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Professor Karol Sikora

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Professor Karol Sikora

@ProfKarolSikora

Oncologist of 50 years. Founding Dean @UoB_medic. Ex-director WHO Cancer Programme.

London

linkedin.com/in/karol-sikor…

Joined March 2020

Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
Mar 30, 2020
Germany has got testing spot on. They plan to test hundreds of thousands for the presence of the antibodies and issue 'Immunity Certificates' to those who test positive-allowing their work to be exempt from the lockdown. This information will be a huge weapon against the virus.
Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
Apr 5, 2020
Italy just reported its lowest death toll for over two weeks. Cases down, deaths down, recoveries up. It seems like they are past the peak. Fantastic news - wishing them the best.
Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
Apr 1, 2020
Social distancing works. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine estimate that before the lockdown one positive person would infect 2.6 other people. Now it's just 0.62. This means the virus is cornered - it has nowhere to go and will burn out. Good news.
Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
Feb 23, 2023
I've been in medicine for half a century. I've delivered babies, treated cervical cancer and helped thousands of women. I won't be lectured to on what a woman is and whether or not we can say the word. Especially from people with such an awful understanding of biology.
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Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
May 16, 2020
There is a real chance that the virus will burn out naturally before any vaccine is developed. We are seeing a roughly similar pattern everywhere - I suspect we have more immunity than estimated. We need to keep slowing the virus, but it could be petering out by itself.
Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
Jul 19, 2021
I am extremely pro-vaccine, but I passionately believe it should be a person's individual choice. Vaccine passports are wrong.
Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
May 27, 2020
Some laughed at my prediction at the end of March that we would start edging back to normality around the second week in May - it was right! I think by August things will be virtually back to normal, perhaps sooner. We should still prepare for the worst, but hope for the best!
Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
May 27, 2020
It makes no sense that I can soon meet my family in a car showroom or a garden centre, but us sitting apart in the garden is banned. That has no scientific or logical basis. The Government are pleading with us to show some common sense - it needs to work both ways.
Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
Jan 22, 2025
We're told the NHS is underfunded... If that is the case, why is over £80k being wasted on this diversity role? If it were up to me, every penny spent on these jobs/schemes would be diverted to frontline staff. I think most sensible people agree.
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Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
Jun 5, 2020
What am I hoping to achieve? The country is on its knees. If I can bring a little bit of hope into a few people's lives, that's good enough for me. Treating cancer teaches you that hope is a powerful motivator - I won't apologise to you for trying to help people through this.
Piers Morgan
@piersmorgan
Jun 5, 2020
Who’s shouting? I’m very calmly asking why you constantly try to spin bad news positively? What are you hoping to achieve? It’s intellectually dishonest to sugarcoat a crisis like this.
Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
Aug 29, 2024
I detest smoking. It's an awful habit, terrible for your health and I urge anyone to quit. But. At some stage, we have to trust people to make their own decisions. If we banned any harmful habit, we'd be living very boring lives. Where do we draw the line? Alcohol? Unhealthy
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Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
Jul 4, 2020
A great afternoon in the pub with the woman I first met as a student nurse 50 years ago. And Chico! Have a good day everyone, please be sensible!
Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
Nov 19, 2021
Words can’t describe how outraged I am by the policy of compulsory vaccinations. It’s not how public health should be conducted. Consent is essential. I disagree with vaccine passports, but this is an entirely new level of unacceptable.
Professor Karol Sikora
@ProfKarolSikora
Sep 21, 2020
I suspect millions have the same view as me. Supported the first lockdown in the face of an unknown virus, but vehemently oppose another shutdown now we know far more about how to deal with it. We can't continue this cycle waiting for a vaccine that may never come.