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Nov 25 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Dont fall for divisive tactics painting #academia as an ivory tower job.

The reality for many is similar struggles to any highly casualised sector

#UCURising #AcademicTwitter
Yes there are perks working in academia, and it can be a cushy job, but guess who hogs those?

Hint: the predominantly white abled upper middle class older guys
The kinda people who think they can relate cos they "did some teaching during my PhD too" (near verbatim words from ex @UniofBath VC to me when discussing casualisation in a meeting with her)
Also #PhD students: last i checked, @ucu were campaigning for you to get staff status. Giving you employment rights like sick pay, decent working conditions, adequate facilities to conduct your work, and proper pay

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Harriet Carroll: Recognise vax-induced long COVID Profile picture
Nov 26
Soooo, when are we suing #publichealth bodies for all the shoddy guidelines theyve been spouting that directly go against an abundance of evidence?

#COVIDIsAirborne #WearAMask #CovidIsNotOver
I can forgive errors at the beginning of the pandemic, but we're years into this now.
Imo public health should
😷provide free FFP3 masks + education on face fitting & face fit centres

💨ventilate public buildings/transport, mandating companies to do the same, & supporting the public eg free hepa filters

📈test & track

🤒provide proper support for those off sick
Read 5 tweets
Harriet Carroll: Recognise vax-induced long COVID Profile picture
Nov 26
What evidence have we got for vaccine induced #longcovid like presentations?

A thread 🧵 (focused on human evidence rather than theoretical or mechanistic)

#PostVac #teamclots #vaccineinjuries
I will start by saying the *published* evidence is limited. Therefore going off published evidence alone is (by definition) incomplete (same for any research: the active researchers have a knowledge advantage)
1. This was first reported in the mainstream in Jan 2022 by Science mag:
science.org/content/articl…
Importantly, there are a handful of such cases in the trials that were excluded from final analysis, one is described in the Science article
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Harriet Carroll: Recognise vax-induced long COVID Profile picture
Nov 26
this thread sums up #academia so well. i hated so much of it, but kept telling myself the 10 % i love (the research) made up for the 90 % of shit the majority of the time.

i delayed leaving because of that 10 %.

#AcademicTwitter #phdchat #ucuRISING
leaving required a sort of mourning (appreciate this sounds dramatic); i was losing my identity as an academic

my skills and knowledge are so specialised who would even want me anyway?

why would i even want to lose what i have? i have academic freedom after all!!
then my planned redundancy went ahead even though we were eligible for furlough. my next plans (to go to Sweden) fell through because of the plague.

there were no jobs. i stopped being an academic by force. i thought i'd be miserable.
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Harriet Carroll: Recognise vax-induced long COVID Profile picture
Nov 25
Used my energy for the day visiting the nearest @ucu @aberdeen_ucu picket line with Dr Blinky in support of their ongoing #Strikes 👊🏻💪🏻

Sadly #royalmailstrikes had packed up by the time i was on my way back so i couldn't say hello👋🏻

#Solidarity #StrongerTogether #JoinAUnion 3 people, one man and 2 wom...
Got too excited seeing people, this 1 hour at a picket has been the most socialising and energetic thing ive done in 20 months. Already feeling the effects, but so nice to see folk and show solidarity to the first #union i ever joined (even though im no longer a member)
The work unions do benefit all of us. Employers want your labour, workers want to have a life outside of work.

If you like your holiday pay, sick pay, parental leave, maximum work hours, minimum wage, pensions, safety at work etc, then you support unions.
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Harriet Carroll: Recognise vax-induced long COVID Profile picture
Nov 20
Its my 20 month vaccine anniversary today.

I now take: ketotifen, sodium, statins, anticoagulants, antiplatelets, H1 and H2 antihistamines, plus vits/mins to address deficiencies and high needs, and some supplements

I still feel like crap

#postvacsyndrome #LongCovid
These meds address:
😞Mast cell activation syndrome
😞My inability to produce aldosterone (endocrine dysfunction)
😞Endothelial damage
😞Clotting
😞Platelet activation
😞Unexplained hyperhomocysteinaemia (i.e. no MTHFR variant)
Luckily for me, people believe me. But some only seem to believe me because I agree with them about other things, because i take issue with the same people they take issue with, because i havent gone on media they dislike

And that is a HUGE bias we need to overcome
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Harriet Carroll: Recognise vax-induced long COVID Profile picture
Nov 20
i've felt really ill today & writing this is causing horrible near painful nausea. but just to say this before i go to bed:

i notice that
those who oppose vaccines use us as proof theyre right

those who are pro-vaccine,& who see me critique grifters, use us to show theyre right
please folk, we are humans.

in some cases, severely disabled humans.

stop using us.

please listen. please believe. please stop the division. please support #TeamHumanity
those who legit care:
listen
amplify
check in
ask what our needs are
(and where applicable) treat us medically or research us scientifically

they dont:
insert their views on vaccines
accuse us of lying
tell us it wasnt the vaccine
call us misinformation or idiots
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