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Here to read the news. Likes science, health, old buildings, crafty things, law and reform. Hates corruption. Dip. Accounting. Business a/c: @misssherryshome

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This is one of the best articles that I've read during the Covid19 pandemic. Every government official, especially those with health portfolios, should read it. Chief medical, nursing, and health officers should also read it. Please share widely. Many thanks to @ProfEmer .
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My latest editorial: โ€œA better approach to mitigate the risk of airborne infections in workplacesโ€œ TL;DR A โ€˜let them ripโ€™ attitude towards the mitigation of the risk of common airborne infections in the workplace is unacceptable
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Prof Raina MacIntyre says achieving herd immunity by infection is a fallacy because it will only enable the evolution of new variants that will then cause more infections.
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"It's a very chaotic response and it's not really based on public health principles" Infectious diseases expert Raina MacIntyre says adopting the "let it rip" strategy amid a major Omicron surge is "irresponsible".
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@ErinAPN1 I will never forget Sophie. I hope doctors and nurses elsewhere are able to help her recover and that she goes on to lead a wonderful life.
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. @VicGovDH The resistance to mask mandates is unacceptable. Can we move beyond just protecting the health system (important as that is) to protecting people and their capacity to work and provide for themselves and their families? 1/
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"We're now seeing your typical regular healthy middle-aged person presenting to ED with bad cases of RSV. And that's pretty novel for us," Dr Payinda said. Covid may have permanently damaged people's immunity
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Dear @Ahpra , Could you please explain to the Australian public why Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly is being allowed to remain in office when he (1) allegedly refuses to recommend mask mandates to help control harmful Covid19 transmission, as stated by @Mark_Butler_MP today;
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. @AlboMP - Catherine Bennett and anyone who shares her reckless views on deliberately choosing to enable the spread of the harmful Covid19 virus to as many unvaccinated children as possible has no place on any ethical Covid19 inquiry committee. Catherine is compromised.
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Why isn't Australia's Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly and Chief Nurse Alison McMillan appearing in TV commercials to encourage N95 mask-wearing during this ongoing pandemic? All we see is encouragement to vaccinate - good, but nowhere near enough on its own. @Mark_Butler_MP
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@DrEricDing @normanswan One of the really sad, and almost unbelievable, aspects of this situation is that some within the medical profession in Australia pushed for the removal of the protections that have led to this dreadful situation and abused others who tried to keep people physically safe.
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NSW - Mitchell says school camps will go ahead. Dr Kerry Chant says to avoid private sleepovers and similar activities.
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To people who hate wearing masks: Buy an N95 mask. Practice wearing it at home when you're sitting watching TV or relaxing to get used to how it feels. Keep your mouth and face clean, or change your mask as needed if it starts to smell or looks dirty. At least give it a try.
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@DrPieterPeach @normanswan @VictorianCHO @abcnews @JennyMikakos A stuffed-full bin means people might be pushing their waste into the bin and contaminating their hands. Bin overhang means people may brush against contaminated waste and transport it elsewhere. Potential for particles on the waste to become airborne.
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I am an Australian who doesn't drink alcohol. I am an Australian who still wears a KN95 in the supermarket and other indoor places that I can't avoid attending where nearly everyone else is unmasked. I don't fit in in my own country.
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Where is Australia's Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly? Why isn't he coordinating the medical colleges and their leaders to help bring Covid19 infections down with sensible advice and practices? @ama_media
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โ€œInfection control guidelines are fundamentally flawed: SARS-CoV-2 is airborne. It is outrageous that three-and-a-half years into this pandemic, staff and patients are still, knowingly and repeatedly, being exposed to a level-3 biohazard..." - British Medical Association
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Major survey of >600 doctors with Long Covid (conducted by @TheBMA ) reveals debilitating impact on health, life and work - on a background of dismal respiratory protection at work.
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If you live in a country where your medical profession is still largely trying to prevent Covid19 spread, please spare a thought for Australia where some of our GP "family doctors" take the lead in discouraging health mask use to help stop harmful Covid19 spread by 1/
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No mask mandates during a pandemic is about as logical as no speed limits on our roads - we would never rely on the goodness and responsibleness of individuals alone when it comes to road safety. @Ahpra @Mark_Butler_MP 2/2
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One of Catherine Bennett's worst and most notorious mistakes when she wished to infect thousands of unvaccinated children with the harmful Covid19 virus. She is a very poor choice for an enquiry committee given her past serious errors of judgement.
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For the sake of the โ€˜forgotten voicesโ€™ of the pandemic, reopen Australiaโ€™s schools

Thirty-five of Australiaโ€™s top academics, doctors and community leaders and have written an open letter to Australian governments, calling on them to reaffirm their commitment to open schools.

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Some poorly informed Australian and UK paediatricians promoted the idea for many months that teenagers were at little risk from Covid19 and vaccinating them wasn't important. How wrong they were.
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17 y.o. Alayna Thach, honors student at Olney Charter High School in Philadelphia Pennsylvania died from COVID on Dec 13, 2021. She was a straight-A student, a member of her schoolโ€™s photography club & debate team. She was not vaccinated #SoulsLostToCovid
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@NSWHealth @NSWCHO At some point you need to stand up and say that ordinary, well people can also be severely harmed by Covid19. The old narrative that only the elderly and vulnerable need worry is completely wrong and outdated.
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and (2) as late as November 2021 the CMO was still preaching the unethical propaganda that it would be a good thing for many Australians to get infected with a highly transmissible variant of Covid 19, as per this government transcript:
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Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly's interview on the Today Show on 29 November 2021

Read the transcript of Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly's interview on the Today Show on 29 November 2021 about coronavirus (COVID-19).

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"The visitors have also been instructed to 'please wear a mask if requested by a member of staff'" Dublin hospital reintroduces visitor restrictions over worrying COVID outbreak
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Dublin Hospital Reintroduces Visitor Restrictions Over Worrying COVID Outbreak

A Dublin hospital has reintroduced visitor restrictions following a COVID outbreak as fears over the new Eris variant grow.

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@joeolivermd As we are all vulneable to Covid19 harm, doctors should mask around all patients to protect all patients from infection. One simple, necessary standard for all. Make it simple for doctors so it just becomes part of their routine.
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@nigeltwitt @ESPIDsociety Yes, certainly some have forgotten the wisdom of mask-wearing during an airborne disease pandemic both to protect themselves and others when they are likely to share air. How poor training is in your specialty.
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Well, everything is open but the customers aren't coming as expected. Who would have thought people might choose not getting infected over an indoor lunch somewhere? Young people are losing their work shifts due to a lack of customers due to uncontrolled disease spread.
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@mvankerkhove Do you regret saying Covid19 wasn't airborne when it was? Why didn't you listen to experts but instead choose to spread misinformation that caused so much harm?
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We cannot afford to sit around and wait years for the AHPPC, CMO's, CHO's and other groups to collect data on long Covid19 before taking substantive effort to protect people from getting Covid19.
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@AmerAcadPeds Some early studies, like those from 2020 that you refer to, claimed low incidence of transmission in schools. These studies did not include the Delta or Omicron variants, which have affected children in far greater numbers since the research referred to was conducted.
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@ESCMID @IDSAInfo Why aren't they wearing masks? We are still in and infectious disease pandemic. They have come from all over the world and are now sitting within very close range of each other, literally breathing all over each other. Who is in charge of health and safety at this event?
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@DALupton If universities can make rules like students must wear closed toe shoes, or wear a white coat in this particular class (or risk being sent home if they don't comply), they could do the same for masks. Govts could also regulate to protect people from the less well educated.
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@altimetr @RageSheen In fairness, it might depend on when the family releases the details to the public. This teacher's death will shock Australia, where spokespeople have repeatedly played down the risks of Covid19 in schools and shown disregard for teachers and students alike.
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The inappropriate of the health advice being given to the Health Minister is documented here:
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Just a thank you to all the Australian doctors and nurses who might not talk much anymore on here but continue to don their respirators, even in summer, to care for patients as the Covid19 pandemic continues. We might not see or hear you, but we haven't forgotten you and we
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@lucysunman It's such a dumb statement. Like saying "she was hit by a drunk driver and killed, but she had a number of pre-existing conditions".
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@BlakeMMurdoch Some are saying "it's not airborne". Others said that about Covid19, and were very wrong.
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@SMpwrgr @lulusherwood Tradies are usually well trained in safety and sensible enough too look after their own health properly. Often agreeable in nature, thoughtful, careful. HCW's at higher levels often trained to self-promote, think of self, not well trained in safety. Subordinates told to follow
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@NjbBari3 Imagine being 12 years old and living the rest of your life knowing that you unwillingly brought Covid19 home to your family and your grandma died because of it. What a burden to put on the shoulders of children by forcing them to attend school in a pandemic.
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@NSWHealth @NSWCHO It is also critical that you acknowledge and speak about asymptomatic spread and the corresponding need for all people who can to wear N95 masks indoors wherever they go. Otherwise your messaging is only telling half the story.
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@AlfredHealth Thanks for modelling high-quality respirator wearing !!!
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@lucysunman "She had arthritis in her knees and couldn't run quickly when she saw the car approaching. Had she not had arthritis, she could have run quicker and might still be alive today."
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@JOHNJOHNSTONED Given that we are all at risk of dying from Covid19, this should be the standard everywhere.
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@i_petersen @disnenchanted @Embyeye @GeorgeMonbiot Oh yes there is evidence Irene:
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Effectiveness of HEPA Filters at Removing Infectious SARS-CoV-2 from the Air - PubMed

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spreads by airborne transmission; therefore, the development and functional evaluation of air-cleaning technologies are essential for infection control. Air...

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Australian paediatrician Fiona Russell, who recklessly advocated for sending unvaccinated children into classrooms to enable mass infection with Covid19, disrepects highly experienced professionals who have dedicated much of the past two years to protecting children from harm:
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@Dom_Perrottet Anyone with a basic understanding of infection control knows infectious people should stay home and isolate as much as possible until they are no longer infectious. We only have pandemics because one infected person spreads disease to many more, multiplied over and over again.
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@HSELive @_mbdr_ If you encourage people to wear N95 respirators indoors during the ongoing airborne Covid19 disease pandemic, they will get sick less often and miss less important events and days of work.
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@SleepyJim0 There is no evidence of permanent or long-term immunity to either the ancestral strain of Covid19 or any of the variants that have emerged. They're holding out a false hope if they are telling people they will be permanently immune after each body-damaging infection.
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@EnemyInAState It's weird in Australia. Doctors who try to talk about Covid19 harms appear to get bullied repeatedly by other doctors who are trying to pretend Covid19 is over/nothing to worry about/something they would rather ignore.
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@dgurdasani1 @itosettiMD_MBA Some leaders thought vaccines would end the pandemic. That didn't happen. So instead of ramping up some of the other available tools, they seemed to throw their hands in the air, declare it all to hard and take the attitude we all just have to live with Covid19 and
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@MJLScoullar @zalaly @BurnetInstitute So lovely to see people protecting their health and the health of others by wearing masks at an indoor conference ๐Ÿ™‚ It has made my day to see this.
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@abcnews When will health authorities encourage people to do basic things, like mask indoors at meetings, conferences, and in schools, to help reduce spread of this harmful virus?
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@CollignonPeter Surgical masks are not PPE, much the same as an apple is not an orange.
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@waggacrow @VicGovDH I have thought about that. I can't speak for others, but personally, knowing that others aren't wearing masks puts me off going into shops. If more people wore masks, I might browse a few minutes longer and buy a few extra things, rather than rushing in and out quickly.
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@DrLeanaWen @afa_cwa It is concerning that a medical doctor has been unable to grasp the basic concepts of virus physics and the need for mask-wearing by all who are capable of wearing them in areas with local transmission and an understanding of repeat infections, even when vaccinated.
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Still wear a respirator indoors as you might inhale infected air from a person near you before that infected air reaches the air purifier system. @Globalbiosec
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With a new strain of COVID on the rise and flu season ramping up, now is the time to consider what the pandemic taught us about preventing the spread of viruses. 60 Minutes reports, tonight.
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Queensland health now recommends P2/N95 respirators for staff caring for all confirmed and high-risk suspected Covid19 patients:
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The local council has had people off sick with Covid19. A large national book retailer can't fill orders quickly enough due to staff off sick with Covid19. Multiple university lecturers bravely soldier on and teach classes online while sick. Supermarkets ration tissue sales.
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It seems the only way to deal with stupid, stubborn, arrogant people in medicine and nursing is to speak very firmly to them and tell them you will report them to their regulatory bodies (AHPRA in Australia) if they continue to promote unsafe behaviours. 1/
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"Transmission of COVID-19 from inhalation of virus in the air can occur at distances greater than six feet. Particles from an infected person can move throughout an entire room or indoor space." 1/
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Indoor Air and Coronavirus (COVID-19) | US EPA

EPA recommends precautions to reduce the potential airborne transmission of the virus, such as ventilation and air filtration as a part of a larger strategy that includes minimizing close contact,...

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@DrPieterPeach @normanswan @VictorianCHO @abcnews @JennyMikakos Medical waste bins should always have lids and a foot pedal to open the bin lid (to avoid touching the lid with hands) and be emptied before they become over-filled.
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@enenbee @AlanBixter @profesterman Great work from yourself also on The Drum yesterday. Thank you for once again highlighting that Covid19 is not a cold or flu and the need for indoor masking.
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@NjbBari3 @JamesGWood_UNSW @UNSW Yes, that's unethical, inhumane, sadistic and inappropriate @JamesGWood_UNSW , particularly given your past behaviours. Who catapulted you into ATAGI?
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Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly refuses to publicly call for mask mandates to help control Covid19 spread. His late 2021 wish to infect all Australians with a version of Covid19 under a personal delusional belief that infection gives immunity was reckless and unscientific.
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@TRyanGregory The decision put me under financial pressure for a while (ok now), but at least I'm still alive and functional.
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@DrToddLee @MaryFernando_ @CBC @BogochIsaac @joeolivermd Covid19 is currently pandemic. It's not hard to protect yourself. It sounds like you're not capable of providing sound advice at the moment. I hope you have some friends who can help you see reason.
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@TRyanGregory Pre-Covid, I once left a job where I was repeatedly exposed to carbon monoxide fumes and the employer (who had a reputation for harshness) wouldn't do anything about it, despite the previous person in the role (who I did not know) dying of brain tumour complications.
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@ashishkjha Immune disregulation is immune damage. A disregulated immune system cannot function properly - it is a damaged system. You sound confused.
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@_mbdr_ I don't think the let-it-rip people grasped many important factors. Some were expecting long-lasting immunity after an initial infection or vaccination, which turned out to be a false expectation. Some thought Covid19 would barely affect working age people or kids - wrong again.
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@JordanCrane2 @StVincentsMelb @VictorianCHO - can you please arrange for all hospital staff in all Victorian hospitals to wear respirators to better protect all patients needing care.
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Professor Nigel McMillan, director of the infectious diseases program at Griffith University, said the federal government should activate extreme social-isolation measures when the number of COVID-19 cases hits 250 nationally. But he believes NSW should act immediately.
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@BigBadDenis @PKelly_CBR Paul Kelly, you are not providing adequate advice here. You still haven't caught on that everyone is vulnerable to harm from Covid19, even young, fit, healthy people and seem out of touch with reality on this subject. Also, PPE is not a restriction - it's a protection.
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@AlboMP @Telethon7 @PerthChildrens Shame on @PerthChildrens for not requiring masks in health care during the ongoing Covid19 pandemic, especially around children who may be immunocompromised. Staff should know better. @Telethon7 - do something to protect these children from all circulating airborne diseases.
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@RajlabN Not collecting accurate data now makes it harder to plan for future pandemics and find the best ways to reduce the current, ongoing Covid19 one. It's short-sighted of institutions and governments anywhere to try to "fly blind" because some might not want to address reality.
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referring to ongoing mask usage during the ongoing Covid19 pandemic as being "hypervigilant" as they seek to discourage protecting people from contracting harmful circulating diseases. 2/2 Brain damage in the medical profession perhaps?
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Sharon Thornton
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@doctor_oxford @LibDemPatrick @PeterStefanovi2 @JoFroggatt @ITV People aren't wondering why there wasn't a universal mask mandate, Rachel. They're wondering why you personally, as a doctor who claims to be an expert in health, failed to choose to wear one, regardless of what anyone else did or didn't do.
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@jvipondmd In 2022, Robert Booy, along with a small handful of other very vocal doctors, promoted the mass infection of unvaccinated children with Covid19 via school classrooms:
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@ProfPCDoherty Also, the word long relates to time, not severity. I guess any doctor who promoted mass infection, as John Gerrard openly did, might struggle mentally once they realise that the outcome they expected (herd immunity) didn't happen.
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Sharon Thornton
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Coronavirus is most contagious before and during the first week of symptoms
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Or perhaps just ignorance, apathy, lack of appropriate education, laziness, preferring to appease colleagues rather than do the right thing?
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Sharon Thornton
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@DarylTractor The only way they could safely have a "rest" from masks is to learn remotely from a well ventilated home. But Fiona doesn't like that idea either. Her views only create more safety issues and will expose children and staff to even higher levels of harm if implemented.
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@QldGovernor No masks indoors during a Covid wave? Has seeing people's smiles become more important than safety?
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Sharon Thornton
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1 year
@maolesen I suspect they weren't that sinister but originally underestimated the harm Covid19 was about to unleash and were too proud to change course when they should have.
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Sharon Thornton
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3 years
@normanswan Other states were criticised for short lockdowns, some prominent medics said they didn't do anything. Unfortunately NSW decided to try a different approach but it has proven the value of those early, short lockdowns that other states used to control transmission quickly.
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Sharon Thornton
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@RACGPPresident @DrSteveRobson You need to promote mask-wearing, Karen Price. Vaccines alone are not enough to control Covid19 harm.
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Sharon Thornton
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Italy halts AstraZeneca vaccine for under-60s
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Sharon Thornton
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@CollignonPeter Why are you always so angry towards those trying to do the right thing, the things that will result in the least harm to people, and that aren't difficult to do? Avoiding infection is better than temporary hybrid immunity and all the problems that infection might bring.
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Sharon Thornton
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@nik_kolb @i_petersen @brownecfm Every day uninfected is another day that can be lived well and enjoyed without the consequences of infection that reduce people's capacity to enjoy life.
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@CDCDirector @HHSGov You're not protecting people when you don't wear a respirator mask indoors during the ongoing worldwide Covid19 pandemic.
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Sharon Thornton
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2 years
@AlboMP The NSW dictatorship of anti-safety agendas needs to end.
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Sharon Thornton
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3 years
Some good advice here on how to protect ourselves if public health policies are not the best. Note that Omicron is still very new in many communities and it is too early to make firm statements about severity as it has not reached some population groups yet, schools closed, etc.
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MJA Editor in Chief
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โ€œI don't buy we are all going to have to get COVID. And I don't buy we have to let it rip. Everyone of us taking action will make a difference. Happy New Yearโ€. Dr Nick Talley: Protect yourself from omicron ... because the PM's plan won't
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"Despite lower initial severity at the acute stage of the infection, paediatric patients demonstrated on average 5 months later a similar brain hypometabolic pattern as that found in adult long COVID patients"
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Sharon Thornton
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Osterholm paraphrased: 'We have decided to tell people what we assume they want to hear rather than promote infection control'. ๐Ÿ™…โ€โ™€๏ธ
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CDC plans to drop five-day covid isolation guidelines
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@amapresident There were no masks worn at recent @RACGP and @TheRACP indoor events, despite the public health guidance from the deputy Chief Medical Officer being to wear masks indoors or when in crowds. Could some be encouraged to set a better example to help reduce the damage being done?
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Sharon Thornton
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@VicGovDH @western_health @IPCHealth_au Why aren't the staff in particular wearing masks when they are leaning and breathing all over people during an ongoing viral pandemic? Has the health department completely lost the plot?
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@NSWHealth Stop being dishonest. Actual infections, actual data, which you should be collecting via test and trace, would provide the most accurate indicators of Covid-19 activity in the community. It looks like you are trying to cover up the mistakes of some very wrong medical doctors
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Sharon Thornton
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@SolNataMD If anyone gives me strange looks for wearing a mask, I'm just going to start fake coughing. Hopefully they'll move on then.
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@CollignonPeter No, it doesn't. The safety measures brought in to protect children from harmful disease will not prevent them still getting a full education, even if that education was delayed for some. What will reduce children's life expectancy is being infected repeatedly with harmful viruses
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@QldGovernor Haven't any of these "experts" learned that even vaccinated and asymptomatic people can spread Covid19? What message are they trying to send to the public by their lack of masking indoors as case numbers rise again?
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Sharon Thornton
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3 years
The worst medical researchers are the ones who take the attitude "Let's wait till the ship sinks to the bottom of the ocean before we can be certain there was a problem" types. Thankfully not too many of them, but still some trying to influence Covid19 policy.
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Sharon Thornton
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2 years
@SGriffin_Lab @Kit_Yates_Maths Virtue signalling is a favorite term of pathetic bullies.
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@ProfPCDoherty @factcheckdotorg Some who claimed "deep expertise" made many mistakes about Covid19 and its impacts. Some have seemed quite confused as they try to justify encouraging widespread infection with a harmful pathogen.
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7 months
Is this true, Margie Danchin of ATAGI? Is this belief behind ATAGI"s decision to discourage the boosting of children against never-ending Covid19 variants, regardless of the harms of repeated infection that you should know about? @Mark_Butler_MP
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The Vertlartnic
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Relax. Sheโ€™ll Understand That Getting Her Infected Again And Again And Again And Again Was Something That You Were Doing *For Her*.
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