Prof. Devi Sridhar
@devisridhar
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Professor & Chair of Global Public Health, Edinburgh Uni Med School. Director of @GlobalHealthGP. Views own. Author of new book 'Preventable': pre-order below.
Edin, Oxford, Wash DC, Miami
Joined August 2010
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Happy Sat! ☀️ Exciting news- my new book ‘Preventable: The Politics of Pandemics and How to Stop the Next One’ now ready for pre-order! It goes inside the past 18 months of the pandemic & takes you around the world as the virus spread. Also discusses 🦦.
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Happy Sun! ☀️ 5K fast run, 45 mins weights, 60 mins yoga. Woke up thinking I had done all that, but no. Had just dreamt it all. Still count? 🤔
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About 5 million children age 5-11 now vaccinated with their first dose (nearly ~1 million with 2nd dose) and I've yet to see a case of myocarditis reported 👍
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On travel, it would be great if countries across world could agree universal standard measures for entry & travel to find balance btwn continued int’l movement & safety. Uncertainty over what might change next is a problem.
Breaking: UK will require ALL passengers to take a pre-departure test (either PCR or antigen) *up to 48 hours* before travel to the UK. ✈️🚨
— this policy is applicable to all passengers, effective Tue 7 Dec, 4am London time.
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School closures should be off the table. If there’s concern about COVID infection in children, there’s a safe and effective vaccine. UK should be offering parents choice *now* for 5-11s. Like other countries. I don’t get the complacency given importance of kids mixing & learning.
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Merkel: Virus death toll 'so bitter because it is avoidable'
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“We often have to act before the data is telling us there is a problem”
@NicolaSturgeon is hoping further restrictions won’t be needed to tackle the spread of Omicron but is stressing that it can’t be ruled out
The FM says she has to be prepared to take unpopular decisions
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Yes. I know. It feels endless with twists and turns and 😑😩. Back with some 🎄 cheer & ☀️ tomorrow. Keep going. Keep smiling.
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From 7th December-9th January in Ireland
nightclubs to close
Social distancing in restaurants- table service only
Masks worn when not at table
Max of 50% capacity at cultural/sporting events
Covid pass required for gyms
Max of three households for indoor household mixing
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In some countries, COVID has resulted in weird division about who is 'healthy' & who has 'underlying health issues.' 'Acceptable' & 'unacceptable' deaths. People w/asthma, cancer, hypertension, diabetes, overweight, heart disease -> they're our family, our friends, our community.
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💪🦿 #IDPWD2021
“If I didn’t have football, I’d be a shell of myself.”
When Rebecca Sellar was a year old, her right leg was amputated. Football isn’t just a part of her life – it has changed her life.
#IDPWD2021
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'Drinks, nibbles, games.' 1.5 million views for our video on how a No.10 Christmas party last December has become a controversy this December. Featuring reporting by @PippaCrerar @ChrisMasonBBC @BBCLauraK @Laura_K_Hughes and @peterwalker99.
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No answers yet but please be kind & supportive to healthcare staff 🌈 . They put themselves at risk each day to help others & have faced wave after wave after wave. Think about how things feel & look to them. They’re also human.
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Omicron latest: Looks more transmissible than delta. Likely to become dominant strain. Can re-infect those who had delta recently. Can infect fully vaccinated. Unsure if vaccines protect against severe infection but likely. Priority: vaccinate & slow impact on NHS over winter.
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Just remember that certain politicians tell you want you want to hear emotionally bc they want to be popular. Scientists will tell you what you need to hear (based in data & analysis)- even if you dislike what’s being said.
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Feeling like a 🦩 in the North Pole ❄️ today. Slipping & sliding around. Stay safe on the ice…
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The point about Christmas parties is that last year we weren’t allowed to gather, when those at Number 10 were going ahead. They ARE allowed this Christmas but the rules were very strict a year ago before widespread vaccination and people were desperately missing being together.
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One Downing Street insider tells the FT there were often get togethers in the evenings in No 10 while the country was in lockdown last Christmas.
“It was the only place you could get together and socialise. They happened most Fridays."
EXCLUSIVE: Boris Johnson and his Downing Street staff have been accused of breaking Covid rules by attending parties at Number 10 in the run-up to last Christmas.
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