Thursday, 27 January 2022

City of Sanctuary Maternity Stream Resource

 

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ป๐Ÿคฐ๐Ÿป๐Ÿคฑ good zoom time sharing today with 
Improving and streamlining maternity care for refugee mothers 
The pack for mothers, midwives, doullas, refugee groups, befrienders & NHS trusts 
Note there are performance awards available to recognise care pathways.

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

Future of hospital design


 Excellent series of webinars ..I attended yesterdays looking at innovation in surgical care. It was good to hear innovative people planning with best care for patients and a caring environment for staff to work in.. Salus Global series  some random screencaptures to give you insight into the time of sharing. 





Plus newsletter links 
Award winning climate sensitive hospital Bangladesh 

New Oncology Haematology hospital London


Monday, 24 January 2022

Avon Sale Bargains


๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’„some good January sale bargains Avon Lisa Armstrong Cosmetics 

๐Ÿ›check it out with  Olivia Avon Rep

๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’„๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’„๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’„๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’‹๐Ÿ’„๐Ÿ› 

๐Ÿ’–My Granddaughter!๐Ÿ’–

Tuesday, 18 January 2022

Dubai Art


 I have been watching a TV series on Dubai and become aware of artwork in Dubai. Found these on Instagram to share...

Saturday, 15 January 2022

Grand Union Canal Uxbridge

I had a lovely afternoon walk by the Grand Union Canal in Uxbridge in the wonderful winter sun..love the photos I took as the water has a real sheen and reflective..I sent to my Princesses in Belgium Family Link Up to show canal boats and how each boat is given a name by the owner. I asked them what would they call their boat if they had one. I used to ask this of my grandkids when walking by the canal boats ...we had fun thinking of wacky names. 

Uxbridge Discovery

Out walking in Uxbridge yesterday found this sign and thought how appropriate with the  disgraceful news of parties in Downing street night before the funeral of our Queen's husband, Prince Philip. What has this to do with Uxbridge you ask ,.well the PM is the MP of Uxbridge. Boy are the residents & voters on a trail of discovery on the unsuitable selection to represent the constituency, the lesson learnt and loud and clear. ....better to have a well respected local candidate..as indeed Uxbridge had before Boris Johnson. You see we feel used and now abused by Mr Johnson as he plonk himself in the " safe seat" a hardworking well respected local man created, that of John Randall. Now look at the heap of problems being created by poor management & leadership skills.  That safe seat now as very wobbly legs.  We have some good caring locals that listen hear our voices and are proactive to solve issues.. locals from all party colours that listen to all residents and wish to improve the area.  Mr Johnson needs to step aside and let new local talent and drive into the post of MP Uxbride & South to represent the residents, businesses, services of the constituency. To be a local voice in a global world.. there are many issues to tackle with the weight of being heard in parliament. 

Thursday, 13 January 2022

French Article Omicron

 

Very good article ref: The Conversation Omicron note trying to improve my language skills through translation. Understood 70% pre read with my BSc Nursing background.

Le dernier variant prรฉoccupant en date, Omicron, sโ€™est rรฉpandu sur la planรจte ร  une vitesse inรฉdite. Et cette expansion nโ€™est pas finie : les experts affirment dรฉsormais que 40 % de la population mondiale sera infectรฉe dans les deux prochains mois. Chronique dโ€™une catastrophe annoncรฉe ? Cela peut paraรฎtre assez surprenant, mais nous ne connaissons pas encore exactement le degrรฉ de gravitรฉ des symptรดmes causรฉs par Omicron par rapport aux autres variants prรฉoccupants. Ce dรฉlai est normal.

ENGLISH: The latest variant of concern, Omicron, has spread across the planet at unprecedented speed. And this expansion is not over: Experts now say 40% of the world's population will be infected within the next two months. Chronicle of a predicted disaster? This might sound quite surprising, but we do not yet know the exact degree of severity of the symptoms caused by Omicron compared to other variants of concern. This delay is normal.

DUTCH: De nieuwste zorgwekkende variant, Omicron, heeft zich met ongekende snelheid over de planeet verspreid. En die uitbreiding is nog niet voorbij: experts zeggen nu dat 40% van de wereldbevolking binnen de komende twee maanden besmet zal zijn. Kroniek van een aangekondigde ramp? Dit lijkt misschien heel verrassend, maar we weten nog niet de exacte ernst van de symptomen die door Omicron worden veroorzaakt in vergelijking met andere zorgwekkende varianten. Deze vertraging is normaal.

FRENCH Jusquโ€™ร  prรฉsent, toutefois, les signes sont plutรดt bons.

Avec le prรฉcรฉdent variant, Delta, il y avait un lien clair entre lโ€™infection et lโ€™hospitalisation, puis, chez certains patients, lโ€™admission en soins intensifs โ€“ voire le dรฉcรจs. Cela ne semble pas รชtre aussi รฉvident avec Omicron. Cependant, le directeur gรฉnรฉral de lโ€™Organisation mondiale de la santรฉ (OMS), Tedros Ghebreyesus, a dรฉclarรฉ le 6 janvier 2022 :

ENGLISH: So far, however, the signs are pretty good.

With the previous variant, Delta, there was a clear link between infection and hospitalization, and then, in some patients, admission to intensive care - even death. It doesn't seem to be so obvious with Omicron. However, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Ghebreyesus, said on January 6, 2022:

Si Omicron semble moins grave que Delta, notamment chez les personnes vaccinรฉes, cela ne signifie pas quโ€™il faille le classer dans la catรฉgorie des maladies bรฉnignesโ€ฆ ยป

La question est de savoir pourquoi il serait moins dangereux que le redoutรฉ Delta. Omicron, connu pour ses nombreuses mutations, possรฉderait-il des changements qui le rendraient moins agressif ?

If Omicron seems less serious than Delta, especially in people who have been vaccinated, that does not mean that it should be classified as a mild disease ... "

The question is why it would be less dangerous than the dreaded Delta. Does Omicron, known for his many mutations, have any changes that would make him less aggressive?

Il y a deux aspects ร  considรฉrer. Premiรจrement, Omicron semble moins capable dโ€™infecter les cellules pulmonaires. Il se cantonne plutรดt aux voies respiratoires supรฉrieures, tout comme dโ€™autres coronavirus qui restent dans le nez et la gorge. Cโ€™est notamment le cas de lโ€™OC43, un coronavirus responsable de rhumes.

There are two aspects to consider. First, Omicron appears to be less able to infect lung cells. Rather, it is confined to the upper respiratory tract, just like other coronaviruses that remain in the nose and throat. This is particularly the case with OC43, a coronavirus that causes colds.

Ceci est cohรฉrent avec les symptรดmes plus lรฉgers dรฉjร  associรฉs ร  Omicron, qui sont principalement liรฉs au nez et ร  la gorge - reniflements et toux sรจche. Ce n'est que lorsque le SRAS-CoV-2 infecte les poumons qu'une forme grave de la maladie commence, avec une augmentation drastique des difficultรฉs respiratoires. Omicron semble moins capable de le faire (des รฉtudes en cours semblent montrer que cette variante se multiplie รฉgalement moins bien que ses prรฉdรฉcesseurs dans les poumons lorsqu'elle les atteint, ndlr).

This is consistent with the milder symptoms already associated with Omicron, which are mainly related to the nose and throat - sniffling and dry cough. It is only when SARS-CoV-2 infects the lungs that a serious form of the disease starts, with a drastic increase in breathing difficulties. Omicron seems less able to do this (ongoing studies seem to show that this variant also multiplies less well than its predecessors in the lungs when it reaches them, note).



Et il y a un deuxiรจme aspect ร  prendre en compte pour expliquer la proportion plus faible actuellement constatรฉe de maladie grave. Il sโ€™agit du fait que dโ€™autres acteurs majeurs du systรจme immunitaire que les anticorps, les lymphocytes T, sont capables de gรฉrer Omicron.

And there is a second aspect to be taken into account in explaining the lower proportion of severe illness currently observed. This is because other major players in the immune system besides antibodies, T cells, are able to manage Omicron.

Les deux vigiles de notre systรจme immunitaire

On sโ€™est dโ€™abord inquiรฉtรฉ de ce quโ€™Omicron, avec toutes ses mutations, puisse รฉchapper ร  notre systรจme immunitaire. Cโ€™est dโ€™ailleurs en partie le cas pour les anticorps. La protรฉine Spike, prรฉsente ร  la surface du virus SARS-CoV-2, est la cible clรฉ pour ces derniers : ils sโ€™y accrochent et la bloquent, lโ€™empรชchant ainsi dโ€™interagir avec les cellules que le virus tente dโ€™infecter et assurant ainsi une protection.

The two vigilantes of our immune system

First we worried that Omicron, with all of its mutations, might escape our immune system. In fact, this is partly the case with antibodies. The Spike protein, present on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is the key target for the latter: they attach themselves to it and block it, thus preventing it from interacting with the cells that the virus is trying to infect. and thus providing protection.




Cependant, chez Omicron, les parties de Spike que les anticorps reconnaissent ont changรฉ : lโ€™identifiant moins bien, ils sont moins capables de neutraliser le virus.

Avec cette ligne de dรฉfense, cependant, la quantitรฉ peut lโ€™emporter sur la qualitรฉโ€ฆ Ainsi, mรชme sโ€™ils ne peuvent pas se lier ร  Omicron aussi efficacement quโ€™avec les variants prรฉcรฉdents, notre systรจme immunitaire, surtout quand il est stimulรฉ (par la vaccination notamment), peut produire suffisamment dโ€™anticorps pour faire son office. Cโ€™est lโ€™une des raisons pour lesquelles les rappels sont si importants.

However, at Omicron, the parts of Spike that the antibodies recognize have changed: identifying him less well, they are less able to neutralize the virus.

With this line of defense, however, quantity can trump quality ... So while they may not bind to Omicron as effectively as with previous variants, our immune system, especially when it is stimulated ( by vaccination in particular), can produce enough antibodies to do its job. This is one of the reasons that reminders are so important.

Mais la trรจs bonne nouvelle vient du second acteur immunitaire mentionnรฉ ci-dessus : nos lymphocytes T, qui, eux, peuvent encore reconnaรฎtre et รฉliminer Omicron. Le ยซ T ยป de leur nom vient du thymus, un organe situรฉ dans la partie supรฉrieure de notre thorax oรน cette famille de ยซ globules blancs ยป achรจve son dรฉveloppement et sa maturation.

But the very good news comes from the second immune player mentioned above: our T lymphocytes, which can still recognize and eliminate Omicron. The "T" in their name comes from the thymus, an organ located in the upper part of our thorax where this family of "white blood cells" completes its development and maturation.

Ces lymphocytes fonctionnent dโ€™une maniรจre diffรฉrente des anticorps. Lorsquโ€™une de nos cellules est infectรฉe par un virus, elle prend un morceau de sa protรฉine Spike et lโ€™affiche ร  sa surfaceโ€ฆ Un peu comme si elle agitait un drapeau rouge pour dire quโ€™elle est occupรฉe par lโ€™ennemi. Les lymphocytes T ont des capteurs leur permettant de repรฉrer ces signaux dโ€™alerte. Quand ils en localisent un, ils se fixent ร  la cellule infectรฉe et la tuent.

These lymphocytes work differently from antibodies. When one of our cells is infected with a virus, it takes a piece of its Spike protein and displays it on its surface ... Kind of like waving a red flag to say it's occupied by the enemy. T cells have sensors that allow them to spot these warning signals. When they locate one, they attach themselves to the infected cell and kill it.

Lorsque notre corps est soumis ร  un pathogรจne inรฉdit, les lymphocytes T participent ร  la dรฉfense en dรฉtruisant les cellules infectรฉes reconnues grรขce aux antigรจnes, les ยซ drapeaux ยป venant du virus. En parallรจle sont gรฉnรฉrรฉs des lymphocytes T dits ยซ mรฉmoire ยป, spรฉcifiques ร  ce pathogรจne et qui vont patrouiller dans notre corps. En cas de seconde exposition, ces cellules mรฉmoires sont capables de rรฉagir trรจs rapidement et spรฉcifiquement dรจs quโ€™elles recroisent ยซ leur drapeau ยป, ndlr)

When our body is subjected to an unprecedented pathogen, the T lymphocytes participate in the defense by destroying the infected cells recognized by the antigens, the โ€œflagsโ€ coming from the virus. At the same time, so-called โ€œmemoryโ€ T lymphocytes are generated, specific to this pathogen and which will patrol our bodies. In the event of a second exposure, these memory cells are able to react very quickly and specifically as soon as they cross "their flag" again)

Comme une explosion contrรดlรฉe

La mรฉthode peut paraรฎtre un peu extrรชme, mais elle est surtout redoutablement efficace. Car en tuant la cellule infectรฉe, on รฉlimine aussi le virus qui ne peut donc pas repartir infecter de nouveaux hรดtes. Cโ€™est comme une explosion contrรดlรฉe. Ce processus permet donc de contrรดler le virus en lโ€™empรชchant de coloniser et pirater toujours plus de cellules.

Like a controlled explosion

The method may seem a little extreme, but above all it is extremely effective. Because by killing the infected cell, the virus is also eliminated, which therefore cannot go on to infect new hosts. It's like a controlled explosion. This process therefore makes it possible to control the virus by preventing it from colonizing and hijacking more cells.

Les anticorps constituent la ยซ premiรจre ligne ยป de notre systรจme immunitaire : ils empรชchent le virus de pรฉnรฉtrer dans nos cellules. Les lymphocytes T en sont la ยซ seconde ligne ยป : si le virus a rรฉussi ร  infecter une cellule, lโ€™escadron T arrive et la tue, stoppant ainsi le virus dans son รฉlan.

Et dans le cas prรฉsent, les lymphocytes T sont toujours efficaces contre le variant ! En effet, les parties de la Spike prรฉlevรฉes pour รชtre mises ร  la surface de la cellule infectรฉe โ€“ les drapeaux rouges โ€“ nโ€™ont pas beaucoup changรฉ chez Omicron, ร  la diffรฉrence de celles reconnues par les anticorps.

Antibodies are the โ€œfirst lineโ€ of our immune system: they prevent the virus from entering our cells. T cells are the โ€œsecond lineโ€: if the virus has managed to infect a cell, the T squadron arrives and kills it, stopping the virus in its tracks.

And in this case, the T cells are still effective against the variant! This is because the parts of the Spike taken to be put on the surface of the infected cell - the red flags - have not changed much in Omicron, unlike those recognized by antibodies.

Les lymphocytes T reconnaissant les versions antรฉrieures de la Spike (via une infection prรฉcรฉdente ou surtout les vaccins) restent donc capables de bien faire leur travail. Plusieurs รฉtudes ont montrรฉ que les lymphocytes T gรฉnรฉrรฉs par les vaccins ont conservรฉ leur capacitรฉ ร  combattre Omicron.

Notre systรจme immunitaire a รฉtรฉ sculptรฉ au fil de millions dโ€™annรฉes dโ€™รฉvolution. Il a toutes sortes de tours dans son sac et heureusement, du moins jusquโ€™ร  prรฉsent, celui des lymphocytes T rรฉsiste toujours ร  Omicron. Et comme dโ€™autres รฉlรฉments du systรจme immunitaire, ils peuvent se souvenir de chaque combat menรฉ pour รชtre plus efficaces ร  toute infection suivanteโ€ฆ Ils pourraient donc bien rester dans la course face ร  dโ€™รฉventuels futurs variants. Nos lymphocytes T sont une raison dโ€™รชtre optimiste !

The T lymphocytes recognizing previous versions of the Spike (via a previous infection or especially vaccines) therefore remain able to do their job well. Several studies have shown that the T cells generated by the vaccines retained their ability to fight Omicron.

Our immune system has been sculpted over millions of years of evolution. He's got all kinds of tricks up his sleeve and luckily, at least so far, the T-cell one still holds up against Omicron. And like other parts of the immune system, they can remember each fight to be more effective at any subsequent infection ... so they may well stay in the game for possible future variants. Our T cells are cause for optimism!









Saturday, 8 January 2022

Nai Barghouti concert London


Two years on still no action #FreeNazanin


This came in my Facebook memory share. I remember that January day in Parliament. Parliament felt robbed of its soul there was a strange atmosphere. The staff however as always warm & caring with me.  But my words slightly prophetic.. following weeks the world entered lockdown in the Global pandemic. 

Monday, 3 January 2022

๐ŸŽ„๐ŸŽHoliday love Andre Rieu

 

This holiday time  has been wonderfully enhanced by Andre Rieu concerts and films on Sky Arts... I am truly fascinated by Andre the King of the Waltz and his orchestra family.. There is something quite wonderful how his music, his singers, his style, his love of music and response in the audience, absolutely unites countries and continents in the world. The magic created demonstrates how we can be a Global family.. the music and songs touch every emotion that runs through us all.. Happiness, sadness, despair and hope.  Andre's style and stage production can reach into the hearts of the mass audiences he attracts. He has respect and appreciation for the countries he plays in, reaches out to the cultures and can weave into his concerts. I love the way he recognises new young talent and gives them a chance on stage with him. 

Just before the pandemic global lockdown he brought to the stage 11yrs old  Emanne Beasha with her very powerful soprano voice to sing "O mio babbino caro" a moving song where a young woman is begging her father to let her marry the man she loves. Not a dry eye in the audience and me too sat at home watching on TV ..the power of her voice, her story telling and the connection with Andre awesome. Each note, each lyric resonates into your very being ..captivated by what your ears hearing, what your eyes seeing..your mind taken into the scene created ...even to the point you are not only drawn to the stage but become part of that story that scene created..  ecstastically  beautiful.. Played over and over again never loses its potency.

๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒน
The King of Waltz became a King of Cakes in lockdown.. looks like we all needed to be in lockdown with Andre... wow some yummy looking cakes... but we would have  needed  daily cycling round Maastricht to burn off the calories. I love what set him off to bake ..in his film The year the Music stopped ..he shared that when on tours and in times couldn't sleep he would watch cake baking tutorials..but never had time to try... so in lockdown time was there to try ..progressing from small cakes to larger ones.
Check out venues for his concerts now able to tour again 
๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ’–

Saturday, 1 January 2022

๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‘‘ 1950s born women


 2022 ๐Ÿ’œ ๐Ÿ‘‘ In this year of Her Majesty's Platinium celebration what a wonderful gesture by @10DowningStreet @BorisJohnson to pay the outstanding SP to the baby girls of the then new Elizabethan era 1950s born @ClarenceHouse @KensingtonRoyal @age_uk @CompInPolitics @WASPI_Campaign @wepaidinupayout 

๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’š

๐Ÿ’–Absolutely Fabulous Dame Joanna Lumley ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŒน

๐Ÿ’–Congratulations  Dame Joanna Lumley Absolutely Deserved๐Ÿ’–

 ๐Ÿ’–The day Lady Marjorie met Dame Joanna Lumley... two Gutsy Women campaigners ...who Absolutely clicked that day Absolutely Fabulous... 

Lets Hope 2022 is THE year that Nazanin is free to join her family here in the UK ..an Amazing courageous woman ..with a devoted loving husband, Richard desperate to get the love of his life, his wife back.. turning his pain into campaign.. Please continue to write to your MP, write direct to the present PM at Downing Street and you can write to our Queen who passes your concern to the PM in the weekly audience..we need wise negiotations ...

We can do this together ..lets #FreeNazanin and make 2022 a truly Happy New Year ๐Ÿ’ž

๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰Happy New Year๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽ‰