Amy Brooke Antonio

Research Partnerships Manager for the Faculty of Health at Deakin University

[ABC News @abcnews]

US grapples with whether to reopen schools amid rising child infection rate https://t.co/FceimyoH0k

[The George Institute for Global Health @georgeinstitute]

Release of UK government's #obesity strategy and link between excess weight and more serious illness or death from #COVID19 shows need to expedite Australia’s National Obesity Strategy and include meaningful actions to effect change.

Read: https://t.co/G7p7JDJl4m

[Dr Sandro Demaio @SandroDemaio]

“1 in 4 positive cases cannot be found at home when doorknocked.

This is not acceptable.

The only place to be is home, if you’re awaiting a test result.”

— Premier

#COVIDVIC19 #covid19australia

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

If people work from home and shop online, many commercial buildings won't be needed any longer.

What will be needed is affordable housing, and these buildings can be converted to meet this need. https://t.co/LvD7sE55de @Swinburne

[Deakin IPAN @DeakinIPAN]

Announced today: Congrats to @daly_prof on funding success in the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) to trial TeleFFIT - a personalized telehealth exercise and lifestyle program to reduce falls and fracture risk in older adults.
https://t.co/sfs8yFDOqr

[ABC News @abcnews]

Asymptomatic, presymptomatic, symptomatic: how do you know what's what? https://t.co/EHiqtQZeYz

[Dr Sandro Demaio @SandroDemaio]

1 in 2 people waiting for a test result have been leaving their home.

No words.

If financial hardship is forcing you to leave your home, then please access the government payment.

#covid19vic

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

"The fact that face masks are cheap (or can be given out for free) and highly effective means the corresponding public health benefits are huge."

@Uni_Newcastle researchers argue that enforced mask-wearing is vital to combat #COVID19: https://t.co/ciapEXW71P

[Dr Sandro Demaio @SandroDemaio]

BREAKING:

Oxford coronavirus vaccine triggers immune response. Shows promise in phase 1 trials.

Trials involving 1,077 people showed the injection led to them making antibodies and T-cells that can fight virus.

https://t.co/UiyDe9RZty #COVID19Vic #COVID19au

[Julie Leask AO @JulieLeask]

Why Australia's second wave of coronavirus will be tougher to fight and why blame games are unhelpful. Lead of AHPPC, Prof Lyn Gilbert, comments to @MelissaLDavey in this candid interview. https://t.co/NHmTrUT26f

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

1. Maintain a high level of #COVID19 awareness.

2. Stop infected people from attending school.

These are 2 of the 5 things we need to do to keep senior students safe from #coronavirus at school.

Here's what else is required: https://t.co/aWrcmw60PF

[Deakin IPAN @DeakinIPAN]

IPAN's @profjsalmon comments in @sundayage yesterday on taking care of yourself - physically and mentally - in Victoria's lockdown 2.0 .
@DeakinMedia #PhysicalActivity #wfh2020
https://t.co/l7XQXzBGMt

[Dr Sandro Demaio @SandroDemaio]

Research shows men more likely NOT to wear masks, seeing them as “shameful,” “weak,” or “not cool”.

To them, as a doctor, I say there is nothing cool about risking your life and your community.

Also, as a man you’re at higher risk of dying from #covid19.

#MaskUpMelbourne

[Deakin University @Deakin]

#Deakin Chair in Epidemiology Professor Catherine Bennett says the city came "pretty close" to local elimination during the last period of restrictions, and points to the state's recent success in controlling influenza. More: https://t.co/PaVQ3TWBXE via @abcnews @DeakinHealth

[Dr Sandro Demaio @SandroDemaio]

THIS is why we must listen to authorities, Melbourne.

No going to holiday houses. No seeking out loopholes.

We cannot let this virus spread further. We will be putting hundreds of communities in danger.

Stay home. Clear and simple.

https://t.co/AnTwGenhsm #COVID19Vic

[IMPACT @IMPACTDeakin]

Felice Jacka created a kids’ book called ‘There’s a Zoo in my Poo”. It will be published on July 28th. By giving children evidence-based information this might give them the tools to support them in making healthy food choices for themselves.

[Deakin University @Deakin]

Groundbreaking #Deakin research has given a rare insight into the links between personality traits and wellbeing, and it could help you live a happier life. Here’s how: https://t.co/c9IoweT8pV via @theheraldsun

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Coronavirus autopsies: A story of 38 brains, 87 lungs and 42 hearts https://t.co/t1EYtJSG9T

[Deakin University @Deakin]

A study conducted by #Deakin Professor of Nutritional and Epidemiological Psychiatry @FeliceJacka showed that those who followed a healthy diet were happier. More: https://t.co/1XEV5S5FJJ via @ForbesME @DeakinHealth

[Allen Cheng @peripatetical]

Almost all I've said today on Twitter, and all been asked by journalists, is about masks. This is just proving my point that masks are a distraction from what we really need to do, which is to reduce non-essential gatherings esp in home situations.