Analysis of NHS data by the RCEM, shows that from Jun-Sep 2025, over HALF A MILLION patients had an A&E stay of over 12 hours from their time of arrival in England.
This is MORE than the entire winter of 2021-22, during which the UK experienced one of the worst Covid waves.
In the latest weekly figures, there were 188 people Covid deaths across the UK.
188 Covid deaths. In just one week.
3,866 Covid deaths so far this year.
(H/t @gwladwr)
@gwladwr Covid is causing far more disruption than flu at the moment, hospitalising more than THREE TIMES as many people…
@gwladwr …and this is probably amplified considerably by the govt’s irresponsible decision to hugely restrict access to Covid vaccines this autumn.
Hardly anyone is eligible anymore, even many of those who are clinically vulnerable.
As I’ve said all along, this will cost lives.
@gwladwr We do have the tools available to blunt the impact of winter surges of airborne viruses like Covid & flu.
Many recommendations have been voiced by experts at the Covid Inquiry about what *should* be done to reduce airborne transmission in hospitals…
…but is anyone listening?
@gwladwr If you’d like to find out more about the flawed chain of decisions which led to the utterly inadequate infection control guidance we have in hospitals today, please see my megathread below which walks you through some of the shocking evidence from the Covid Inquiry (module 3) ⬇️
“It's an uncontroversial statement from an epidemiological point of view to say that improving ventilation in schools would be a good thing […] The advantages of ventilation are very substantial.”
So why aren’t we doing it?
Data from the national schools air quality monitoring project (SAMHE) shows that ventilation rates in schools drop to just 3.8 litres per sec per person in colder weather.
This is far BELOW the minimum UK guidance of 5-8 litres per sec per person.
For more clips from Prof Chris Whitty’s appearance at the Covid Inquiry today, please take a look at this excellent thread from Clinically Vulnerable Families (@cv_cev):
Why do schools need to tackle poor VENTILATION in classrooms?
Because nationwide monitoring of UK classrooms shows that ventilation drops to appallingly low levels when outdoor temperatures drop & windows are closed.
Poor ventilation means airborne viruses spread like wildfire.
Meanwhile, more than 500 children a day in England are being referred to NHS mental health services for anxiety, more than DOUBLE the pre-pandemic rate…
…and yet, the impact of repeated COVID infections on children is never even considered as a contributing factor.
🚨40% of the undergrad students reported brain fog due to COVID-19.
🚨37 % of the undergraduates exhibited impaired cognition up to 17 months post-infection.
🚨Brain fog appeared to affect the distinct prefrontal haemodynamic patterns.
This study was conducted by scientists at the University of Otago (NZ) who were looking to investigate the cognitive effects of COVID infection in a population highly representative of young adults: undergraduate university students.