Joe Cluxton

[Lady Chuan @LadyChuan]

The Covid Chronicles.

An older cousin blocked me on FB back in 2023 after I posted about Covid-related illnesses and the steep increase in Cancer. She called my mother to tell her that I was “Fear Mongering” and “everyone just wants to enjoy their life.”

Fast Forward-Her husband was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in 2024.

She tells my mother that there isn’t a family history of Cancer in his immediate family and everyone is puzzled.

After completing Chemo in January 2025, they celebrate by going on a 10 day cruise.

They, along with two sisters all come back sick. They test positive for Covid on the cruise.

Her husband ends up in the hospital upon returning to Florida.

February 2026, Cancer has returned.

Chemo is completed in June or July.

My cousin plans a cruise and a send off party for 4th of July to celebrate.

In September, she tells my Mom that one of our cousins has died of “Natural Causes.

She was 63.

She then mentions that each time she goes on vacation, everyone ends up sick, and they suspect that her husband’s Cancer has returned.

He died on Tuesday.

My mother’s conclusion is “This is why we need to go to some of these celebrations Chuan!”

The Covid Twilight Zone continues….

[Joe Cluxton @Castletonian]

@1goodtern @oxbits 👍

[SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @COVID19_disease]

🚨 GOOD NEWS: Doctors in Houston reported complete disappearance of an aggressive liver cancer in a 3-year-old, using a new immunotherapy made from the child's own cells, with no cancer returning a year later

[Hiroshi Yasuda (保田浩志) @Yash25571056]

"liver cancer is the fastest‑rising cancer in England and Wales of the 20 most common cancers..
The biggest risk factor [of liver cancer death] is pre-existing liver disease - including cirrhosis - which saw an increase in the rate of premature deaths in England by 42% between 2001 and 2023.
Premature deaths from alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) also increased by almost 60% over the same period..
[Symptoms of liver cancer] include:
- Unexplained weight loss;
- Persistent nausea or vomiting;
- Pain or swelling in the upper right abdomen;
- Yellowing of the skin or eyes (jaundice);
- Itchy skin;
- Extreme tiredness or weakness;
- Loss of appetite."

I have symptoms of tiredness and unexplained weight gain.

'Liver cancer deaths are rising - what you need to know'
https://t.co/Zdv9TDEuLa

[Dan O'Hara @skeuomorphology]

The PCR positivity map is out. National positivity has hardly shifted at 8.88% in England and 7.21% in Scotland.

However there are several hotspots where high levels are increasing yet further.

https://t.co/1phcyp7RiP

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[Care Champions Ireland @CareChampions2]

Following nationwide autumn recruitment delays caused by strict HSE spending controls and budget overspends, the Department of Health has begun signing off on delayed employment contracts for 2026 graduate nurses across multiple regions.

In the HSE West and North West, 184 newly qualified nurses including 62 at Galway University Hospital and 14 at Mayo University Hospital
will now receive formal contracts.

A delay Minister of State Seán Canney attributed to a “systems failure” between the Department and the HSE. A further 93 graduate healthcare posts—including 36 nursing positions in the Midlands—have also been sanctioned across the HSE Dublin and Midlands region. However, nursing unions warn that contract backlogs and wider HSE recruitment restrictions remain a concern across other regions nationwide, including the South West and Mid West

#Incompetence #Nurses #Graduates #HSE #Transparency

https://t.co/x0qiAUBaNN

[SAL Connacht @mayodweller]

If only we had sight of the data in Ireland @HSELive @hpscireland

[Joe Cluxton @Castletonian]

@CovidSolidarit1 @mamalovesjbiebs I don’t think so. I see lots of CC accounts on various platforms posting screen shots from accounts of people who aren’t Covid aware. Not sure what’s to be gained by CC aware people sharing non CC aware posts.

[Joe Cluxton @Castletonian]

@deirdrenugent4 Ah Dee what can I say
On this sad day.
Sending hugs to you
and cheers🍺 to Eugene.
💔🫂
RIP

[Anita 💙 @Neets21]

Rape is overwhelmingly a male-perpetrated crime. It isn't a migrant issue or an immigration issue.

It's a MALE violence issue. Most women are raped by men they know, not by some faceless group of foreigners.

Stop using rape to push an anti-immigrant agenda.

[Ellie Wilson @ellieokwilson]

This is the sort of allyship we need from men. Taking a principled and clear stance against the harassment of rape survivors and minimisation of sexual violence. Incredible that Abertay thought this appropriate. Thank you Darren.

[Gwladwr @gwladwr]

Covid Deaths in the UK

(in memory of @tigresseleanor)

Week 44 = 119 Registered UK Covid Deaths
w/e 30th October 2026

England 105
Wales 1
Scotland 7
N Ireland 6

UK 119 ( +14 )

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[Envidreamz @envidreamz]

Clarksdale, Mississippi just made masks mandatory in schools for a Covid and flu outbreak and the comments section immediately declared war on basic science.

“Do they have to wear the mask when they are by themselves in a car?”

“Yes, but it can be below their nose.”

“Two masks if they are alone.”

“Chin straps for everyone!”

“Wonder how we made it without masks back in the good old days. It’s a Wonder we’re still alive.”

“Just close school for a few days and disinfect. No need for masks.”

“Mandatory masks would be a big no… just ignore the rule, masks don’t work and neither do the vaccines, keep sick kids home, take Vit C D3 zinc and ivermectin.”

Compliance rate: zero. 🫠🫠

[Danielle Beckman, PhD @DaniBeckman]

6 months in Germany! 🇩🇪🔬❤️
Months of hard work & new challenges! And next week, I'll be presenting our first results at a conference!
What if SARS-CoV-2 leaves more behind than we think?
Millions of people are still living with #LongCOVID, and we keep fighting to understand why.

[Joe Cluxton @Castletonian]

“The television executives didn't fail to see what was happening. They packaged it into prime-time entertainment and sold it to the country for ratings.”

[Felicity Campbell @feli_campbell]

The British entertainment industry has a grotesque habit of hiding its darkest open secrets in plain sight: if you turn predatory behavior into a prime-time comedy punchline, nobody is allowed to take it seriously.

For more than twenty years, the allegations now surrounding David Walliams were not whispered in private corridors. They were scripted, rehearsed, and broadcast directly into millions of British living rooms.

Look at what major television networks actually put on air while young women were allegedly being pursued behind the scenes.

On Channel 4, Alan Carr looked him in the eye and joked that Walliams was like an illegal taxi driver who lures women into a false sense of security before pouncing.

At a television launch, Jimmy Carr joked to cameras that he was just there to meet Walliams' next conquest.

Even the BBC’s own comedy Motherland casually dropped a line about wanting to be a children's author like David Walliams, but less sinister.

And look at the defense Walliams’ lawyers gave today. They openly admitted that these comments were not insults, but jokes written and delivered by his close personal friends.

The punchlines were the shield. If the entire industry laughs about it on Friday night, anyone who raises a genuine safeguarding concern on Monday morning is dismissed as someone who simply cannot take a joke.

Now look at the actual human cost of that culture. Comedian Lucy Beaumont just broke the silence, revealing that junior television workers were being told to escort young women to Walliams' dressing room.

Why did nobody stop it? Because as Beaumont pointed out, speaking out against a bankable television star gets you immediately blacklisted from the industry.

You lose your job, you lose your commissions, and you are replaced by someone willing to keep their head down.

This was never an oversight or an unfortunate blind spot. It was a multi-million-pound commercial cartel that treated the exploitation of young women as an industry running gag, protected its most profitable talent, and ruined the careers of anyone who dared to object.

The television executives didn't fail to see what was happening. They packaged it into prime-time entertainment and sold it to the country for ratings.

[LET'S AIR @nousaerons]

How does a respiratory particle behave after it is emitted? Does it act like a droplet that falls quickly? Like an aerosol capable of traveling several meters? Or perhaps a combination of both? A new page in our 29-page booklet on airborne diseases: https://t.co/WTTTA4RnMz

[Emma-Jane Taylor (E-J) 🇬🇧 @ejtayloruk]

I’ve spent my entire life in the entertainment industry and the past 26 years running a performing arts school.

My professional expertise, years of campaigning against child sexual abuse and, sadly, my own story of childhood abuse have brought me to this moment.

I’ve also had my own safeguarding experiences as a performer in the entertainment industry. I’ve seen many things and worked with many professionals and celebrities. Even today, I sometimes wonder where certain photographs of me ended up, following a decidedly dodgy experience with a photographer called Mike, who was working for My Guy magazine at the time I was as a model. My stories could fill a book of their own.

My sleeves are now well and truly rolled up.

As Founder of Project 90-10 Charity, we are preparing to launch our Gold Standard of Safeguarding in the Entertainment Industry, something we have been developing for some time. One of my trustees, Rebecca, is bringing excellent work to the forefront of this initiative.

Safeguarding must be more than a policy. It must be a flourishing culture.

As I said on TalkTV this week, “Celebrity status is not a safeguarding exemption.”

We cannot keep waiting for another scandal before taking action.

Raise the standards. Challenge the culture. Protect children BEFORE harm happens.

#safeguardingchildren #entertainmentindustry

[Joe Cluxton @Castletonian]

@drseanmullen Long may you continue to enjoy good health.

[Irish Thalidomide Association @ThalidomideIre]

Listen to Dáil clip today @barrymward urging @MichealMartinTD to get the apology done in November

[CM Haughey Solicitors @CMHaughey]

Hospital apology over deficiencies in care after baby boy's death

Outside court Keira Brogan, with Mr Mullen by her side, said Kayden was their perfect little boy and showed them great strength and resilience.

"Kayden was failed by the professionals who we put our trust in to take care and deliver him safely. That trust was broken and we are the ones who have to live with a devastating consequences every single day. No parent should have to question or see it in black and white on paper that their baby should still be here today if this mistake wasn't made," she said.

She added: "We hope that no other mother or father has to go through this nightmare. We carry the grief of losing Kayden every day along with the sadness of missing out on all the moments and milestones that should have been. His baby sister will grow up without her big brother by her side.

https://t.co/esSel3Wy1e