Margaret

Economics, politics, law, COVID, refugees, hospitals, health, mental health, not for profits and alcohol harm. Retweet is not an endorsement. Views are my own.

[Daniel Bleakley @DanielBleakley]

2030 isn't even good enough.

We should be 100% on renewables before 2025.

And that is totally achievable if the government was serious.

[Dr Andrew Miller - bring back disease prevention @drajm]

Parents of small kids breath a sigh of relief when the little ones become proficient enough to swim to the side of a pool without help.

Feeling that same gratitude today as my older two complete their covid vax.

But we still need to protect under 12’s.

#findourkidsavaccine

[Raf Epstein @Raf_Epstein]

@DanielAndrewsMP on schools. Vic first with this?

"Ventilation assessments.. 1000s of CO2 monitors, .. underway very soon.. better use of (HEPA) air filters into those rooms which do not have sufficiently high airflow."

[Stephen Parnis @SParnis]

It's now understood that vaccination alone won't get our community to #COVID19Aus safety. That also requires longer-term changes to the way we socialise, work, even build. Eg most schools & hospital buildings are totally unsuitable for airborne virus management & safety. #auspol

[Thérèse Rein 💡 @Therese_Rein]

I would feel much safer if the proposal was 1 Manage external borders 2 Better quarantine facilities 3 Aim at 98% 12+ fully vaccinated 4 introduce child vaccination as soon as approved. 5 Keep masking indoors. 6 Keep testing and reporting 7 Booster https://t.co/OlxPhDkJch

[David McBride @MurdochCadell]

If we hold no-one accountable for the debacle that was the Afghanistan war, and only punish the whistleblowers who stood up for the very principles we are supposed to stand for, then the idea that Western Parliamentary democracies are the bright lights of the world will be dead.

[marquelawyers @marquelawyers]

Seriously, the COVID narrative coming from Scott and Gladys now is bordering on the psychopathic. What they’re urging upon us would be lethal.

[Thérèse Rein 💡 @Therese_Rein]

Yesterday .01% of Australians protested against the notion of loss of liberty through health directed lockdown. 99.99% of Australians did not.

[Sharnelle Vella @SharnelleVella]

Who wants facts? 

Did we all feel a bit cooked the by the internet last night?

The rumours – the wild comments.

Remember when being online was just a dial up connection and chat rooms?

I miss the simple days of the internet.

Victoria – let’s talk ♥️

[Sharnelle Vella @SharnelleVella]

Tonight I’m switching up the bonus fact for a community service announcement. Can any besties in Albert Park help @WhatIsAHovig find his keys? I don’t know him but he made a whole thread and it was sent to me. He put out a whiteboard and I just ♥️ this level of crazy/commitment.

[Dr Andrew Miller - bring back disease prevention @drajm]

#FindOurKidsaVaccine

Pfizer for under 12s soon.

Hold the line - fight for our little kids. Not much longer.

[Ryan Knopp @KnoppRyan]

Happy day for me. Several people I care a lot about got the COVID vaccine today, overcoming some hesitancy. What do I say to my patients who are unsure about the vaccine? This:

[marquelawyers @marquelawyers]

Apparently masks and curfews only work once you get past 600 cases a day.

[Dr Greg Kelly @drgregkelly]

People talking about “if health system gets overwhelmed” in NSW or denying it could happen - IT’S OVERWHELMED NOW

We’ve cancelled mammograms & elective surgery. You think people were having either of those for fun before?

[Dr Greg Kelly @drgregkelly]

In my 16 years as a doctor I've generally found that it's easiest to "live with" things that don't kill you

#COVID19

[Dr Andrew Miller - bring back disease prevention @drajm]

Pediatric ICU specialists in the USA know what they are doing. There is a reason many of us in Australia, me included, have been there as part of our training.

They are seeing many kids get very very sick now with Delta. This is not a drill.

#FindOurKidsaVaccine

[Nyadol (nyadolnyuon on Threads) Nyuon OAM @NyadolNyuon]

Hello all, it's me @AskarySajjad, for the next few days, I will be tweeting from Nyadol's account to help Afghans and Hazara peoples' voices to be heard.

Tweeting from Australia, "the land of the fair go", looking forward to your support, compassion, kindness and humanity.

[Daniel Bleakley @DanielBleakley]

If the Australian and NSW governments had listened to epidemiologists instead of corporations, no one would be in lockdown now.

[Dr Andrew Miller - bring back disease prevention @drajm]

NSW is writing cheques the state’s health system will struggle to cash in September.

Delta ICU stays are longterm & staff are a precious finite resource who were overloaded before this outbreak.

Vaccines not fast enough to slow the Delta train. Consistent hard lockdown might.

[Dr Kerryn Phelps AM @drkerrynphelps]

Today doctors were informed by @AMA_NSW that elective surgery in many private hospitals is to be suspended from 23 August in NSW. This is what #LivingWithCovid would mean..delayed access to non-COVID related care in the public and private system #COVID19