Five years ago, on 31 December 2019, WHO’s Country Office in #China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from their website on cases of ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan, China. 🧵

Gisèle Pelicot said the most powerful four words I’ve heard this year - The Times of London

“Shame must change sides”

Working women in their early 30s in England are paid less than men of the same age, in the same types of jobs, who have similar levels of education and work experience, finds new #NextStepsStudy research.
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@mebozena.bsky.social @alexbryson.bsky.social

Dear Keir Starmer, If you don’t do something to stop Musk bankrolling Farage - urgently- you are signing the death warrant of UK democracy.

A sentence that actually makes perfect sense in Britain:

“Excuse me, sorry, do you mind if I just… thanks”

The earth’s lungs…calm before the next storm😊

We definitely need to ask for more.

Interesting statistic I learned today at the #LDatAAMC: Men apply for positions/jobs when they have 60% of the qualifications (and consider themselves qualified) whereas women wait until they have 95% of them.

We need to ask for more. #medsky #WomenInMedicine #academicmedicine

Amen!

“CPR mannequins with no breasts are emblematic of healthcare practices being optimised for the white male body; with detrimental and sometimes deadly implications for anyone who doesn’t fit this mould.”

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The iron in your blood, the calcium in your bones, the oxygen that fills your lungs each time you take a breath - all were forged in stars that lived and died before the Earth and Sun were born. You are literally stardust made flesh. You were literally born in heaven www.amazon.co.uk/Magic-Furnac...

Absolutely grim.