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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I paid £85 through pharmadoctor.co.uk/patient/phar... worth checking ….

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Lake District sunset: leaning into autumn 🍂

Blue skies with pink clouds and mountains silhouetted , with green fields and trees in foreground

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

However the economic loss to uk from long Covid is eye watering: £1.5-8 billion pa conservatively? (Let alone the human cost)

• Lost Earnings: Affected individuals lose an average of £10,929 (or 25% of their earnings) due to reduced working hours or quitting.
• Monthly Productivity Loss: Averages £931 per severely impacted patient per month.
• Informal Care: Care provided by family or friends is valued at an average of £8,726 per patient needing support.
• Macroeconomic Impact: Total national economic impacts are estimated between £1.5 billion and £8.1 billion+ annually depending on broader workforce reduction models, with potential productivity losses scaling significantly higher for severely impaired cohorts.
NIHR Evidence
How much does long COVID cost society?
People with long COVID earned an average of 25% less than before they had the condition; this equates to £10,929 each in lost earnings, on average.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) | (.gov)
Health economic outcomes and national economic impacts associated with Long COVID in England and Scotland - PubMed
LC has a national economic impact of £8.1 billion annually and £24.2 billion since its emergence. This is comparable to the annual cost of £9.4 billion for stro...
University of Southampton
Long Covid could cost the economy billions every year
Long Covid could cost the economy billions every year The research, published in BMJ Open and funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIH...
Policy Commons
The Economic Burden of Long Covid in the UK: A Summary Report
The Economic Burden of Long Covid in the UK: A Summary Report Show full title 21 Mar 2024 This report examines the macroeconomic impact of Long Covid in the UK ...
Personnel Today
Long Covid costing UK plc billions in lost productivity – study
10 Dec 2024 — Long Covid cognitive and psychiatric problems can last for years – study The researchers found that the economic burden of long Covid is primarily driven by pro...
The Royal Society of Medicine
Long COVID doubles a patient’s cost to the health service – new study
28 Nov 2024 — The researchers found t…

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I think Lib Dems still scarred by the result of last leader’s championing of EU and terrified of being seen as Tory lite.

Jo Swinson who lost her seat https://news.sky.com/story/sky-views-is-jo-swinson-turning-into-the-nigel-farage-of-remain-11812718

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

😷 👏 you’re in good company with your FFP3 this week! #StevenSpielberg

Steven Spielberg wearing a face mask outside the new Lucas Museum

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Like this ? … Oops wrong Bond…

Distressed leather jacket worn by James Bond

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’m sure it’s been used already but are we nearing dire straits territory?

Dire Straits rock band 1984 https://www.facebook.com/DireStraits/posts/dire-straits-in-1984-left-to-right-terry-williams-alan-clark-mark-knopfler-hal-l/1489865075832410/

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

And this RNLI Christmas duck in a jumper shop.rnli.org/collections/...

A very cute white fluffy jumpered duck and yellow bill all wrapped up in a scarf and hat

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

BBC archives came up trumps news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi...

1981: Coup in the Cortes
The 1981 attempted coup in Spain shocked the nation.
TV viewers watched images of the rebel army leader Lieutenant Colonel Tejero brandishing a pistol as his followers fired over the heads of terrified members of the Spanish parliament, the Cortes.

King Juan Carlos was instrumental in ending the rebellion by announcing on national TV that such action would not be tolerated.

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

😂 Have you seen this Dolly Parton cookware site? 💕 www.lodgecastiron.com/blogs/story/...

A picture of the base of a cast iron skillet with the words: “Jolene please don’t take my pan”

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It’s got both on uk setting now

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My top tips for cruising through your 60s…

A pair of trekking poles and a pic of a girl in a baseball hat striding out

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Oh god so thats why I’m using trekking poles it’s NOT osteoarthritis my surgeon will be so relieved.. 🙄

A woman up a mountain using trekking poles clearly social contagion 😂

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

He’s not wrong about Rosebank according to experts including Dr Jasmine Wakefield

Rosebank will do nothing to lower UK energy bills or strengthen energy security. 90% of Rosebank’s reserves are oil destined primarily for international markets. Rosebank's minimal gas reserves could reduce UK gas import dependency by just 1% on average - and only if none is exported.
Rosebank's total lifetime emissions are estimated at 254 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalent, nearly 70% of the UK's entire annual emissions in 2024.
Rosebank is incompatible with the UK's commitments under the Paris Agreement to limit warming to 1.5°C. Existing global oil and gas reserves already far exceed what can be safely burned in a world committed to limiting warming to 1.5°C, making new fields, like Rosebank, incompatible with this aim.
UK taxpayers effectively shoulder over 80% of Rosebank's development costs through generous tax reliefs, while the primary financial beneficiaries, Equinor, and Shell, paid essentially zero UK tax in 2024.
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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The facts are clear: Blog from Jasmin Wakefield

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Washing pegs perched like birds on the line #HoheTauern 🇦🇹 dawn’s early light

Early morning mist in valley, seen from the eave of a 300 year old farmhouse perched precariously on an Austrian hillside. 5 clothes pegs are hanging from a wire.

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

That looks like a quality mask too… 👏 healthIsWealth

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Wow. Just look at this graph and tell me what is *not* being mentioned www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/coron...

A graph with a big jump in diabetes cases in 2021-22 to 2024. Correlates with Covid infections.

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Just got back, it’s lovely and cool 🥶

A mountain climber in a warm hat and jacket overlooking the spectacular summits around Reine , Lofoten Islands

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If there’s any better way to tackle summer salads I haven’t found it yet @nigella.bsky.social #LakeDistrict 🇬🇧

Watermelon, feta cheese and black olive salad in a red onion and lime dressing , tumbled with parsley and mint in olive oil.

Feet above a warm Lakeland tarn with warm fern streaked mountains and hot hazy blue sky above

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I’ll pick some up on way back from Reine if that’s helpful? 😂❤️ 🇳🇴

Pale blue skies and bright blue seas ringed by little red houses on stilts, wth the jagged Lofoten peaks circled around

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Finally made it to the Lofoten Islands just breathtaking hikes and views 🇳🇴❤️

Looking down onto Reine from the summit of Reinebringen (1900 built steps extraordinary)

Descending from Munken Nord top towards Sörvagen through sunny meadows and endless blue lakes with granite slabs scattered across the hillsides

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I dunno .. duty free wine in Oslo looking good this evening

1.5 litres of duty free Chill out Chenin Blanc for 179 kroner (@£15 )

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Well I’m querying it, their take on “swathes of returning reform voters” is wildly inaccurate.

There was v little movement between left and right since 2024

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

If we look at wastewater residue I’m afraid the UK is top of the charts. “The highest rates of cocaine use are found in Spain (13·3%), the UK (11%), and Denmark (9%),” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Table E: Aggregated trends in cocaine residues in seven EU cities’ wastewater, 2011–24 (data reproduced from the European Union Drugs Agency sewage analysis core group.) UK is highest (red) at 64%

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

A brief window of sunshine between the showers

A bike on a bench above Derwentwater with blencathra behind . Cloudy wth blue gaps and a hint of sunshine

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Brilliant new paved path (2024) linking High Tove to High Seat #LakeDistrict #Thirlmere

Pristine paved path looking south through the bog ..bounded by a receding fence line with blue skies above

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Great news for one of my favourite mountains… last week it was in the murk though…

Tumultuous grey blue skies above a jagged ridge line of mountain with slivers of snow still in the gullies. Foreground is a boggy hillside.

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Don’t worry weather’s terrible up here 😂

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Sun still shining in the far NW 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Big blue skies and lowering clouds above the snowy gullies of An Teallach, with an ochre boggy foreground

Loch Broom, yellow flowers and green meadows

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Snowy on A’Chailleach today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Snowy rocky summit slope with a hiker against a tumultuous cloudy sunny and blue sky

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Hmm early days to make soothing pronouncements

A long Q for comforting lies and a very short Q for unpleasant truths

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Grace Hurford PhD @ghurford.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Cruising 🚲 through Newlands Valley today 🇬🇧 Lake District

Blue skies and fluffy white clouds above Robinson and Hindscarth . Bright green fields dotted with sheep in foreground.

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