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Our new paper in The Lancet Regional Health--Americas is out. We began this work in 2020 so it's been in the works for a while. We systematically developed and validated a forecasting tool predicting SARS-CoV-2 critical care occupancy: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Up to 5.8 million US kids chronically ill w- long cvd already; in Aust we neither count them or protect them “Vascular damage, heart damage, immune system damage, cognitive damage” vs “Cvd poses a minimal threat to healthy children” 🫠 Betrayal & destruction of a generation

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Not slightest doubt #TimWilson wants to replace #SussanLey as leader of #Liberals. He will have no problem proving he is better alternative than #AngusTaylor. Tim Wilson’s LinkedIn reveals him as the Liberals’ spiritual leader in waiting www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/16/t...

submitted 11 hours ago • 7 comments

Australia has an opportunity to get out of AUKUS. We should take it. We ask the Albanese Government to prioritise Australia's interests and security, and to join the UK and the US Governments in undertaking an independent parliamentary inquiry into AUKUS. ✍️ Add your name: theaus.in/AUKUS_inquiry

submitted 13 hours ago • 16 comments

Three esteemed leaders in water, conservation and climate have been recognised in the 2025 King’s Birthday Honours, highlighting their exceptional impact on Australia’s water future. buff.ly/aSRlktf #auspol #environment #water #conservation

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Our family is growing! Please welcome our sibling @altniosh.bsky.social! They work to make sure you don’t die at work from toxic chemicals or toxic people. They are a fun bunch even if they never let us climb a ladder without safety training. 🪜😷👷

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Important to know www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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This is delusional. The US isn’t a party to the war so it doesn’t have the power to end it. That was true under Biden & it’s still true now. The US is NOT the all powerful centre of the universe. www.smh.com.au/world/middle...

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Sometimes we need some good news.. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

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The latest thoughts from my desk this chilly winter Monday. An Australian flavour to this one but with some ideas that may be interesting. Flu down under is a July thing. virologydownunder.com/flu-down-und...

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I’m with her. It feels like we’re sleepwalking into a replay of WW2. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

submitted 11 hours ago • 8 comments

Ori Goldberg: "There is no doubt that Netanyahu planned the strike on Iran for years, waiting for just the right time." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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ahem psychiatrists ahem

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It’s Refugee Week! Help the ASRC support refugee families to survive this winter that the Australian Government has abandoned. Donate to our appeal: donate.asrc.org.au/donatetoday

submitted 18 hours ago • 5 comments

Grim spectacle of fed+state govts in Aus begging data centre companies to plant giant, power hungry video card melting facilities in their backyards Among all the other harms, it'll make cutting emissions harder - recent @crikey.com.au piece here: www.crikey.com.au/2025/05/12/a...

submitted 21 hours ago • 4 comments

Every now and then, when researching taxation policy, I remember this headline

submitted 17 hours ago • 17 comments

Fantastic tip from the AFR, I was thinking about what to do with half a mill of spare cash just the other day

submitted 17 hours ago • 3 comments

COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 12 June 2025 🔹Active cases: 1,767 (+22.5%) 🔹Active outbreaks: 252 (+27.2%) 🔹Residents cases: 1,310 (+23.2%) 🔹Staff cases: 457 (+20.5%) 🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 185 (+16) Source: health.gov.au/resources/pu...

submitted 18 hours ago • 7 comments

Remembering my late father today. A strange feeling that this photograph was taken when dad was only a year older than I am now. He died at the age of 59, and the older I get, the more I realise how much he taught me. George Browne, Óglaigh na hÉireann, RHG, 1940-1999. RIP.

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Some good news! Don’t give up. Keep protecting yourself & others. #CovidIsntOver “This discovery marks a significant advancement in the quest 4 durable & broadly effective antiviral therapies, offering hope for treatments that can keep pace w/ viral evolution.” www.news-medical.net/news/2025061...

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The position Alberta finds itself in is The logical conclusion of choices made years ago. Until we are at the stage where it can be widely acknowledged that catching SARS-COV-2 repetitively is harmful, anti-vaxers will rule the day. The entire foundation of vaccinations is that it is beneficial

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“China continues to secretly buy 10x more gold (27 tonnes) than it reports (3 tonnes).” www.dailychartbook.com/p/701 via @dailychartbook.bsky.social

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It’s never too late to start masking again to protect yourself and others from infectious diseases, especially at crowded events.

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Alexandra Petri's first article for The Atlantic. Gifted for you. So glad to see her back. #uspol #humour “How much can possibly happen when I’m on parental leave?” Alexandra Petri asked five months ago, on January 10, 2025. A lot, it turns out: www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

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More than 1 million in Boston! www.wcvb.com/article/more...

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Best image of the day:

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Australia now has huge opportunity to get out of our relationship with #USA and become an independent nation. Where does ‘America first’ leave #Australia? www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...

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🧠 Daily Feed of Brain Damage 🧠 bmcneurol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Albo is in Seattle at the moment, he just gave a speech to a business innovation summit praising Amazon for setting up $20b in new data centres in Australia. I’m just posting this without comment, I have no snark left to give

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For a while I called myself “Miasma Medic” in protest against an infectious diseases person who was dismissive of the transmission of C19 by infectious aerosol… I still believed in microbes and germ theory… just in case anyone gets confused in the future…

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Kitchen said he wanted other Australians to be aware that “cleaning” their phones wouldn’t necessarily mean they would be able to get their Esta approved upon arrival in the US. “They had already prepared a file on me and already knew everything about me,” he said www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

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I’ve raved about this wonderful show before and am delighted to see it raved about by someone else too www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Line the bottom of the pot in thinly sliced potato and cook with butter and oil. Then add layers of soaked and drained rice, dill, blanched spinach and broad beans. Add salt, add water to half the pot. Put the lid on. Cook on low. Serve on tzatziki and with parsley

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Since my last update (June 5, 2025), the number of #flu notifications in Australia has increased by 14,071 cases to date in 2025. 🤧We still see numbers above those of most years, but we haven't yet entered a clear epidemic curve (follow the red dashed line).

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No, NPR, ancient miasma theory doesn't explain anything RFK Jr. has done, but eugenics theory does.

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Here’s a link to the research: Curtis RG, Olds T, Ferguson T, Fraysse F, Dumuid D, Esterman A, et al. (2021) Changes in diet, activity, weight, and wellbeing of parents during COVID-19 lockdown. PLoS ONE 16(3): e0248008. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0248008 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Working from home can make us healthier and happier. Employers benefit too. Here’s the evidence if you need any convincing https://au.news.yahoo.com/working-home-us-healthier-happier-192353566.html

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📌 medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06...

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Re recent assertions that vaccinations are causing rising asthma rates. Not according to CDC

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Help us get these key health services to follow state guidelines and mask up! You can help us by sending each organisation an email requesting they follow state PPE usage guidelines. Template email and contacts in Google doc found later in thread. 1/3

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As a person with long covid, I don’t want to have to justify my existence for the rest of my life. Don’t give me shit about wearing an N95 and avoiding re-infection.

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The #SundayShot is up for your catch-up viewing! Why let #Insiders send your blood pressure soaring? Listen instead to the wise words of @mariecolemanao.bsky.social & insights from @roycerk2.bsky.social & a rundown on Tasmanian politics from @kevinbonham.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqg2...

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