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Sep 17 • 4 tweets • 5 min read
'Evidence that long-term exposure to #airpollution in early life adversely affects children's #respiratory health and increases #asthma risk in childhood'... 1/2

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'Findings highlighted link between prenatal exposure to ambient #airpollution, specifically #NO2, #PM2_5, and #PM10, and the early life immunological profile of the airways, which was associated with the later emergence of allergic airway disease...' 2/2
news-medical.net/news/20220908/…
'Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution associates with early life immune perturbations...' @jacionline
Casper-Emil Tingskov Pedersen et al @COPSAC_com @UCPH_Research

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'Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution associates with early life immune perturbations...'
Credit: Casper-Emil Tingskov Pedersen et al @COPSAC_com @UCPH_Research

@jacionline Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2022), doi: doi.org/10.1016/j.jaci… Image

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Dr Joe Pajak 💙 NHS FT Governor Profile picture
Sep 18
📢Government encourages people to ignore the pandemic: vaccine wanes, indoor mixing, few masks worn, poor ventilation, defences down. #CovidIsNotOver
📈1,675,219 people in the UK with symptomatic COVID [estimated @Join_ZOE 18 Sep 2022]
📈132,287 new daily symptomatic COVID cases. Image
Since government cut availability of Covid data need to try to correlate reputable sources [e.g., @ONS infection survey @Join_ZOE & coronavirus.data.gov.uk -Thursdays now].
Example: @ONS Scotland positive tests rose from 1 in 55, to 1 in 50, and now 1 in 45, between 23/8 and 5/9. Image
Meanwhile, 'France's national health body has warned of #COVID19 resurgence in the country, urging people to continue to get vaccinated to protect themselves against the virus'. @JapanToday 'Cases during week Sep 5-Sep 11, up 12% versus the previous week.'
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Sep 17
'NHS England data shows @SFHFT [which runs Mansfield Community, Sutton’s King’s Mill and Newark hospitals] – was caring for 74 coronavirus patients in hospital as of 14 Sep 2022. Up from the 59 people in trust hospitals on Wednesday, 7 Sep.' @ChadNews

chad.co.uk/health/coronav… Image
‘Sherwood Forest Hospitals beds occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 has risen by 9% in the last 4 weeks.
Across England, there were 4,540 people in hospital with Covid as of September 14, with 140 of them in mechanical ventilation beds’.
chad.co.uk/health/coronav…
Covid infections in England appeared to be falling, but the trend is upwards in Scotland, and uncertain in Wales and Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, @Join_ZOE data raise concerns that trends in the rest of the UK may all already be changing direction.

thetimes.co.uk/article/fears-…
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Aug 19, 2021
It's #airborne! '#SARSCoV2 is largely transmitted in airborne fashion via #aerosols, which people exhale, and which can remain in the air for long periods of time if a room is not well-ventilated.'

Has the UK government ensured that our schools are ready?
news.mit.edu/2021/study-pro…
'Open windows and a good heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system are starting points for keeping classrooms safe during the Covid-19 pandemic.'

'But they are not the last word, according to a new study from researchers at MIT.' @MIT
'Study, @MIT, shows how specific classroom configurations may affect air quality and necessitate additional measures, beyond HVAC use or open windows, to reduce the spread of aerosols, those tiny, potentially Covid-carrying particles that can stay suspended in the air for hours.'
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Aug 18, 2021
Moderna COVID-19 #vaccine approved by #MHRA in 12-17 year olds [17 Aug 2021]. UK regulator confirms 'the vaccine is safe and effective in this age group'.

So why now delay💉? Experience in the #USA, as children return to schools, emphasises the risks of not vaccinating children.
Dr June Raine, #MHRA Chief Executive said:

'I am pleased to confirm that that the COVID-19 #vaccine made by #Moderna has now been authorised in 12-17 year olds. The vaccine is safe and effective in this age group.'

OK, so let's get a move on...

gov.uk/government/new…
Dr June Raine, #MHRA Chief Executive said:

'We have in place a comprehensive safety surveillance strategy for monitoring the safety of all UK-approved #COVID-19 #vaccines and this surveillance will include the 12- to 17-year age group.'

Good, so...?

gov.uk/government/new…
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Dr Joe Pajak 💙 NHS FT Governor Profile picture
Aug 14, 2021
UK note!

#COVSIM project @NCState models how #DeltaVariant might spread through a school, and how different mitigation strategies could slow it down. covsim.hosted-wordpress.oit.ncsu.edu/school-level-m…

Slides & headlines...

'Masks and testing, when used in combination, can prevent 80% of new infections.' Image
#COVSIM project @NCState model headlines

What Does This Mean?

Presumably the UK government is aware of such research and has a view about how best to prepare young people, their schools, and their families for the new academic year.

Without #masks?
Without 12-15 #vaccinations? Image
#COVSIM project @NCState model headlines

What Does This Mean?

Presumably the UK government is aware of such research and has a view about how best to prepare young people, their schools, and their families for the new academic year.

Risks to parents & grandparents?
#LongCovid? Image
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Aug 4, 2021
So, a 2005 blueprint to fight an #airborne #virus arriving in Britain was lost, filed away in Whitehall, and apparently never used.

Now uncovered, its recommendations included limiting travel and stopping ‘super-spreader’ events - lessons not learned.

independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
The @Independent reports that, 'One senior medical adviser who served in Downing Street throughout the last decade said they were “totally surprised” to learn of the blueprint, despite having worked in emergency health planning and pandemic preparedness'.

independent.co.uk/news/health/co…
The @Independent reports that 'the 2005 plan put together by the #DoH, warns of spread via “finer aerosols of infectious respiratory secretions, which stay in the air longer than droplets”, meaning it can be passed from one person to another through the nose, mouth or even eyes.'
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