Thread by @charlot_summers

Thought I'd share some of the points I highlighted during my talk for @Assoc_Anaes #WSM2022 along with some links for those that are interested.
The Good: The UK research response
The Bad: Misinformation
The Ugly: Impact of COVID on HCWs, & for our patients (Long COVID)
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The Good:
Research is our exit strategy from the pandemic & @NIHRresearch have supported the UK to deliver address many of the clinical questions posed by the pandemic. For a detailed timeline of things they have supported, do take a look at nihr.ac.uk/covid-19/nihr-…
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To highlight just a few examples:
@CovidGenomicsUK
@GenomiccStudy
@CCPUKstudy
@TrialPrinciple
@LivAgile
@PROTECT_CCTU
@HEAL_COVID
@remap_cap
recoverytrial.net
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The Bad: Misinformation.
We often view misinformation as a phenomenon of the internet age, but many of the techniques used to influence us were identified decades before.
In 2018, I visited an amazing exhibition @deyoungmuseum highlighting this fact.
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In 1937, research at the Institute for Propaganda Analysis @Columbia identified ways in which we are influenced:
- card stacking
- name calling
- glittering generalities
- transfer
- testimonials
- bandwagon
- plain folks
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Sounds familiar?
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How can we counter the misinformation surrounding us. Important to acknowledge that this can be hard work.
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The Institute for Propaganda identified several ways to help defend against it:
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There is much current research in this field & academics from psychology and sociology such as @Sander_vdLinden have much to teach us:

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The Ugly: the impact of the pandemic on HCWs.
COVID has been tough on HCWs in anaesthesia and ICU and many of our community are not OK, which is entirely understandable when you consider what we have experienced:
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but we also need to remember that....
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The Ugly: Post-acute COVID syndrome / Long COVID.
Data from COVID wave one in England show:
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These and other data led us to developed @HEAL_COVID to try and discover therapies that improve hospital-free survival over the first year people are discharged from hospital. We are open at 103 sites & have randomised >980 participants so far:
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Being alive and out of hospital is not the only outcome that matters. @PHOSP_COVID have shown:
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Thank you to @Assoc_Anaes for asking me to share some of my COVID thoughts with you this morning, which I hope have at least been thought-provoking, if not informative!
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