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Fact checking dangerous liar RFK Jr. Between 2020-2023 a total of 50-100 cases of measles. There have been 124 cases since Feb 26. The vaccine is effective and safe. The child who died & 18 hospitalized cases are unvaccinated

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Sadly a child has died Kennedy actually said there were two deaths but gave no details He also said it wasn’t unusual because there were measles outbreaks every year (🤦‍♀️) There hasn’t been a measles death since 2015

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🇳🇿New Zealand COVID weekly update: 17 Feb to 23 Feb 2025 🔹New cases: 700 (-2.3%) 🔹Reinfections: 481 (68.7%) 🔹Deaths: 9 (+50.0%) 🔹Total deaths: 4,577 (+9) 🔹Hospital: 83 (+27.6%) 🔹ICU: n/a 🔸68.7% were reinfections #COVID19NZ Source: tewhatuora.govt.nz/for-health-p...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Falling vaccination rates put children at risk of preventable diseases. Governments need a new strategy to boost uptake theconversation.com/falling-vacc... Excellent discussion

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WOO HOO! 🥂🦋

submitted 6 days ago • 56 comments

Prevalence of erectile dysfunction as long-COVID symptom in hospitalized Japanese patients. "The present study showed that 19% of the male patients admitted by COVID-19 developed erectile dysfunction 1 and 2 year after COVID-19 in the Japanese cohort." Source: archive.md/Nc2o4

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

Succinct summation

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VIC Fortnightly COVID Update: 8 Feb to 21 Feb 2025 🔸PCR positivity rate: 5.0% (-0.9%) 🔹PCR cases only: 449 (-25.1%) 🔹Hospitalised: 68* (-10.5%) 🔹ICU: 5* (+150.0%) *7-day average @VicGovDH Source: www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Congratulations Canada on winning the Four Nations Ice Hockey 🍁🇨🇦🍁

submitted 6 days ago • 13 comments

Breaking News from @theathletic.bsky.social: Canada defeated the U.S. to win the 4 Nations Face-Off championship in a thrilling overtime game between hockey rivals.

submitted 6 days ago • 237 comments

How lucky are we that Bluesky exists during this moment

submitted 8 days ago • 284 comments

Martin Short Got COVID After SNL 50th Special, Steve Martin Says: ‘The SNL 50th COVID Curse is Real’ “Maya had Covid. Marty has Covid. I wonder why? The SNL 50th Covid curse is real,” Martin wrote on Instagram. Source: archive.md/0Pauh

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

Blame game. My @smh @theage cartoon.

submitted 7 days ago • 16 comments

🧵(1/3) WHO monthly COVID-19 Epidemiological Update: 13 Feb 2025 9 Dec 2024 to 5 Jan 2025 🔸Global positivity rate: 8.5% 🔹Reported cases: 161,063 (-21%) (79 out of 234 countries reported data on cases) 🔹Reported deaths: 3,363 (+14%) (24 out of 234 countries reported data on deaths)

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AUSTRALIA weekly COVID update: 14 February 2025 #COVID19Australia #COVIDisntOVER #COVIDisAIRBORNE

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WA weekly COVID update: 3 Feb to 9 Feb 2025 🔸COVID positivity rate: 6.5% est. (-1.6%) 🔹PCR cases: 269 (stable/unchanged) 🔹Hospitalised: Average of 111 per day (-9.0%) 🔹ICU: 7-day average increased to 3 (+200.0%) Source: www.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Corp...

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COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 13 Feb 2025 🔹Active cases: 672 (+134) 🔹Active outbreaks: 109 (+11) 🔹Residents: 506 (+97) 🔹Staff: 166 (+37) 🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 99 (+4) @AnikaWells Source: www.health.gov.au/sites/defaul...

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Bird flu detected at second poultry farm in northern Victoria. "Agriculture Victoria’s tracing activities have confirmed the presence of H7N8 avian influenza (bird flu) at one new property in Euroa in northern Victoria." #BirdFlu #H7N8 #Victoria agriculture.vic.gov.au/about/media-...

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Boost Your Health with Tomatoes! 🍅🌟 Did you know that dietary intake and blood levels of lycopene (found in tomatoes) are linked to a lower risk of cancer and cancer-related deaths? 🌿💪 #Lycopene #Tomato #CancerPrevention www.frontiersin.org/journals/nut...

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

🧪Measles “is the thing we see first when public health starts to falter,” Ratner said recently from his office in New York City. www.latimes.com/science/stor...

submitted 17 days ago • 86 comments

Anika Wells downplayed rising COVID-19 deaths in aged care, blaming community spread and relaxed lockdowns, shifting focus to residents’ preferences rather than government responsibility.🤦‍♂️

submitted 18 days ago • 12 comments

Gosh, I remember when we had an actual president instead of a loudmouth bully who won't take responsibility for his actions.

submitted 28 days ago • 3018 comments

Elon Musk, that avatar or arrogance, is trashing the US Constitution. Trumpers, is this what you voted for? An end to America?

submitted 21 days ago • 1545 comments

USA: A nasal vaccine for COVID-19 – based on technology developed at Washington University in St. Louis – is poised to enter a phase 1 clinical trial in the U.S. “All effective vaccines reduce sickness and death, but COVID-19 vaccination through the nose and mouth also seems to reduce transmission”

submitted 22 days ago • 8 comments

US COVID update: Feb 3, 2025 🔸1 in 88 people currently infected 🔸542,000 new daily infections 🔸3,794,000 new weekly infections 🔸190,000 to 759,000 weekly Long COVID cases "There is more transmission today than during 50.8% of the pandemic" Source: pmc19.com/data/PMC_COV...

submitted 24 days ago • 5 comments

"Scientists discover that even mild COVID-19 can alter brain proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease, potentially increasing dementia risk—raising urgent public health concerns." Study: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 24 days ago • 9 comments

I have decided this too (as an Australian horrified about what is going on)

submitted 25 days ago • 6 comments

This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...

submitted 27 days ago • 1826 comments

thou cruel, Ingrateful, savage, and inhuman creature

submitted 28 days ago • 27 comments

Well said, Pete Buttigieg

submitted 28 days ago • 974 comments

Study reveals COVID-19 remains major health threat in U.S. "COVID-19 continues to be a threat to America's health, causing more illness and death than either influenza or respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a new study suggests." Study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... Source: archive.md/oSRlL

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

The Survivorship Bias That’s Killing Us: Long COVID and the Myth of “Moving On” It’s easy to believe everything is fine when you only see the survivors. The people who didn’t die, who seem to be “back to normal,” are the faces we focus on. But what about the ones you don’t see? (1/11)

submitted 28 days ago • 5 comments

We must suggest the people in what hatred He still hath held them; that to ’s power he would Have made them mules, silenc’d their pleaders, and Dispropertied their freedoms, holding them, In human action and capacity, Of no more soul nor fitness for the world Than camels in their war

submitted 28 days ago • 8 comments

Queensland: Weekly infection surveillance report: 22 Jan to 28 Jan 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 1,086 (-16.6%) 🔹Influenza: 577 (-12.9%) 🔹RSV: 412 (+9.2%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 179 (-12.6%) 🔸Influenza: 24 (-27.2%) 🔸RSV: 21 (-34.3%) Source: www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-pra...

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

millions of people died from covid and people just forgot

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COVID-19 Virus Can Stay in the Body More Than a Year after Infection | UC San Francisco (March 2024) www.ucsf.edu/news/2024/03... Direct link to research article in next post

submitted 31 days ago • 3 comments

I'm Australian but worked for the US Government for ten years at the CDC in Atlanta under three presidents. What is happening now is symptomatic of a totalitarian regime. www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

submitted 33 days ago • 3 comments

MAGAS Lost the Election, Too. They Just Don't Know it Yet. As good listen .. not a good scenario. #auspol

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VIC Fortnightly COVID Update: 10 Jan to 24 Jan 2025 🔸PCR positivity rate: 8.0% (-1.4%) 🔹PCR cases only: 790 (-22.8%) 🔹Hospitalised: 122* (-36.1%) 🔹ICU: 6* (-33.3%) *7-day average @VicGovDH Source: www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d...

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments