Dr. Nathan Blackwell 🇬🇧🇪🇺
@drnathanb.bsky.social
Teaching medical students. PhD Immunology, dad.
Vaccines save lives.
Her body, her choice.
Vaccines save lives.
Her body, her choice.
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Violence against women must end, now!
This nonverbal Signal for Help is a way to discreetly communicate when you need help.
But, of course, a hand sign isn’t enough.
This nonverbal Signal for Help is a way to discreetly communicate when you need help.
But, of course, a hand sign isn’t enough.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Violence against women must end, now!
This nonverbal Signal for Help is a way to discreetly communicate when you need help.
But, of course, a hand sign isn’t enough.
This nonverbal Signal for Help is a way to discreetly communicate when you need help.
But, of course, a hand sign isn’t enough.
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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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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
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Cost of abolishing university tuition fees = £17bn
Cost of making care homes free = £8.3bn
Cost of making trains free to use = £11bn
Cost of hitting net zero = £30.7bn
The annual cost of the above is £67bn, which happens to be the amount of money given in tax relief to the richest 20% of the UK.
Cost of making care homes free = £8.3bn
Cost of making trains free to use = £11bn
Cost of hitting net zero = £30.7bn
The annual cost of the above is £67bn, which happens to be the amount of money given in tax relief to the richest 20% of the UK.
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Cost of abolishing university tuition fees = £17bn
Cost of making care homes free = £8.3bn
Cost of making trains free to use = £11bn
Cost of hitting net zero = £30.7bn
The annual cost of the above is £67bn, which happens to be the amount of money given in tax relief to the richest 20% of the UK.
Cost of making care homes free = £8.3bn
Cost of making trains free to use = £11bn
Cost of hitting net zero = £30.7bn
The annual cost of the above is £67bn, which happens to be the amount of money given in tax relief to the richest 20% of the UK.
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That the virus was more dangerous than the vaccine was pretty clear 4.5 years ago, though an enormous propaganda machine led by our current medical establishment claimed otherwise.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 AM
That the virus was more dangerous than the vaccine was pretty clear 4.5 years ago, though an enormous propaganda machine led by our current medical establishment claimed otherwise.
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...
sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...
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📈Latest England data show 145 deaths involving COVID-19 in w/ending 24 Oct 2025:
📈Large increase since August (weekly deaths were 47).
🛑Stop treating COVID-19 as closed chapter.
🤷The virus hasn’t gone away.
🤦Neither has the responsibility to protect the vulnerable.
💉Improve COVID-19 vaccine access.
📈Large increase since August (weekly deaths were 47).
🛑Stop treating COVID-19 as closed chapter.
🤷The virus hasn’t gone away.
🤦Neither has the responsibility to protect the vulnerable.
💉Improve COVID-19 vaccine access.
November 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
📈Latest England data show 145 deaths involving COVID-19 in w/ending 24 Oct 2025:
📈Large increase since August (weekly deaths were 47).
🛑Stop treating COVID-19 as closed chapter.
🤷The virus hasn’t gone away.
🤦Neither has the responsibility to protect the vulnerable.
💉Improve COVID-19 vaccine access.
📈Large increase since August (weekly deaths were 47).
🛑Stop treating COVID-19 as closed chapter.
🤷The virus hasn’t gone away.
🤦Neither has the responsibility to protect the vulnerable.
💉Improve COVID-19 vaccine access.
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So many of my colleagues laughed at me for saying this… but… a few colleagues didn’t… and I think they saved a LOT of lives in the first few years.
Australian scientist who alerted world that COVID is airborne wins top science prize
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
When the WHO falsely claimed in March 2020 that COVID wasn’t airborne, Professor Lidia Morawska took action—organising 239 scientists worldwide to warn about SARS-CoV-2 airborne spread and urge global recognition.
Australian scientist who alerted world that Covid is airborne wins top science prize
Prof Lidia Morawska says recognition of her research comes at a fraught time – an ‘age of anti-science’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 AM
So many of my colleagues laughed at me for saying this… but… a few colleagues didn’t… and I think they saved a LOT of lives in the first few years.
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A new study adds to the evidence that viral infections during pregnancy might contribute to a child’s likelihood of having autism
COVID During Pregnancy May Increase Risk of Autism in Kids
A new study adds to the evidence that viral infections during pregnancy might contribute to a child’s likelihood of having autism
www.scientificamerican.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A new study adds to the evidence that viral infections during pregnancy might contribute to a child’s likelihood of having autism
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UK Govt to capitulate to Big Pharma
Ministers have drawn up proposals to pay companies 25% more for NHS medicines.
Too many corporations holding govts/peopie to ransom - give us what we want or else
Energy
Water
Banks
Internet
Tax abuses
Who governs - Corporations or elected govts?
Ministers have drawn up proposals to pay companies 25% more for NHS medicines.
Too many corporations holding govts/peopie to ransom - give us what we want or else
Energy
Water
Banks
Internet
Tax abuses
Who governs - Corporations or elected govts?
‘Patients will suffer’: tales from the frontline of the UK pharma crisis
The pricing standoff between government and industry has stalled research and put thousands of jobs at risk
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
UK Govt to capitulate to Big Pharma
Ministers have drawn up proposals to pay companies 25% more for NHS medicines.
Too many corporations holding govts/peopie to ransom - give us what we want or else
Energy
Water
Banks
Internet
Tax abuses
Who governs - Corporations or elected govts?
Ministers have drawn up proposals to pay companies 25% more for NHS medicines.
Too many corporations holding govts/peopie to ransom - give us what we want or else
Energy
Water
Banks
Internet
Tax abuses
Who governs - Corporations or elected govts?
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Current NHS England policy restricts free COVID-19 vaccination to certain age groups and risk categories. Yet age alone should not determine access to protection. Anyone whose health professionals recommend vaccination should surely be eligible?
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
October 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Current NHS England policy restricts free COVID-19 vaccination to certain age groups and risk categories. Yet age alone should not determine access to protection. Anyone whose health professionals recommend vaccination should surely be eligible?
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
open.substack.com/pub/joepajak...
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This is a major step forward. Thirteen countries still impose the death penalty for ‘blasphemy’ or ‘apostasy’ – where simply being openly humanist can be a death sentence. Yet awareness of persecution against the non-religious remains low.
humanists.uk/2025/10/23/u...
humanists.uk/2025/10/23/u...
UN demands asylum protection for the non-religious
A United Nations report has demanded that asylum systems worldwide must become fit for purpose for non-religious individuals, citing evidence submitted by Humanists UK. The UN Special Rapporteur on Fr...
humanists.uk
October 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is a major step forward. Thirteen countries still impose the death penalty for ‘blasphemy’ or ‘apostasy’ – where simply being openly humanist can be a death sentence. Yet awareness of persecution against the non-religious remains low.
humanists.uk/2025/10/23/u...
humanists.uk/2025/10/23/u...
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The myth that children aren’t harmed by COVID still persists. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-01...
COVID-19 is a leading cause of death in children and young people in
A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Department of Computer Science has found that, between 2021 and 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people
www.ox.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The myth that children aren’t harmed by COVID still persists. www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-01...
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🇺🇸 Scum has arrived on Butterfly …Not just the White House but other Depts too.
Not enough to lie on X and Lies Social but now to spread their lies here
I’ll block if I see them. Screenshot don’t repost or quote post their actual posts. Starve them of engagement.
www.9news.com.au/world/white-...
Not enough to lie on X and Lies Social but now to spread their lies here
I’ll block if I see them. Screenshot don’t repost or quote post their actual posts. Starve them of engagement.
www.9news.com.au/world/white-...
'What's up, Bluesky?': White House joins Elon Musk's rival social media platform
www.9news.com.au
October 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🇺🇸 Scum has arrived on Butterfly …Not just the White House but other Depts too.
Not enough to lie on X and Lies Social but now to spread their lies here
I’ll block if I see them. Screenshot don’t repost or quote post their actual posts. Starve them of engagement.
www.9news.com.au/world/white-...
Not enough to lie on X and Lies Social but now to spread their lies here
I’ll block if I see them. Screenshot don’t repost or quote post their actual posts. Starve them of engagement.
www.9news.com.au/world/white-...
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This makes me happy! Great initiative by @london.gov.uk & team.
At least 200 schools across London will receive HEPA filters.
We need to properly evaluate this -in relation to both PM2.5 & airborne infections- to help a wider effective implementation.
#LongCovid
www.london.gov.uk/mayor-invest...
At least 200 schools across London will receive HEPA filters.
We need to properly evaluate this -in relation to both PM2.5 & airborne infections- to help a wider effective implementation.
#LongCovid
www.london.gov.uk/mayor-invest...
Mayor invests £2.7m in air quality filters for schools to clean up air in classrooms
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has today launched a new £2.7 million programme to deliver indoor air quality filters to hundreds of schools across the capital, bringing cleaner air to tens of thousa...
www.london.gov.uk
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This makes me happy! Great initiative by @london.gov.uk & team.
At least 200 schools across London will receive HEPA filters.
We need to properly evaluate this -in relation to both PM2.5 & airborne infections- to help a wider effective implementation.
#LongCovid
www.london.gov.uk/mayor-invest...
At least 200 schools across London will receive HEPA filters.
We need to properly evaluate this -in relation to both PM2.5 & airborne infections- to help a wider effective implementation.
#LongCovid
www.london.gov.uk/mayor-invest...
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Data for England continue to show COVID levels increasing.
ONS deaths: latest data📈doubled in 8 weeks.
Why?
🛑Limited testing
🛑Waning immunity
🛑Low priority by leaders
🛑Limited vaccine eligibility
🛑Scant use of face coverings
🛑HCAIs in healthcare settings
🛑Mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces?
ONS deaths: latest data📈doubled in 8 weeks.
Why?
🛑Limited testing
🛑Waning immunity
🛑Low priority by leaders
🛑Limited vaccine eligibility
🛑Scant use of face coverings
🛑HCAIs in healthcare settings
🛑Mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces?
October 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Data for England continue to show COVID levels increasing.
ONS deaths: latest data📈doubled in 8 weeks.
Why?
🛑Limited testing
🛑Waning immunity
🛑Low priority by leaders
🛑Limited vaccine eligibility
🛑Scant use of face coverings
🛑HCAIs in healthcare settings
🛑Mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces?
ONS deaths: latest data📈doubled in 8 weeks.
Why?
🛑Limited testing
🛑Waning immunity
🛑Low priority by leaders
🛑Limited vaccine eligibility
🛑Scant use of face coverings
🛑HCAIs in healthcare settings
🛑Mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces?
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Data for England show COVID levels increasing.
Little likelihood that these data have peaked yet.
Issues?
🛑Limited testing
🛑Waning immunity
🛑Low priority by leaders
🛑Limited vaccine eligibility
🛑Scant use of face coverings
🛑HCAIs in healthcare settings
🛑Mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces.
Little likelihood that these data have peaked yet.
Issues?
🛑Limited testing
🛑Waning immunity
🛑Low priority by leaders
🛑Limited vaccine eligibility
🛑Scant use of face coverings
🛑HCAIs in healthcare settings
🛑Mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces.
October 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Data for England show COVID levels increasing.
Little likelihood that these data have peaked yet.
Issues?
🛑Limited testing
🛑Waning immunity
🛑Low priority by leaders
🛑Limited vaccine eligibility
🛑Scant use of face coverings
🛑HCAIs in healthcare settings
🛑Mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces.
Little likelihood that these data have peaked yet.
Issues?
🛑Limited testing
🛑Waning immunity
🛑Low priority by leaders
🛑Limited vaccine eligibility
🛑Scant use of face coverings
🛑HCAIs in healthcare settings
🛑Mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces.
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Latest England hospitalisations up significantly.
COVID-19 deaths up.
Await rest of today's data @ukhsa.bsky.social
Why such large increases?
Limited vaccine eligibility, waning immunity, low priority at leadership level, mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces. Scant use of face coverings.
COVID-19 deaths up.
Await rest of today's data @ukhsa.bsky.social
Why such large increases?
Limited vaccine eligibility, waning immunity, low priority at leadership level, mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces. Scant use of face coverings.
October 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Latest England hospitalisations up significantly.
COVID-19 deaths up.
Await rest of today's data @ukhsa.bsky.social
Why such large increases?
Limited vaccine eligibility, waning immunity, low priority at leadership level, mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces. Scant use of face coverings.
COVID-19 deaths up.
Await rest of today's data @ukhsa.bsky.social
Why such large increases?
Limited vaccine eligibility, waning immunity, low priority at leadership level, mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces. Scant use of face coverings.
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ENGLAND COVID data latest source via @ukhsa.bsky.social
3,049 Cases
7 days to 1 Oct 2025
🆙19.0%
87 Deaths
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙3.6%
2,077 Patients admitted to hospital
7 days to 30 Sep 2025
🆙9.7%
Virus tests positivity
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙2.2%
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...
3,049 Cases
7 days to 1 Oct 2025
🆙19.0%
87 Deaths
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙3.6%
2,077 Patients admitted to hospital
7 days to 30 Sep 2025
🆙9.7%
Virus tests positivity
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙2.2%
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...
COVID-19 | UKHSA data dashboard
Overall summary of COVID-19 in circulation within the UK
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk
October 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
ENGLAND COVID data latest source via @ukhsa.bsky.social
3,049 Cases
7 days to 1 Oct 2025
🆙19.0%
87 Deaths
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙3.6%
2,077 Patients admitted to hospital
7 days to 30 Sep 2025
🆙9.7%
Virus tests positivity
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙2.2%
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...
3,049 Cases
7 days to 1 Oct 2025
🆙19.0%
87 Deaths
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙3.6%
2,077 Patients admitted to hospital
7 days to 30 Sep 2025
🆙9.7%
Virus tests positivity
7 days to 26 Sep 2025
🆙2.2%
ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...
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Restricting eligibility as a wave is growing...
One of the reasons used for dropping coverage in younger age groups, especially kids, was a lack of demand...for a medicine they told everyone wasn't necessary...🤦♂️
Not an issue nowadays, it seems...
One of the reasons used for dropping coverage in younger age groups, especially kids, was a lack of demand...for a medicine they told everyone wasn't necessary...🤦♂️
Not an issue nowadays, it seems...
October 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Restricting eligibility as a wave is growing...
One of the reasons used for dropping coverage in younger age groups, especially kids, was a lack of demand...for a medicine they told everyone wasn't necessary...🤦♂️
Not an issue nowadays, it seems...
One of the reasons used for dropping coverage in younger age groups, especially kids, was a lack of demand...for a medicine they told everyone wasn't necessary...🤦♂️
Not an issue nowadays, it seems...
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The community note has it right.
September 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The community note has it right.
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Latest on Labour's 'relentless chase for growth'. share.google/ix4F48b5RkeM...
Student visas crackdown and new levies to cause ‘£1.8bn loss’ to UK economy
The Government has proposed a 6 per cent tax on international student tuition fees and a reduction in graduate visas
share.google
September 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Latest on Labour's 'relentless chase for growth'. share.google/ix4F48b5RkeM...
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COVID is airborne and definitely still with us:
England positive tests on upward trend in 2025.
Cases, hospitalisations and deaths data also trending up.
Health protections matter: such as vaccines, effective ventilation, masks and testing: all 'may' help limit spread of virus and hence Long COVID.
England positive tests on upward trend in 2025.
Cases, hospitalisations and deaths data also trending up.
Health protections matter: such as vaccines, effective ventilation, masks and testing: all 'may' help limit spread of virus and hence Long COVID.
September 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
COVID is airborne and definitely still with us:
England positive tests on upward trend in 2025.
Cases, hospitalisations and deaths data also trending up.
Health protections matter: such as vaccines, effective ventilation, masks and testing: all 'may' help limit spread of virus and hence Long COVID.
England positive tests on upward trend in 2025.
Cases, hospitalisations and deaths data also trending up.
Health protections matter: such as vaccines, effective ventilation, masks and testing: all 'may' help limit spread of virus and hence Long COVID.
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Let me be clear. As someone who has been professionally involved with the biodefense / biosecurity sector for nearly 20 years, and has worked on biological risk analysis for Covid-19 since early 2020, reducing one's risk of being infected is not health anxiety. It's just smart.
September 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Let me be clear. As someone who has been professionally involved with the biodefense / biosecurity sector for nearly 20 years, and has worked on biological risk analysis for Covid-19 since early 2020, reducing one's risk of being infected is not health anxiety. It's just smart.
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Covid infection levels in England have again risen sharply over the last week, as have other Covid measures. Infection levels are around a fifth higher, and the overall risk level remains High. A thread 🧵
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 21 September 2025
The BuDS Covid-19 Risk Assessment for the week ending 21 September 2025
buds.org.uk
September 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Covid infection levels in England have again risen sharply over the last week, as have other Covid measures. Infection levels are around a fifth higher, and the overall risk level remains High. A thread 🧵
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
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OK... THIS is the (highly criticized) correlation study used by Trump, RFK Jr. et al. 👇
I guess big conflicts of interest are cool, if they support MAGA (deeply wrong) ideas.
Researcher Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...
I guess big conflicts of interest are cool, if they support MAGA (deeply wrong) ideas.
Researcher Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...
Harvard Dean Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
OK... THIS is the (highly criticized) correlation study used by Trump, RFK Jr. et al. 👇
I guess big conflicts of interest are cool, if they support MAGA (deeply wrong) ideas.
Researcher Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...
I guess big conflicts of interest are cool, if they support MAGA (deeply wrong) ideas.
Researcher Was Paid $150,000 as an Expert Witness in Tylenol Lawsuits www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/h...