Great reporting of a scandalous situation which is not unique to Queensland. I love how Qld Health minimises the problem of HCWs getting COVID: it represents only 1.3% of total hours worked in Qld Health. That's equivalent to 1,560 workers out of action for a year!!

A twitter space not to be missed! ReSisters Ziyad Al-Aly, MD
twitter.com/i/spaces/1rmGP…

Important for teachers, principals and also parents who want their kids to be as safe as possible at school next term 👇

Expect to see more court cases like the one below, if mitigations to protect Australians in the workplace are continually ignored.

Ignorance is not an excuse!!

#covidisnotover
#cleanair
#auspol

This seems like an important precedent, and one that could be relevant to many other sectors.

More evidence that clean air is effective in reducing the risk of COVID spreading in schools. Improving ventilation and using air filtration make schools safer for students and staff.
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If there was an H5N1 outbreak I’d be inclined to ask this well-informed non-expert for advice rather than the many “experts” who are still telling people to wash their hands to prevent spread of covid.

These issues are of course linked. x.com/CovidSafetyEd/…

Reinfection increases the risk of serious outcomes, including in kids.

Given what we now know about COVID's long-term health impacts, schools need to minimise the risk of COVID spreading - for the sake of kids, teachers, their families and the wider community.

Prof Brendan Crabb

Parliamentary buildings often have AMAZING air quality.
Strangely unlike school classrooms.

Indeed

Schools are a major source of covid spread in the community.

Covid has killed >24,000 Australians and left >half a million with long covid.

Therefore schools have a moral obligation to do everything they can to prevent covid spreading & minimise downstream death & disability.

School buses 🤮

And that, Ladies and Gentlemen is THAT‼️

I would suggest that the Nobel Laureate, Prof. Doherty, has labelled the QLD CHO's science with the most appropriate review😊

Thank you, Sir 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Hello ESCMID - can you please respond to criticisms of the Gerrard research that you publicised with a press release about his conference presentation? You included quotes from him that have badly undermined the #LongCovid community

This afternoon (US time) I was asked for comment on the recent statements on #LongCOVID in Australia. Here is the statement I provide:
As a scientist, an Australian and one of the world's leading authorities on LongCOVID I was disgusted to see John Gerrard's irresponsible 1/