No accurate figures so it's up to the brilliance of Mike Honey dbRaevn & a few others to estimate what's going on. This suggests that over 1 million people have C0VID in Oz right now, & that almost half of the entire population has had C0VID in the last 6 months. These numbers

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🇳🇿'New Zealand is experiencing its highest peak in COVID-19 cases since December 2022, professor Michael Baker says.'

#COVID19 #NewZealand #COVIDisNotOver
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Sending children to school when sick is irresponsible. It perpetuates cycles of illness in the community which threaten the lives, health, and wellbeing of others, especially the most vulnerable. For the frail elderly, a virus which others may shrug off becomes life threatening.

A systematic review of airplane flights and Covid infections: duration of flight correlated with infection risk, long flights> 6 hours markedly increased risk (25X) and mask use blocked them
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An incredible resource; big thanks Trisha & all involved. Well-fitted, respirator-type masks are protective against transmission airborne pathogens like COVID, flu, TB, measles, as well the next airborne pandemic. Their judicious use should be a key part - together with

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The NIH is the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world. The significance of this statement on #longCOVID & #MECSF to Senate hearing by NIHDirector should be see in that light. 1/

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please please please let me never hear 'masks don't work' ever again

Masks work, our comprehensive review has found. And yes, respiratory viruses are spread in the air we breathe. Handwashing alone is not enough. theconversation.com/masks-work-our… via The Conversation

“‘Unfortunately, we have gotten to a point of no return. It's sad, but that's what it is. Global warming is a serious problem. Climate change at this moment is a road to death.' cbsnews.com/news/pope-fran…

Pharma conflict noted but this is a very useful deeper-dive analysis piece on the ongoing burden of #longCOVID in 8 countries by the team at Economist Impact

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C0VID is not low atm, there's very large amounts around - see wastewater and aged care data.

If you have COVID, can you use a positive RAT as evidence for sick leave? abc.net.au/news/2024-05-2… via ABC Australia

Strange article noting increasing staff and student absence from school and attributing it to 'behaviour', not the truth, which is rampant spread of SARS-CoV-2 in schools, creating acute illness and long COVID.

Apologies if you can't access this, but if you don't understand how important science is for our well being and future, this might give you a little insight. I think that’s dangerous’: The moment the new CSIRO boss decided to hit back at Peter Dutton theage.com.au/national/i-thi…

Brain abnormalities in survivors of COVID-19 after 2-year recovery: a functional MRI study - The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific thelancet.com/journals/lanwp…

The connection between #SARSCoV2 and neurodegeneration
thelancet.com/journals/laneu… The Lancet Neurology
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1. SARS-CoV-2 infection should be considered as a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease, even though the distinction between causation versus disease acceleration is not

Covid-19 remained a bigger killer than the flu last winter, despite hopes the pandemic virus would eventually blend into the background with other respiratory germs, a study from Ziyad Al-Aly, MD and colleagues in JAMA showed.
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65 million people with long COVID. We are just crazy if we keep letting this happen. It's not inevitable. We have choices Croakey News OWN NSW tern Prof Brendan Crabb ABC News Chris Wallace Mark Butler MP