Short thread on Covid and respiratory support.
There are numerous grifters, and serious academics, out there who seem to think if the fatality stats are not that bad, then Covid is no big deal. But what's behind the numbers? Human suffering of course which can be alleviated by vaccines but which persists. Covid sceptics who live in their garden sheds plotting graphs don't get this.

1/n Assessment at 3rd level has changed enormously in the last 20 years. Advocates of changes to assessment at LC level should look really closely at what we've learned. Here are some issues: Continuous assessment creates considerable stress and has to be managed very carefully. This requires a lot of coordination between subjects/modules.

1/n Time to catch up on the dangerous nonsense that anti-scientist, Ivor Cummins, spreads on social media. Luckily the MSM ignore him, recognizing him for the crank he is 2/n Cummins believes the "virus is gonna virus" and there is nothing we can do about it. Social distancing does not work in his view.

1/4 One reason that I worry about Tony Holohan having such control is that he reminds me of the many doctors I had in the past (not so common nowadays) who used to treat the disease and not the person. 2/4 If I had listened to their advice every time I was sick, I would never have a had a career in academia. My health might have been a bit better but I would not have been happier.