This morning, @SkyNews has a report on the rise in airborne infections filling hospital beds:
π 'flu = 4x more beds than 2023
π RSV = high admissions for 0-4 yr olds
Thanks to @AnnaJonesSky and @ashnahurynag for this excellent report.
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π 'flu = 4x more beds than 2023
π RSV = high admissions for 0-4 yr olds
Thanks to @AnnaJonesSky and @ashnahurynag for this excellent report.
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#IApologise #AiArt
However, it probably should be hovering over the bed.
We encourage the Royal Berkshire Hospital IPC team @royalberkshospital.bsky.social to consider his valuable insight on the urgent need for #MasksInHealthcare.
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This is flawed thinking:
- Why must the vulnerable pay the highest price?
- Why ONLY when the NHS is struggling?
- Why not encourage sick to mask & limit all contact?
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Many patients contract airborne infections in healthcare.
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Rather than the clearly flawed current IPC guidance from Dr Lisa Richie's widely discredited 'IPC cell'.
5/ Question: @adamwagner1.bsky.social
* This is NOT ok! *
Yet, reducing airborne transmission helps everyone!
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π€Stay at home sick
π₯Test before meeting others
π·Wear a mask, especially in indoor crowded spaces.
And, despite what Eluned Morgan (first minister π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ) says, the best present this Christmas is an air filter.
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