LRB

working in health, university and research sectors. interested in evidence informed solutions to our many wicked problems she/her Living on Wurundjeri land

[LRB @aquariusproject]

@PatMcGorry And early child care and aged care with poorer outcomes for it

[LRB @aquariusproject]

@DavidPocock https://t.co/MWXWCgR7LZ

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

The govt still hasn't released the $5 million in emergency surge funding the food relief sector has been calling for to help Australians who can't afford to eat BUT comes up with $20 million for an advertising campaign telling us to use less fuel?

Surely we can fund food banks to help them deal with record levels of demand?
https://t.co/2CWqg1421m

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

Labor, the Coalition and One Nation all just voted against an amendment I put up to call on the Government to get a fair deal on the sale and export of Australian gas by instituting a 25 per cent tax on LNG export revenue, which is estimated to generate $17 billion a year.

They're running a protection racket for the gas industry rather than standing up for Aussies.

*Senators Lambie, Payman and Thorpe were unable to attend the vote for personal reasons.

[LRB @aquariusproject]

@DavidPocock I note the language is ‘expected’ but not ‘required’ Wtf

[LRB @aquariusproject]

@DavidPocock With the number of people in Australia aged 85+ about to double we are in deep trouble. There is literally not enough places for these huge numbers to go or be cared for - we have known this for decades and still done little to prepare

[Prof Brendan Crabb @CrabbBrendan]

Big numbers. Bc of much less severe disease than in adults, authorities have gambled that COVID/long COVID in kids is of little concern. There's much evidence now to suggest that's wrong. There's a clear path to better protect kids. We should take it.

https://t.co/veGBPjKeLa

[LRB @aquariusproject]

Long Covid Symptom Clusters, Correlates and Predictors in a Highly Vaccinated Australian Population in 2023 - Tawfiq - 2025 - Health Expectations - Wiley Online Library. 20% reported long COVID in highly vaccinated country Reinfections a key risk https://t.co/kB9aDxVhTY

[LRB @aquariusproject]

@HelenBevan Not sure the 12% stat is a credible statistic. Track the links - it’s from one survey of self learning training programs. Online, mandatory training is a very different from well facilitated experiential learning

[LRB @aquariusproject]

https://t.co/QSYWoS7Tdh

[LRB @aquariusproject]

@elisaperego78 They could learn from the film industry and theatre production- still masking to protect the talent

[LRB @aquariusproject]

@YouAreLobbyLud Oops

[Nick #RespiratorsFilterAllPathogens😷 Anderegg @NickAnderegg]

So while prior infections did, at one point, have a protective effect against further SARS-Cov-2 infection, that hasn't been true since the beginning of the Omicron wave. The mutations just escape the immune system too well.

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[The Saturday Paper @SatPaper]

The author of a study that underpinned the national framework Our Watch devised 10 years ago to end gendered violence says that important evidence was omitted about the role of alcohol and the socio-economic factors, @KZiwica reports. https://t.co/fl9vJUBVV1

[Victorian Ambulance Union @VicAmboUnion]

Ambulance ramping at Sunshine Hospital today. Crews with beacons activated have been ramped for more than 40 minutes, some up to 3 hours.

#ambosdeservealifetoo #springst

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

In 1968 Finland banned for profit Education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.

It has been in the Top 3 in Education for the last 20 years.

There should be no profit in Education or Healthcare.

[LRB @aquariusproject]

@ejustin46 I think @fitterhappierAJ predicted this 2 years ago

[Emmanuel @ejustin46]

IMPRINTING of IgA RESPONSES in PREVIOUSLY INFECTED individuals RECEIVING BIVALENT mRNA VACCINES

Not good news at all !
https://t.co/vZqAdfXANw

[Jane Caro @JaneCaro]

This is disgraceful.

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

Denver gave homeless people $1,000 a month, no strings attached. A year later:
*45% secured housing
*Taxpayers saved $590k because of fewer visits to the hospital, jail and shelters
*People used the money on groceries, rent, hygiene, clothes and transportation
*Mental health improved and they could spend more time with their kids and grandkids

Amazing what happens when you give people a chance

[The BMJ @bmj_latest]

"Studies of how quickly doctors interrupt patients find that the median time is 11 seconds. Nobody feels listened to in 11 seconds."

@Richard56 discusses the healing power of being listened to
https://t.co/jlPDNR6Iq9