Grace Hurford PhD
@ghurford.bsky.social
mountaineer, chutney/ cake maker, based in UK Lake District.❤️EU ; trying to be 💚; v lecturer in health policy leadership/MBA dissertation sup RKCollege Zurich.😷 masking until we get st vaccines. #LongCovidAdvocacy
So a severe bout of acute COVID and cause other viruses that live in your body eg EBV, CMV and anelloviruses, to reactivate and cause inflammation. So getting COVID is bad. Don’t get COVID. Wear an N95 in indoor public spaces Get vaccinated. Clean the air we all share and breathe.
Covid really does reach the parts other viruses …
Eric Topol@erictopol.bsky.social · 9h agoSevere Covid leads to persistent viral reactivation, with >10 different viruses noted in the first 40 days after hospital admission. Long Covid was specifically associated with reactivation of latent Anelloviridae virus @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
I think the second group pisses me off the most, because they should know better. we're talking Ivy League professors and serious FT columnists prospect.org/2025/08/01/2...
COVID Contrarians Are Wrong About Sweden - The American Prospect
Trying to ‘let it rip’ in early 2020 was a disaster.
prospect.org
A study shows male mice recovering from severe COVID-19 can pass anxiety-like traits to their offspring. The virus alters RNA molecules inside their sperm, suggesting a father's infection before conception could change how the next generation develops mentally. Source: archive.md/U7dad
We heard constantly about immunity debt, for which there is no scientific proof.
An excellent article debunking immunity debt. www.salon.com/2022/12/04/d...
Does your immune system need a workout? The bad science behind "immunity debt," explained - Salon.com
Immunity debt — the idea that our immune systems become weak if we're not exposed to pathogens — is a popular (and wrong) conception of how the body works
salon.com
Long Covid can affect anyone. It’s also majorly impacting our economy.
“Drinking Water Contaminant Exposures and Risk of Uterine Cancer.” Published July 22, 2026, JAMA Network Open doi.org/10.1001/jama...
Drinking Water Contaminant Exposures and Risk of Uterine Cancer
This cohort study examines the association between exposure to regulated drinking water contaminants and the risk of uterine cancer among female educators in California.
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Ultimately, Trump yielded, positioning Iran to exert control over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran will likely extend negotiations until his departure from office. It’s a regrettable loss of American lives and resources.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 22h agoThe U.S., Iran and Oman are closing in on an interim agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the U.S. aiming for a Wednesday announcement. -Axios
🔴 NEW 🔴 Campaigners are now demanding a parliamentary investigation into Reform MP Sarah Pochin following a donation to her office by food industry millionaires. 📝 @desmog.com & @goodlawproject.org report 👇🏻
Investigate Reform MP Over Donation, Campaigners Demand
Sarah Pochin, Reform UK MP for Runcorn and Helsby, is facing pressure over a £5,000 donation from food industry millionaires that stand to benefit from her campaigning. According to an investigation ...
desmog.com
The "rocket impact is only 1 tiny event, but it portends far more consequential impacts..More spacecraft, discarded hardware..proposals to mine...commercial activity...decisions in the name of progress without truly considering what is being sacrificed" kelseyjohnson367.substack.com/p/what-makes...?
What Makes a Rock Worth Protecting?
A rocket, the Moon, and the ethics of place.
kelseyjohnson367.substack.com
“This is a classic progression among those who seek to prevent a shift away from fossil fuels: first deny the problem, as the Daily and Sunday Telegraph have done for many years, then accept the problem but claim it’s now too late to act”. 🎯
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 18h agoMurderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
USA: "Yes, That ‘Summer Cold’ Really Might Be COVID (Again). What to Know About Bay Area Viral Levels." 🔸COVID-19 levels in Bay Area wastewater are rising again this summer, increasing 136% in July compared with June. Source: archive.md/uaXeC
And I have writen a book to help with that www.routledge.com/Green-Thinki...
Green Thinking: Unlearning Outdated Ideas in Science, Economics and Politics
Green Thinking is about unlearning, discarding damaging, outdated ideas deeply rooted in our societies. It seeks to “compost” the views of dead white men (René Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, Adam Smith, No...
routledge.com
Stolen valor from Mr. Bone Spurs. An insult to every man and woman who has worn the uniform.
A moment that changed me: I found a forbidden novel – it led to a dangerous, lasting love
A moment that changed me: I found a forbidden novel – it led to a dangerous, lasting love
Growing up in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, romance was frowned upon – as was much of my Uyghur culture. But one day, exploring a strange house, I found a gateway to both worlds
theguardian.com
Another upbeat energy article by Ambrose E-P in the Telegraph that also slaps the Tories over their green energy stance. archive.ph/Ypxmt
NEW: Israel has imprisoned an American teen. Soldiers raided Adam's West Bank home right before his sister’s grad party. They ignored his US passport. As they took him, they blew kisses at his mom. Adam is now the second American in Israeli prison. Trump just hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.
Israel Has Imprisoned a 16-Year-Old Palestinian-American Boy for Two Weeks
Adam Karakrah is one of at least two Americans in Israeli prison – both held while Trump hosted Netanyahu for the eighth time.
zeteo.com
Kemi Badenoch’s candidates: Grant Shapps out Former neo-Nazi with criminal record in open.spotify.com/episode/6WqM...
Should a former neo-Nazi be allowed to stand for election?
James O'Brien Daily · Episode
open.spotify.com
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
'Solar power supplied an unprecedented 14.4% of all electricity generated in the UK last month, surpassing its previous monthly high of 12.4% set in May. On 12 July solar accounted 18.8% of all power generated, coming close to the record of 19.5% set on 24 May.' www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Solar powers highest share of UK electricity ever after record July sunshine
Solar power supplied 14.4 per cent of all electricity generated in Britain last month
independent.co.uk
