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Epidemiology Group, University of Aberdeen @uoaepi.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

📊 Help us improve how chronic pain is measured more consistently in populations! Please share your feedback on our draft questions — takes 5–10 mins! 🔗 forms.office.com/pages/respon... #ChronicPain #PublicHealth

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The best jokes are the ones you have to explain.

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

🧵1/ Flu is surging again, & patterns look uncomfortably familiar. The lesson from covid remains unchanged: individual responsibility isn’t enough. We need systemic measures that make protective behaviours easy. @profstevegriffin.bsky.social Stephen Reicher & I offer some thoughts @bmj.com

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I won't say too much about @nhs24.bsky.social and their 80+ minute wait to even answer the phone. Not ideal.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

First trip to A+E with the little one this week, and couldn't have been more grateful to @nhsgrampian.bsky.social RACH and Scottish Ambulance Service. You're all diamonds.

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 18/11/2025

The announcement of new asylum measures by the Home Secretary risks fuelling anti-migrant rhetoric. We reiterate our solidarity with our colleagues, many of whom are being subjected to increasingly hostile treatment as a direct result. www.bma.org.uk/news-and-opi...

The BMA and other trade unions stand together against anti-migrant rhetoric

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Epidemiology Group, University of Aberdeen @uoaepi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

We're pleased to welcome Dr David Watkin (@daitweeds.bsky.social) to to our Epidemiology group for a 12-month attachment! 👋 Find out more about David and his journey to Aberdeen at: www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/academi...

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

My 19-month-old toddler is currently attempting to say “singularity”. What days.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Chris Woakes, man. Chris. Woakes.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

On the plus side, no members of the Spanish FA have sexually-assaulted any of the players this time. Progress.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

If Diane Abbott was actually trying to get kicked out of the Labour Party, what would she do any differently?

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

That was the best worst shoot-out I’ve ever seen. Onward! #Lionesses

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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. @chloehadj.bsky.social Read more:

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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth

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Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) @rcpch.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Today we've published a new report into vaccination in the UK. It outlines the barriers families face in getting children vaccinated and sets out how improving access, data systems and public communications can boost vaccination uptake. 👉 www.rcpch.ac.uk/vaccination-uptake

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

This recipe has fuelled many a hospital night-shift for my wife and I!

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The BMA @bma.org.uk · 12/06/2025

Public health keeps people healthy and protects them from health threats, but the system is in crisis, and the nation is sicker than ever. Our new report sets out the urgent steps UK governments must take so the system can recover. www.bma.org.uk/what-we-do/p... THREAD 🧵 (1/4)

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Nice. A pair of goldfinches have just started visiting our garden this week. Handsome chaps.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

What’s behind the trend, Tom? Legislative environment around gender recognition? Change in scoring system? Media landscape? Other nations progressing quicker than we are? Combination of the above?

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Turns out that the local election results tell us exactly what we believed before.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

This seems much more your area of expertise than mine, so thanks for your insights.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

True. Maybe it needed to be more idiot-proof.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The frustrating thing is, the ruling WAS clear, and simple, with a decent amount of nuance and protection for all parties. And then idiots got hold of it.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The speed with which the FA (and others) have changed policy to exclude trans women suggests to me that they wanted to do it all along, and were just waiting for cover.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Lengthy, but worth the time. The Supreme Court judgement may well be legally correct, but this is likely to be the start rather than the end, and our elected representatives need to be the people to sort this out.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

You learn something new every day.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Interestingly, Denyer appears to be concerned about the Government's response to the verdict, rather than the verdict itself.

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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Happy St George' Day!

Cartoon for St George's day by Stephen Collins for the guardian. Script as follows:

Scene is outside a cave, ST GEORGE in armour etc is confronting the DRAGON while the CAPTURED PRINCESS looks on.

DRAGON:
So let me get this straight.

DRAGON:
You’re hoping to reinforce ‘helpless princess’ tropes…

DRAGON:
By publicly stabbing an *endangered animal* to death with a *sword*…

DRAGON:
So you can force a whole Syrian village to convert to Christianity….

DRAGON:
And become a nationalist icon for a colonial state…

DRAGON:
Through the cultural appropriation of ancient medieval dragon myths.

DRAGON:
You’ve not been *online* very long, have you?

GEORGE:
I have been quite surprised by the comments.

GEORGE’S SOCIAL MEDIA ASSISTANT [who is filming this encounter on an iPhone]:
I told you it’s problematic, George.

DRAGON:
Problematic? It’s a *bin fire*!

DRAGON:
OK. Here’s how you turn this round -

CUT TO a YoutTube post called ‘MY JOURNEY (An apology)’. GEORGE is crying to camera, Dragon in background.

GEORGE:
I am *so sorry* guys…

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Following the Supreme Court verdict, it’s not even the most pressing question (if it ever was). The real question that politicians need to answer is: Given that trans people exist and will continue to do so, what will you do to ensure they can participate in society with safety and dignity?

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

There are few questions asked by political journalists that I dislike more than “do you think trans women are women?”. It never enlightens, only inflames. It’s there to see if the politician will say the shibboleth or if they’ll tie themselves in knots to avoid it.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I haven’t seen one. It did seem a bit knee-jerk.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

I'd imagine (and this is purely a guess!) that the "problem" that this is solving is a scenario where a cisgender woman is strip-searched by a transgender woman police officer. The rest is just collateral damage.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Presumably because it shifts newspapers/clicks. No idea if they’re just giving the public what they want, or whether they’ve created the audience for it themselves. Either way, it’s all pretty grim.

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

The fact that fewer than 250 people have donated is somewhat depressing.

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Mark Elliott @profmarkelliott.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Anyone who is interested in understanding the judgment the Supreme Court will be delivering today in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers will no doubt find @michaelpforan.bsky.social's excellent overview of the legal issues very useful. knowingius.org/p/sex-in-the...

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Sex in the Supreme Court

A Brief Overview

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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

1/ 🧵 How do health systems shape vaccine uptake and confidence? Our new paper in Vaccine led by @catherinearsenault.bsky.social with @mekruk.bsky.social and colleagues, looks at this in Italy, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and the United States

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David Watkin @daitweeds.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I don't doubt that's part of it. I suspect that having the most pro-trans of the UK's governments (the SNP/Green coalition) has also led to a greater degree of polarisation this side of the border. What a mess, and with vulnerable people smack in the middle.

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