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@PeteUK7

Dec 29

People say - well what did you do every Flu season before 2019?

Aside from the obvious differences between Flu & C19, the more I've learned, the more annoyed I am about what *could* have been done.

Flu too has been largely left to vaccines with almost zero other effort.
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Why not do more?
It's similar with all airborne transmitted diseases - much more could have been & should have been done to reduce transmissions.
If schools, healthcare, public transit & other public settings had clean air mandates - all of these diseases would be reduced.
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I've had Flu once in my lifetime so far.
It's seasonal & so even living a more isolated lifestyle to avoid it at its peaks is more manageable.
But we've never had a situation where 5% of folk are infected & 1-2% infected even at times of low prevalence like we have with C19.
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Pete 😷 #COVIDisAirborne

@PeteUK7

Dec 21

My Covid Perspectives Spaces series on X.

With the year drawing to a close, I just wanted to thank all the guests that have given their time to come to discuss their views & share knowledge with me in 2023.

Here are all the amazing people who have taken part:
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Guests (in order of appearance):
@amandalhu @danaparish @brownecfm @LibDemPatrick @DaliaHasanMD @GosiaGasperoPhD @sameo416 @akm5376 @DrKatrin_Rabiei @keetmuise @ColinKinner @dontwantadothis @jvipondmd @MarvinH2_G2 @BarryHunt008 @joeyfox85 @dgurdasani1 @MeetJess @jksmith34
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@kprather88 @19joho @lisa_iannattone @Orla_Hegarty @JimRosenthal4 @SalWitcher @RealGayArbys @DavidElfstrom @drclairetaylor @LieslMcconchie @JudahWorldChamp @LongDesertTrain @ScientistAndre @docjon55 @The_Anchoress @Sunny_Rae1 @ukhadds @legalnomads

Thank you all!
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Pete 😷 #COVIDisAirborne

@PeteUK7

Dec 19

Dear @JamesTGallagher of @BBCNews,

You've written several articles about Covid in recent years. Do you ever look back & wonder if the previous ones proved to be factual?

You often ask the same people. Look back at what they said vs what transpired then perhaps ask others.
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One of my faves from Jan 22:
"We're almost there, it is now the beginning of the end, at least in the UK," Prof Julian Hiscox, chairman in infection and global health at the University of Liverpool, tells me. "I think life in 2022 will be almost back to before the pandemic."
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But let me focus on Prof Eleanor Riley first.
Every year you've asked her and even for the most recent article where you say she:
"had her own "horrid" bout of Covid that was "much worse" than expected."
Why did she expect it not to be bad I wonder?
Perhaps there are clues?
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Pete 😷 #COVIDisAirborne

@PeteUK7

Dec 15

It's not too late to take a more proactive approach towards protecting yourself from infectious diseases this winter & beyond.

Making it less likely you suffer bad illness, disability or death shouldn't be a hard sell.

Only ineptitude from Gov'ts & Public Heath made it so.
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Think before you breathe.
Inhaling infectious aerosols is the most likely way to get infected.
A well fitting N95/FFP2 or above will significantly reduce your chances of inhaling enough particles to make you ill.
Consider where you go, who with & for how long.
Outdoors safer.
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Avoid shared indoor air wherever possible outside of home.
If you can't avoid, mask up.
Use other layers like CPC mouthwash and anti-viral nasal sprays.
Where you can control the indoor air, improve ventilation, add air filters & aim for 6 air changes per hour or equivalent.
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@PeteUK7

Dec 10

I've always thought that infectious diseases are best avoided.
I feel sure most people felt this way too prior to Covid.
Now it feels most are happy to ignore them completely.
So what changed for the majority?
Quite a puzzle really but here are some thoughts:
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I'd say first has to be that people assume that those in power:
a) Inform them truthfully about risk
b) Care about them
Reasonable assumptions but both are false and whilst that is demonstrably the case, people still believe both a) and b) to be true.
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Secondly, I think people have accepted illness now as inevitable; beyond anything that it's possible to do anything about.
A bit like the weather - it's often bad & sometimes with disastrous effects but it's nature & we have no choice but to accept it.
Learn to live with it.
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Pete 😷 #COVIDisAirborne

@PeteUK7

Dec 8

https://twitter.com/PeteUK7/status/1732786949943918985

Some lovely replies to this wishing Kelly well. Thank you all.
What I guess my message doesn't portray is that this isn't out of the ordinary. With a complex chronic illness, this is the reality of day-to-day life.
But many conditions can only be self-managed to a point.
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https://twitter.com/PeteUK7/status/1732786949943918985

You see, since I started to get to know Kelly, she has taught me a great deal. A reality check of sorts.
Understanding just how micromanaged pretty much every hour needs to be for her chronic complex condition was not something I truly appreciated beforehand.
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But even though she manages her situation diligently & consistently, it's the unpredictability of a flare up or worsening of symptoms that becomes very hard to manage.
The question of when to seek help with the current levels of Covid becomes a much more difficult judgement.
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