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3 years

We may look back on the last 2 years and wonder what on earth we did to the children in the name of Covid Schooling, friendships, sports, arts, mental health and more They are at lowest risk but paid the maximum cost #covid19

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2 years into pandemic, with - 90% + vax - with boosters rolling out - with milder variant - with rapid tests available - with oral agents on horizon there is a responsibility for clinicians to normalise this disease which is becoming endemic. Time to move forward. #COVID19

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Watch the prolockdown group pivot from "can't open till 90% total oz pop vaccinated" to "not safe till entire globe 90%". 🔒 They should just stay at home, communicate between themselves on a WhatsApp doomsday group, and let the rest of us live 🗝️ Sorry for rant 😇 #COVID19Aus

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Hey Melbourne! A tip for your mental health n wellbeing. Stop watching daily Covid press conference! Same verbatim every day and you just end up frustrated and in a bad mood 🤣🤣🤣 . Go for a nice walk; get Vit D; smell the flowers. See the good and positive 👍 #COVID19Vic

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With such high vaccination rates, it’s time that vax mandates and passports be dropped, apart from obvious areas like healthcare where there are vulnerable patients. To double down on the remaining 10% will have undesirable consequences on a societal level #COVID19Aus

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2 years

Some people say “get over it” when discussing lockdowns, curfews, playgrounds… The reason why we shouldn’t get over it, is because it sets a precedent. It shows govs what people will tolerate when enough fear is generated Fact is, there was no science, but it happened anyway

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3 years

As we approach high vax rates in Vic, it’s time for these restrictions to drop: - curfew - 15km rule 🤩 - outdoor masks when distance poss Time to assist a psychologically stunned community transition to the next phase 🙏 #COVID19Vic

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3 years

Lockdown is hard for everyone But if it stops you from earning, if it increases your risk of domestic violence, if it worsens depression and mental health, if it questions your reason for living, then lockdown is an existential crisis and not just an inconvenience #lockdown6

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Australia is no longer the Covid "envy of the world". We are now "the laughing stock of the world". Initial response was great, but now we are languishing whilst the rest of the world opens up. #COVID19

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Covid is here to stay, like in every other part of the world. 🌎 Time to set a reasonable date for everyone to be vaccinated 💉 Kids deserve an education 👶 Life must go on 🍀 End of Tweet 🐥 #covidaus

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When we are at 90% + vaccinated, there’s no such thing as “let it rip” 💉 It’s closer to “let it be”, with some common sense thrown into the mix 🤟 Maintain sensible precautions 💪 Keep perspective and trust the overseas experience 🤞 #Covid_19

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3 years

What’s reasoning behind fully vaccinated Victorians with negative swab 3 days prior to departure from NSW needing to do 14 days of home quarantine? Seems to be a Covid zero policy when we already have several hundreds of cases per day and significant community transmission.

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3 years

Time to pivot Vic Truth is there’s heaps of very good vax in fridges all over the State, ready to be given now. Virus spreading due to essential workers that perform essential work, not due to playgrounds, tennis players and picnics! Let’s move forward #CovidVic

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Advocating for low risk outdoor activities does not make you an irresponsible “let it ripper”. 🌴 It means you understand risk and u care for the well being of our citizens.👌 Time to permit all outdoor sports to resume in a covid safe way. 🚴🚣‍♂️🏊‍♂️🏌️‍♂️🏂🏑🏏🎾⚽️🏸 #CovidVic

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@theheraldsun Two years of promoting fear. Time to stop this now.

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4 years

Easy to support harsh lockdown when you have a job, an income, can pay rent, can feed family. Sadly not everyone is in that position. Real people out there are desperate. Every day matters for small business. Numbers are so low. Time to ease more in Covid safe way. #COVID19Vic

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3 years

Just watch the extreme groups try and shift the nationally agreed 80% vax target from 16+ to 12+, and then to 5+. “Restrictions should stay in place till 80% over all 5+ are vaccinated” We will not be opening up till well into 2022. Does this concern U? #COVID19Vic

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3 years

Would it be possible to stop the daily press conferences in Melbourne too? I do t think they are all that helpful. Just release a roadmap, vax targets, and give a weekly update. Do many people still watch them? #Covid19Vic

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3 years

NSW didn't shut down hard or fast enough. Accepted.🔒 But I do believe they will be the ones to lead us to next stage w with high vax rates 💉 Setting realistic expectations of endemic non harmful disease amongst vaccinated.🍀 Covid zero was so 2020 🗝️ Pile on! 🥊

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2 years

I’d rather see State money being used to fund state problems, like our health system which has been chronically under resourced, rather than the National netball team. Doesn’t seem quite right, but this is Victoria and things seem to be done differently! 🤷‍♂️

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2 years

At Tullamarine international arrivals. Announcement overhead, “Please maintain physical distancing, refrain from hugging and shaking hands” What planet do these people live on. Families/ friends have been separated for 2 years!!! Do you really think they’re going to listen! 🤷‍♂️

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3 years

If new variant is actually less severe, then its great news for the world, especially if it becomes dominant It means it’s becoming closer to a flu like virus Having vulnerable vaccinated + boosted is best protection. Remainder won’t get too sick anyway #Omicron #COVID19

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3 years

I’ll keep saying it. Need to ease lowest risk outdoor restrictions. 🏖 2 months to get to 80% double vax in Victoria. It’s a long time! 💉 People are at breaking point and need some release valve. 😪 It takes courage to lead 💪 #Covid19Vic

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3 years

Picture tells a thousand words. Victoria, the Lockdown capital of the world. Not surprising people are leaving in droves. Plenty more who want to leave but locked inside! #COVID19Vic

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3 years

As a doctor, I’m the last person who wants the health system overwhelmed. Over the next few months we will see it stretched. But rather than the entire state being locked down or in periodic pause it’s the health system that needs to adapt to the “new normal” 1/4

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I hold no hope for meaningful easing in Vic on Sunday 🤢 At 70% 1st dose & 60% 2nd in older demo there’s NO reason why the lowest risk activities should be banned 🏖 Outdoor tennis, golf, swimming, hiking, skate, fishing 🎣 picnics. > 3 hour People need hope 🙇‍♂️ #covid19vic

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Oz kids excited to get back to school, meet friends, continue education, get lives back again. They have sacrificed more than enough over the last 2 years We owe it to kids & parents to reassure them rather than promote fear and panic #COVID19

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2 years

There’s a group of epidemiologists that quote Covid deaths on a daily basis Why are they quiet and have always been quiet about other deaths- heart, diabetes, cancer, accidents, alcohol, smoking, mental health… 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

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2 years

In the end it’s real people that suffer. Heartbreaking

Aviva Klompas

@AvivaKlompas

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A Ukrainian father says goodbye to his daughter before sending her away from danger. He is staying behind to fight for Ukraine. #RussiaInvadedUkraine

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3 years

“The WHO is calling this morning for countries to drop travel restrictions and end the mass hysteria, and instead be cautiously optimistic as more and more reports out of South Africa suggest the new Omicron variant is not more lethal than the previous Delta variant”

janet albrechtsen

@jkalbrechtsen

3 years

‘there have been no reports of hospitalisations or deaths as a result of anyone being diagnosed with Omicron.’ Why can’t Australia’s taxpayer funded broadcaster carry this important news?

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3 years

Come on Australia. The world is watching and it’s bloody embarrassing. Time to reunite families. Open international borders to vaccinated Australians + negative test b4 departure + negative rapid test on arrival , into home quarantine. There is really no excuse now

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3 years

Time to make vaccinated people exempt from lockdowns from now as an incentive for people to get vaccinated. Vaccinated people are significantly less likely to transmit Bouncing in and out of lockdowns is simply not sustainable in the short, medium or long term. #COVID19Aus

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3 years

Traveller arrives from India Covid negative and catches it in an Australian hotel quarantine. Couldn’t script it! #COVID19

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3 years

At near 90% vax, it’s high time we dropped the 7 day isolation policy. We need a “test and stay” policy for society, not just for schools Time to move forward #COVID19

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2 years

No surprises here Due to the disproportionate restrictions, not due to the virus

The mental health of young people is almost visibly unravelling

Clinical psychologists are today bracing for ever-increasing rates of mental illness among young people.

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3 years

Why do so many presume it’s a “given” that kids need the C vax. What if the data shows it’s such a mild illness they don’t need it ? What if data shows that myocarditis due to Pfizer is irreversible? I prefer that our Paediatric experts advise us further. #covidkids #COVID19

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1 year

Can’t blame the pandemic Mr Premier. Every state in Australia went through it. You just chose to manage it differently Nothing comes for free in life

Andrews in talks for ‘more support’ from PM ahead of budget

The Victorian premier is speaking to Anthony Albanese about the need for a federal bailout in the May budget as the state’s growing debt threatens the national economy.

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3 years

Victoria COVID: Bar president Christopher Blanden slams Andrews government’s ‘appalling’ new pandemic laws…

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3 years

Demanding that 12-16 be included in 80% to start easing restrictions is wrong 🤨 They are not responsible for over burdening the healthcare system.🏥 It’s the adults who have chosen not to be vaccinated. 🤬 Vax in 12-16 are a bonus, but need not impact easing 🗝 #COVID19Vic

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3 years

We can assume Omicron has already seeded 🦠 Australia has incredible vax rates 💉 Despite new variant there will be vax efficacy, even if reduced ✅ Travel bans v harmful and should be dropped ASAP ✈️ Sensible global efforts, NOT panicky isolationist reactions 👍 #Omicron

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3 years

Interesting to see commentators criticising WA when they themselves have been pushing covid zero the entire pandemic. The result is families being separated from loved ones, unable to attend critical milestones that mark our life journeys You know who you are #covidzero

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3 years

When 60 QCs aren’t happy w the new bill, it definitely raises concerns.

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60 QCs have now signed an open letter arguing for amendments to be made to the Pandemic Management Bill. @10NewsFirstMelb

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3 years

Reasons for Vic covid hospital crisis - close contact isolation policies for staff - holiday season - chronic under resourcing public hospital systems - insufficient outpatient management of mild/moderate covid - fear propagation by certain groups - case numbers #COVID19

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3 years

Time to set a date Mr Prime Minister. @ScottMorrisonMP 🗓 Get vaccinated by “x date” after which you will encounter delta unvaccinated. 🦠 Maybe Boris was right. Drew a clear line in the sand. Thought he was a buffoon, but maybe not! 🏆 #COVID19Aus

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3 years

Even now I’m meeting staff in hospital that are not vaccinated. They are eligible & have had opportunity. Time to go harder with incentives & restrictions for vaccination. Otherwise there is no urgency to get it done, and we will be held ransom by the complacent and hesitant.

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3 years

Sad to see @GladysB stepping down. She was the only leader in Australia who understood the global reality of Covid. Some sick partisan types will be delighted about her downfall but she was a courageous individual who was leading Australia out of this pandemic. #auspol #nswpol

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3 years

“The Burnet Institute study relied on images from the photo library of The Age newspaper showing Melbourne community settings to conclude that mask usage rose from 43 per cent to 97 per cent after the July 22 mandate came into effect.” Time to drop outdoor mask mandate

Pragmatic in Britain

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A study by the Burnet Institute being total crap? Surprise surprise. This may become interesting... #covid19vic

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3 years

If you had no pressing need to go to Queensland, why would you bother? Give them a few months to psychologically process “living w covid” No point flying and then get locked up in quarantine! @qldhealth

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3 years

No going back now We are in a good position in Australia. - summer - highly vaccinated - booster uptake good - outdoor options plentiful - milder Omicron variant - PCC def changing We’re transitioning to endemic phase now. Not time for brakes

Passing 10,000 Omicron cases in a day is a warning to hit the brakes

But once we stop the rapid growth in COVID, there may be merit in allowing moderate to high case numbers of Omicron to continue.

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3 years

The number one best thing you can do for your mental health is to stop watching press conferences. Instead, go for a walk in the beautiful sunshine, get some Vit D, chat to a friend, and get a vax if you have been thinking of getting one. #CovidVic

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2 years

Whilst lockdowns didn’t stop patients seeking medical care, the fear narrative around Covid lead to patients staying home Sadly, we are now seeing delayed cancer diagnoses and more advanced cancers Whilst lives may have been saved, there were far reaching costs to lockdowns

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2 years

You've got 96% double vax, 63% triple over age 16. Presumably triple is higher in the over 60s and more vulnerable demographic. Why do you have any restrictions at all? @MarkMcGowanMP

Mark McGowan

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2 years

This is our WA COVID-19 update for Tuesday, 1 March 2022. For official information on COVID-19 in WA, visit

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3 years

Internationally it’s becoming apparent that vax alone won’t be an end to Covid. 🌎 This thing will rumble along with peaks and troughs, but it’s rapidly becoming a manageable disease affecting unvaccinated or those with waning immunity. 🏔 Life will go on! ☀️ #COVID19

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4 years

HolidayInn outbreak 19 cases. All linked. No mystery cases. None in hospital. None in ICU. 6.3 million live in Victoria. Lockdown debatably indicated due to tracing team overwhelmed. Cant see a good reason for it to continue. Wait n see... #COVID19Vic

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3 years

Why do some people, groups, nations still talk about eliminating Covid 19. Surely after 2 years of the pandemic they can see that this is not possible. Am I missing something? #COVID19

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There’s money for the Suburban Rail Link but not for Public hospitals and healthcare. Victoria we have a problem. And sorry, if you voted for this financially incompetent party you have been duped. The hardworking tax paying people of Victoria deserve better.

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3 years

The benefits of getting kids back to schools outweighs risks of covid in children. Our Paediatric experts say so. Teachers are vaccinated. Well done to both Vic and NSW for prioritising this. #COVID19

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3 years

One of the problems with Covid has been quantifying the damage caused by lockdowns, isolations, children missing school, funerals missed, families separated. They are immense and sometimes beyond remedy Easier to measure cases, deaths, hospitalisation, icu How do we reconcile?

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2 years

Australian youth mental health in crisis: A quarter of young people have thought about suicide My take? Children have been damaged more from the restrictions than from the virus. We should lift them now, including masks in primary schools

‘Urgent national priority’: Pandemic’s staggering mental toll on young Australians

An exclusive survey reveals 82 per cent of young Australians have experienced mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, with one in four having suicidal thoughts.

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3 years

There’s no such thing as “let it rip” when 90% + of the population is double vaxd Those w vulnerabilities are at higher risk and must take nec care + boost High risk env eg aged care, hospitals need ongoing vigilance #COVID19

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3 years

As Australia gets set to reopen to the rest of the world, the centrist moderate majority will be attacked by the extreme groups. They are scared. They fear losing relevance. Best to ignore them. Our citizens need stable calm sensible voices. I’m optimistic! #COVID19Aus

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3 years

@sophieelsworth @DanielAndrewsMP @abcmelbourne @LaTrioli We ended up being the most locked down due to health “advice” choosing the bluntest possible method, with no risk stratification, complete disregard for the human needs of people, and choice of punitive methods over collaborative ones. Failure not triumph.

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2 years

Never forget how children suffered (esp Vic) due to pandemic restrictions. Least at risk, paid highest price There are extreme voices even now calling for density limits, venue caps. Guess what this effects? Schools, education, socialisation, life skills Time for them to live

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2 years

To be clear, this Institute wants schools closed, masks on, density limits reinstated Enough damage has been done to society After what Victoria endured, no one trusts them. Public has moved on. Time they did too.

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2 years

Worth remembering that Covid didn’t cause the hospital crisis, it only revealed it. If health is an important consideration then don’t think the government that is responsible for the mess is going to do anything differently

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3 years

After we are fully vaccinated in Australia and we open up to the world we will get cases and outbreaks. This is the reality. If you want to live in a covid risk free environment then it would be best to stay at home at all times and not interact with anyone. #COVID19Aus

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3 years

Apart from vaccinations there’s something else our leaders in Australia need to be giving us. 💉 That’s hope 🌈 There’s an oppressive sense of hopelessness cloaking our collective consciousness esp in Victoria 😥 Time to instill hope back into Australia🍀 #COVID19

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3 years

We need kids at school, kids playing sports, kids being kids. That will sort out most mental health issues hat have been created by lockdowns Harms of lockdowns kids outweigh the risks from Covid. Adults should have had at least 1 vax by now #COVID19Vic

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3 years

Some criticism over false positives False positives being reclassified shows us that our team is scrutinising every case. They are being open & transparent which is good. Will this translate to an amendment to the lockdown advice? Your guess is as good as mine! #covid19vic

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3 years

Time for kids outdoor community sport to recommence. Soccer, cricket, footy, hockey and many other should be happening every weekend. The physical & mental health benefits of kids sports outweigh the remote risks of Covid infection which is generally mild in kids #COVID19Vic

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Omicron Optimists will focus on mildness 🍀 Pessimists will focus on small % big number = big number 😦 Pragmatists will know both maybe true, get booster, make sensible risk based decisions, and keep living life to the fullest! 🪂 Politicians will play politics! 🤥 #Omicron

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3 years

If only the Astra Zeneca vaccine had not been trashed from multiple factions, we could be in a very different situation right now…. 💉 It is what it is, and we need to race to make up valuable lost time. 🛩 Yes, it always was a race 🏆 #COVID19

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Another Covid zero policy, another day of madness. Kids have mild illness. It’s the adults that need vax. Complete disregard for behavioural development of children. Next they will mandate down to 2 years old #covidkids

Kate Milner

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3 years

Let’s hope mask mandates in primary school age kids are rapidly reversed like playground closures were. Please revisit @VictorianCHO and @DanielAndrewsMP Victorian kids need more mental health support atm, not the law if they don’t wear masks. Why not just recommend?

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90% vax rates 💉 T cell immunity 💪 Milder variant ✅ Decoupling bw cases and severe disease 🏥 Endemicity developing 🤞 We can be life positive ➕ #omicron

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@DeanRosario @DanielAndrewsMP Do you mean the health advice that closed skate parks, playgrounds, golf courses, tennis courts & banned picnics. Sorry, thats the health advice that pushed people indoors and created widespread non compliance. Lost the people. Not very clever imho.

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3 years

Can we please have the Paediatric branch of @TheRACP @RCHMelbourne make a statement on covid 19 and children. The discussions need to be taken under the jurisdiction of Paediatrics, not by anyone else. Our children are too important #COVID19Aus #paediatrics #rch

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2 years

Agree. Mandates have served their purpose Disproportionate now

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3 years

Every public health program aims for highest uptake but accepts there will be small minority that chooses not to. Let them be. ✌️ Education & incentives are more useful🥕 Mandates have very limited role . Exclusion and punitive measures will be counterproductive 👎 #COVID19

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4 years

The 5 day lockdown was very disruptive to patients who were needing surgery. Even lower category surgeries are important for our patients. We need a much higher threshold for ever calling for future lockdowns especially in absence of widespread community transmission #COVID19Vic

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3 years

I’ve no doubt that if it was left purely to the Covid zero forces that guided the Victorian health team, we would still be in highest level lockdown despite our high vax rate. Still chasing those poisonous donuts 🍩 #COVID19Vic

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It is time for common sense, pragmatism and holistic vision to lead australia now 💥 Epidemiological modelling must be used as rough guides, not taken as gospel word ✌️ Enough harm has been done ✅ Time to heal, reconnect and rebuild ☘️ #COVID19

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2 years

Apart from N95 masks for protection of recipients, all other masks are a scourge on society, damaging environmentally, and a sign of public health ignorance

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3 years

The world is watching with bewilderment in the way Australia handles Covid

David Culbert

@Culbert_Report

3 years

The normally mild mannered folk of Glen Iris aren’t happy.

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Dr Ranjit Rao

@ranjitrao1

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NSW will face criticisms, but they are clearly leading Australia to the next phase of this pandemic. Hotel quarantine in so 2020!

Chris O'Keefe

@cokeefe9

3 years

BREAKING: Hotel Quarantine to be wound back in NSW. More than 100 people, including Qantas employees, will be able to quarantine from home for 7 days. Must be vaccinated with TGA approved vaccines, it will be policed with tech being used in South Australia. @9NewsAUS

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Dr Ranjit Rao

@ranjitrao1

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Covid ain’t going anywhere 😠 Do what’s needed w 3 dose vax 💉 Make common sense choices 🍀 Outdoor vs indoor etc 🏖 Ignore doomsday folk 💀 Virus will do its thing 🦠 You do yours 🕺💃🏿🪂 #Covid_19

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@ranjitrao1

3 years

@VictorianLabor Disgraceful

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@ranjitrao1

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We’re all consuming a lot of info on Covid & watching it unfold in real time🦠 What’s not spoken about is improving general health and reducing potential impacts of co morbidities 💊 Vaccination is crucial, but improving overall health is also important 🏊‍♀️ #COVID19

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Dr Ranjit Rao

@ranjitrao1

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Have travelled in India, England, Scotland over last few weeks Life is completely normal over here There are no conniptions over Covid. People are vaccinated and living life fully Not even a thought of returning to any kind of restrictions Back in Australia….🇦🇺 🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️🤦🏼‍♂️

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@ranjitrao1

3 years

Waiting for the Covid zeroistas to start ramping up the fear over the Nu variant #covidzero #covid19

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@ranjitrao1

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Free Rapid Antigen Tests are the key to living with covid 🎉 Accept that there will be some false negatives ➖ Till this occurs, the inconvenience will be massive 🤷‍♂️ Keep high sensitivity PCR for high risk, symptomatic, or confirming positive Rat ✅ #RapidTests

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@ranjitrao1

3 years

For Australians it may be concerning watching the UK/Europe news with increasing restrictions Very different here: - summer - more outdoor options - very high vax rates - boosters rolling out - Omi looking milder than delta Reasons to be optimistic #COVID

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Dr Ranjit Rao

@ranjitrao1

3 years

People make poor choices. Smoking, alcohol, dietary habits. Choosing not be vaccinated falls into the same category. But we don’t deny patients care. I hope they qualify or withdraw their statement

Travel in 2024

@AusTravelDaily

3 years

Abhorrent stuff from the Victorian AMA. . Victoria AMA says Covid-deniers and anti-vaxxers should opt out of public health system and ‘let nature take its course’

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Dr Ranjit Rao

@ranjitrao1

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It’s time to change the focus from what society needs to do in order to protect our health system Instead, what does government need to do the provide a healthcare system to cater for the demands ahead 3/4

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@ranjitrao1

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@drkerrynphelps Growing call from whom? I’ve not met a single person wanting mask mandates. Masks have a role but not on a population level. Better to use your platform to get booster rates higher in 65+ cohort, imho

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Dr Ranjit Rao

@ranjitrao1

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Fabulous scenes at Lords with a full stadium watching England vs India. A country that has moved on. We can get there too with vax + huge mental shift re the delusion of Covid zero #COVID19

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Dr Ranjit Rao

@ranjitrao1

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No matter what one thinks about NSW handling of pandemic, it's very clear that they will lead australia to the other side of this. Victoria will follow, and then all other Australian states will need to take that jump. High vax rate is the key. #Covid_19

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@ranjitrao1

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Recently I finished my permitted Cat 1 surgeries by 9.30am and went home whilst the allocated staff had nothing to do for rest of day. It would make more sense to permit day case surgery of ANY category which don’t require inpatient beds in hospital

Joe Garra

@joegarra61

3 years

Each health service should be allowed to determine which procedures to cut back. Blanket bans are lazy illogical policy @MartinFoleyMP @georgiecrozier

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Dr Ranjit Rao

@ranjitrao1

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@AlanBixter Blaming everything that happens in life on Covid does nothing to advance the cause of science which looks at data in an honest way and thereby makes logical and rational conclusions. Please stop this Alan.

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Dr Ranjit Rao

@ranjitrao1

2 years

Disagree Lord Mayor. Have you spoken to small businesses in the CBD? Easy to say lockdown was good when you have a job

‘Lockdown to boomtown’: Lord Mayor says COVID was good for Melbourne

Lord Mayor Sally Capp says the coronavirus pandemic has been good for Melbourne and that the city has emerged bruised but bolder and braver.

www.theage.com.au

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Dr Ranjit Rao

@ranjitrao1

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Outdoor swimming pools. They need to reopen. It’s as safe as being on a tennis court, golf course or picnic in the park. Kids have missed almost 2 years of swimming lessons in Victoria. Time to open up. Change rooms can be closed. Toilets open though! #COVID19Vic

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