Kate

[Am I the Asshole? @AITA_online]

AITA for talking about Bruno?

[Kit Yates @Kit_Yates_Maths]

Why am I beginning to feel like an outlier for not wanting my kids to get covid.

No - I am not of the opinion it's better that they get now to build up immunity for later.

I am of the opinion it would be better if they'd never got it.

[Dr Eric Levi @DrEricLevi]

In 2020, I wished for fit-tested N95 to be made standard.
In 2021, I wished for vaccination to be rapidly rolled out.
In 2022, I wish for paediatric surgical cases to continue despite restrictions.
If kids are allowed to go to school, can they be allowed to have their operation?

[Kate @Kateepatterson]

Flo Masks for kids arrived from US - took a week with express shipping. Still feeling nervous about sending kids to school for T1...

[W @WFarahslt]

“Takiwatanga” is the Maori word for autism and it means “In their own time and space”.

[Kate @Kateepatterson]

@KashPrime @farid__jalali If only... I'm a Kiwi stuck in Aus, we can't even get back.

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the Day is ‘snerdle’ (19th century): to wrap up closely or settle comfortably under the covers.

[Doctor Izzy Smith @SmithIzzy]

A Christian music festival can go ahead and attendees are all supplied with rapid antigen tests…

Whereas a doctor working with vulnerable patients can’t purchase one privately… let alone have them supplied daily at work.

#auspol

[Tyler Black, MD @tylerblack32]

THREAD: School closure and kids

I am an expert in child & adolescent EMERGENCY psychiatry. This is my expert opinion: It's complex, and it is not easy to answer

COVID = BAD
Education = GOOD
In person schooling in a deadly pandemic
= GOOD + BAD

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[Kate @Kateepatterson]

@MerylSwanLake Australia

[Kyle Anderson @DrKyle]

We don't prevent teen pregnancy by handing out pregnancy tests. We hand out condoms. Why, then, are we handing out millions of rapid tests, but not N95's? Masks cost less & actually *prevent* cases.

[Kate @Kateepatterson]

@lisadivissi Horrific, I'm so so sorry.

[Kate @Kateepatterson]

@DrShaneRRR @JamesMerlinoMP Great thread, thanks! As a member of a Melb primary school council - I wholly agree on all points. Right now schools can't plan, they're waiting for advice from the Dept. Of Ed. Tick tock.

[Mehdi Ali @MehdiAli98]

It's so sad that so many journalists contacted me yesterday to ask me about Djokovic. I've been in a cage for 9 years, I turn 24 today, and all you want to talk to me about is that.

Pretending to care by asking me how I am and then straight away asking questions about Djokovic.

[Jeremy Faust MD MS (ER physician) @jeremyfaust]

RT if you personally know someone with Covid right now.

[Dr Shane Huntington OAM @DrShaneRRR]

State Schools start 31 January - less than 4 weeks away.
@JamesMerlinoMP we must urgently put in place a plan for hybrid learning for primary:
1. Remote and in person options (parent choice)
2. Contact tracing support for schools
3. Boost all teachers
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[The New York Times @nytimes]

Watch how the coronavirus nefariously infiltrates the cells of a bat brain in this video, taken by Sophie-Marie Aicher and Delphine Planas, which received an honorable mention in the 2021 Nikon Small World in Motion Competition. https://t.co/VVmar9lPEu

[Kate @Kateepatterson]

Please sign and share this important petition: https://t.co/WlkrY6qJ2Y via @MegaphoneAU

[Alan Alda @alanalda]

I want to watch this over and over again. Such unhinged delight at seeing the impossible happen.