Very proud of my little brother picking up an award last week at #GLOMOAwards for his company #Cirrus360 (from 21:39)

Just found out I was ranked globally and nationally in top 0.2% for reads on (UK 36th out of 23,022; globally 122nd out of 90,953).

Who could benefit from #AdultMMR? 1) adults who have not received #MMR and have not had #measles 2) ditto #mumps 3) ditto #rubella 4) adults who had #MMR as children 5) under 1 year of age, who will be indirectly protected (increased herd immunity)

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@tonyworldvision I'm organising a panel session at Anticipation 24 on Robert Rosen's legacy, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of his death and 40th anniversary of the publication of Anticipatory Systems. Would you perhaps be interested in participating?

RT @lbns2023: @DerekGatherer gave a great talk on sweating sickness also known as “the English sweat” to conclude session 1 of the day. #LB…

"At" today (via the wonders of Teams).

Before #COVID19, when was the last #coronavirus #pandemic? Some have argued for 1889-1892 for the zoonosis of human #OC43 from bovine coronavirus, but in our new paper: we suggest 1899-1900, based on a review and replication of existing molecular data.

@BBCRadio3 Thanks for playing the beautiful "Dolencias" in yesterday's Essential Classics. When listening again on BBC Sounds, the song's author was given as "Anon." In fact it was written by Victor Valencia (1894-1966) from Machachi, Ecuador, and is an example of an "albazo".

How did the "English Sweat" live on in the popular imagination after its last outbreak in 1551? (apart from in #WolfHall) Some ideas: from #EEBO using #CQPweb, #digitalhumanities #EnglishSweat #SudorAnglicus #SweatingSickness #Tudor

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RT @williampdance: The project benefits from an outstanding team of linguists (@elenasemino, @DrClaireH, @vaclavbrezina, @ZsofiaDemjen, @al…

RT @williampdance: The goal is to arrive at a better understanding of both pro- and anti-vaccination views, alongside undecided views too.…

RT @williampdance: Working alongside Public Health England (@PHE_uk), the Department of Health and Social Care (@DHSCgovuk) and the Departm…

RT @williampdance: Using large-scale computer-aided discourse analysis, we will be able to explore over 200 years of vaccine perceptions fr…

RT @williampdance: Today is the first day of the new ESRC-funded @vaccine_project. A collaboration between @CorpusSocialSci, @LAEL_LU, @UC…

Today is the 35th anniversary of the acceptance of my first paper: "Assignment of the #gene for #dyskeratosis congenita to Xq28". The mid-80s were a tremendously exciting time in human #genetics. #Mendelian loci of all sorts were being located via #RFLP.

RT @LancasterUni: It's a snowy start to 2021 here in Lancaster. We're wishing you all the very best for a brighter year ahead! 🤞 #HappyNewY…

Our conclusion is that there does not seem to have been an unexplained #respiratory #pandemic in the 19th century (or at least none that were not labelled #influenza at the time -1830, 1848, 1890). In particular there was no #COVID-like event evident in newspaper reports. 7/end