Both my parents were long-term smokers (who eventually quit when I was well into my teens). I grew up in a haze of cigarette smoke. Not just in our house, but in the car as well, and any public place that we went into.
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https://twitter.com/helenreflects/status/1667894021685932032

Visitors to our home were welcome to smoke too. My parents wouldn’t have dreamed of asking them to step outside to light up. It was seen as rude. As a child, I noticed that most adults smoked and even the non-smokers didn’t mind others smoking around them. This puzzled me.
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.@publichealthni 👇🏼 Covid is airborne. We need airborne mitigations everywhere to prevent transmission. Masks, ventilation and air filtration.
As your video says, Covid hasn’t gone away and is a real health threat, especially for vulnerable people.

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https://twitter.com/publichealthni/status/1667909555068751872

Yes, it is a threat. That’s why we need airborne protections everywhere.
Also, why do you think that only over-75s are vulnerable? Many people under this age are clinically vulnerable and at serious risk from Covid.

The @BelfastTrust is failing to protect vulnerable patients from exposure to SARS-CoV-2. This is unacceptable and unsustainable.
A thread about my experience on Friday 🧵

https://twitter.com/vonnie700/status/1664759154370662401

I had an outpatient appointment at Belfast City Hospital. Upon my arrival I was dismayed and alarmed to witness the absence of masks among hospital. staff & visitors. I saw just one or two patients in masks, including a woman who was a cancer patient. It was heartbreaking to see.

I received a letter from @GiveBloodNI asking me to donate blood. I would love to, especially since have an unusual blood type. So I called to ask about C*vid mitigations at donation sessions. The response? Even the staff won’t be masked. I was speechless. I explained that this would make it unsafe for me to attend since C*vid is airborne. They said that they can’t make staff or donors wear masks. I asked if they make staff wear gloves, and they said gloves are a legal requirement in NI. Can anyone tell me if this is true?

Dear @sainsburys my 84-year-old aunt is a retired #NHS ward sister. She and my uncle are in the most vulnerable group and she has been shopping in your Torquay Willows store since moving there in 1991.
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