Professor Chris Whitty

@CMO_England · London · joined 30 Sep 2019

England's Chief Medical Officer. Annual reports and talks on health https://t.co/uIE9U4HVtO

331 386Followers

272Following

212Posts total

505.7KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views4 215this account12 273median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.27%this account3.89%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %3.44%this account1.25%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	4 215	12 273	0.34×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.27%	3.89%	0.33×
Engagement rate	3.44%	1.25%	2.75×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

33.1K30 Apr

68.8K18 Jun

199.6K

4.2K

3.1K

3.6K

90.6K22 Jun

368

3.5K

669

61.5K10 Jul

36.5K

Last 12 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.72%30 Apr

2.76%18 Jun

1.81%

5.74%

9.12%

10.28%

0.99%22 Jun

4.08%

5.47%

3.44%

0.54%10 Jul

0.75%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.25%.

What the audience does

Likes65.4%5 701 in total

Reposts20.9%1 826 in total

Replies7.9%690 in total

Quotes2.0%178 in total

Bookmarks3.7%325 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

Targeting nicotine vapes at children using colours, flavours and displays to addict them is shameful. Vapes can help adult smokers quit but marketing to children is unacceptable. A consultation on proposals to reduce the appeal of vapes to children is open https://t.co/aAFigAfQIV 36.5K views · 168 likes · 42 reposts · 58 replies 10 Jul 2026 Today, the UK CMOs have published updated physical activity guidelines. These reflect stronger evidence on the benefits of increasing activity for anyone, but especially for the least active. Even small amounts of activity can have big benefits for health. https://t.co/Qnphr6NZ0U 61.5K views · 213 likes · 79 reposts · 29 replies 10 Jul 2026 @CMO_England Somehow my dog and I survived three years in the Seychelles 🇸🇨 An absolute miracle. https://t.co/UED9XmuTWC 669 views · 19 likes · 0 reposts · 4 replies 22 Jun 2026 @CMO_England There are 75 times more excess deaths from cold than heat in England and Wales. Looking forward to seeing 75 warnings and lists of advice for the elderly and vulnerable from you this winter. 3.5K views · 166 likes · 15 reposts · 8 replies 22 Jun 2026 @CMO_England Why should we believe a single word that comes out of your mouth? 368 views · 15 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 22 Jun 2026 A red heat-health alert has been issued this week. Extreme heat can be dangerous for young children, elderly and vulnerable people. Rehydrating and cooling can be life saving. For advice on identifying and treating heat exhaustion and heatstroke see here: https://t.co/tkUJFbbsEX 90.6K views · 483 likes · 302 reposts · 94 replies 22 Jun 2026 @CMO_England This is a seriously misleading post and you should not be providing this advice without an essential safety disclaimer. The graph you posted uses a "predicted" rate which is false. There were no deaths in the unvaccinated group. 3.6K views · 309 likes · 62 reposts · 3 replies 18 Jun 2026 @CMO_England And this pharmacovigilance data (VAERS) shows that ALL reports of cervical cancer popped up magically when the Gardasil vaccine rolled out in 2006. @SenRonJohnson https://t.co/DHQiAbZsZl 3.1K views · 221 likes · 53 reposts · 8 replies 18 Jun 2026 @CMO_England This is just correlation. There could be any number of other explanations. Young people being less promiscuous. Young people being locked up at home for several years as a result of YOUR COVID lockdowns. Changes in screening processes (screening now happens later and 4.2K views · 208 likes · 17 reposts · 15 replies 18 Jun 2026 A new study shows HPV vaccination in England has led to the number of deaths from cervical cancer falling to zero in vaccinated women under 25. Please encourage all eligible children to get vaccinated. https://t.co/YuX2BCR6gz https://t.co/Hbb3u4NSXS 199.6K views · 2.4K likes · 770 reposts · 392 replies 18 Jun 2026 This is a false statement by omission. It should say that cervical cancer deaths fell to zero in young women irrespective of vaccination status. That is multifactorial due to change in screening and under-age sexual activity in the UK. No RCT has shown a reduction in cancer 68.8K views · 1.4K likes · 455 reposts · 36 replies 18 Jun 2026 (1/7) The Tobacco and Vapes Act has now received Royal Assent and becomes law. Smoking has killed and disabled millions of people. Most smokers wish they had never started but are trapped by addiction to nicotine- addiction takes their choice away. https://t.co/9hoJC8SNFr 33.1K views · 155 likes · 31 reposts · 43 replies 30 Apr 2026