#Health

1/6 Almost every action we are taking to “limit the spread” ends up in some way increasing it, or causing it to be spread primarily among those at highest risk.
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Numerous case reports of this condition in association with covid. Theory is that surge of stress hormones (catecholamines such as adrenaline and noradrenaline) brought on by emotional shock
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Our @councilofdeans position on #healthcare education provision and student placements https://councilofdeans.org.uk/2021/01/codh-statement-on-student-placements/ We recognise that health systems across the UK are under pressure. Our #healt
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Thread.Dear @cbbc This is not teaching self-acceptance. Being trans is a major decision involving life-altering surgery and a lifetime on medication with no guarantee of mental or physical well-being at
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Human lives aside (hate writing that because saving lives should be enough), the economy will suffer equally if we don't shut down. People are afraid to shop, there is so
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BREAKING—Updated results from Pfizer said it’s #COVID19 vaccine is 95% effective (vs 90% in previous early results) and had no serious side effects. 94% effective in older adults. Of 170
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THREAD: I analyzed Citizen's contact tracing app when they were pitching it to NYC. Unsurprisingly, its approach to privacy is terrible, continues to encourage paranoia-as-a-service, and has wide latitude for
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0/ I’m tired of hearing about observability replacing monitoring. It’s not going to, and that’s because it shouldn’t.Observability will not _replace_ monitoring, it will _augment_ monitoring.Here’s a thread about observability,
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THREAD on WHO & herd immunity:Without explanation, the World Health Organisation @WHO appears to have *changed* their definition of “herd immunity” from June to November 2020 by explicitly removing “immunity
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Alright! Welcome back! I have written and erased this thread, time and again. But here it goes. In the last two months, we have seen mental health spoken about in
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Why the Kensington High St cycle lane matters - a thread: I am asthmatic and vulnerable to Covid-19, so have been avoiding public transport, using my bike to travel from
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Today's news that two NHS staff have already experienced severe allergic reactions during the first roll-outs of the Pfizer Covid Vaccine is deeply concerning. 1/6https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/09/pfizer-covid-vaccine-nhs-ex
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I have folk ask me, increasingly, why I don’t have a go at @NicolaSturgeon @JohnSwinney @KateForbesMSP @JeaneF1MSP et al when I’m on TV and radio and in the papers. Why
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1. I just watched Supt. Sinopoli's press conference here: https://www.cp24.com/news/etobicoke-restaurant-owner-facing-new-charges-for-again-defying-covid-19-lockdown-rules-1.5205287He says he received an "order" from @epdevill
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Ableism a thread I've reached the point where I'm going to block people I thought were friends. When you use ableist insults, you cause harm to those with disabilities and
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Starting off the #ARM20 closing plenary with a critical question by @RRHDr: is this a moment or a turning point for our field to become anti-racist? LaVeist: we need bold
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