obesity. RFK's focus on food additives is a red herring. US citizen food intake is up to 73% ultra-processed! Low fibre, sugar +++, fructose, trans-fats, low omega 3s, emulsified and heated. Addictive + obesogenic. bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Robert Kennedy Jr: Could he really revolutionise US healthcare?

The most powerful public health official in the US is reviled by some medics - but even some of his critics accept that he is bringing drive to healthcare areas that have long been neglected

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globalhlthtwit.bsky.social @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social · Jun 27

What remains of US aid under Musk/Trump? How can Republicans support an 89% cut in funds for maternal + child health? A 92% cut for reproductive health? A 93/94% cut for nutrition, agriculture and basic education?

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globalhlthtwit.bsky.social @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social · Jun 27

A study that underscores the contribution of women’s groups’ presence and mobilising activities to influence Ebola response strategies in Liberia. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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globalhlthtwit.bsky.social @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social · Jun 27

Labour, not good!
'On current policies the child poverty rate is projected to rise from 31% in 2023-24 to 34% by 2029-30. Targeted policy changes such as ending the two-child limit can significantly improve the outlook for lower-income households.' www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

The Living Standards Outlook 2025 • Resolution Foundation

This is our seventh annual Living Standards Outlook. It looks at how incomes have fared over the decade so far and what may lie ahead for different groups, given current economic forecasts and the Gov...

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Melissa Fehr @melissafehrtrade.bsky.social · Jun 26

Here’s a non-X link to read about it: www.thejournal.ie/us-visa-chan...

US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications

The move has been heavily criticised by Taoiseach Micheál Martin who described it as “excessive”.

www.thejournal.ie

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · Jun 26

My thoughts on the Mounjaro rollout
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

As an NHS GP, I can now prescribe weight-loss jabs – but a quick fix for obesity is not what we need | Helen Salisbury

Few patients will be eligible for the drugs. Better food regulation and social policy are far more likely to give lasting results, says GP Helen Salisbury

www.theguardian.com

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globalhlthtwit.bsky.social @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social · Jun 26

Musk’s destruction of USAID sentenced millions of HIV sufferers to lose medication. Now RF Kennedy commits a crime against the world’s children and pulls all US support for global vaccines (GAVI). Structural violence based on anti-science and lies. Utterly shameful Trump.

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globalhlthtwit.bsky.social @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social · Jun 26

The USA is now starting an Orwellian scrutiny of your feely x.com/rshereme/sta...

Roman Sheremeta 🇺🇸🇺🇦 on X: "The U.S. embassy now wants every visa applicant to list all social media usernames from the past 5 years — and make their profiles public. Coming soon: government-issued identity patches? Maybe yellow ones? Just like in Germany in 1939-1945. https://t.co/pM86lt7Qph" / X

The U.S. embassy now wants every visa applicant to list all social media usernames from the past 5 years — and make their profiles public. Coming soon: government-issued identity patches? Maybe yellow ones? Just like in Germany in 1939-1945. https://t.co/pM86lt7Qph

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globalhlthtwit.bsky.social @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social · Jun 16

Trans fat: in margarine, vegetable shortening, ghee, fried and baked goods eg crackers, biscuits and pies. Baked + fried street + restaurant foods often contain industrially produced trans fat. TF is also found naturally in meat and dairy foods from ruminant animals (e.g. cows, sheep, goats).

WHO @who.int · Jun 9

A recent WHO study found that every 2% increase in energy intake from #TransFats significantly raises the risk of:

💔 heart disease by 25%
😐 death from any cause by 14%

Learn more 🔗 bit.ly/42oIBG3

The main headline reads: “Trans fats can kill.” Below, it states: “Trans fats can be found in many margarines, vegetable shortenings, fried & baked foods.” The image includes drawings of a red carton of French fries and a tub of margarine with a knife. At the bottom, the graphic notes: “Every 2% increase in energy intake from trans fats increases risk of dying by 14% and heart disease by 25%.”

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Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · Jun 12

‼️ Kulldorff is getting rich from anti-HPV vaccine litigation:

“At a deposition in October, Kulldorff testified that the plaintiffs paid him $400 an hour & he had already billed for ~ $33,000 in legal work on the case through late September. He said he also received a $4,000 retainer in the NC case”

Prof Gavin Yamey @gavinyamey.bsky.social · Jun 12

‼️ 🚨🔔 WOW. Martin Kulldorff, who RFK Jr picked to be on ACIP, has been making $$$$ testifying against the HPV vaccine (he lost the case in NC). This is a HUGE conflict of interest. ACIP rules BAN being “a paid litigation consultant or expert witness in litigation involving a vaccine manufacturer.”

Mallory Harris, PhD @malar0ne.bsky.social · Jun 12

Martin Kulldorff - "one of the new vaccine advisers picked by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has earned thousands of dollars as an expert witness in litigation against Merck’s Gardasil vaccine, court records show."

www.yahoo.com/news/exclusi...

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Elisabeth Bik - Perpetrator 5, a fraudulent microbiologist @elisabethbik.bsky.social · Jun 12

Alex Padilla condemns forcible removal: ‘If this is how they respond to a senator … imagine what they’re doing across the country’
“If you dissent against Donald Trump and openly disagree with the government, then you are not safe in our country.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Alex Padilla condemns forcible removal: ‘If this is how they respond to a senator … imagine what they’re doing across the country’ – live

California senator comments as Democrats criticize ‘sickening’ and ‘dictatorial’ treatment of Padilla at Kristi Noem press conference in LA

www.theguardian.com

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globalhlthtwit.bsky.social @globalhlthtwit.bsky.social · Jun 12

My latest SubStack post on the East Asia response to the developing Covid pandemic and the nine principles that guided their success. open.substack.com/pub/thesocia...