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Lol. I can see from my analytics this tiny , little thread is being suppressed
I forgot to add #Nightingale
and I have a few 'followers' in panic mode
1. With 50million+ cancelled operations globally due to #COVID19, I’ve received several questions & comments around this controversial area. Why the #Nightingale Hospitals **cannot** be safely used for surgery: 
2. To get one patient through surgery, 25 staff members are needed. This level of care will strip out major NHS hospitals and is the main reason elective surgery needs to be cancelled at the height of the pandemic.
theguardian.com/society/2020/o…
theguardian.com/society/2020/o…
3. Providing an operation needs a whole package of support around it, including sterile equipment, backup equipment, and other services in case unexpected things happen. Even for seemingly minor surgery, things can go wrong. Whole supply chains are needed behind these.
Today is the start of #SHW2020! Each day this week, I'll be tweeting about Britain's long, tempestuous and ever-so-slightly bonkers love–hate relationship with its #sexualhealth.
Darlings, brace yourselves. 💋 #SHW20
Darlings, brace yourselves. 💋 #SHW20
We begin with the Victorians, who, contrary to popular belief, were obsessed with sex. In the C19, the only known #STIs were syphilis and gonorrhoea. Diagnosis depended on observable symptoms (no blood tests/smears). Effective treatments were non-existent. Image: @ExploreWellcome
In 1864 the British government introduced the Contagious Diseases Acts, intended to protect the armed forces through 'regulation' of 'common prostitutes'. The Acts gave police almost-unlimited discretionary powers to arrest any woman they thought might be soliciting. Image: HCPP
