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Jin Russell

1 year

Feeling incredible tonight after submitting my PhD this week. Now celebrating with these lovely boys 🤓 I’m so proud of it and myself 🙌 Power to all the working mamas, the PhDing mamas, keep going x

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

To the overseas folks who find watching New Zealand’s Covid-19 response encouraging, Kia Ora. It’s Day 7 of lockdown. In the past 1 week, genomic sequencing has traced the outbreak to single person who went thru MIQ on 7th August. We have stopped 107 chains of transmission /1

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

5 years

Every academic I meet in person compared to the website biography photo #academictwitter #phdchat

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

Overseas commentators go beserk each time New Zealand goes into a ‘go hard, go early’ lockdown. But they are blind to the fact we’ve eliminated it every time. After the last regional lockdown in Feb 2021, we won ourselves 160 days of Level 1 freedom. We do it because it works.

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

While you might see negative pieces from a tiny minority of commentators, the vast majority of New Zealanders support this. Very soon, we will have vaccinated to the same level as other countries, achieving similar immunity without deaths and hospital overwhelm. Wish us luck x

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

4 years

Wow a white guy on a bike just yelled at me to Go Back To China, near my home. Why? I’m like the friendliest asian you’d ever meet and my family are basically as kind as Kung Fu Panda 🙂 AND we’re actually from Wellington and love New Zealand. Please give nothing to racism.

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

5 years

I was mid-PhD when I found out I was pregnant with our 2nd boy. I was embarrassed to tell my supervisors, I said “you must think I’m not serious about my PhD.” My supervisor slammed his laptop shut, looked at me and said “Never for a second.” #kindness got me here #phdchat

@gingergorman

@GingerGorman

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One baby is fine, but say goodbye to your career if you’ve got two kids (via me) #career #children

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

Credits: This tweet has taken off so I want to add an acknowledgment. To Taiwan. Taiwan is showing how to crush delta. From a peak of >600 daily new cases, Taiwan has crushed the curve, counting just 6 new cases yesterday. Inspirational We want to join you

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

Our amazing contact tracers have contacted 13,000 possible contacts. Mass testing continues. In Auckland, the heart of the outbreak, over 10% of the region’s population (representative sample of households) have been tested in the past 1 week. /2

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

The short timeframe: 10 days only, between 7th and 17th August when the lockdown was announced means that we caught the outbreak relatively early. The Devonport man who got himself tested (sentinel case) when he became symptomatic is publicly praised for his actions /3

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

For the overseas people tracking the New Zealand lockdown, it’s Day 4. The strain has been sequenced as delta w genomic link to a MIQ case on 7th July (ie a limited time period). Wastewater testing tells us where virus is. Now 51 cases identified. This is how we STAMP IT OUT /1

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

4 years

My PhD is in epidemiology - I wish I had an ounce of your confidence in interpreting epidemiological data.

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

Prime Minister Ardern’s succinct communication at daily press conferences means we have in general a high level of understanding of incubation periods, we expected to see a rise in cases before the impacts of our lockdown are felt. Great communication means we know what to do /6

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

Kia Ora to the overseas folk. For those curious, NZ’s alert level 4 has managed to successfully reduce the R value of the delta outbreak from 6 to consistently <1. In 28 days we have stopped 955 chains of transmission. The lockdown has already lifted everywhere, except Auckland/1

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Cabinet has decided to extend lockdown in Auckland to the full 14 day virus cycle, and for 10 days for rest of country. The elimination approach continues to be overwhelmingly supported by the public /7

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

I cop quite a bit of flak here talking about the importance of vaccinating children, but Anne in Aotearoa, she’s got my back 😂 Thank you Anne

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

Wastewater testing has reassuringly found only positive samples in Wellington and Auckland, where we know cases have already been identified. Wastewater testing is sensitive to detect 10 positive cases per area of 100,000 ppl /4

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@DrJinRussell

2 years

Our primary school kept masks compulsory through winter for Y4 upwards when we moved into Orange. That decision has paid off tremendously. Just received email from Principal saying that unlike neighbouring schools, we’ve had no year group closures due to staff illness/outbreak /1

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Wastewater testing is being expanded to new regions. After a momentary pause, to reconfigure vaccine centres, the vaccine rollout is now flying, with up to 1% of the population being vaccinated in single day earlier this week. /5

Richard Hills

@RichardHills_

3 years

Ardern won’t regret helping save thousands of lives. Deaths per million: NZ: 5 Aus: 38 Sweden: 1,425 USA: 1,895 UK: 1,924 Ire: 1,000 In 2 months, we’ll be at UK’s current vaccine % total & will be beating the USA. They used emergency approval. Until then, let’s eliminate it.

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

At the hospital coffee shop, the elderly Asian lady in front of me tries to order coffee in faltering English, embarrassed. The young barista looks at her hard, then starts speaking Korean. The older lady is ecstatic, replies in Korean, they laugh like old friends. Cool city

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

We have a single case of Covid-19 in Auckland, New Zealand, with unknown chain of transmission. Response is a 3 day Level 4 lockdown. Go hard, go early. Crush it. Financial supports coming. If we crush it, we’ll be showing what a gold standard elimination response looks like.

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

2 years

Farewell Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, I was so proud that you were our prime minister. You and your family deserve the very best from here onwards 🙏 I hope you can have a really, really good break now

Live: 'Unprecedented hatred and vitriol': Helen Clark on Ardern's resignation

The former prime minister say Ardern will leave a "substantial and significant legacy".

www.stuff.co.nz

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

Another thread for the overseas people who are fascinated by New Zealand’s response to Covid-19, Kia ora. It is Day 14, and there already positive signs that we are flattening delta. Level 4 is indeed effective, new daily cases are suppressed. /1 (Graph by @TheSpinoffTV )

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

I’ve had a long day and this is my best thought, everyone. Let’s not, whatever happens from here, become numb to Covid-19 deaths

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

A big shoutout & thank you to the MIQ workforce of NZ who worked hard to keep us safe from Covid-19. It was a high stakes job, with every case that slipped through in the media, and came at high personal risk of exposure. I won’t forget the role MIQ workers played in saving lives

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

4 years

Something really amazing happened today. I've just accepted an offer to join Starship Children's Hospital as their newest consultant Developmental Paediatrician. Permanently. Medical training is long. I've had two kids, taken on a PhD. But I'm doing what I love. This is a dream

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

We’ve vaccinated over 250,000 children aged 5-11y w Pfizer in Ao/NZ, and the vaccine monitoring experts & paediatric cardiologists say there have been ZERO safety signals from CARM 🙌 This is an extremely safe vaccine which provides excellent protection against serious illness.

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

Kia Ora everyone. This is a thread for people overseas, to put context around what is happening in Aotearoa New Zealand with our Covid-19 strategy. The first point to make is that though we are now shifting away from hard elimination, we couldn’t have picked a better strategy /1

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@nytimes

3 years

New Zealand is abandoning its "Covid zero" goal of eliminating the coronavirus. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern acknowledged an end to the strategy seven weeks into a lockdown that has failed to halt an outbreak of the Delta variant.

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

3 years

Can we shut down Facebook in NZ as part of an effort to rapidly lift population vaccine coverage? I mean, evidence (anecdotal, my anecdote) suggests it’s a quagmire of antivax nonsense

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

4 years

In my last set of tweets on @MatthewHootonNZ 's armchair epidemiological reckons, I emphasised that he does not have the skills to analyse epidemiological data. In his latest Herald piece, he unfortunately makes rookie mistakes again /1

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Lots of tweeting about the tiny but loud protest in the capital. Meanwhile, vaccinators went to work and over 100,000 sensible New Zealanders went out and got their booster this weekend. Quiet, good news

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

PM Ardern has announced that all 12-15 year old children are now able to be vaccinated to protect them from Covid-19 from the 1st September, and can be vaccinated along with their parents earlier if parents attend their own vaccine appointments. Thrilled to hear this. /1

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@DrJinRussell

2 years

Dr Ashley Bloomfield is the only male doctor here in a room of hundreds of women doctors and he just got a standing ovation 👏 No matter what you might read in the media, just know that the DG is wildly popular with NZ doctors 😊 #NZWIM

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Jin Russell

@DrJinRussell

4 years

New Zealanders have re-elected Jacinda Ardern and the Labour Party with a massive outright majority. Politicians overseas, pay attention - good communication, empathy, competence, attention to scientific expertise, and crushing COVID-19 are all extremely popular with constituents

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@DrJinRussell

4 years

Thank you so much to the family of three from South Auckland for getting themselves tested. The readiness of people in the community to be tested protects all of us from Covid-19. I hope they all make a full recovery in quarantine.

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

For balance, can I add, she’s - A/Prof Siouxsie Wiles MNZM - Winner of John Key’s PM Science Communication prize 2013 - Winner of the Royal Society’s Callaghan medal & the Blake medal - BBC’s Top 100 Influential Women 2020 - 2021 NZer of the Year She will never be irrelevant

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3 years

Siouxsie Wiles says she’s disappointed and worried we’re getting rid of some restrictions. I think she’s disappointed and worried she’s going to become irrelevant.

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4 years

A girl stepped onto the bus, forgot her mask. She politely asked the driver if she could board, covering her face with her coat. Driver said of course. I gave her a spare mask from my bag. She took it gratefully. Older Asian lady on the bus thanked me approvingly. What a nice bus

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

**Please get your boosters.** If hospitalisations keep going up, paediatricians like me might be redeployed to help on the adult medical wards, and I only know how to blow bubbles, give out ice blocks, play “is there an elephant in your ear?”, and calculate drug doses by weight.

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@DrJinRussell

2 years

On the basis of time spent together, I can confirm that, in addition to her smarts, A/Prof @SiouxsieW is one of the loveliest, humblest, and most principled people I know at @AucklandUni . A phenomenal person to have in your life. I don’t know why she attracts so much hostility.

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

I listened to Luxon’s speech w an open mind. But the line “growing our economy and raising productivity are the single biggest things we can do” gave me chills. This led to ineffectual Covid-19 responses abroad, deaths. And cos this doesn’t deliver equity or true wellbeing /1

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Christians who don’t want the jab because of “freedom”. I simply don’t understand. There is no Christian ethic that tells you to put your bodily autonomy ahead of the needs of others who are vulnerable. That’s literally why Christ died.

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Public compliance is VERY HIGH. This is partly becos we’ve watched the NSW outbreak, with its softly softly lockdown, which today has 825 new cases, 3 deaths and 85 in ICU. It is also in part because we have a Prime Minister and Cabinet, and MoH that doesn’t piss around /4

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Got an unexpected call from my clinical lead. I've spent a huge number of hours over the past two weeks on COVID-19 comms on paediatric vaccines. She called to ask how the team can support me so I can keep at it. What an amazing boss. The people at Starship are just gold.

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Turning away from anti-vax protest rubbish, let's focus our praise on this. Kids turned out in the thousands today to get vaccinated. At the Tamaki Vaccination Centre, it felt amazing because whole families were there. Stickers, certificates, activities, games, high fives. CHAMPS

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@DrJinRussell

4 years

Prime Minister ⁦ @jacindaardern ⁩ is a master communicator. Even political opponents say this. But what they don’t say is that to communicate at this level, with detail, consistently, requires huge intellect and cognitive flexibility. Acknowledge that.

Auckland lockdown to continue for 12 more days

Auckland will remain in alert level three for a full two weeks, with the government announcing that the country will remain at current Covid-19 alert levels for 12 more days.

www.rnz.co.nz

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@DrJinRussell

5 years

Today my Clinical Director said to me kindly: “Shall we sit down and talk about your workload? I want to make sure we’re supporting you the best we can.” Worked (&overworked) in medicine for years. Never had anyone do this. #MedTwitter , THIS is leadership. We can stop #burnout

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Look I appreciate the need to get overseas experts commenting on the NZ response on telly but (a) none are experts on NZ hospital capacity or population health inequities, (b) continuing elimination while we achieve high vax rates does NOT mean we aren’t thinking about the future

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

It’s the 15th Jan and we have kept Omicron out of Aotearoa New Zealand’s community for 52 days, thanks to a phenomenal effort from MIQ. Over 700K boosters given so far, 93% eligibles double vaccinated. I feel like the remnants of our elimination strategy are still protecting us

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Maybe we could hear from some of the Singapore pandemic experts, rather than these US ones on NZ telly? Singapore has low death rates, high vax rates, and rolling out comprehensive testing strategy while reopening. Dealt with SARS, now Covid-19. Let’s learn from good responders

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@DrJinRussell

2 years

To be honest, we’d all be better off if people in positions of power had the insight to recognise when to step down if they felt they were no longer in the best position to lead. The temptation is to keep holding on. @jacindaardern shows class, again, this is leadership /1

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Yesterday we mass tested AND mass vaccinated: 56,800 vaccinations, 41,400 tests in a 24hr period. At a certain point, contract tracers will be contacting people who were exposed to the virus who have ALREADY BEEN AT HOME while infectious. This is how we STAMP IT OUT /2

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

When your Aunty is on Facebook saying many doctors don’t support the covid vaccine, you can causally mention that there are more registered doctors named “Sarah” who signed a public letter in support of the vaccine rollout than all the doctors in the NZDSOS group put together 😅

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

I really think NZ can beat this. The key now for success is to ensure no outbreaks among the essential workforce, and keeping vaccine rollout flying, with increased focus on vaccine equity for groups that are being left behind. Wish us luck x

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Merry Christmas to everyone who is nursing a broken heart at the end of this very hard year. If you’re mourning, if you’re far, if you’re alone, if your family are present but something else separates you from them, no matter what, peace & love to you. Kia kaha, kia manawanui ❤️‍🩹

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@DrJinRussell

2 years

Me, Matheson, and our two eurasian “fluffs”, just hanging out in Tamaki Makaurau

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Me: 4.06pm Vaccine mandates Level 3 in Auckland Delay reopening schools Robust plans before opening schools You’re doing great Prime Minister

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Some accounts on here are complaining that I smiled too much when speaking to media at the press stand up. I’m a paediatrician. What the heck do people expect from paediatricians lol 😂

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@DrJinRussell

4 years

It is such an accomplishment that Auckland will join the rest of NZ in Level 1 on Wednesday midnight - a triumph of public health tracing and lab excellence, and the collective effort of many many NZers. Twice we’ve beaten back Covid-19; let’s keep it at the border now.

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@DrJinRussell

4 years

Woke up today with headache, low fever, sore. Have waited 2.5 hours in covid testing centre queue. My grandma had to cut her hair and dress up as a boy during WW2 to avoid attracting attention from invading soldiers, so...I guess I can sit on my ass for the arvo and read eh

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

The longer Auckland spends in suppression mode with level 3 lockdowns, the more grateful I become that the government chose elimination. What we’re going through is hard, but let’s be honest, it could’ve been this for 18 months with deaths and hospital overwhelm on top

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Level 3 for Auckland from tomorrow midnight. I’m happy to go with this because we’ve eliminated using Level 3 before but I want you to know, dear PM, that I am ready and willing to go straight up to DELTA LEVEL FIVE if case numbers rise again. KFC means nothing to me

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3 years

Thank you, sincere thank you to the Aucklander who got themselves tested and is now working with the contact tracers. I hope you recover completely, and soon.

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

I just want to be really straight up here. Nothing that I have contributed to the Covid response for kids has been funded, commissioned, or part of my formal job. I’ve volunteered my time and expertise cos that’s what paediatricians and epidemiologists do in a flippin’ pandemic/1

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@DrJinRussell

4 years

If we criticise every person who tests positive, we create a culture where people will not want to be tested for fear of stigma. This is esp true for the Sth Auckland community, many of whom already do not feel at home in healthcare settings. Every test done is a step forwards.

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What it’s like to be a NZer When PM Jacinda Ardern is at home: Me: *tearing hair out* Why aren’t you doing more to reduce child poverty etc ARRGH?!? When PM Jacinda Ardern is chatting to Stephen Colbert on the Late Show: Me: oh prime minister, I’m so proud of you

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2 years

When I’m hanging out with workmates, colleagues often ask, what will the health reforms actually achieve? But then someone else whispers “joined up IT systems”, and a hush falls over the room, and we all gaze into the distance and allow ourselves to just dream for a while

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

“Our collective response” Turns out to be Aotearoa New Zealand’s best effort, whether it’s Covid-19/plague Volcanic eruption Chch/Lyn Mall terror Earthquakes Floods I’m so grateful to live on these shaky islands with all of you

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MIDDLEMORE! You beauty. Eliminating delta AT THE DOOR “So far despite handling more than 80 Delta cases during the outbreak, not a single patient or staff member has caught the virus in an exposure event.”

80 Covid cases treated, but no transmission so far at Middlemore Hospital

The hospital has dealt with roughly a third of the country’s Covid cases outside of MIQ.

www.1news.co.nz

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4 years

Jacinda Ardern promises she will be a prime minister for "all New Zealanders" but I'm pretty sure she could tax the wealthiest 1% of New Zealanders who own 19% of the wealth just a smidgeon more and she'd still be a very popular prime minister

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A few weeks ago I started drawing attention to Singapore's Covid-19 response as one NZ can learn from. S'pore has pop 5.7 million, 73 Covid-19 deaths, 83K cases. After reopening commenced on 19 Aug, cases rose exponentially. What should we be learning? /1

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The moment I’ll remember Trevor Mallard for…🥰

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3 years

In the first week of the paediatric vaccine rollout, 80,000 children aged 5-11y received their first dose. That is approximately 17% of all children in this age group. A monumental effort from the children, whānau, and our vaccinators. This is a good news story. Keep it up! /1

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My school just took the win 🥇 @AucklandUni

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If we shame and blame COVID positive visitors to NZ, we will create an environment where people will be reluctant to be tested for fear of being shamed. This is Health 101. Review the events, critique human and system errors, call for accountability, but don't blame patients.

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In my entire medical career within NZ hospitals, I have never seen a gun shot trauma case. This astonishes my American peers. Remember the #thisisourlane campaign 2 years ago? USA medics testified to daily war scenes in hospitals. I don’t want that here, thanks. #ArmsDownNZ

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Fourth dose of Pfizer, done! I want to lower the chances of passing anything on to my patients, and my hospital colleagues, this winter 😌

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Hard day today. It’s hard to keep my chin up when tweeters are yelling at me as if (a) I’m not working night and day in volunteer capacity to support development of the safest school reopening plans possible, and as if (b) I’m actually in charge of making decisions /1

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@Noo0ah I see you’re in Canada. Okay, here’s the stringency comparison. As you can see, for the last 169 days we have had complete domestic freedoms, what we call Level 1 - sporting events, schools open, restaurants and theatres full capacity. We’ve eliminated covid three times.

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Today’s covid update has NZ Twitter feeling wild. The traffic light system ends. There is a clear shift from using non-pharmacological interventions, to reliance on pharmacological interventions to manage covid. To judge this decision, we need to ask four questions. A thread🧵/1

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2 years

Nothing screams “I’m a paediatrician, please take me seriously” like being interviewed with a giant Pooh bear next to you 😂

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3 years

The angry emails about Covid-19 and kids I receive don’t bother me too much, I know that people are worried and stressed. I’ll keep doing my bit, my best for kids What matters is my asian mother says she’s proud of me and the work I’m doing and god knows it’s a high bar lol 🙂

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3 years

I’m not sure who needs to hear this but it is possible to have a deeply Christian faith and believe this compels you to put the needs of others ahead of your own, to not grasp for power or “freedom”, to not put others in danger during a global plague, to love the vulnerable

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I wrote this!!! “Understanding the risks of Covid-19 to NZers requires local knowledge of health inequities, burden of diseases, and healthcare system limits. Taking a wider view helps us see why NZ must be aggressive on Covid-19.” ⁦⁦ @nzherald ⁩

Jin Russell: Why the numbers of Covid cases don't speak for themselves

COMMENT: Novice attempts at interpretation can lead to dangerous miscalculations.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

As part of #SuperSaturday I'm going through my whole patient list to check their vaccination status and call families to see if I can help Literally whooping for each and every child or young person who has got their shots, incredible effort

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@DrJinRussell

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I really like this new thing in Aotearoa New Zealand where we express gratitude when people test positive for COVID-19 - we thank others for keeping us all safe by getting tested fast. It’s awesome. Keep it up We have 1 case of Covid in the community, and 5M feeling grateful

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To the proactive Port worker who has tested positive: thank you bro/sis, thank you for being careful, thank you for getting tested, thank you for being responsible. We are all in this together.

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3 years

I honestly have no time for anyone suggesting a Freedom Day

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

It’s incredibly disappointing that a UK DJ was out partying in Auckland CBD before testing positive for omicron, when he should have been self-isolating after arrival in NZ. We’ve been omicron-free till now in the community This tweet is like a metaphor 🤯

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@dimension_uk

3 years

Felt like a good idea 🔥☠️🔥

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Judith: I'm sick and tired of listening to her telling everyone else what to do In another era, 2013: PM’s Science Media Communication Prize winner

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@DrJinRussell

4 years

I’m seeing tweets from anxious parents about kids in Auckland returning to school tomorrow. As a Mum, paediatrician and big fan of scientific literature, I just want to share again why I’m feeling relaxed about my boys being back at school and daycare: (Refs at the end) /1

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Addendum: when all is said and done, the New Zealand Covid-19 story will be a public health case study. Even if we falter from here, what we have achieved to date with elimination, leadership and collective action has been remarkable. I am truly privileged to bear witness to it.

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Me, an asian female medical specialist, listening to Mike Hosking’s mocking treatment of fellow doc Dr Ayesha Verrall today on radio. Training an infectious diseases physician takes 13+ years, & not all have the public health and medical leadership expertise Dr Verrall does.

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@DrJinRussell

2 years

My littlest had his first day of school today. I can’t believe he’s five. If anyone needs me I’ll just be over here in the mum’s corner, in a bit of a blubbering mess 🥹🥹🥹

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Just remembering that at the end of 2021 Auckland spent 107 days (!!) in some form of lockdown, and maybe this makes sense why so many people seem so exhausted right now. We did such a good job at flattening that curve. Champions and heroes, all of you

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@DrJinRussell

2 years

This goes a little against the general trend of the public health news today, but I signed a contract this week to step up into a new public health role advising on the child and youth health strategy for the Auckland region. I now have two offices - Starship, and this one ☺️

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

Best thoughts today go to our nurses. Who have delayed industrial action protesting low pay, staffing shortages and work overload, to instead deliver the highest numbers of daily vaccinations AND daily tests we have seen over the pandemic. Salt of the earth, our nurses

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@DrJinRussell

4 years

My Asian parents, not usually so expressive, wrote me a birthday card. My mum said the most important thing was that I have a good heart, and my dad said my grandmother (my MahMah, whom I never knew), would’ve been proud. Now I’m sitting here with good asian daughter tears

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@DrJinRussell

4 years

Speaking with family & friends, I'm aware that many parents are feeling uneasy about their kids returning to school and daycare on Monday. As a paediatric doctor and mum of two, I thought it might be helpful to share why I'm feeling relaxed and where I get my info from 1/9

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@DrJinRussell

2 years

The health system always “copes”. The system copes because when under pressure, we triage cases. Coping doesn’t mean quality care or best practice. Coping doesn’t mean safe practice. Coping refers only to the system, not to practitioners or patients.

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@DrJinRussell

3 years

What needs to be said for balance. The vaccine is free, safe, and can keep you, your bubble, and your students protected from Covid-19. The ‘career down the drain’ outcome, while sad for the above reasons, is preventable and reversible.

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@NZStuff

3 years

Unvaccinated teacher: 'My 15-year career is basically down the drain'

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@DrJinRussell

2 years

I had a minister who had a past life as a violent gang member when he was young. As an adult he was utterly transformed. But the thing that made his transformation so authentic, was that when speaking, he led with stories of his previous misdemeanours all the time. He was humble.

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