Wut. Tx UK but there's still a trail of destruction, of messed up plans, broken hearts, shattered businesses and lost money in the wake of that decision

Some of these anti-vaxxers wouldn't be alive had they not been vaccinated when they were babies

The Book Lounge's 21 Bestsellers of 2021! Among them two Karavan Press titles: 4. AN ISLAND by Karen Jennings 16. A HIBISCUS COAST by Nick Mulgrew karavanpress.com/2021/12/15/the…

I fucking live for unhinged Victorian Christmas cards. Some years I just share the terror with friends, and others I choose to spread the chaos. This year I pick the latter. Let’s start with the truly inexplicable. Frog + beetle waltz Sky jellyfish Mutant beet-man GOAT 🧵

Today I feel angry that SA does not have access to cheap (if not free) self testing for COVID. It’s all nice having PCR tests for “cases” but does it actually help? Sometimes yes, but many times, no. Today, more than ever I believe in the value of a rapid result. >> 🧵🪡

How far along are we with the public/private partnerships in healthcare? Paying R500 for a covid test during a pandemic is a scam. The NHLS is overburdened, but a private test is inaccessible to most SAfricans and there aren’t alternatives.

Why no lateral flow tests at cheap prices for all South Africans? SAHPRA National Department of Health or are we going to get told that easy access to testing is "not needed" "waste of resources" "not useful" 🤔

“There is greater recognition that, in the face of a hyper-contagious variant like #omicron, quarantining and isolation are no longer effective as public health measures to contain the virus,” per ⁦Francois Venter⁩. Implications for China/Olympics? nytimes.com/2021/12/24/wor…

For a group of people who regularly chant, “We refuse to live in fear!”… The Covid denialists seem awfully afraid of a safe vaccine. #VaccinesWork

For those of you who have had your COVID-19 vaccines, but never got the flu vaccine, read this. US-focused, but a lovely thread. Never understood people who don't get the flu vaccine - it is another horrible virus.

I think today is a great day to remember Archbishop Desmond Tutu. 2/2/22. (Tu Tu Tutu). As a rude schoolboy I made a Tutu tutu train whistle noise when he was blocking the exit to our school hall. His face lit up, he pumped his arms and chuffed himself out of the way. #Tutu

I just re-read this book while on holiday at the Red Sea. It’s been 8 years since the first time and it’s even more compelling, moving, funny and terrifying the second time around. This is one I’m never lending out! Thanks Tom Eaton for The Wading.

We need to stop patronizing and judging cancer patients based on misguided battle talk analogies. Cancer isn’t an opponent in some war game you can stomp out by mindset or determination. Besides, the battle metaphor takes no account of the sheer randomness of the disease.

🤗 It's okay if all you did today today was survive ♥️ 👩‍🎨Artist: Liberal Jane Illustration

My piece on Alzheimer’s screening is out today

To all the readers who followed my Oysterhood Diaries: Howard is my amazing, wonderful, super-talented neighbour. He and his wife are the best neighbours in the world. I can't wait for the walkabout!

Quality rant

My father and brother gave an interview today to Mail Online. I won’t go through all the points - recollections may indeed differ - but one deserves pause as it is painful in many ways.