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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

In more promising outbreaks news… Following a dramatic explosion of cases in 2022, rates of invasive GAS are currently at their lowest rates since the pandemic finished, despite it currently being peak season Like other post pandemic blips, things have now returned to normal t.co/rdTvOhR7Cn

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Yes, but the ratio of older people vs younger with comorbidities who received the vaccine was almost 9:1, making this overwhelmingly older people for whom no serious safety concerns exist

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Origami remains the most interesting contribution I have to make to this platform Fawkes the Phoenix by Jo Nakashima, with a single square sheet of 24cm washi deluxe #origami

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I don't want to cause alarm, but has anyone checked in with @statsepi.bsky.social recently? I am quite confident this is one of those "tweets to send when in distress" events and the relevant authorities need to be notified

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Definitely one of my favourite models so far, and one I plan to come back to in future #origami Pegasus by Phạm Hoàng Tuấn

Origami Pegasus model folded with white tissue foil paper

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

It’s been a long time - nice to get into a bit of #origami again A bit rusty, but pleased with how it’s turned out! Fiery dragon (Kade Chan)

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Excited to be at the #CCTM25 meeting with @statsci.bsky.social today in London Great program including adaptive and platform trials... and "real world evidence"....🔥 I may tweet intermittently when my brain is not being scrambled by clever methods stuff

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

If you come across people tweeting a Nature article about how N95 masks would have dramatically lowered Covid-19 cases in England, please inform them this was *literally coded into the statistical model used* Another case of models used as propaganda

Quote from paper, "N95 masks have been assigned a protection factor of ten. The FFO2 standard is for a filtration efficiency of 92% as worn. Taking an FFP2/N95 to reduce the dose by a factor of f=0.1, I can estimate PT(t) for a person who is a member of a population equivalent to that of the NHS app users when this person wears an FFP2/N95.

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

I wouldn't test but would consider treating empirically if some of the following were present (as per UK-PAS guidance) uk-pas.co.uk/Antimicrobia...

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Wake up babe, a new microbiology meme just dropped #IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

You must have missed this HILARIOUS meme I posted 🔥 #IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Someone has already told me this isn't funny but I don't care because I think it's funny #IDSky #MicroSky #MedSky

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

An illustrative plot of the populations level of scepticism of health institutions, including the “line of conspiracy theory”, where beliefs become significantly detached from reality

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Importantly, it generally causes very mild illness It is famous for having CXR appearances out of keeping for how mild the clinical phenotype is (hence nickname "walking pneumonia) Many or most of these cases will be self limiting and improve without treatment 3/

CXR showing bilateral diffuse infiltrates commonly referred to as "atypical pneumonia"

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

M pneumoniae is an obligate, intracellular, parasitic bacteria most famous for causing "atypical" pneumonia (a loose term usually meaning not the usual appearance on CXR) It usually comes in periodic epidemics every 4 to 7 years In kids most commonly affecting those >5y 2/

Micrograph of the Mycoplasma pneumoniae parasite entering a host cell

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Here’s our antimicrobial prescribing notes re Mycoplasma to get you started 😊

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

Interesting experiment posting this on twitter and bluesky at the same time Minimal engagement on here (3 likes to date) Currently at >31,000(!) likes on twitter and climbing

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Any enterprising medical students looking for a top notch QI project based on the public NHS consultation?

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

On the original page there is an erratum correcting this! journals.lww.com/epidem/fullt...

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 12/10/2024

Yeah it’s weird Here is my reply, any idea what’s happened? I assumed it was a simple block

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

New article from me and @tah-sci.bsky.social 🔥 On what immunity debt actually means, and why it alone is sufficient to explain disturbances in seasonal communicable disease dynamics post pandemic academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

We all know what's really going on here

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 03/09/2024

Me, an intellectual, judging others for not understanding a joke I literally only learnt to understand this week

An old portrait of a judgemental nobleman being all judgy

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 20/08/2024

I would like to report a near miss event please

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

Well if it’s good enough for doctors it’s good enough for athletes 💪

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 06/01/2024

🚨 New article 🚨 Benefits and risks of #COVID19 vaccination in children now in @EurJPediatrics In the setting of very mild disease, even small risks must be considered Widespread immunity from infection has eroded much of the absolute benefit link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Alasdair Munro @apsmunro.bsky.social · 27/10/2023

RSV positivity in infants is definitely getting exciting… The question is: how high will it go? assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/653a55...

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