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John Watson

@dr-lungs.bsky.social
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Christian. Dad. Grandad. Retired NHS Respiratory Physician. Interested in lungs, TB, Nepal (worked there for 4 years), and wanting the world to be a better place.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Surely the way to settle the accusation of financial irregularities is to ask the people of Clacton?
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
At UNGA, one “leader” called climate change a hoax, while another leader spoke the truth and warned the world about the impending climate disaster apnews.com/article/un-c...
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Nepal's climate-connected catastrophe is a warning to the rest of the world, prime minister tells UN
A month after deadly floods, Nepal's prime minister says the climate-connected catastrophe is a warning to the rest of the world.
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Patrick Reid @oldmandoc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fundamentally so much of this action against the people crossing the channel and against the RNLI- rests upon a fundamental and twisted logic that its better to let these people drown then it is to bring them to our shores. And frankly it should be said more often this is a barbaric view
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
When my daughter was still born in 1997 we were so fortunate that our employer, and our departments, were understanding and compassionate, and allowed us the time we needed. Glad that every employee can now expect this.
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the subject of going out with oxygen, I wonder if breathlessness is ever considered in disability access planning?
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
A few more thoughts on portable O2, to add to the attached thread bsky.app/profile/dr-l...
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LAFAYETTE @lastudiolafayette.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I use ambulatory oxygen. I was provided with a portable concentrator, and some small portable cylinders. The community O2 nurses wanted me to use the cylinders because on a walk test I had a better O2 saturation. The cylinder is lighter and gives constant rather than intermittent flow.
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Ok. A change for me. This is not about politics. Or a silly joke. This is about chronic respiratory disease. Mine
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Fascist thugs abusing heroic life saving volunteers. Crypto billionaires undermining democracy by funding far right party that plans to cut crypto taxes. Daily Mail: Look! Shock horror Diana story from 30 years ago!
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Words fail me.
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Charlotte Walker @charlottewalker.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
Someone sent me this meme about peer reviewer comments and it is 👌🏻 #PhDSky #AcademicSky
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Mags L Halliday @magslhalliday.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every year on 19 December, the famous Christmas lights at Mousehole in Cornwall are dimmed between 8 and 9pm, leaving just the Cross and Angels shining down across the village and out to sea.
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Depends on the women. In UK we had Liz Truss. And Kemi Badenoch who wants to be out next PM would cut welfare to pay for increased military spending.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lets not generalise. Some people are impatient and inconsiderate, and ignore rules or the safety of others. When those people are on bikes, they can cause problems. But not as severe a problem if those same people are in cars. It isn't "cyclists" or "drivers". It is humans.
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The Lancet Respiratory Medicine @lancetrespirmed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📰 News: Unravelling of #tuberculosis control in Ukraine www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Written by Talha Burki
MSF doctor in Ukraine.

Credit: Global Images Ukraine / Contributor
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The government is housing over 10,000 people - many of them "young men of fighting age" - in a military base on the edge of a small North Yorkshire village of 3000 people. Why are there no demonstrations by "concerned citizens" of Catterick?
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
First I heard was turning on car radio on way home from work. I thought i was listening to a really pathetic drama in the genre of Orson Welles War of the Worlds. The plot was utterly ridiculous, and the "eye witness interviews" were very unconvincing. After about 10 mins I realised ....
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Excellent fund raising by the balaclava mob
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I am opposed to medically assisted suicide/euthanasia. But for those who support the idea in principle, the experience from Canada must be concerning for attempts to I produce it to UK
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/04/16/d...
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Denied care, given death: Ontario report details concerns over same-day MAID Care denied, death given: A look at same-day MAID in Ontario
A new report from Ontario says caregiver burnout may contribute to same-day MAID deaths. Some say all same-day MAID deaths should be reviewed
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Finally they came for the Daily Mail and my irony meter just packed up and left and I never heard from it again.
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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 03/09/2026
There's a lot here to be sickened by, but for some reason the "do you understand what's happening?" really got me. What's happening, Zia? Explain it to us. Use your words. Say it out loud. No no, not "wink wink, nudge nudge, you know..." Why is it a problem she's nominated? Say it, coward.
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Shocked to hear of threats and abuse to the brave volunteers of RNLI saving lives at sea. You could show your support by signing this 38 Degrees open letter. Or better still, why not donate? rnli.org
rnli.org
RNLI - Royal National Lifeboat Institution - Saving Lives at Sea
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. We do this through lifeboat search and rescue, lifeguards, water safety education and international interventions.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Bill Bryson on the RNLI in "The Road to Little Dribbling : more notes from a small island" (2015)
I had never really stopped to consider what an extraordinary thing the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is. Think about it. A troubled ship calls for help, and eight people - teachers, plumbers, the guy
who runs the pub - drop everything and put to sea, whatever the weather, asking no questions, imperilling their own lives, to try to help strangers. Is there anything more brave and noble than that? The RNLI - I looked this up later - is an organization run by volunteers, supported entirely by public donations. It maintains 233 stations around the coast of Britain and averages twenty-two call-outs per day. It saves 350 lives a year on average.
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
I am guessing Cruella doesn't know the song was written in support of George II when faced with an attempted coup led by Charles Stuart. So the prayer was answered in 1745, and is no longer needed.
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
There is another way to deal with a protester who disagrees with you at a political rally www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...
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Obama calms supporters when Trump protester appears
Hillary Clinton rally-goers in North Carolina shouted when a man holding a Donald Trump sign emerged, but President Barack Obama was having none of it.
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 02/09/2026
A new Clinical Practice article summarizes the management of pulmonary nodules, with an emphasis on nodule type, imaging follow-up, cancer risk, and strategies to balance timely diagnosis with avoidance of unnecessary procedures. Read the full article: nej.md/4zT6CWc
Two CT images from the Clinical Practice articles "Pulmonary Nodules." Panel A shows the pure ground-glass pulmonary nodule (arrow) at the time of detection. The maximum axial diameter was 19 mm. Panel B shows the nodule (arrow) after a 12-month interval.
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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 02/09/2026
What’s worse is those who actively make the life of patients worse by that list reducing grift, or artificially increasing referral bars because the list numbers are embarrassing. Fixing the NHS is possible, it just requires actions and decisions that politicians and Execs don’t want to make. 3/3
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Dr Rasu Shrestha @rasushrestha.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A break from all the bleak news! Nepalese school principal saved the lives of 1643 children with his foresight. Listen in.👇🏽 WHAT A HERO!!🎖️🎖️🎖️
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.
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GwedLid (Fisto to my mates) @gwedlid.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
ChatGPT will replace doctors
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What is wrong with both and? Sure there are other things which will do more for cyclists safety - better infrastructure, more considerate drivers, etc etc. But helmets can still help - especially when the other things are missing.
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
BBC Look North desparate to get a local angle by filling this evening's bulletin with Dolly Parton's visit to Rothetham in 2007 They are all at it.
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Craig @craig.nikolic.co.uk · 26/08/2026
All co-payment has done for dentistry is drive dentistry "deserts" across the country and incentivise repeated government ministers to devalue the NHS part of the co-pay deal. All co-pay will do for the rest of "health" is encourage the haves to get faster treatment at the expense of everyone else.
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
This is a tragic disaster. Hundreds dead or missing, major damage to homes and infrastructure, including hydro power, in a remote area of resource poor country. I visited this valley in 2009. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
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Hundreds missing, including 291 foreign tourists, after deadly flash flood on Nepal-Tibet border
In Tibet, CCTV captured a wall of mud and water hitting a border crossing. The missing in Nepal include more than 100 from India and 12 from the UK.
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Pollik @pollik.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I like the Marsh family. This one... "bride of chucky" 😁 youtu.be/o9l1xArp2RM?...
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"Thank You for the Bullsh!t" - Marsh Family parody of ABBA (on Karoline Leavitt leaving White House)
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll.
2 children playing in sand on beach. One has back to camera, the other face hidden by smiley sticker. Hazy cloudy sky above sea in background.
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦
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Waving Flag of Ukraine with Trident Emblem
ALT: Waving Flag of Ukraine with Trident Emblem
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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Reviewer #2: You are using the wrong cup and your water is from the wrong source. Further, you are not qualified to handle cups or drink water.
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is tragic. In 1990s, Mrs W was helping to improve skills for Nepali nurse-midwives in Palpa district. But it remains a poor country with remote areas and limited resources.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
There are 71 Lib Dem MPs in Westminster. There are 8 Reform MPs. When was the last time a Lib Dem press release led the BBC News headlines or was the main story on the BBC News website? (Rhetorical question)
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
No need for a parliamentary standards committee. 22000 people in Clacton who don't fully know the rules and haven't seen all the evidence say their MP is honest, so he must be. The police must be lying when they say they didn't advise anyone to avoid the count.
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Granddaughter knows who to support in #Clacton today
Toddler with waste paper basket over her head
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Bin day tomorrow #clacton #VoteBinface4Clacton
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John Watson @dr-lungs.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Reminder ahead of tomorrow's solar eclipse. It is very dangerous to look directly at the Sun. Same applies to the Mail, the Express and the Telegraph.
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Kasia @scullingmonkey.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Article about fires in Suffolk and wow what a quote - did/do people not care about climate change cause they thought it’s a problem for the developing world only? Speechless
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