Willem van Schaik
@wvschaik.bsky.social
Microbiology, microbiome, antimicrobial resistance. Sometimes UK politics. Head of Research of the School of Infection, Inflammation and Immunology, University of Birmingham. Also Co-Director of @target-amr.bsky.social.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Are you reading this @contamclub.bsky.social ?
A horror masterpiece about child abandonment.
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A horror masterpiece about child abandonment.
+1 for musical whimsey!
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 AM
+1 for musical whimsey!
Fewer Chinese parents have money to send their child(ren) abroad though.
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Fewer Chinese parents have money to send their child(ren) abroad though.
I am not sure universities will be bailed out. Presumably, students will be shifted to a financially viable institution in the same region.
November 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I am not sure universities will be bailed out. Presumably, students will be shifted to a financially viable institution in the same region.
Reposted by Willem van Schaik
You have a tax on international students, you have less of them, huh, you have less revenue, and whoopsdaisy, you're back to the taxes you didn't want to hike and everyone is cross.
November 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
You have a tax on international students, you have less of them, huh, you have less revenue, and whoopsdaisy, you're back to the taxes you didn't want to hike and everyone is cross.
People will presumably notice when their local university goes belly-up though.
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
People will presumably notice when their local university goes belly-up though.
Reposted by Willem van Schaik
If you have meningitis you are too unwell to have tumours resected.
It would be surprising if there was an undetected burden of subacute/chronic gram negative bacterial meningitis that was presumably asymptomatic.
It would be surprising if there was an undetected burden of subacute/chronic gram negative bacterial meningitis that was presumably asymptomatic.
November 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you have meningitis you are too unwell to have tumours resected.
It would be surprising if there was an undetected burden of subacute/chronic gram negative bacterial meningitis that was presumably asymptomatic.
It would be surprising if there was an undetected burden of subacute/chronic gram negative bacterial meningitis that was presumably asymptomatic.