The vax hesitant need knowledge and support, not vilification. Pushing Anti-vax 💩 is unforgivable Here's my attempt at an accessible vax FAQ Thanks so much to @LongCovidKids, @Nat_Elodie_A_N and @jneill for brilliant and patient help with this! 🙏❤️ longcovidkids.org/post/covid…

SIR PATRICK STEWART (1940-2026) Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end. You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love. We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago but we weren’t in the same productions. My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in 'Star Trek'. “But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk—getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?”. Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did for not just his devoted Trekkies but film and theatre audiences, who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes ('X-Men' of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in London’s West End and on Broadway. America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin. But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire. His farewell performance in 'Avengers: Doomsday' is yet to be seen. Ian McKellen 29 October 2026 Photo: University of Huddersfield

BA.3.2 is showing remarkable persistence in Japan🇯🇵: >50% of sequences collected in September and October and submitted today are still BA.3.2. #BA32

This is basically a classical dangerous Gain of Function (dGoF) experiment. I wish the US government would shut it down. A while ago, Stacey Schultz-Cherry and I wrote a commentary (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…), that ends with this sentence:

Thanks to the #bluewashing ethics crisis at the CDC, Very High COVlD levels in Maryland (WVAL=7.81) are now classified as "Moderate." That's a 2-category downshift. The CDC downshifted the category labels for all current and past COVlD levels in mid-August. See below.

Decent Americans: haven’t we had enough of this man trashing our reputation globally as he attacks ally after ally in the name of either corruption or his vanity and ego?

#PuertoRico is experiencing its highest COVID levels in over 2 years. Levels are deep into the burgundy (Very High or Muy Alto) category. They just updated wastewater levels after significant delays. This graphed levels are depicted using the CDC #bluewashing system, which downshifted all current and historical levels nationwide as of Aug 14, so in you're mind's eye, shift all levels upward on the graph. Shortcut: pmc19.com/puertorico Direct: datos.salud.pr.gov/covid-19/… Bluewashing information PMC: pmc19.com/bluewashing.mp4 The Sick Times: instagram.com/reels/DcloNi1R… Forbes: forbes.com/sites/judystone/2… NBC News: nbcnews.com/data-graphics/cd…

PMC COVlD Update, Oct 26, 2026 🔥44 states with COVlD outbreaks (see Alt) 🔥Double wave peaks, both at an estimated 950,000 new daily infections 🔥6th week in a row of massive CDC upward retroactive corrections going back to early July THREAD (1/4)

PJ.2.1 has now been detected in Andalusia 🇪🇸, adding to previous detections in Catalonia, the Community of Madrid, and the Basque Country. Another region reporting PJ.2.1 as it continues to spread across Spain. #PJ21

Looking for SARS-CoV-2 surveillance resources around the world? 🌍 I’ve brought the resources I previously shared together in one easy-to-use map. Explore it via the link below - and let me know what’s missing or could be improved! dpz.eu/infektionsbiologie/fo…

SARS-CoV-2 Primary Care Surveillance in England Data from the RCGP Sentinel Surveillance system of around two thousand GP Practices. In Week 42, ending 18 October 2026, the RCGP national average COVID-19 incidence rate for England (all ages) increased… (RCGP data & chart)

Spain maintained substantial baseline SARS-CoV-2 sequencing and rapidly scaled up in response to PJ.2.1. This novel saltation variant is spreading internationally, raising questions about the protection provided by updated vaccines and potential differences in host-cell interactions compared with previous variants. A strong example of why sustained genomic surveillance matters. #PJ21 🇪🇸

RFK Jr: The polio vaccine “killed many, many more people” than polio ever did. What absolute garbage I still can't believe he said this

New lineage to add to the 'active' list. The TX lineage reappeared (BA.1-derivative); hadn't seen it in a year. Classic mutations: K1795Q, K417T, H182D, S37P, s2M-fix, etc.

PJ.3.2 seems to be hitting the accelerator. These are the wastewater samples deposited in just the last week where it was present (based on 439K marker).

PSA. Flu season is starting very early this year. WW numbers aren't very high yet, but they are a couple of months ahead of schedule just about everywhere. Almost entirely H1N1. If you are getting a flu shot, don't put it off.

There is something really concerning (and disappointing) going on in the US right now. A dangerous and preventable situation. Let me explain. nextstrain.org/avian-flu/h5n… 1/

No medicine is perfect, including vax. But, vax outcomes are driven by medicine AND host. Humans are genetically diverse, so individual responses to the same stimus vary. Most vax responses are effective with minor side effects, but a VERY small minority are the opposite.

Had mRNA Covid jab Tues, last night high heart rate and arrhythmia warnings on monitor - told GP shouldn’t have it as heart condition but immunosuppressed and no Bimervax available. Where is the mRNA alternative @UKHSA @YvetteCooperMP @cv_cev @pippaheylings @NHSEngland

This is the successful "wild to mild" campaign that Kennedy canceled upon ascension. The money was already paid, BTW.

I know. It’s unbelievable how they’ve corrupted every learning from the Covid Inquiry. And don’t miss the follow-up🧵 about how the new guidance completely fails to take a ‘cautious approach to transmission risk’, which was the 1st recommendation from the Inquiry M3 report…