Fiona Godlee
@fgodlee
Advocate for environment and public health
Ambassador, UK Health Alliance on Climate Change
Trustee, The Eden Project
Former Editor in chief, The BMJ
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24-10-2008 10:20:48
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Heading north to join #ridefortheirlives #cop26 . Well done to all of you already riding for children’s futures. See you tonight #bmj_latest
London needs a #covidhotelprogram like NYC for those who can’t self isolate Sadiq Khan Professor Chris Whitty www1.nyc.gov/site/helpnowny…
Editor of the BMJ Fiona Godlee has written to the New York Times asking for an urgent correction of its article today on ‘vaccine mixing’ in UK saying is seriously misleading. Here’s original article which quotes 4 US and 0 British voices on what is UK story. nytimes.com/2021/01/01/hea…
.Robert Cuffe answers the question 'what is news?' OK, it's perhaps a little more nuanced than that, but a good test to bear in mind.
#SciComms #covidunknowns #CommunicatingUncertainty
Johan Giesecke gives the view from Sweden. The controversial Swedish approach is often regarded as completely laissez-faire. These slides (thread) show that it is not. This shows the regulations, the next slides show recommendations (which are widely implemented). #covidunknowns
UK to learn lots from sub-Saharan Africa and Covid-19 response. Thank you Marguerite M. Loembe #covidunknowns @LAMRNStillbirth
Compare Sweden and Norway approach to covid which is built on high level of public trust. 80 percent public comply without punitive fines and legislation. Uk governments take note #covidunknowns
Next week The BMJ is hosting our next #COVID19 webinar, this one on management of respiratory failure
Hosted by Navjoyt Ladher with Susan Wilcox, MD @NickHartThorax ThoraxBMJ Luigi Camporota & Stefano Nova
Find out more and register here: ow.ly/OwvM50Cqjp9
If you haven't been able to get onto #covidunknowns The BMJ MRC IEU today then the whole event will be available on The BMJ youtube channel within a week - will be tweeted with #covidunknowns when it is available
If anyone like me hasn't managed to get to the The BMJ #covidunknowns session today check out Dr Kit Byatt's feed
It's comprehensive, succinct and has well annotated notes. Thank you! 🙏🏽
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