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Husband, father, #disabled person, #Kelpie owner, #Drone pilot, #LeftLeaning, #Mask wearing, retiree in #HerveyBay, #Queensland, #Australia. As an introduction to me, my concerns include: #ClimateChange, #Poverty, #Covid, #Covid19, #CovidIsNotOver, #PoliticalIntegrity, #NDIS, #Auspol. I acknowledge the traditional owners of Butchulla country whose land was never conceded.
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In my neighborhood. Sarcastic, subtle, serious.
September 12, 2024- “No credible doctor or immunologist recommends building your immune system by welcoming viral and bacterial infections into your life. The costs far outweigh the benefits. Many viruses exact a price on your body and your immune system. Getting infected over and over again makes you weaker, not stronger. Vaccines don't work because they give your immune system practice. They work because they allow your body to develop a memory of a pathogen without all the risk.” - https://www.okdoomer.io/how-your-immune-system-actually-works/
How Your Immune System Actually Works

George Carlin was wrong.

The Sentinel-Intelligence
@timrichards I really dislike this constant denigration of The Greens as some kind of political bogeyman. Their policies are no more crazy than the oppositions, right now. And the last time Labor formed govt with the Greens' help, it was quite productive. #auspol
#auspol is looking at #climate adaptation
BUT
Any health professional will tell you, prevention is the best strategy.
#australia still approving huge emissions bomb #gas #coal approvals
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#business as usual for #fossilfuels #politics
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-12/federal-climate-risk-assessment-report-released/103575542?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
Climate risk assessment report warns of threats to healthcare, finance and infrastructure

Rising temperatures and extreme weather events will heap even more stress on sectors already under severe strain unless effective mitigation strategies are developed, according to the government's climate risk assessment report.

ABC News

My fellow Covid-cautious folks already know the problems with the CDC’s recent guidance about Covid and isolation. But this article sums up the problems nicely — something good to share with others who may not be as knowledgeable.

https://www.self.com/story/cdc-new-covid-19-isolation-guidelines

h/t @DenisCOVIDinfoguy
#Covid #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver

3 COVID Experts on Why the CDC’s Isolation Guidelines Are Bad for Public Health

The CDC’s new COVID-19 guidelines say people can stop isolating if they don’t have a fever and their symptoms are improving. Experts explain why the change is bad for public health.

SELF

Most new cases of #COVID-19 reported 1/25*:

1. USA +9,252
2. Australia +1,835
3. Germany +861
4. Poland +594
5. Czechia +216
6. Lithuania +210
7. India +198
8. Bulgaria +106
9. Norway +63
10. Slovenia +22

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
*Only 11 countries reported.

While many public health officials continue to focus on acute respiratory manifestations, #COVID19 is primarily a vascular disease with the ability to cause widespread multisystem damage.
https://whn.global/scientific/sars-cov-2-and-covid-19-from-crisis-to-solution/
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: From Crisis to Solution - WHN

Author Affiliations: World Health Network Corresponding author: Spela, Salamon, [email protected] Abstract The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic persists, causing significant harm. Extensive evidence indicates that even mild infections and reinfections can result in symptomatic and subclinical health damage, disability, and persistent infection. Vascular impacts, neurotropism, and immune dysregulation lead to impaired organ function, increased … Continued

WHN

One Queenslander a day dying with Covid in hospital.

🔹Between January 2022 and June last year an average 14 patients contracted COVID-19 daily, with one fatality recorded each day in hospital

@qldhealth @ShannonFentiman @auscovid19 #COVIDisNotOver

Source: https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/revealed-one-queenslander-a-day-dying-with-covid-in-hospital/news-story/dbcb1c5a0581c8d2abaacce0c66785ef

Two criticisms of this otherwise-great article from @ConversationUS by folks from Burnet Institute:

https://theconversation.com/the-emergence-of-jn-1-is-an-evolutionary-step-change-in-the-covid-pandemic-why-is-this-significant-220285

1. Stop normalizing pictures of people in surgical masks. Respirators are how we fight this thing

2. "We simply don’t know if this virus is on an evolutionary track to becoming the 'next common cold' or not, nor have any idea of what that timeframe might be." We *do* know enough about #covid to say it will never be a cold (i.e., limit itself to the respiratory system)

The emergence of JN.1 is an evolutionary ‘step change’ in the COVID pandemic. Why is this significant?

The JN.1 variant has become dominant in Australia and around the world, causing large waves of infections. Here’s what we know about it so far – and why it’s so important.

The Conversation
Worth recalling that the LNP hammered Labor for *keeping* its promise to end LMITO, as budgeted by Morrison and Frydenberg