Flattening the curve was the wrong policy. Suppression would have reduced the risk of mutation as well as deaths. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Thanks #Liverpool for showing how to test in a #CovidSMART way tackling the pandemic together. Rapid, low-cost tests: now identifying a third of new #COVID19 cases in Liverpool - evaluated at news.liverpool.ac.uk/2020/12/23/cov… @louiseckenny University of Liverpool Science Media Centre UK Prof Matt Ashton FFPH FRSPH FRCP Professor Calum Semple OBE

Nearly 40k parents have responded to our survey, staggering. We can see how desperate things are, the impact #nationallockdown is having. We want to get to 50,000 by tomorrow eve (Sunday). Together, we are a force Boris cannot ignore. Can you help us? surveymonkey.co.uk/r/2021WorkingP…

Concerns about outdoor transmission risk seem to be trending again. What is the risk of transmission outdoors and should we be more worried about outdoors with the new more-transmissible variant? 🧵(1/n)

Press brief: Once again, no attention to the key public health intervention to ensure isolation of existing cases and contacts. Everything discussed was about risks and vaccines. And not a single journalist asked about the rumoured payment to people testing positive. Hugh Pym

'Johnson’s UK stands alongside Donald Trump’s US as a cautionary tale of what happens when a ragtag bunch of cash-in merchants, state-haters and incompetent braggarts are allowed to run a country in grave danger.' My column theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We were pleased to welcome the National Statistician, Sir Ian Diamond, to present this year’s ONS Research Excellence Awards. Here he is joined by our brilliant winners. #ResearchCapability21

PHI colleagues also wishing the fantastic Zara Quigg all the best for her lecture this evening. We can’t wait to hear all about your research journey to Professor ✨

Get ready for our Protect Pupils, protect Education Day of Action tomorrow. Read below about how you can tweet your MPs and call on Westminster to bring in safer measures in schools. #ProtectPupils #ProtectEducation action.unison.org.uk/page/94688/twe…

Counting the economic cost of violence in our region - latest Public Health @ LJMU & Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership report highlights the importance of early intervention & prevention work #Violence #PublicFunding Zara Quigg Lisa Jones #ljmu

📖 New paper from Nadia Butler, Zara Quigg, Rebecca Bates, Lisa Jones, Dr Emma Ashworth (she/her) & public health colleagues in Sefton explores the role of family, school and peer support in protecting mental wellbeing: link.springer.com/article/10.100… (OA). Follow thread for an explainer…

New paper in #PLOSONE. Early detection and diagnosis of alcohol-related cognitive impairment (ARCI) is crucial. We summarise evidence relating to criteria used in clinical studies to detect ARCI and explore how they have been adapted/validated over time. dx.plos.org/10.1371/journa…

🙏JOIN US - lecturer in evidence synthesis shaping development of our evidence theme covering multiple applied topics & methods development for Liverpool Reviews and Implementation Group (LRiG) Institute of Population Health #jobs #evidencesynthesis #systematicreviews #HTA #liverpool 📆 closing end of Feb 23 🔗 jobs.ac.uk/job/CXD831/

🚨 We are delighted to announce that the 12th International Conference on Nightlife, Substance Use & Related Health Issues returns to Liverpool in November 2023. Register now for the special discount (abstract announcement coming soon) 🎇💃🕺🪩💖 theclubhealthconference.com

The Telegraph coverage misses the basic fact every country faced with COVID: a wave of cases meant a wave of hospitalisations then a wave of deaths. Emergency lockdowns happened when health services were breaking. Bc of too many cases (1/4) ->

Great achievement to have our first paper from the RECOstudy published in the @TheLancetPsych today 🎉

Britain is in crisis, yes. But to say there is no money to rebuild our industry and infrastructure, or to restore our public services, is simply not true. The top 50 families have more wealth than half our population. #Labour #WealthTax 3/6⬇️

🚨We are advertising for three Research Fellows (fixed term to Dec 2028) to join our team working with Liverpool City Council and other partners to develop the Health Determinants Research Collaboration Liverpool. Closing date 13/02/2025, apply here: jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancies/9797…