Qld maternity unit on brink of closure amid doctor shortage. By Madura McCormack

'A private hospital south of Brisbane is expected to close its maternity unit amid a nationwide shortage of paediatricians.'

Queensland Health Shannon Fentiman

Source: couriermail.com.au/news/queenslan…

I periodically repost this diagram from the ABS showing Australia's lockdowns. To counter the ludicrous hysteria in the narratives about them.

All of that white space is most people living pretty normal lives. Believers in immunity debt have some heroic work to do.

New C-19 wave has definitely started in Western Australia. Latest wastewater graph up to 12 April ⤵️

WA Health surveillance report also says community transmission is up with cases increasing by 25% in past fortnight
Denis - The COVID info guy -
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WA weekly COVID update: 1 April to 14 April 2024

🔸In this fortnight, COVID-19 indicators suggests that community transmission is increasing.

🔹PCR cases only: 523 (+25%)
🔹Deaths: 9 (-18%)
🔹Hospital: 96 (+25%)
🔹ICU: 3 (unchanged)

Source: health.wa.gov.au/articles/f_i/i…

'In the 30 days after COVID infection, total sperm count, sperm concentration, total sperm motility (movement), and progressive motility were significantly reduced in a cohort of Chinese men'

'gradual recovery by 90 days'

Study: nature.com/articles/s4159…

cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/analy…

New Zealand: Just 53.6% of school students met the criteria for regular attendance

Sickness was still the main driver of non-attendance.

RNZ News
rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

What is the COVID-19 airborne infection probability in an outpatient consultation with four individuals in the room ? A 🇯🇵 research team estimated this risk based on the CO2 level in the room. Calculations are also useful for measles, chickenpox, flu ...
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

🇨🇭Swiss research study into Long COVID promises new diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities.

'New biomarker may lead to new clinical laboratory testing and treatments for long COVID.'

Study: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

#LongCOVID
darkdaily.com/2024/04/15/swi…

South Australia: 'Ambulance ramping has been formally shelved as the Malinauskas government’s top priority in a substantial ministerial reshuffle that focuses on growing housing, population and the economy.'

Peter Malinauskas SA Labor #auspol

Source: adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/a…