Screenshot of Gov.uk website showing Guidance on the Outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease, South East England. "This alert outlines recommended courses of action to manage cases with infection and contacts." UK Health Security Agency Published 18 March 2026

Management of cases. Infection prevention and control (IPC) and personal protective equipment (PPE) For patients presenting with suspected meningococcal disease, standard infection prevention and control precautions should be followed in line with the National infection prevention and control manual for England (see Appendix 11). Use appropriate PPE (including Level 2 PPE where clinically indicated) for assessment and management of suspected IMD: - clinical staff should apply standard respiratory hygiene and infection control measures in routine clinical settings. - wear a fluid resistant surgical facemask for routine care of patients with suspected invasive meningococcal disease. - wear an FFP3 mask or Hood for aerosol-generating procedures performed on patients with suspected invasive meningococcal disease. - continue transmission-based precautions until the patient has been established on antibiotics for at least 24 hours. - no additional or enhanced IPC measures are required beyond those recommended in national guidance.

Am I in some sort of time warp? 🌀

This is *new* UK government guidance on invasive meningococcal disease.

Almost as if Module 3 of the #UKCovidInquiry hasn't just reported... 🤔

www.gov.uk/guidance/out...

You can read the report here:
www.covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/

#LongCovid #Children #LongCovidKids #UKCOVIDInquiry

You can read the report here:
www.covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/

#LongCovid #Children #LongCovidKids #UKCOVIDInquiry

You can read the report here:
www.covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/

#LongCovid #Children #LongCovidKids #UKCOVIDInquiry

You can read the report here:
www.covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/

#LongCovid #Children #LongCovidKids #UKCOVIDInquiry

You can read the report here:
www.covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/

#LongCovid #Children #LongCovidKids #UKCOVIDInquiry

You can read the report here:
www.covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/

#LongCovid #Children #LongCovidKids #UKCOVIDInquiry

It has been a long and emotional day, we will share more when we can. We are still digesting the report.

You can read the report here:
www.covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/

#LongCovid #Children #LongCovidKids #UKCOVIDInquiry

We are grateful to the children, young people and families who have shared their experiences and supported our work to ensure their voices are heard.

You can read the report here:
www.covid19.public-inquiry.uk/reports/

#LongCovid #Children #LongCovidKids #UKCOVIDInquiry

Article from Jan 30th 2026

“Unfortunately, we know that COVID-19 continues to cause severe illness in children,” said Dr. Rachel Herlihy, the state epidemiologist. “And as this death represents, we do see mortality associated with the virus.”

#LongCovidAwareness #LongCovid #UKCOVIDInquiry

Long Covid Patient Groups Call for Urgent Reform Ahead of Landmark UK Covid-19 Inquiry Report | Press Release | March 2026 Long Covid Kids, Long Covid SOS, Long Covid Physio and Long Covid Support issue their core demands ahead of the release of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s Module 3 landmark report today, 19th March.

Please contact each organisation for case studies and interviews, or email press@longcovidkids.org to be connected.
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#PressRelease #LongCovidPatientGroups #LongCovid #UKCOVIDInquiry #Module3

Today the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social will publish the report for Module 3.

We will share updates as soon as possible.

#LongCovidAwareness
#UKCovidInquiry #Module3

What they *should* have done was to beef up the PPE requirements of BSL 2 labs to allow them to be able to handle SARS2 more safely, not remove the requirements for PPE. 🤦

#UKCovidInquiry

There have been *multiple* contradictions during the #UKCovidInquiry.

In Module 2, Chris Whitty denied that SARS2 had been downgraded from a HCID because of the lack of PPE, saying it was to allow BSL2 labs to handle samples to speed up testing.

ukcovid19inquiry.dracos.co.uk/module-2/202...

I discovered yesterday that Dr Fowler had provided a witness statement to the #UKCovidInquiry, but was not called to speak at the hearings for Module 7.

She had significant criticisms for the way the TTI system relied wholly on PCR and ignored other tech.

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Saliva and swab-based RT-LAMP tests are more scalable than standard COVID-19 PCR tests. Their faster results are possible because several changes of temperature are not needed.

One of the flaws in the #UKCovidInquiry process seems to be a failure to properly assess what *should* have happened.

I was reminded yesterday of the failure to investigate and implement innotative testing strategies, in particular, Drs Veronica Fowler and Stephen Kidd's RT-LAMP tests.

UK Health Security Agency FLU IS SPREADING Stop the spread by: ▪ Washing hands regularly ▪ Catching coughs & sneezes in a tissue ▪ Opening windows when meeting indoors If you feel unwell ▪ Stay at home if you can ▪ Wear a mask if you need to go out. Background photo of a crowd of people wearing winter clothing.

Good to see UKHSA advising everyone to open windows to help stop the spread of airborne infectious diseases! But they are still over-emphasising handwashing, despite #UKCovidInquiry criticism of Government failures in communicating relative risk.

The fight for Justice on this avoidable tragedy has only just begun.

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/230000-deaths-and-the-...

#COVID19 #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #UKCOVIDInquiry #Health #Law #Justice #BorisJohnson #DominicCummings

Top World Health Organisation COVID-19 Advisor Bankrolled by Great Barrington Declaration Successor Organisation Nafeez Ahmed raises asks why the global health body is seeking input from scientists linked to the discredited theory of herd immunity by natural infection

@bylinetimes.bsky.social has provided excellent coverage throughout the pandemic of the biases and conflicts of interest that resulted in COVID being so lethally mismanaged. With H5N1 on the horizon, the #UKCOVIDInquiry has only scratched the surface of the errors and systemic failures involved.

Much of the emphasis is on the unsuitability of statutory sick pay's definition of "illness as usual", which does not account for chronic, fluctuating diseases like Long Covid, ME, and fibromyalgia.

#UKCovidInquiry

At March 2023, across the UK, for just the 381,000 [people with] Long Covid whose daily activities are "limited a lot": - 16.7% were no longer in paid work and had no work income. - 11.5% were no longer in paid work but were receiving work income such as sick pay or permanent health insurance. - 23.5% had reduced paid work hours. - £5.7 billion lost income from infection to Feb 2023 - cumulative total. - £4.8 billion cost of informal caregiving from infection to Feb 2023 - cumulative total.

He presents some stats from the ONS survey on Long Covid

#UKCovidInquiry

Mike Ormerod describes the effort it took for him and Natalie Rogers to prepare their witness statement for the #UKCovidInquiry, and the impact it had on their health as a result of the PEM/PESE it caused.

#UKCovidInquiry is dealing with the economic impact of the pandemic in the current module.

They are currently interviewing Mike Ormerod from @longcovidsupport.bsky.social #LongCovid

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xosP...

A graphic with a black background. At the top is the UK Covid-19 Inquiry logo. Below it, white text reads: “Wednesday 26th November – Mike Ormerod, Long Covid Support Representative will be giving evidence at the COVID Inquiry.” On the right is a photo of Mike Ormerod, a man with grey hair wearing glasses and a purple shirt, speaking into a microphone. A yellow line separates the text from the photo.

On Wed 26 Nov (tomorrow!) our volunteer Mike Ormerod will give evidence to UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 9 on the economic response, describing how Long Covid is affecting people’s work and finances.

You can watch on the livestream in the link below 👇

#LongCovid #UKCovidInquiry

Sector leaders ‘disappointed’ by pharmacy’s absence from Covid inquiry Pharmacy leaders disappointed that the Covid inquiry fails to mention the sector as pharmacists were ‘among the heroes of those dark days’.

Sector leaders ‘disappointed’ by pharmacy’s absence from Covid inquiry

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#Covid #UKCovidInquiry #CovidInquiry #UKpharmacy #pharmacy #pharmsky

Lady Hallett Shouldn’t Hold Her Breath, says Health Campaign Group November 21, 2025 The leaders of the COVID Airborne Transmission Alliance (CATA) are advising Baroness Hallett not to hold her breath while waiting for implementation of recommendations in the long-awaited Module 2 report of the long-running COVID-19 Inquiry. The group, formed to represent tens of thousands of healthcare professional and employee bodies, was a core participant for Module 3. It continues to highlight the UK’s failure to protect healthcare workers from life-changing respiratory diseases. BOHS - British Occupational Hygience Society - The Chartered Society for Worker Health Protection

Statement from CATA (COVID Airborne Transmission Alliance) in response to #UKCovidInquiry report into module 2:

"Lady Hallett Shouldn’t Hold Her Breath" while waiting for the UK Government to implement the Inquiry's recommendations

www.bohs.org/media-resour...

I guess the #UKCovidInquiry is mainly concentrated on *procedure* rather than *science*, and cannot rule on the latter.

But they seem totally inept at spotting when their witnesses wilfully misrepresent the scientific evidence they are supposed to be presenting.

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The families said they wanted all privileges Johnson received as a former prime minister - including his ministerial pension, his place on the privy council and access to the public duty costs allowance - to be withdrawn. “His actions during the pandemic amount to one of the gravest betrayals of the British public in modern history. His decisions, delays and refusal to listen to warnings cost tens of thousands of lives that could and should have been saved,” Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice UK said in a statement.

There must be consequences or UKGOV will do it again to us, with the next Pandemic.

#UKCovidInquiry #Democide #UKGOV #BorisJohnson

Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report Campaign group says it will pursue all legal means to ensure personal accountability for ‘grave betrayal’

He only uses those benefits to fund his parasitic lifestyle anyway, an easy move politically, surely?

Fuck that guy

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/21/covi...

#UKCovidInquiry #BorisJohnson #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS

Sector leaders ‘disappointed’ by pharmacy’s absence from Covid inquiry Pharmacy leaders disappointed that the Covid inquiry fails to mention the sector as pharmacists were ‘among the heroes of those dark days’.

Sector leaders ‘disappointed’ by pharmacy’s absence from Covid inquiry

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#Covid #UKCovidInquiry #CovidInquiry #UKpharmacy #pharmacy