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Dr Ben Janaway

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12 Jul

Reflections on last night: #eng #racism

We did an incredible job getting to the final, scenes not seen for a generation. A diverse team championing what England aspires to be, a progressive collective moving toward a shared goal. Each earning more than their keep.

@BukayoSaka87

I applaud each of them, but special mention must go to @BukayoSaka87 , @MarcusRashford, and @Sanchooo10 who have not only represented a community of people under duress from common people and elites alike, but shown that ascendence to greatness is individual.

@GarethSouthgate

Reading the words of @GarethSouthgate from earlier this year, it is clear that the @England team is very much forward-thinking in tackling #racism and he, himself, a great and empathetic leader, is forthright in tackling, against potential anger, this great cause.

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Dr Ben Janaway

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26 May

How to deal with pseudoscience in health: right vs wrong.

Wrong: thats charlatan bullshit and you are being manipulated.

Right: I see this is important to you and lets discuss it, and after I will support your choice. Tell me..

Alot of pseudoscience, especially in health, relies on linking superficially plausible ideas together to create a mechanism to address a need. The individual components of the mechanism may be believable, or have some romantic or mystic notion that appeals to us..

For example in homeopathy, "like treats like" has a romantic appeal, and can seem intuitive in a "test or train the system" view, and does work in vaccines (ish,) but actually has no evidence as working for most things. It is the idea that holds appeal, not evidence.

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Dr Ben Janaway

@drjanaway

23 May

Its fairly clear at this point that Priti Patel is simply a front for a growing toxic and xenophobic policy designed to appeal to a media-polarised rightwing nationalism. So it always goes in the face of adversity we mistake restriction of liberty for order.

It is tiring to live in a country with so much potential, built on a history of immigration and hard-won battles for equal rights, to see an 18th century masturbatory fantasy lead our vote and policy against us. The world is changing, and Britain is an old fortress on sand.

Its simple really;

There is an idea of Britain, an old stubborn workhorse of moral authority who can be relied on to right the world.

Then there is the reality of a country split by poverty, fuelled by a divisive and malignant media and run by a cabal of isolated sycophants.

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Dr Ben Janaway

@drjanaway

6 May

Medical specialties as Pokemon, a thread. Yep. Another one of these.

..gotta catch em all...

#MedTwitter

1) Allergy/Immunology - Vileplume

An expert on poisons and dangerous dust, these creatures are ones to go to on anything red, itchy, and a little bit feverish.

Strengths: sedation, immune suppression
Weaknesses: sedation, immune suppression, microbiologists

2) Anesthetics - Drowzee

This wild beast excels at knocking out its enemies. Often found sleepy itself, it relies on caffeine and datix to stay awake

Strengths: sleep power, cannulation
Weaknesses: consciousness, conversation, nephrology

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Dr Ben Janaway

@drjanaway

14 Feb

Wish the papers would stop with the "bring back the pub wave the flag" narrative. Lets not fall at the final hurdle and force another lockdown.

Just wait, vaccinate, be patient. Act with caution, not bluster and negligent populism.

We are all tired, lonely and fed up. We are all survivors. But lets rejoice in what, as a people, our restraint has afforded. It has saved lives. It has gifted years for connection, love and experience. I will happily delay a pint for that.

Noone ever thought this would be easy. But for those who claim, whether innocently or with vehement rage, that the "spirit of dunkirk" (or similar misappropriation of the sacrifice of others) is cause for the relaxation of lockdown, please consider what stoicism really is.

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Dr Ben Janaway

@drjanaway

11 Feb

Lets just all agree to stop ironing clothes.

Noone wants to do it. There is no need to do it. Its a waste of time and energy. Lets all stop. Now.

#endironing
#ironingisbullshit

Oh your clothes are creased shutup so is your face

This shit will end climate change.

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