Alan Barnard
@alanbarnard1.bsky.social
Campaigner & storyteller. Airborne Aware. Director of Campaigns & Elections for Labour way back when. Buy my book Campaign It! here: http://bit.ly/1UlAMbW
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Alan Barnard
@alanbarnard1.bsky.social
· Aug 11
Clean Air for Kids
Bringing Clean Air to the Kids of Bristol and Beyond. We wouldn’t let our children drink dirty water, why are we letting them breathe dirty air?
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
Have you seen this brilliant campaign aimed at improving attendance rates in schools through providing clean air to breathe?
This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
Reposted by Alan Barnard
They should stand up to senior managers & IPC numpties who insist on FRSMs being used.
These are as useful as chocolate fireguards for protection against inhalation of vapours or virus-laden aerosols (aka respiratory droplets) as IPC prefer to call them i.e. anything under 100 microns.
#21/21 #End
These are as useful as chocolate fireguards for protection against inhalation of vapours or virus-laden aerosols (aka respiratory droplets) as IPC prefer to call them i.e. anything under 100 microns.
#21/21 #End
December 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
They should stand up to senior managers & IPC numpties who insist on FRSMs being used.
These are as useful as chocolate fireguards for protection against inhalation of vapours or virus-laden aerosols (aka respiratory droplets) as IPC prefer to call them i.e. anything under 100 microns.
#21/21 #End
These are as useful as chocolate fireguards for protection against inhalation of vapours or virus-laden aerosols (aka respiratory droplets) as IPC prefer to call them i.e. anything under 100 microns.
#21/21 #End
Reposted by Alan Barnard
How can NHS get away with continued widespread use of this carcinogen with such appalling safety standards!
Near the top of the COSHH ‘hierarchy of controls’ is "substitute"
i.e. replace hazardous substances/chemicals with safer alternatives where reasonably practicable.
#13/21
Near the top of the COSHH ‘hierarchy of controls’ is "substitute"
i.e. replace hazardous substances/chemicals with safer alternatives where reasonably practicable.
#13/21
December 7, 2025 at 10:06 PM
How can NHS get away with continued widespread use of this carcinogen with such appalling safety standards!
Near the top of the COSHH ‘hierarchy of controls’ is "substitute"
i.e. replace hazardous substances/chemicals with safer alternatives where reasonably practicable.
#13/21
Near the top of the COSHH ‘hierarchy of controls’ is "substitute"
i.e. replace hazardous substances/chemicals with safer alternatives where reasonably practicable.
#13/21
Reposted by Alan Barnard
They should be shouting from the rooftops that that is immoral (and just plain wrong) to deceive healthcare workers, tell them they're being protected by 'PPE' when in fact they are not.
This lulls them to a false sense of security and puts them at serious risk of death or serious illness.
#20/21
This lulls them to a false sense of security and puts them at serious risk of death or serious illness.
#20/21
December 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
They should be shouting from the rooftops that that is immoral (and just plain wrong) to deceive healthcare workers, tell them they're being protected by 'PPE' when in fact they are not.
This lulls them to a false sense of security and puts them at serious risk of death or serious illness.
#20/21
This lulls them to a false sense of security and puts them at serious risk of death or serious illness.
#20/21
Reposted by Alan Barnard
I hate to slam into fellow H&S professionals but where have they been since 2020?
No self-respecting H&S practitioner would stand by while staff are given surgical masks (FRSM) to ‘protect’ against formalin and airborne viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, flu, RSV etc.
#19/21
No self-respecting H&S practitioner would stand by while staff are given surgical masks (FRSM) to ‘protect’ against formalin and airborne viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, flu, RSV etc.
#19/21
December 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I hate to slam into fellow H&S professionals but where have they been since 2020?
No self-respecting H&S practitioner would stand by while staff are given surgical masks (FRSM) to ‘protect’ against formalin and airborne viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, flu, RSV etc.
#19/21
No self-respecting H&S practitioner would stand by while staff are given surgical masks (FRSM) to ‘protect’ against formalin and airborne viruses such as SARS-CoV-2, flu, RSV etc.
#19/21
Reposted by Alan Barnard
I say to them: stand up against any IPC numpties who tell you that surgical masks are suitable for anything requiring respiratory protection - viz the example of Robert Mifflin cited in the above news item.
He was given surgical masks as “PPE” for work with formalin!
Unbelievable!
#17/21
He was given surgical masks as “PPE” for work with formalin!
Unbelievable!
#17/21
December 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I say to them: stand up against any IPC numpties who tell you that surgical masks are suitable for anything requiring respiratory protection - viz the example of Robert Mifflin cited in the above news item.
He was given surgical masks as “PPE” for work with formalin!
Unbelievable!
#17/21
He was given surgical masks as “PPE” for work with formalin!
Unbelievable!
#17/21
Reposted by Alan Barnard
What I don't understand is this...
Where on earth are the Health and Safety professionals in NHS premises?
Why are they not doing something about this?
They are abrogating their professional & ethical duty by allowing surgical masks to be used as "PPE" (for Covid and formalin)
SHAMEFUL.
#16/21
Where on earth are the Health and Safety professionals in NHS premises?
Why are they not doing something about this?
They are abrogating their professional & ethical duty by allowing surgical masks to be used as "PPE" (for Covid and formalin)
SHAMEFUL.
#16/21
December 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
What I don't understand is this...
Where on earth are the Health and Safety professionals in NHS premises?
Why are they not doing something about this?
They are abrogating their professional & ethical duty by allowing surgical masks to be used as "PPE" (for Covid and formalin)
SHAMEFUL.
#16/21
Where on earth are the Health and Safety professionals in NHS premises?
Why are they not doing something about this?
They are abrogating their professional & ethical duty by allowing surgical masks to be used as "PPE" (for Covid and formalin)
SHAMEFUL.
#16/21
Reposted by Alan Barnard
This is exactly what happens when a novel seasonal influenza strain meets a population with Covid-induced immune dysregulation; it's not 'like Covid again', it's the ongoing and continuous effects of Covid.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Flu: It is like Covid again, says principal as 170 pupils sick
Confirmed flu cases among adults and children across Northern Ireland have more than trebled in the last two weeks.
www.bbc.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is exactly what happens when a novel seasonal influenza strain meets a population with Covid-induced immune dysregulation; it's not 'like Covid again', it's the ongoing and continuous effects of Covid.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Alan Barnard
And if you can’t believe the NHS would publish something categorically stating that “it would be a waste of public health resources & capacity” to attempt to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus…
…then here’s the link so you can read it for yourself:
england.nhs.uk/long-read/fr...
…then here’s the link so you can read it for yourself:
england.nhs.uk/long-read/fr...
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 PM
And if you can’t believe the NHS would publish something categorically stating that “it would be a waste of public health resources & capacity” to attempt to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus…
…then here’s the link so you can read it for yourself:
england.nhs.uk/long-read/fr...
…then here’s the link so you can read it for yourself:
england.nhs.uk/long-read/fr...
Reposted by Alan Barnard
Since this NHS stance clearly disregards (and disrespects) Baroness Hallett’s recommendations from her module 1 report, I hope she takes urgent action to ensure the NHS rectify this appalling position.
You can read the full letter from CATA to Baroness Hallett below:
archive.org/details/2025...
You can read the full letter from CATA to Baroness Hallett below:
archive.org/details/2025...
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Since this NHS stance clearly disregards (and disrespects) Baroness Hallett’s recommendations from her module 1 report, I hope she takes urgent action to ensure the NHS rectify this appalling position.
You can read the full letter from CATA to Baroness Hallett below:
archive.org/details/2025...
You can read the full letter from CATA to Baroness Hallett below:
archive.org/details/2025...
Reposted by Alan Barnard
Thankfully, our friends at CATA are on the case and have issued an open letter to the Chair of the Covid Inquiry (Baroness Hallett) raising the alarm that the NHS appear to think “it would be a waste of public health resources & capacity” to even attempt to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus…
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Thankfully, our friends at CATA are on the case and have issued an open letter to the Chair of the Covid Inquiry (Baroness Hallett) raising the alarm that the NHS appear to think “it would be a waste of public health resources & capacity” to even attempt to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus…
Reposted by Alan Barnard
NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
December 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
NHS England: “It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
This has got to be one of the most 🤯 things I’ve ever seen written down in an official document.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Here is an extract from NHS England’s strategy for managing future pandemics:
"It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
Link below
Here is an extract from NHS England’s strategy for managing future pandemics:
"It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
Link below
December 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Here is an extract from NHS England’s strategy for managing future pandemics:
"It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
Link below
Here is an extract from NHS England’s strategy for managing future pandemics:
"It will not be possible to halt the spread of a new pandemic virus, and it would be a waste of public health resources and capacity to attempt to do so.”
Link below
Here's an interesting development - a letter of quiet outrage from CATA to Baroness Hallett, Chair of the Covid-19 Inquiry, pointing out that @nhsengland.bsky.social are effectively sticking two fingers up to her! Excerpt from letter in the pic, link to letter in @safedavid3.bsky.social tweet below.
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Here's an interesting development - a letter of quiet outrage from CATA to Baroness Hallett, Chair of the Covid-19 Inquiry, pointing out that @nhsengland.bsky.social are effectively sticking two fingers up to her! Excerpt from letter in the pic, link to letter in @safedavid3.bsky.social tweet below.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Just to follow up, note that there won't be a general election this year, nor even next year, probably. Not before May 2028 imo, and that may even be a little early. Still plenty of time to change the narrative and trajectory of Labour's possible fortunes between now and then.
December 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Just to follow up, note that there won't be a general election this year, nor even next year, probably. Not before May 2028 imo, and that may even be a little early. Still plenty of time to change the narrative and trajectory of Labour's possible fortunes between now and then.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social a very good book on emotional vs rational messaging in politics is 'The Political Brain' by Drew Westen
November 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social a very good book on emotional vs rational messaging in politics is 'The Political Brain' by Drew Westen
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
This paper was published yesterday. Once it is understood by political leaders they will have to act to mitigate a virus spread by breathing in each other’s exhaled breath.
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
This paper was published yesterday. Once it is understood by political leaders they will have to act to mitigate a virus spread by breathing in each other’s exhaled breath.
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
COVID-19 is “Airborne AIDS”: provocative oversimplification, emerging science, or something in between?
COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is often compared to other pandemics for its societal
and global health impact, with some commentators drawing parallels to HIV/AIDS due
to the immune dysfunction caused ...
www.ajpmfocus.org
October 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
This paper was published yesterday. Once it is understood by political leaders they will have to act to mitigate a virus spread by breathing in each other’s exhaled breath.
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
This paper was published yesterday. Once it is understood by political leaders they will have to act to mitigate a virus spread by breathing in each other’s exhaled breath.
www.ajpmfocus.org/article/S277...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Are people getting sick and leaving the workforce because of the myriad earlier-onset chronic health conditions caused by repeated SARS-Cov-2 infections?
See the thread in the pics.
Full thread here, including link to the research study:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19709...
Are people getting sick and leaving the workforce because of the myriad earlier-onset chronic health conditions caused by repeated SARS-Cov-2 infections?
See the thread in the pics.
Full thread here, including link to the research study:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19709...
September 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Are people getting sick and leaving the workforce because of the myriad earlier-onset chronic health conditions caused by repeated SARS-Cov-2 infections?
See the thread in the pics.
Full thread here, including link to the research study:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19709...
Are people getting sick and leaving the workforce because of the myriad earlier-onset chronic health conditions caused by repeated SARS-Cov-2 infections?
See the thread in the pics.
Full thread here, including link to the research study:
threadreaderapp.com/thread/19709...
Reposted by Alan Barnard
Have you seen this brilliant campaign aimed at improving attendance rates in schools through providing clean air to breathe?
This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
Clean Air for Kids
Bringing Clean Air to the Kids of Bristol and Beyond. We wouldn’t let our children drink dirty water, why are we letting them breathe dirty air?
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Have you seen this brilliant campaign aimed at improving attendance rates in schools through providing clean air to breathe?
This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
This is aimed at Bristol schools, but it applies anywhere and everywhere...
www.cleanairforkids.co.uk
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
DfE have just released attendance data for last school year.
In England:
Overall absence: 6.9%
Authorised absence: 4.5%
Illness absence: 3.2%
So 71.1% of authorised absence was due to illness.
(How much unauthorised absence was also illness?)
www.gov.uk/government/s...
DfE have just released attendance data for last school year.
In England:
Overall absence: 6.9%
Authorised absence: 4.5%
Illness absence: 3.2%
So 71.1% of authorised absence was due to illness.
(How much unauthorised absence was also illness?)
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Pupil attendance in schools
Data on the levels of attendance and overall, authorised and unauthorised absence in state-funded primary, secondary and special schools.
www.gov.uk
August 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
DfE have just released attendance data for last school year.
In England:
Overall absence: 6.9%
Authorised absence: 4.5%
Illness absence: 3.2%
So 71.1% of authorised absence was due to illness.
(How much unauthorised absence was also illness?)
www.gov.uk/government/s...
DfE have just released attendance data for last school year.
In England:
Overall absence: 6.9%
Authorised absence: 4.5%
Illness absence: 3.2%
So 71.1% of authorised absence was due to illness.
(How much unauthorised absence was also illness?)
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Here's another Covid scandal that is just starting to emerge into the public domain from today's Private Eye. I think this will turn into a big one.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Here's another Covid scandal that is just starting to emerge into the public domain from today's Private Eye. I think this will turn into a big one.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social a very good book about facts v emotions in political comms is ‘The Political Brain’ by Drew Westen in case you are looking for summer reading
August 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social a very good book about facts v emotions in political comms is ‘The Political Brain’ by Drew Westen in case you are looking for summer reading
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Young people most certainly are carrying burdens that weren't carried before the arrival of Covid.
One of *many* studies about the damage Covid causes to mirochondria is linked here...
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Young people most certainly are carrying burdens that weren't carried before the arrival of Covid.
One of *many* studies about the damage Covid causes to mirochondria is linked here...
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
SARS-CoV-2 can cause lasting damage to cells' energy production
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can cause lasting damage to energy production by mitochondria in many organs of the body.
www.nih.gov
July 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Young people most certainly are carrying burdens that weren't carried before the arrival of Covid.
One of *many* studies about the damage Covid causes to mirochondria is linked here...
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Young people most certainly are carrying burdens that weren't carried before the arrival of Covid.
One of *many* studies about the damage Covid causes to mirochondria is linked here...
www.nih.gov/news-events/...
Reposted by Alan Barnard
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Please have a look at this info below.
'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.
The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
Please have a look at this info below.
'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.
The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
May 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @eleanorwalsh.bsky.social
Please have a look at this info below.
'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.
The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
Please have a look at this info below.
'Grit' isn't going to fix these harms.
The info comes from a twitter thread of research about cognitive harms caused by repeated Covid. Here is a threadreader summary of it: threadreaderapp.com/thread/17638...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
It might be worth exploring what Covid does to mitochondria, the energy powerhouse of the body's cells - see below (there are loads of examples of research - let me know if you want links)
It might be worth exploring what Covid does to mitochondria, the energy powerhouse of the body's cells - see below (there are loads of examples of research - let me know if you want links)
How COVID-19 Hijacks Mitochondria and Fuels Long Term Damage
www.thailandmedical.news/news/how-cov...
www.thailandmedical.news/news/how-cov...
How COVID-19 Hijacks Mitochondria and Fuels Long Term Damage - Thailand Medical News
www.thailandmedical.news
July 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
It might be worth exploring what Covid does to mitochondria, the energy powerhouse of the body's cells - see below (there are loads of examples of research - let me know if you want links)
It might be worth exploring what Covid does to mitochondria, the energy powerhouse of the body's cells - see below (there are loads of examples of research - let me know if you want links)