Ruth Brooker
@ruthbrooker.bsky.social
Teller of stories. Drinker of wine. Parent to small boys and trying not to lose my brains. Travel by bike. Magazine writer on pause. Clean Air Campaigner #CleanAirforKids https://www.cleanairforkids.co.uk/
UN campaign progress update : 1/⚡️Another global CEO at the centre of climate health + economic change now gets what is happening to our pop health for the first time and is mobilising his influential policy/ design networks for us. #protecthumanbiosystems messaging is working!
They are doing something very important: put serious money behind clean indoor air. That is very good news and there is a high likelyhood this will result in advancements to this neglected field, but I think they could have an even bigger impact with some changes So I wrote a short Essay on it:
Blog — Indoor CO₂ Atlas
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Linsey Marr@linseymarr.bsky.social · 2mo agoWe treat respiratory infections like the cold and flu as minor nuisances. The evidence increasingly suggests they’re anything but. I'm excited to be an advisor for Intercept, a $500M bet to make them a thing of the past. interceptfund.substack.com/p/e9438538-4...
🚨Here's a longer 7-tweet🧵 Ruth posted on XTwitter about this 🎯 #CleanAir campaign. threadreaderapp.com/thread/20643... Great design & implementation👏
Thread by @erbrooker on Thread Reader App
@erbrooker: This was a headscratcher. How do you... Highlight an issue that isn't well understood Draw attention to the clean air campaign Represent this positively Have a message that makes people cu...
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Ruth Brooker@ruthbrooker.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt's time to... Care About Air! Hand-painted mural on North Street, Bristol UK.. to support the Clean Air for Kids campaign.
1/ "The #CleanAirForKids campaign has calculated that over the 20-year lifetime of an air filter running all day in schools during term times, including installation & running expenses, it would cost less than a tenner per child per year... @ruthbrooker.bsky.social youtu.be/27cH_0E8HQQ?...
Statement on Schools' Air Quality in House of Lords
YouTube video by Ruth Brooker
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It's time to... Care About Air! Hand-painted mural on North Street, Bristol UK.. to support the Clean Air for Kids campaign.
We have a VERY right wing media landscape. Everyone knows Brexit is shit but THEY have turned it into this sacred thing and ANY serious politician who stands a hope of leading this country has to bow down before the solid shit statue that is it's God..
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... “This study provides evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection may strongly induce autoimmunity.” Don’t think mild or no symptoms. Think what could happen after any Covid infection. We have no health warnings on this.
Autoimmunity following SARS-CoV-2 infection and vaccination: Systematic review and meta-analysis
To systematically review and meta-analyze the available evidence on the association between SARS-CoV-2 infection, COVID-19 vaccination, and the develo…
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GO AQS Launches “GO IAQS for Schools”: A Global Initiative to Thriving Classrooms GO AQS (Global Open Air Quality Standards) is proud to announce the introduction of GO IAQS for Schools, a strategic plan designed to transform educational environments from passive shelters into active,…
GO AQS Launches “GO IAQS for Schools”: A Global Initiative to Thriving Classrooms
GO AQS (Global Open Air Quality Standards) is proud to announce the introduction of GO IAQS for Schools, a strategic plan designed to transform educational environments from passive shelters into active, health-protective zones. This global intervention establishes a new standard for student wellness by moving away from generic ventilation advice toward enforceable, health-based performance metrics. A New Paradigm for School Health…
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It has taken over five years of murderous chaos for Republican voters to start to see what was obvious all along: that Donald Trump should not be trusted with a box of matches, let alone the most powerful office on Earth. That's the power of propaganda for you.
Six years of being ignored. Yesterday that changed... Four CVF members set the record straight. Starting with @larawong.bsky.social sharing our official statement: 1/
Sometimes people go inside churches and temples to protect their spirit, but air quality can be very unhealthy for the body. Candles release lots of harmful small particles (aka PM2.5) inside closed spaces. For reference, this concentrations are way worse than walking in New Delhi. #AirQuality
A quick snap; about to talk at University College Cork at the seminar on air quality in schools.. just before Easter. Thanks to Dr Ciara Steele for the pic. . It was a really great day; humbled to be part of the conversation. More info to come...
He is insane. And this is an open declaration of intended genocide. If any other world leader said this, there would be sanctions and an arrest warrant, not just for him, but for his whole regime.
Best for Britain, the most strategic of the pro-Europe organisations, asking supporters to push for a more radical approach from the government. There's a real feeling now that the wind is in our sails open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...
An important update about Best for Britain’s future work
By Cal Roscow
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We don't have to watch more young people fall victim to #LongCovid! Labour must implement Lady Hallett's recommendations in last week's UK Covid-19 Inquiry Module 3 Report ✅️ Clean Air in Healthcare Why don't CV kids have rights to reasonable adjustments? #CleanAir should be a basic right for all!
Natalie Bennett@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 5mo agoSuch a powerful account I heard at the weekend about a young woman bedridden with very severe Myalgic Encephalomyelitis following Covid-19 in 2021. We need to talk a lot more about #LongCovid www.theredtreeandme.com/p/red-leaves...
I threw a Martha-Stewart-inspired Midnight Omelette Party, managed to get 30 people to come along, was allowed to write 2700 words about it by the brilliant @harrietfl.ft.com and it somehow ended up on the front cover of FT Weekend. READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE as.ft.com/r/96e10343-7... (gift link 🍳)
How the Covid Disinformation Ecosystem was established Network mapping the international network's development in 2020, with a particular focus on the UK. open.substack.com/pub/counterd...
How the Covid Disinformation Ecosystem was established
Network mapping the international network's development in 2020, with a particular focus on the UK.
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Thanks @elliechowns.bsky.social . #LongCovid sufferers are some of the most #marginalised in our society. @greenparty.org.uk is the only party with policy on this. @zackpolanski.bsky.social @carladenyer.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social #LongCovidAwarenessDay #EveryHeartbeatCounts
How long do the effects of Covid really last? Researchers are still discovering new neurological issues.
How Covid Quietly Rewires the Brain
Researchers keep discovering more about the long-term neurological effects of SARS-CoV-2.
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Labour is investing billions to rebuild crumbling and unfit schools.🏫 All RAAC material will be removed and we are climate proofing schools for the next generation. We are also putting in £300 million worth of tech upgrades.👩💻 Labour is putting young people at the heart of government.🌹
Join us and @airsupportproject.bsky.social on Sunday, Feb 22nd, 12 noon ET / 5pm GMT for a conversation about cancer and COVID with guests Ruth Brooker of Clean Air for Kids UK, and Arijit Chakravarty, COVID educator. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/neiR4EXlTUiZEauB6p-fJw#/registration
This strikes a painful chord. A memory of our own flag being taken down from the EU buildings. An end to cooperation. So symbolic, isolating and shameful.
Olga Nesterova@onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 7mo agoWHO removing Us Flag
Chickenpox vaccine could eradicate the virus in the UK in a decade www.thetimes.com/article/90ad...
Chickenpox vaccine could eradicate the virus in the UK in a decade
A new programme will offer the vaccine alongside the MMR jab, with the goal of creating herd immunity
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Get Ready for the Forever Plague. "Public health officials gambled with the future and chose a fantasy world instead. Now COVID has become a runaway train with unknown biological consequences." Published: July 2022 Source: archive.md/Of1Jb
Clean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance: bsky.app/profile/mama...
TorontoBikeMama@mamatoronto.bsky.social · 8mo agoClean air for kids & staff in schools & daycares shouldn’t be controversial No IAQ policy at any level of govt ensuring indoor air is clean & safe to breathe atm Petition to Toronto Board of Health to direct TO Public Health to adopt Health🇨🇦's new IAQ Guidance preview.mailerlite.io/preview/1297...
Study in Helsinki indicating benefits of portable air cleaners on lowering infection risk in daycare centers, less absences & parent absences from work in intervention vs. reference (no air cleaner) groups. Cleaning indoor air is not difficult and it works. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The effect of room air cleaners on infection control in day care centres
The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of air cleaning in reducing the risk of respiratory infection in two day care centres using a si…
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