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“Scientists, stay in your lane!” goes the refrain. Well, we won’t - and Kit Yates eloquently lays out why we absolutely shouldn’t. Science IS political.

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Today the Royal Society will meet to discuss “Fellows’ behaviour”. Without doubt the fellow they will primarily be discussing is Elon Musk. The behaviour may range from his public dissemination of unfounded conspiracy theories to his attacks on the science 🧵 1/38

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Word of the day every day for the last month

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Outstanding review by Nuru Noor revisiting the design of clinical trials #ECCO2025 #ibd

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How to create a global consortium by @DrAilsaHart at #ECCO2025 Huge expertise with the perianal disease consortium Great to see how this has progressed from the first idea #ibd

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How to organize an IBDD research Unit from Scratch by @SeverineVermei1 #ECC02025 #ibd

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None better than @ibdseb.bsky.social to talk about underrepresented populations in #IBD research #ECCO2025 Difficult to choose the best slides, thanks Seb

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Brilliant.

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"In major cities vacancies for emergency medicine specialists are at 50 per cent, in regional and rural areas, that number increases to 75 per cent." The psychiatrists are up first in NSW, but the Emergency Physicians won’t be far behind.

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A very good article from @cohenjon.bsky.social with lots of hard-hitting quotes, including: “Everyone is acting as though this pandemic didn’t really happen.” … from Van Kerkhove. Spot on. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Dear ⁦‪ @markbutlermp.bsky.social “invasive pneumococcal disease can kill within days. Cases currently surging across Aust, rates at highest levels in 20 yrs While more effective vaccines have been approved 4 use in Aust, most at-risk people can't access” 🤦‍♀️ www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

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Australian Actuaries Mortality Working Group released paper for the first 8 months of 2024. Cv19 mortality 70% higher than prediction. 5 times as many deaths from cv19 than the flu. And more.... Please #WearAMask this Christmas

submitted 78 days ago • 14 comments

For those who have recently recovered from COVID and are due for a booster, the latest advice is to have the booster as soon as your symptoms have resolved.

submitted 89 days ago • 5 comments

Pfizer JN.1 COVID Vaccine available from 6 December: terrywhitechemmart.com.au/health-servi...

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🎉The latest IBD-Ell newsletter is out! - New trials added 🌟We've far surpassed 400 summarized trials🌟 - New guidelines - New cheat sheet with lymphocyte trafficking and anti-integrins Thanks for following along! www.ibd-eii.com Subscribe for free anytime 📩 #IBD

submitted 98 days ago • 2 comments

go.bsky.app/8JsiCqb Starter pack for HCPs in Australia and New Zealand

submitted 101 days ago • 12 comments

COVID continues to rip through residential aged care infecting & killing our most fragile citizens. 95 new outbreaks, 12 new resident deaths & 1,154 resident & staff infections in just the last 7 days. Over 200,000 infections & 7,000 resident deaths to date with many more to come

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Quick plug for Rick Morton’s book on Robodebt — Mean Streak. You may think you know the Robodebt story, but this is the first time it has been laid out so thoroughly. Rick focuses on the human side of the story — the victims, but also the perpetrators www.harpercollins.com.au/978146071744...

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Long-Term Risk of Autoimmune and Autoinflammatory Connective Tissue Disorders Following COVID-19 | Rheumatology | JAMA Dermatology (Nov 6, 2024) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

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Today I heard a weird sound while working from home and I was very happy to find our resident echidna finally using the bath we bought for him.

submitted 107 days ago • 56 comments

In awe of the work @putrinolab.bsky.social and colleagues are doing in the US. Deep phenotyping/endotyping, intelligent selection of drugs to repurpose, rapid agile trials - targeting immune dysfunction, viral persistence, hormones etc Should give hope to the whole #longcovid and #ME communities.

submitted 110 days ago • 4 comments

For those unaware the ASRC in Melbourne has been broken into, trashed & had items stolen *2 Nights In A Row* This is heartbreaking for anyone let alone a charity doing such great work for those most in need for our community. Please like & share Kon’s post & give if you can 🫂💜

submitted 112 days ago • 7 comments

Elephant #seal colony lost 95% of its pups to bird flu www.earth.com/news/elephan... via @EarthDotCom

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