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Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
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Prof Operational Research @UCL_CORU, . Member of @independentsage. only posting now at chrischirp at bluesky. christinapagel.substack.com
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
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    Mar 6, 2025
    To clarify: I am only posting now on BlueSky. Do consider coming over there and stop using this hellsite! Writing this to pin to my profile to make it crystal clear.
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
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    Feb 10, 2022
    THREAD: I keep being asked when we can go "back to normal" or "like it was before". My personal thoughts: We've added a new disease to our population, more infectious and more severe than flu. The world pre 2020 no longer exists - we may want it to, but it just doesn't. 1/13
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
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    Mar 2, 2023
    My husband was given a bird feeder with camera for his birthday recently and it's proving very delightful...
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
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    Jan 9, 2022
    Also "learning to live with covid" would actually involve some learning. For instance creating safer environments through mass investment in clean air. Pretending covid is not a problem is not the same thing.
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
    @chrischirp
    Aug 25, 2022
    SHORT THREAD: Was just on @BBCNews responding to the comments made by Sunak & backed by Truss saying scientists had too much power, lockdowns were a mistake etc 1. They are rewriting what happened - the situation pre vaccine was very very scary with 150K dying pre wide vax. 1/7
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
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    Jan 28, 2021
    since this interview seems to have upset certain people I am retweeting. Judge for yourself if you think I am being unfair! #HardlineCentrist
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
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    Jan 26, 2021
    Giving some examples on @BBCOne @BBCNews just now about why we we could have - and should have - avoided more than100,000 people dying from Covid.
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
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    Feb 11, 2022
    That 🔥🔥from Germany... theguardian.com/world/2022/feb…
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
    @chrischirp
    Jan 3, 2021
    THREAD - Covid-19 in England. Things are going from very bad to much worse. Here is where we are in 9 tweets. 1/9
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
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    Feb 10, 2022
    Replying to @chrischirp
    Fundamentally, world is different now. Acting as if it isn't, which UK seems determined to do, may feel good in short term but will result in a new normal worse than the old one. I prefer for us to build a new normal that's *better* than frequent sickness & disruption. 13/13
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
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    Feb 10, 2022
    Replying to @chrischirp
    We *can't* go back - but we *can* go forward *if* we accept we need some adaptations - driven by what we have *learned*. Learning: 1. Outdoors is pretty safe - so let's invest research and funding into making indoor air as much like the outdoors as possible 4/13
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
    @chrischirp
    Sep 26, 2024
    Prof @Kevin_Fong giving the most devastating and moving testimony to the Covid Inquiry of visiting hospital intensive care units at the height of the second wave in late Dec 2020. The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope. Please watch this 2min clip.
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
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    Feb 10, 2022
    Replying to @chrischirp
    It's *not* easy, but it *is* possible - we did it with clean water, electricity infrastructure, CFCs, telephone and broadband... The best thing about cleaner indoor air is it works against *any* airborne disease and also reduces e.g. allergies. 5/13
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
    @chrischirp
    Jan 4, 2022
    Admitting the parts of the NHS will be overwhelmed, that NHS on war footing, heart attack patients being advised to get a lift & not rely on ambulance... This is not living with it. expecting 1000s of teachers and 10,000s of students to get sick is not living with it.
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    Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social
    @chrischirp
    Jul 23, 2021
    LONG COVID THREAD: The people running the BBC Horizon "Great British Intelligence Test" challenge on over 80,000 people took the opportunity to see if they could detect any differences by whether people had had covid or not...
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