Claire Dow

@clairedow1.bsky.social

Consultant Geriatrician, Divisional Director for Medicine / ED, Whipps Cross University Hospital Nye Bevan cohort 31 alumnus Strictly and Eurovision fan

Not a great photo, but 8500 steps done today as 'medical foundation year 28' doctor in ED. Have 2 days off as colleagues covering this weekend (as I'm on call next weekend) Wonder if I'll beat that total on Monday and Tuesday when I'm back

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Incredible T20 performance from England against South Africa. 304-2 Third highest T20 international score ever and the highest in a game between test nations. 141 for Phil Salt. Highest individual score by a English player. 7th highest of all time.

If you have a secret or hidden phone, the government's Emergency Alerts could reveal your device, even if it's on silent or do not disturb. The government is testing emergency alerts on Sunday 7 September. If you're worried this could reveal a phone, you can follow this guide to turn off the alerts

How to keep your phone safe from Emergency Alerts.Steps to secure your iPhone
1. Search your settings for 'emergency alerts'
2. Turn off 'Severe alerts' and 'Emergency alerts'
3. If this does not work, contact your device manufacturer.Steps to secure your Android:
1. Search your settings 'emergency alerts'
2. Turn off 'Severe alerts' and 'Emergency alerts'
3. On Huawei devices running EMUI 11 or older, search your settings for ‘emergency alerts’ and turn off 'Extreme threats', 'Severe threats', and 'Show amber alerts'
4. If this does not work, contact your device manufacturer.Other mobile phones and tablets:
Depending on your software version or phone manufacturer, emergency alert settings may be called different names. They could be called 'wireless emergency alerts' or 'emergency broadcasts'.

You can usually find these settings in one of the following ways.
- Go to 'message', then 'message settings', then 'wireless emergency alerts', then 'alert'
- Go to ‘settings’, then ‘sounds’, then ‘advanced’, then ‘emergency broadcasts’
- Go to ‘settings’, then ‘general settings’, then ‘emergency alerts’
Then turn off ‘severe alerts’, ‘extreme alerts’ and ‘test alerts’.

Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.

So votes in the house (1 each as its my phone bill!) have gone to Sweden, Netherlands, Italy and Austria (but eldest thinks he should have voted for someone other than Austria now!)

Really not sure who is going to win tonight. Netherlands and Denmark performances much better than semi final, Malta and Finland bonkers and Sweden makes me smile (and can't get the tune out of my head)