@SafeDavid3

Health and Safety Consultant Former member of the CATA Exec Team. (CATA has now stood down, following completion of its role in the Inquiry Module 3:Healthcare)

 South West England
tridenthse.co.uk
Joined July 2021
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Science keeps learning more about COVID, and policy is always catching up. Researchers say it’s worth refreshing guidance as new evidence emerges, including how the virus spreads through the air and how we protect healthcare staff. 🎥 Watch: shh-uk.org/covid-19-health-p…
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🚨BOOKLET: HAS IPC GUIDANCE IN SCOTLAND & WALES LEARNT THE LESSONS OF THE COVID PANDEMIC? (Spoiler: the answer is NO!) I’m honoured that the brilliant folks @SupportingHH_UK were able to use content from my thread & transform it into an amazing booklet: shh-uk.org/new-ipc-guidance-…
Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧@_CatintheHatSep 28
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿NEW IPC GUIDANCE Scotland has quietly introduced a brand new approach to respiratory infection prevention & control in healthcare. This change has MAJOR consequences for both patients & staff. The story behind it is quite extraordinary so grab a cuppa & I’ll explain… 🧵
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We know #CovidIsAirborne. So why doesn’t our protection reflect that? SARS-CoV-2 spreads through infectious aerosols that can be inhaled. Does revised IPC guidance in Scotland and Wales reflect what we now know about respiratory transmission? shh-uk.org/new-ipc-guidance-…
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Replying to @alexmassie
Please also bear in mind that the NHS guidance which recommends just 6 air changes per hour in hospitals is “hopelessly out of date and completely unfit for purpose”, as highlighted by expert witnesses at the Covid Inquiry… /1
Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧@_CatintheHat26 Nov 2024
Replying to @_CatintheHat
I also wanted to add a few additional points about the importance of VENTILATION in infection control… During Prof Beggs’ hearing, he described how the current hospital ventilation guidelines (for general areas & wards) are hopelessly out of date & completely unfit for purpose.
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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 IPC GUIDANCE Following on from my previous 🧵 about Scotland’s new approach to IPC guidance for airborne respiratory pathogens, some new docs have been published - including this flow chart ⬇️ Can you spot the dangerous flaw in this approach? 👀 Read on to find out… /1
Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧@_CatintheHatSep 28
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿NEW IPC GUIDANCE Scotland has quietly introduced a brand new approach to respiratory infection prevention & control in healthcare. This change has MAJOR consequences for both patients & staff. The story behind it is quite extraordinary so grab a cuppa & I’ll explain… 🧵
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Diana Taylor@dianataylorabzOct 13
Replying to @EvonneTCurran @hugx4pets @P_H_S_Official
There really is no excuse for this nonsense in 2026 😡
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Equivalent to 5 university hospitals just with admitted cvd pts.... then add the hosp acquired pts & staff. Multiple 1000s of bed days lost to the virus again.
Rajeev Jayadevan@RajeevJayadevanOct 6
Rise of COVID-19 in England. “While there were 950 hospital admissions for Covid in August, the total jumped to 4,939 in September”. Test positivity rose from 1.6% to 8%
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Alan Barnard@alanbarnard1Oct 4
I wonder who will be the first senior practising healthcare leader to decide that enough is enough and that it is time to stop infecting patients (and other staff) with avoidable, life-shortening airborne viruses? See below
Tricia Dearborn@TriciaDearbornOct 2
Jfc. I thought this was the old one, where 74% of Covid cases in Welsh hospitals CAUGHT IT IN THE HOSPITAL. But no! This is current! And 71% of Covid cases in Welsh hospitals CAUGHT IT IN THE HOSPITAL. Have they thought of applying some ... infection control? At the hospitals?
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🚨RUSSIAN LAB WORKER DEAD FROM PNEUMONIC PLAGUE. FEARS OF OUTBREAK. According to WHO, pneumonic plague is: ▪️The MOST virulent form of plague ▪️Transmitted via respiratory particles (ie. airborne) ▪️Can be fatal within 18-24 hours of onset, if untreated. themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/0…
Annie Jacobsen
@AnnieJacobsenOct 2
🚨Breaking. There's been a pneumonic plague outbreak at a BSL-3 lab in Siberia, Russia.🚨 "Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague" - Moscow Times This is fact, and also the inciting incident in my book BIOLOGICAL WAR: A SCENARIO, which is unnerving. Will post more as I learn more, including from Russian speaking sources🧵 shorturl.at/De4kW

Nearly 200 People Under Observation After Irkutsk Lab Worker Dies From Plague

Health authorities in Siberia’s Irkutsk region have placed nearly 200 people under medical observation after a laboratory worker died from plague, according to media reports and a statement by a...

themoscowtimes.com
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🚨NHS HOSPITALS DECLARING CRITICAL INCIDENTS These alerts have all been posted in the last 3 days. It’s not even October yet. Flu season hasn’t got going yet. This should not be happening… …and yet it is, because there’s another pesky virus we’re not allowed to mention 🤫
Dan O'Hara@skeuomorphologySep 28
NHS alerts today: - East Kent Hospitals: critical incident, beds are full - Calderdale and Huddersfield NHSFT: under pressure with respiratory disease - Wrightington Wigan and Leigh, and Newham Hospital (Barts): A&E under pressure
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Alan Barnard@alanbarnard1Sep 21
Replying to @Winstonefc
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Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧@_CatintheHatSep 20
Replying to @InclusiveNew
Oh blimey. Not this again. This came up in the Covid Inquiry. It’s absolutely ridiculous. Of course respirators should be worn by infectious people - just not respirators with valves! It’s not exactly rocket science. But these IPC folks appear not to understand basic science.
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Alan Barnard@alanbarnard1Sep 21
Replying to @Rob66733000
In the UK, when masks were back in stock in summer 2020, the govt maintained the droplet lie. In fact, they maintain the lie even to this day. I have letters signed in the last year by Govt Ministers saying SC2 is droplet spread. You can read about the scandal in tweets below…
Alan Barnard@alanbarnard1Sep 19
Replying to @kadamssl @EvonneTCurran
In the UK, those leading the pandemic response knowingly and deliberately lied that SARS2 was spread by droplet. They told HCWs they would be safe wearing FRSMs. The cover-up continues to this day. You can read about the scandal in press release linked below…
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This is an ongoing outrage
Gwladwr@gwladwrOct 1
Nosocomial Covid Infections in Wales 'Number of inpatient Covid-19 cases in hospital in Wales' On 27 September 2026, at least 71% of inpatient Covid cases in Wales were the result of hospital-acquired SARS-CoV-2 infection... (PHW data and table)
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Alan Barnard@alanbarnard1Sep 26
Replying to @markzphoto
In the UK, those leading the pandemic response knowingly and deliberately lied that SARS2 was spread by droplet. They told HCWs they would be safe wearing FRSMs. The cover-up continues to this day. You can read about the scandal in press release linked below…
David Osborn@SafeDavid3Mar 13
CATA (Covid Airborne Transmission Alliance) has today issued this press release ahead of next Thursday's publication of the Inquiry's module 3 report: tinyurl.com/CATA-press-relea…
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This sentence in NHS Scotland’s new IPC guidance is a damning illustration of the sheer incompetence & ignorance of those who wrote it: “RPE should never be worn by an infectious person as the respirator filters incoming air & not the air being expelled by the wearer” ❌ WRONG!
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crr@crr7310Sep 21
Replying to @Comm_in_Care @_CatintheHat @InclusiveNew @Ninawildflower @LucyGoBag @drseanmullen @Its_Airborne @barryjmjones @SafeDavid3 @gwladwr @Saffiya_Khan1 @SupportingHH_UK @EvonneTCurran @GoodLawProject @ELHopkins @PeteUK7 @annesmithmcc @michael_hoerger @PrognosticChats @GourlaySyd @Starseeker1986 @alitwy @cv_cev @BarryHunt008 @ZeroCovidScot @1goodtern @BehindWards @mdc_martinus
So many bad things appeared to have been done by IPC. I have been part of meetings where they admitted they didn’t know what they were doing
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Replying to @Comm_in_Care @_CatintheHat @InclusiveNew @Ninawildflower @LucyGoBag @drseanmullen @Its_Airborne @barryjmjones @SafeDavid3 @gwladwr @Saffiya_Khan1 @SupportingHH_UK @crr7310 @EvonneTCurran @GoodLawProject @ELHopkins @PeteUK7 @annesmithmcc @michael_hoerger @PrognosticChats
CATA Exec team forensic analysis/FoI show IPC Cell mtg minutes were EDITED to remove: precautionary approach consensus & FFP3 masks👇🏼 #Accountability #Liability #HCW @GourlaySyd @Starseeker1986 @alitwy @cv_cev @BarryHunt008 @ZeroCovidScot @1goodtern @BehindWards @mdc_martinus
Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧@_CatintheHatMar 18
Replying to @_CatintheHat
Here’s the link to the two sets of minutes from the IPC Cell meeting on 22 Dec 2020: 1. Original draft minutes (obtained by FOI, but seemingly never disclosed to the Inquiry): ia801407.us.archive.org/23/i… 2. Final AMENDED minutes (disclosed to the Inquiry): covid19.public-inquiry.uk/wp…
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VACCINE COST-EFFECTIVENESS I want to talk about vaccine cost-effectiveness analysis & the methods used to determine eligibility for various vaccines. You might think there’d be a consistent methodology for this important analysis… …but apparently not. Let’s dig into it… 🧵
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According to the revised Scottish infection & prevention control manual for healthcare workers ""RPE [FFP3] should never be worn by an infectious person as the respirator filters incoming air and not the air being expelled by the wearer." 🧵
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What defence? The guidance was wrong AGPs as a risk factor was nonsense ICUs as the highest risk place, wrong Sockpiles poor/unavailable Engineered IPC absent Droplets were fantasy land Post exposed/infected care HCW abysmal Honesty to HCWs non-existent Apologies non existent
David Osborn@SafeDavid3Sep 13
Does anyone find this headline 'sticks in the craw'?
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