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Stephen Griffin
@SGriffin_Lab
Professor of Cancer Virology | Viroporins, Antivirals, Viral Oncology, Immunotherapy | Own views | @IndependentSAGE @LongCovidKids @projecthalo #VaccinesPlus
University of Leeds, England
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Jan 6, 2023
    The vax hesitant need knowledge and support, not vilification. Pushing Anti-vax 💩 is unforgivable Here's my attempt at an accessible vax FAQ Thanks so much to @LongCovidKids, @Nat_Elodie_A_N and @jneill for brilliant and patient help with this! 🙏❤️
    COVID-19 Vaccines, Myths and Misinformation
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Oct 9, 2023
    I've no reason to doubt the provenance of this note from a Shropshire NHS Trust, but I genuinely wish it was fake. Short-sighted doesn't even begin to describe my outrage at this callous approach to staff and patient safety. Have we learned nothing? I only hope it's not UK wide💔
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Jan 23, 2022
    Gutted. My 8 yo daughter was sobbing this evening, refusing to go to school after we told her about ⬆️cases there in recent days.💔 She's not upset or scared for herself, her 4 yo brother, or me. She doesn't want to pass it to her CEV mum. If she gets it, why not so many others?
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Apr 17, 2022
    Constantly, I hear that the pandemic is over in the UK, that life is back to normal. We hear platitudes like mild, endemic, flu-like, just a cold (not reassuring), boosters, world-leading, moving on, "living with". We have no legally binding restrictions, seemingly without issue
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Apr 13, 2022
    Can people please stop referring to the pandemic using the past tense?
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Dec 6, 2023
    For the love of toast, can we PLEASE STOP referring to the pandemic in the past tense? Just because countries like the UK have chosen blissful ignorance, SARS2 shows no sign whatsoever of adopting predictable patterns of infection. People are still suffering, and will suffer.
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Dec 18, 2024
    Busy train to London, a cacophony of coughs. Woman opposite appears to be coughing up her spleen... Grateful for my FFP2 😷!
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Nov 11, 2021
    I have no words to describe how angry this makes me. We are all one doctor's trip from an underlying health condition, many likely have one and don't realise. Separating society into some weird dystopian version of Darwinism might be something certain people consider OK. Not me
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    The Telegraph
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    Nov 11, 2021
    🔴 Only six healthy children with no underlying health conditions died as a direct result of catching the coronavirus during a 12-month window, NHS analysis has revealed telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/11/1…
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Jan 26, 2022
    Replying to @BallouxFrancois
    No Francois, that is an appalling statement. You may have said this to provoke debate, but how can you seriously advocate putting children in harms way when there's a safe and effective vaccine available? These are not numbers, these are children, including vulnerable kids for
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Oct 11, 2023
    Fairly mad 24 hrs...I've learned a lot. I've learned how brave folks are contacting me to discussing NHS staff testing. Most of all, the person who 1st reached out 🙏 I've learned of a massive drive to treat SARS2 as a standard "winter virus", and this is blinding public health.
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Jan 13, 2023
    I am utterly bewildered and incensed that @BBCNews felt that platforming a certain, but apparently not THAT, cardiologist, and allowing them to hijack an interview on live TV to spout unsubstantiated anti-vax 💩 was worth airtime. Apologies, retractions and complaints needed🤬🤬.
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Nov 27, 2024
    To be clear, this guy isn't just a "lockdown critic". He is diametrically opposed to any semblance of public health progress since the 1700s. He would see a large swathe of the population discriminated against and isolated. There are words for that...
    Dr Jay Bhattacharya speaks at the Heritage Foundation on 10 November 2022
    Jay Bhattacharya: Trump picks Covid lockdown sceptic to lead top health agency
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Oct 14, 2023
    Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. Sent to all staff yesterday, staff not to test unless on Ribbelsdale (inpatient oncology) or ward 25 (renal). No-one else should test, incl outpatient oncology clinic, cancer treatment centre, and dialysis. I despair... @ShaunLintern @PMGallagher1
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    Stephen Griffin
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    Apr 28, 2022
    The UK "living with COVID" plan strikes me as unlike any other aspect of public health. At the individual level, we take risks every day, balanced against what we want to do. The individual risk for most every day activities is low. The chance of an extreme event affecting me is