Jim McManus OCDS,FFPH 🏴🏳️🌈 🇺🇦
@jimmcmanusph
Followers
10,089
Following
3,800
Media
1,911
Statuses
37,484
Director @PublicHealthW | Hon Prof @UniofHerts | Fellow @RoyalSocBio @BPsOfficial @FPH @the_issr HonoraryVP @The_CIEH Trustee @StJoHospice @BSPHNetwork
🇻🇦🏴🏳️🌈
Joined May 2011
Don't wanna be here?
Send us removal request.
Explore trending content on Musk Viewer
casilla
• 534862 Tweets
#EleccionesMéxico2024
• 365723 Tweets
Flamengo
• 307405 Tweets
緊急速報
• 178056 Tweets
緊急地震速報
• 171574 Tweets
O Vasco
• 151208 Tweets
Whindersson
• 99769 Tweets
Gabriel
• 92941 Tweets
地震大丈夫
• 69165 Tweets
能登地方
• 65949 Tweets
震度5強
• 63728 Tweets
Gabigol
• 56443 Tweets
Yankees
• 48444 Tweets
Arrascaeta
• 41301 Tweets
能登半島
• 41075 Tweets
#FileninSultanları
• 38161 Tweets
Vargas
• 38027 Tweets
地震警報
• 36732 Tweets
Cruzeiro
• 33779 Tweets
Soto
• 28437 Tweets
Natalie
• 21563 Tweets
#ConexiónHonduras13
• 19173 Tweets
目覚まし
• 15384 Tweets
Pham
• 15072 Tweets
Maicon
• 13383 Tweets
Marlon
• 12500 Tweets
Pinned Tweet
"True statecraft is manifest when, in difficult times, we uphold high principles and think of the long-term common good" Francis. Laudato Si. Para 178
0
7
36
Trying not to be grumpy but I’m not best pleased this morning at being told off by an “Exec” with a £500 briefcase for “encouraging” a rough sleeper by buying him breakfast. So I’m buying us both breakfast...and we’re both eating it together on the street. People need to eat. Grr
39
64
541
A number of us have been talking about
#mentalhealth
impact of COVID-19. Working across a number of colleagues we've been working on a community of practice. Here's a summary from research I've been able to look at of current impacts as a bit of a ready reckoner.
#publichealth
32
369
536
If you were mixing socially on Christmas Day, in contact with someone with Covid and got infected, you may have no idea yet you’ve even picked it up. But you will be most infectious around New Year’s Eve. Are you mixing for New Year? are you sure you won’t be infecting people?
12
382
434
A v unexpected surprise in today’s post!
@FPH
@ADPHUK
@MaggieRae20
reading the letter had me in tears, especially given endless hours of service Maggie Rae has put in. Thank you a million times.
#publichealth
(PS remind me not to play poker with you lot. You kept that v quiet!)
80
19
322
Big shout out to my
#publichealth
colleagues this evening across the nation. We will win this. This is what we trained for. This is what we do. Keep on being amazing .
#COVID19
10
84
292
Tonight I’m clapping for the key workers - delivery people, posties, supermarket workers, drivers, teachers, school nurses, social care, waste collectors and hundreds, hundreds more workers alongside the NHS . You are all amazing 👏🏻👏🏻
#clapforcarers
#clapforkeyworkers
5
40
295
Wow! What a privilege to collect this. And I got to make every publichealth person in the room stand. They’ll get me for that.a million thank yous to our wonderful local government family
Kicking off the
#LGCAwards
tonight, we start with a very special award - the winner of the Editor's Award is Directors of Public Health and their teams
#LGA
#Localgovernment
#localgov
#publichealth
#ADPH
15
42
175
10
28
247
First day off after 32 full days in a row working. thanks to colleagues standing in today. I have to say
@sciencemuseum
is a wonderful place to spend an afternoon off. Great cup of tea too. New maths and medicine galleries brilliant .
24
4
201
firefighters, Vol sector, care workers, registrars, waste collection and disposal, highways, maintenance,
#publichealth
staff, children’s services, schools, social care, money advisors. And MANY more . Every bit as vital as our
#NHS
to get us through this crisis.
#councilscan
3
66
199
Caught up with colleague today who kept trying and failing to quit smoking. I persuaded her a year ago to switch to
#vaping
. She’s back to cycling/swimming, no longer breathless and has found the money to fund her Master’s degree. folk like this are just amazing.
#publichealth
3
44
167
9 virtual meetings 12 phone calls 19 problems solved , 200 emails done, 1 strategy written, 1 GREAT cycle ride, LOTS of key workers clapped for, 6 eggs found (yay!) 1 desk chair built, vulnerable neighbour’s bread delivered. Phew! Resolve stronger than ever
#adayinthelifeofadph
7
10
152
I’m sure
#publichealth
colleagues will join me this evening in wishing our
@CMO_England
and Duncan Selbie CEO of
@PHE_uk
well. We send you our love, our thanks for your Leadership and our hopes for a speedy recovery. There’s proper science behind this get well card thing(Err....)
2
20
146
Now is the time to practice the measures we have been asked to, with great care, as an act of love to our neighbours, our loved ones, ourselves, our NHS, Care and essential workforces in slowing and defeating this virus. We can do this!
#COVID19
#publichealth
4
51
137
Please don’t buy more food than you need. Food retailers are NOT closing. Deliveries continue daily. There are plentiful supplies. If you panic buy, folk on tight budgets may not be able to buy what they need. please keep being kind and brilliant, and don’t panic buy
#herts
4
53
135
Dismayed by suggestion that folk working in care homes are “low skilled”. That’s not a picture I recognise. They do complex and vital work and are among the most skilled professionals I have ever met. If you really value our important
#NHS
you will value vital
#socialcare
equally
4
47
137
Question today on a webinar “I’ve seen people vaccinated but getting covid. So what’s the point of getting vaccinated? Answer “The point is they’re not in hospital.”
0
40
134
For the last few weeks Alistair in my team has been identifying folk who are homeless/rough sleepers across
#Herts
and working across HCC, hostels,
#homeless
agencies and
#NHS
colleagues to get them vaccinated. Yesterday the team went into action!
#publichealth
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌👍
4
10
132
If people talked about coats the way they sometimes talked about vaccines
“coats are a lie”
“If you look at the statistics for hypothermia, most of those people were wearing coats.”
That’s where we are folks.
#COVID19
521
6K
16K
1
29
118
Folks a word about behaviour on social media. Disagree with my views all you like. We can be respectful. Swear at me, attack me or my identity or be a rude or discriminatory churl and I’ll block and if needs be report you. Zero tolerance. Let’s make twitter a more adult space
6
6
121
We’ve already seen some noise develop around the shift to vaccinate as many people with one dose initially and extend the gap to the vaccination schedule of two doses 28 days apart. Having read as much of the science as I can find I for one support this. And here’s why
18
61
115
How and why I changed my mind on e-cigarettes
23
124
106
Today’s leader I want
#publichealth
colleagues to recognise is
@DrChrisGibbons
. His work on data modelling has been enormously helpful to a number of us. He generates nothing but respect in people I hear speak of him. An amazing member of the amazing
@felly500
team
11
14
111
Ten years ago today - 4 Dec 2012 - I was diagnosed with a Grade IVB cancer. What a decade.
#DeoGratias
10
6
117
Very welcome news from DHSC that
#publichealth
services wont be moved from local govt. And role of DsPH & LAs to be strengthened. Now we must turn to the job at hand; work together for better outcomes, not get distracted by reorganisation debate .
@ChrisCEOHopson
@KateAlvanley
4
32
116
Nothing justifies the way
@CMO_England
has been treated.
@metpoliceuk
need to act decisively on this. If we tolerate this behaviour towards people doing their jobs, sooner or later we will see much worse.
@ADPHUK
@FPH
@TheBMA
directors of public health support our CMO
1
17
115
I don’t mind if folk want to disagree with me on Twitter. But please don’t just swear or be insulting or use hate speech. Because a) I can’t actually learn from your points or views if all you’re doing is throwing abuse and b) I’ll just block you if you keep it up. Zero tolerance
8
3
107
New
@ONS
data suggests intention to take
#covid19
#vaccine
is actually going up in the U.K., up to around 94%. Anti-vaxx and disinformation dismally failing to convince most people several studies suggest. Cause for hope
#publichealth
0
26
104
Masks. Are. Not m. A. Restrictive. Measure. They prevent restrictions. If we all wear them on public transport and in crowded places as well as ventilate indoor spaces cases WILL come down. Little steps now avoid bigger ones with higher case rates.
#playyourpart
0
67
110
In queue at vaccine centre to get my
#covid19
booster (booked). long but patient queue even on a cold,rainy, grey afternoon. Some coming for 2nd dose. Others for booster. Some booked, some walk in. People are clearly voting with their feet, and that vote is to
#getvaccinatednow
0
11
105
Thanks to
@PHE_uk
colleagues especially
@statsgeekclare
and
@kallmemeg
for their quiet and painstaking work, and long hours, to get us these data releases. They are much appreciated
#covid19
#publichealth
.
2
9
104
I think I’ve reached an even deeper level of sad. I’ve just had a book on mathematical modelling for epidemiology arrive and I’m actually genuinely excited at the prospect of an evening reading it 🙄
10
1
104
Really pleased that today our local contact tracing system for
#COVID19
went live across
#Hertfordshire
. This means local people at risk of Covid will be contacted by local people. As it should be. .
#publichealth
5
12
97
I’d add two further layers of 1) cleaning and 2) self-isolation when positive or symptomatic in here but this graphic very neatly explains why we need multiple layers of protection to suppress the virus
#COVID19
#playyourpart
#publichealth
3
64
98
@felly500
Sweden’s herd immunity” strategy that wasn’t. A nation which has moved closer to the German model as their cases rise again. There are useful lessons for us all from Sweden eg about consensus, trust, balance and sustainability. Herd immunity isn’t one of them. Via
@TheEconomist
3
55
90
Ive had a fair few questions about the coverage on Thursday and Friday of the new study in
@TheLancetInfDis
on household transmission of
#Covid19
despite people being double vaccinated.
1
44
94
Amidst the hysteria about
#vaping
some key points to remember.
#publuchealth
1. The American deaths and hospitalisations are due to people vaping oil in illicit products. Thenoul causes lipoid pneumonia, not vaping by itself....1/.
3
57
87
Before the misinformation starts to circulate that the vaccine is failing because double-vaxxed people are being admitted to hospital, let's just check the facts....
1
58
91
A thread on the
@AstraZeneca
Oxford Vaccine. I've had the 1st dose of mine, and I fully intend to have the 2nd. I've read the data carefully, and am reassured that yesterday's announcement is a sign of our
#vaccine
safety system working well and taking a precautionary approach
2
27
92
This week I'm celebrating 5 years being in remission and finishing all cancer treatment. (Rituximab - *shiver*) So I think it has to be the best gelato I can find on Saturday :)
#anyexcuse
Ice cream is 5th Anniversary, right? 😬🙃
15
3
85
Face masks are not a restrictive measure, they are a preventive one. And this latest consensus statement summarises the evidence that they remain an important part of controlling COVID19
0
48
93
One of the things I leave in Hertfordshire, and one of the things I’m very proud of is our quit smoking and tobacco team. Since we first launched 12 years ago, Stoptober has helped over 2.5 million smokers to make a quit attempt.
1
4
97
More Amazing work by
@HCTNHS
colleagues. Today at Robertson House Stevenage they reached an amazing milestone 100,000 vaccinations at the site and 500,000 across their 17 Mass Vaccination sites! Loving this! Go Team!!! 🙏🥇🏆👏🏻🏅🙏🥇🌟🌟
0
14
85
Department of Health has announced . Voluntary and Community organisations can apply for funding to run projects focused on improving children and young people’s
#mentalhealth
. grants of up to £510,000 over three years
#publichealth
.
5
87
88
#suicide
rates are NOT up 200% since lockdown. Real time suicide surveillance data shows this is NOT the case. We don’t need to wait for coroner results to know this hasn’t happened. Please don’t support this dangerous myth.
#mentalhealth
Early figures from several countries, inc England, show no rise in suicide post-lockdown. But we have to maintain support & vigilance.
Editorial in
@bmj_latest
today. Lead author
@ProfAnnJohn
, co-authors from
@SASHBristol
, Melbourne,
@samaritans
; & me.
6
62
123
3
28
84
Brilliant thread. Basically the idea that covid vaccines are causing excess deaths is nonsense. This detailed analysis shows that, and also shows what is causing excess deaths
Based on these observations, we have summarised the possible causes of non-covid excess mortality into this diagram, showing excess deaths from respiratory disease, other non-COVID causes and those from COVID-19.
13
60
316
0
38
89
A whole system approach for Mental Health?
9
79
81
Birmingham vaccinated 55,000 people to prevent a smallpox epidemic in 1978. Most council
#publichealth
departments deal with “unexpected” threats to your health continuously. These threats will be here long after Covid goes. So should public health teams.
@ADPHUK
@LGAWellbeing
An amazing story of Britain's last smallpox case, and how Birmingham City Council prevented it becoming an epidemic.
@JTew1
@McDonaldGraeme
@Solace_UK
@lgcplus
@HeatheratTheMJ
1
7
13
0
21
86
Thanks to so many who sent wishes, prayers & mass cards, to Fr Jinesh for a beautiful mass and to mum’s fellow villagers who stood in the cold at the cemetery or at your doors as we walked past. This factory worker’s son is proud of mum, my village and grateful beyond words. 🙏
0
2
90
My thoughts and prayers, as every day, with everyone who is unwell with
#COVID19
. Including this evening our Prime Minister having just heard the news. Wishing you all well, and praying very much for your recovery.
0
4
80
Yesterday I had several parents tell me about how much they valued the help of their Health Visitor. Intervention stopped hospital admission. The NHS needs what
#publichealth
nurses do
#livingbetterlonger
@MattHancock
3
58
84
I had the
#AstraZeneca
vaccine first dose this evening. I’m glad I did. Read what
@profsarahcowley
says
🔹
#Bloodclots
can occur naturally.
🔹UK has administered >11 M doses of the
#AstraZeneca
vaccine.
🔹Blood
#clots
reported no greater than those in general population
So frustrating to read this. 30 cases of clotting amongst 5m Europeans vaccinated, no proven link to vaccine. How many people develop blood clots each year, vaccine or not?
1
17
44
3
43
80
#adayinthelifeofaDPH
375 emails, 128 questions from people in the front line answered, 11 phone calls including virtual meetings, organising PPE for front line care including charities, reviewing new draft guidance, recruiting a temporary member of staff.
#COVID19
6
12
82
claims that vaccines increase risk of adverse incidents more than natural
#covid
infection are total misinformation. A new major vaccine study of 29m people in
@bmj_latest
shows risks of infection far higher than risks of vaccine.
#Vaccineswork
1
49
82
There are a number of us who will never forget how
@UniofHerts
has gone above and beyond in helping response to
#COVID19
- every thing they have donated and made is helping protect front line nhs and social care staff and vulnerable people 👏🏻👏🏻🥇
We have donated vital health and medical supplies to Herts County Council to aid their COVID-19 preparations, including Personal Protective Equipment which will be used by NHS and social care teams and a ventilator which will enable a hospital to treat an extra critical patient.
4
41
139
0
21
83
Can we stop this “depression / mental health issues are a choice” nonsense? It’s untrue, scientific nonsense, pernicious and blames people when we should be understanding, and affirming. I am proud to work with and alongside many people with lived experience of MH issues…
1
14
81
On a REALLY wet night we have a school hall FULL of parents wanting to talk about the
#mentalhealth
of their children
5
0
79
Big thanks to
@sexualhealthLDN
for pointing out to me the Swiss Cheese model graphic has been updated by someone else.
#covid19
#publichealth
Combination Prevention works! (And has a very long track record in other infections.)
2
55
76
I don’t know about anyone else but I’ve spent a few hours or feeling very,very sorrowful (understatement) that I won’t see my family at Christmas for 2nd time only in my life (last time I was 400 miles from them in hospital with cancer) BUT....
4
9
75
In December 2022 I marked ten years’ since diagnosis with cancer. This month I mark ten years since successful completion of treatment. DWP Gratias 🙏
0
0
77
Delighted on behalf of
@ADPHUK
to co-sign this letter to every
#publichealth
person involved in Covid Response in UK across so many sectors Public/Environmental Health, Nursing, Health Visiting, Academics, NHS, Voluntary and Community Sectors, Faith Communities, Business and more
0
17
74
Thank you to over 50 people who contacted me this evening after
@BBCPanorama
to volunteer for contact tracing. I'm replying to each personally. This recruitment is being handled by NHS nationally but I will signpost you as best I can. Thank you. So proud of our
#Herts
residents
7
7
72
We must be careful not to “interventionise” solutions to
#loneliness
at individual level like a clinical model. The more we invest in clinical models the less we use existing social infrastructure and capacity and the more cost we build into doing it
#publichealth
#PHEConf18
2
42
73
We've started "surge" testing for EN10 Residents. We want to test as many people as possible in 10,000 households. Our EN10 residents TODAY: Collected 2040 tests of which 702 have been returned ALREADY and COMPLETED 1088 tests at our Mobile Testing Units.
YOU ARE AMAZING! 🥇🏆
1
7
72
A little flavour of some of the stuff we did this past year on
#covid19
response.
#publichealth
#councilscan
3
7
72
Next time someone at national NGO level or a royal college criticises local government over
#publichealth
cuts or demands something moves to the NHS I am going to invite them to try doing the job at local level for a month..starting with balancing the books.
#cutshaveconsequences
2
25
68
So many messages from so many amazing people I admire and learn from. Thank you a million times over and then some . I’m pretty stunned reading these . 🙏🙏🙏🙏
0
4
74
If you're looking for accurate information on the Covid Vaccines that are a bit better at explaining things that some of the, well, perfunctory stuff floating about , this is a thread for you. Understanding about vaccines starts with us.
#Covid19
#publichealth
#vaccines
3
51
65
Today I had the huge honour of an Honorary conferred on me by the
@UniofHerts
with truly wonderful friends and colleagues who I admire and learn from in the pictures alongside me. A massive privilege which hasn’t sunk in yet fully
1
7
69
Wishing you all a Happy Christmas, and thanks to more people than I could ever count for being simply brilliant during this tough year.
10
3
71
One of those days when I see a webinar that will address some newly arising questions I have on some technical issues in Covid control, think “Ooh I must go to that” then check my diary and find out I’m Charing it! 😳🤦♂️😂 oops. Well, I’ll be taking assiduous notes.
4
3
69
Leaving do gifts. One of my colleagues has given me THIS❤️❤️❤️ A
#publichealth
book from 1923! 100 Years Old! The first page is on climate, and there is a section on ventilation.
#perennialwisdom
0
2
69
Yippee! I've got a senior nurse to give up cigarettes for
#vaping
Success! I did buy his starter kit from my own pocket through,
6
21
56
I’ve blocked a couple of folk for offensive remarks about the
#Pride
flag or faith tweets. A wee reminder to them. If you use discriminatory, bigoted or offensive language to/about me, I will block & report you. No argument, no 2nd chances. Zero tolerance. No incivility tolerated
2
2
68
@CSBenno
@Johnrashton47
My view remains that
#vaping
as a harm reduction strategy has value, overwhelming weight of current science supports it and I continue to agree with
@PHE
guidance. Harm reduction saves lives, hysteria and misinformation about vaping keeps people on lethal tobacco .
#publichealth
3
33
53
I have huge plans for a locked down hogmanay. Feed next door’s cat. Dig out box set of Hitchcock films. two good books. Whisky mac for later. chocolate gingers and shortbead. And repair the puncture on my bike so i can cycle again tomorrow ( that bit wasnt planned. Sigh. 🙄)
13
0
66
Looking forward tomorrow to giving evidence on behalf of
@ADPHUK
to
@CommonsHCLG
alongside
@LGANews
@CIPFA
and
@1adass
#publichealth
6
23
61
THIS!!! The multi-disciplinary part-time doctorate in
#publichealth
has arrived at
@UniofHerts
! This will be brilliant . Aimed at busy professionals and flexible part time online.
6
21
64
Great message from
@HealthFdn
“The public health grant in England has been cut by £700m between 2014/15 & 2019/20, yet in all other UK nations funding has either remained stable or increased in some elements. We're calling for re-investment in prevention: ”
1
56
61
Some thoughts on
@TheMarmotReview
#Marmot2020
The Wanless report in 2002 on future health argued for systematic approaches to reducing inequalities. Governments response in 2004 under John Reid was the White Paper Choosing Health focusing largely on individual “lifestyles”. /1
2
40
60
Government data shows 3.35m people have tested positive fOR SARS-CoV-2 in England since 2020. And 3.55m have had first dose of vaccine. Cumulative first doses of vaccine now outnumber cases. A sign of hope. Not a magic bullet. But a welcome sign of hope
2
20
63
As this diagram from
@jburnmurdoch
shows, social care funding hasnt kept pace with the population. (Nor has
#publichealth
funding.) We simply won’t exit a this continuing wave of preventable burden on our NHS till social care and preventive public health are properly funded
1
36
61
@StJoHospice
@PhilippaFlowers
What do I see in
@thetimes
this morning? That beautiful picture of Pauline with those stunning flowers! Awesome! Blown away by what our wonderful hospice staff and volunteers do every day, how special what you do is, and how amazing folk like Pauline are
1
10
54
Covid myth buster : “road deaths killed more people than Covid “
UK road deaths in 2021: Under 2,000
UK Covid deaths in 2021: 70,000
0
20
62
For those who still maintain Sweden is an example of where herd immunity without vaccination is possible and the
#GreatBarringtonDeclaration
is good science. Neither are true, sadly.
0
35
61
10 years ago I received a Stage IV cancer to all who accompanied me on journey through & beyond. To folks with cancer who allowed me to accompany you in any way, my admiration. And for the many gifts including resilience cancer gave me, Deo Gratias.
0
4
64
I and I am sure all Directors of
#publichealth
stand by my Colleage Lisa. She’s right.
I am a local DPH and don't get to block national policy in my area.
I have to do what I can to help my local population get the best out of it.
Which is what my thread was trying to do. That's not bad public health.
Take your personal attacks elsewhere.
9
7
105
4
6
58
The
#stoptober
I'm so pleased that most smokers I know have, since last year, quit tobacco. Many are
#vaping
instead. And all feeling good!
4
27
52
Folks, Welcome Best Evidence to the web...a searchable free site for evidence on health and interventions. It lets you search for and sort evidence by type (eg systematic reviews only)
#publichealth
1
54
59
Umpteenth person this week I’ve had this conversation with: No, I’m not doing vegan yard or puritanuary or any any anuary other than January. And here is why: ...1
1
15
57
Another year draws to a close. And hoping 2022 brings better. I can’t even begin to list everyone who has been brilliant but so many people have been amazing this year and I want to say thanks. Every single person is crucial in the way out of the pandemic.
1
7
57
This is important. If you haven’t had the vaccine because either you’ve been infected and think you don’t need vaccine, or you think “natural immunity is better” this variant presents a high risk of reinfection.
#GetVaccinatedNow
#VaccinesWork
COVID-19: Omicron has 'substantial' ability to evade immunity from previous coronavirus infection
449
183
321
0
32
58
A sub headline might be can we all please remember Vaccines are not an anti viral cloak of invincibility ? They reduce transmission. They don’t necessarily stop it
1
14
55