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14 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
What tires me most as NHS staff is that most of this is preventable.

Those refusing a vaccine that could save their (and others') lives are harming others and prolonging the pandemic as they paint themselves as the heroes. This is a juvenile fantasy.

Grow up, get jabbed.
Inb4 you are mean mr psychiatrist. Half of my ward has the infection. My patients are at a higher risk of severe illness. My words are less severe than death, get over it sunshine.
Oh and the bluetickbuffoons going on about nazi germany and freedom, go talk to a holocaust survivor about how a mask and vaccine is the same as Auschwitz. Stop insulting actual genocide survivors for retweets and sponsorships, plebs.
Lets play reply bingo

*leaky vaccine
*wakefield
*pharma shill
*nazi
*soyboy
*liar
*nuremberg
*human rights
*some dumb professor
*ivermectin

Meh.

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dr ben janaway Profile picture
15 Dec
Thanks for the opportunity, Laurence. So lets take a moment.

Two years ago we had no vaccine and relatively new virus. We have since been fighting between public health measures and viral spread/mutation
As a virus continues to spread, it gains opportunities to mutate. This happens in any species as part of reproduction, and some mutations are good for it, others bad for it, and others bad for us.
The emergence of 'variants' such as delta and omicron are those that have mutations that have enabled greater survival. This means that they have adapted more to the environment, including the vaccines.
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2 Dec
From an ontological standpoint, both psychoanalytic formulations and psychiatric diagnoses work on an estimate of categorical fluency between cases, to form a framework of workable ingress. It is not for either to claim moral authenticity over the other.

Even Laing would agree.
To proffer some level of deeper understanding is reasonable for the former, but this does not provide a tautology in moral reasoning, other than reductionism in a more specific form. Neither promotes a fair epistemology, only a translation by which work is done.
From a more superficial and ideological standpoint, I suggest that political conflict between the approaches is one of secondary narcissism, not a significant variation in practical application. One is not the tail of the other, but both the tail of the unicorn.
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28 Nov
Let's take a moment to address some of the conspiracies around #covid19 using psychology and sociology. Thread/

First off, some basic ground theory to put this into context. Human beings work on a very primal level when emotions are high, using a number of cognitive shortcuts
Our emotions serve a primary purpose in survival, and as such they work fast in influencing our behaviour. These are very old, existing before the more clever aspects of our brains, and can be referred to as 'survival mechanisms.'
They evolved during a different time, where major threats were more simple. Aggression, starvation, predators. As such they needed to move quickly, creating fear, alliances based on protection, formation of groups (tribes.)
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27 Nov
The #OmicronVariant , #COVID19, mandatory #masks and #vaccination; A thread of hope.

It has been a hard two years. Over 5 million have died, and daily new cases in the UK are over 40,000, with a much lower death rate than before. We can be thankful for this, but must think hard.
If we go back to the major waves, the death rates were much higher. There are multiple reasons for this, including a lower level of natural and vaccine-mediated resistance, and higher death rates in susceptible populations. The virus killed the most at risk.
We know this. Older age, obesity, ethnicity, presence of cancer, or other chronic issues all raised the risk. Although the overall death risk was small, higher risks in large populations still added up. For me, a 33-year-old, it's low, but for my grandma, the risk is intolerable.
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27 Nov
Mosaics are quite incredible. Not only do they present contemporary representations of culture that teach us about the past, but also show just how much passion there is for expression. Using sediment to create a totality, quite astonishing.
If anything, these remind me of the mandala approach to unconscious expressionism, not so much in the artistic design, but the time is taken and the knowledge that such things, by nature, are impermanent. This is an expression of the duality of mankind, a brief fire in the dark.
Regardless of the aesthetic appeal, we have to remember that art, from a Jungian perspective, is what unites us and forms the sublimation of our shared fears, loves, and phantasy. With mosaics, we listen to Yeats when he says 'tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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31 Oct
No, not at all. You say that because then you can paint me as an elitist and make yourself seem a hero. Its very obvious, and no matter how much you bluff and try to shame me, your technique is obvious. Its an insult to the intelligence of your following to mislead them so.
If I felt people were beneath me, I would not engage with them. If I felt those who had different views were lesser than me, why would I talk to them as equals? All you accuse me of, you do yourself. You set yourself up like the messiah, the defender of the meek..
And im glad that your words help people, and that others find solace in your confidence. But if there is one thing I have learned, it is that often compromise and caution are more respectful and giving than bluster. Neither of us are heroes, so perhaps accept it.
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