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Peter English
@petermbenglish.bsky.social
Public health doctor - retired. Former Chair, BMA Public Health Medicine Committee. Now singing, violin, ballroom dancing, LibDems. PR, EU, redistribution. Widowed.
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Gjjgass.bsky.social

Being an Afghan woman is enough to qualify for asylum (i.e., no need to show that the particular woman applying would be subject to persecution in Afghanistan)Being an Afghan woman is enough to qualify for asylum (i.e., no need to show that the particular woman applying would be subject to persecution in Afghanistan)

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Ppropublica.bsky.social

Our reporting so far suggests state abortion bans are having unintended, lethal consequences. We need your help to unearth them, so that those with the power to change systems can learn from them. ➡️ Get in touch at reproductivehealth@propublica.org.

How We Report on Maternal Health — and How to Get in Touch With Our Team
How We Report on Maternal Health — and How to Get in Touch With Our Team

For years, ProPublica has examined the deaths of pregnant women and new mothers to uncover problems that can prevent other deaths. Our reporting has sparked change. Now, we are investigating the impac...

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FOfascinatorfun.bsky.social

Even if they are not worn at 100% perfection they are still markedly better than “flappies” That should not be treated as an optional extra as he seems to suggest. Preposterous. Are we going to clinical trials with hand washing being an optional extra? Or partial washing tested? Of course not.

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FOfascinatorfun.bsky.social

All those factors affect compliance. But FFP3 masks not only provide markedly improved protection to staff ESPECIALLY if worn consistently and well, but also prevents staff becoming transmission hubs to patients and the public.

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PEpetermbenglish.bsky.social

Why should we have to prove that cigarette smoke shortens our lives? It is intolerable pollution anyway!

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PEpetermbenglish.bsky.social

Fair enough, but not enough! The Houses of Parliament belong as heritage buildings. As aconference centre, hotel, or whatever. But they a decades past their use-by date for serious government. Parliament should relocate to an alternative location in more suitable buildings.

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PEpetermbenglish.bsky.social

Historically, in Indonesia, people supposedly struggled to sleep alone. Those forced to do so took to sleeping with a bolster or pillow. As Indonesia was a Dutch colony, one these pillows came to be called a "Dutch wife". Supposedly.

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Sadly, the metaphor, commonly used, of the boiling frog is false. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling...

Boiling frog - Wikipedia
Boiling frog - Wikipedia

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Do you follow Fionna, too, Phil? You're missing out if you don't!

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Peter English
@petermbenglish.bsky.social
Public health doctor - retired. Former Chair, BMA Public Health Medicine Committee. Now singing, violin, ballroom dancing, LibDems. PR, EU, redistribution. Widowed.
35 followers138 following39 posts