Notices by Prof Christina Pagel (chrischirp@fediscience.org)

My latest substack on what looks like it will be a bad month for the NHS and those needing its services.

Flu is back, Covid is going up (driven by a new subvariant) and waning immunity means that for many it's still a pretty unpleasant experience.

https://tinyurl.com/3svmcu9x

Too many think that, in the end, NHS coped fine with covid

I'm planning a substack on what happened from 2020-21, inc ICU

I'd like to include ANONYMOUS quotes from FRONTLINE staff on what it was like, to bear witness

Please fill out & share! surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PKH9MRT

Too many seem to think that, in the end, NHS coped fine with covid.

I'm planning a substack on what happened from March 2020 to 2021, inc ICU

I'd like to include ANONYMOUS quotes from FRONTLINE staff on what it was like, to bear witness.

Please fill out & share!

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/PKH9MRT

25% increase week on week in Covid hospital admissions in England - increases seen across all regions except London. The latest wave continues.

Note that this is not (yet?) the new variant BA.2.86 ("Pirola") which is a small % of sequenced cases, but mostly Omicron XBB variants.

This news came just as Covid started so I missed it! but v excited to learn about a new vaccine that can prevent recurrent UTIs ! the bane of *so* many women's lives.
Available privately in the UK but hopefully will be available via the NHS at some point!
https://www.uhs.nhs.uk/whats-new/press-releases/researchers-say-vaccines-could-substantially-reduce-recurrent-urine-infections

My husband was given a bird feeder with camera for his birthday recently and it's proving very delightful...

Seems like next wave has started in England - Covid hospital admissions definitely up (and across all regions).

Zoe app also shows cases increasing.

Combo of CH.1.1 & XBB.1.5 sub variants now at around 40%.