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NomadSi

NomadSi

@nomadsi.bsky.social

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Nomad, Communicator, Writer, Boater, European, Londoner, Cook… #Africa #C4D #RCCE #SBCC #cholera #WASH #barges #waterways

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NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 22h

At some point you think 🤔
Which point is that?

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 22h

Trump Threatens Military Action in Nigeria Over Protections for Christians www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/w...
Dis Oyinbo Pepe no get notin for head ar swear, abi? E no able sabi who dat Muslim en who dat Christian na Naija at all.
One love✌🏽

Trump Threatens Military Action in Nigeria Over Protections for Christians

www.nytimes.com

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 5d

Not in my family

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 5d

My family has always referred to older adults whether actual aunts and uncles, older cousins, second cousins or just close family friends as auntie this and uncle that. And that’s in London. Across sub-Saharan Africa auntie and uncle are universally used to show respect for older people.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 5d

Is this perhaps something to do with stopping the *water fishing 🎣 * that’s smuggling all those drugs from Venezuela 🇻🇪 with MAGNETS 🧲
I dont know 🧐 must have been the harder 13th question 🙋‍♂️ not easy to answer with Giraffes 🦒 or Crocodile 🐊

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 5d

5/5
We won’t eliminate cholera with vaccines alone.
We need safe clean water, decent toilets, sanitation — and community people who promote, build & manage them.
Until informal settlements are served, cholera will return.

Because the real response isn’t high-tech — it’s human.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 5d

4/5
The most powerful cholera messages are:
💧 Treat water
🧼 Wash hands with soap before touching food & after touching shit
🚽 Use a toilet or 👣 Bury your shit (the “cat method”)
🧂 Use ORS at first symptoms

These aren’t high-tech. But they save lives when communities believe and act on them.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 5d

3/5
I’ve helped control outbreaks in Africa *without vaccines*.
What worked?
Treating water (Aquatabs), ORS, and above all: community engagement.
Messages from health workers, leaders, churches & mosques.
It worked — because it was trusted.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 5d

2/5
I’m no anti-vaxxer — I’ve promoted vaccines my whole career.
They’re vital for Public Health & a useful tool in cholera emergencies.
But they are *not the answer* to cholera.
Most cholera cases are preventable — and treatable — with simple tools and strong communities.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 5d

🛟 **Cholera Isn’t a Vaccine Problem**

1/5
The current cholera epidemic in Africa is alarming.
But it’s not because of vaccine shortages.
It’s because we’re treating cholera like an emergency — not the development crisis it is.
Safe clean water stops cholera, not cold chains.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 5d

3/5
I’ve helped control outbreaks in Africa *without vaccines*.
What worked?
Aquatabs, ORS, HWWS, and above all: community engagement.
Messages from health workers, leaders, churches & mosques.
It worked — because it was trusted.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 5d

2/5
I’m no anti-vaxxer — I’ve promoted vaccines my whole career.
They’re vital in emergencies.
But they are *not the answer* to cholera.
Most cholera cases are preventable — and treatable — with simple tools and strong communities.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 7d

You’ve clearly got them rattled Zack. Keep it up 👍🏼

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 12d

Totally 💯- being anti-Zionist or critical of Israel doesn’t make you an automatic anti-Semite (after all many of us Jews are) but it doesn’t mean that you are not. Many anti-Semites hide behind their ideology.
After Oct 7th a radical “friend” asked me: ..what are your lot going to do about this? !!

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 17d

British.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 23d

And your point is?

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 23d

One cannot help thinking that maybe they are jumping the gun a little 🤏
The end to 3000 years of conflict? Don’t hold your breath!!

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 23d

You couldn’t make it up!

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 23d

Not to mention the Venezuelan “water fisherman” he keeps blasting out of the water.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 23d

They are pathetic …White House says Trump snub proves Nobel Committee “place politics over peace”
✌🏽 duh 🙄 nominations closed 31st January and the final decision was made on Monday.
So he could be in the running next year if the Gaza deal holds and he stops waging war on his own people.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 24d

Blessed are the peacemakers - isn’t that something Jesus said not what people said about themselves? (I’m only Jew-ish, so what do I know? )

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 24d

Actually, it’s worth re-reading 1984 to see how prescient Orwell was.

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 24d

Un-fucking believable. You couldn’t make it up!!!

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 24d

Now now Earl, that is Fake News 📰!!! 😜

NomadSi @nomadsi.bsky.social · 24d

Thanks. The last time I was in that area was in 1982 en route Cameroon 🇨🇲 with a few Mercedes and Peugeots !
Those were the peaceful days (of the Cold War)