1) My family’s experience with COVID in Thailand. On May 30th, a part time helper, employed by us to help with laundry, cleaning and most importantly caring for my 2 1/2 year old son and 10 year old daughter came to our home. When I returned home from work, she appeared ill.

Sorry whanau, But we have to start planning. This shit is getting real. Uruta.maori.nz Bottom right corner: Websites for whanau

The tale of two COVIDs: New Zealand and Hong Kong. Compare cases and deaths. It's two very different stories Both have kept COVID at bay with public health COVID zero-styled approaches. Both finally saw Omicron break through. Cases shot up in parallel.

A well-meaning blurb in latest IPANZ newsletter demonstrates how little broader public sector knows about social determinants (& how novel the idea seems). The new Public Health Agency in the Ministry of Health needs to ensure that going forward #PublicHealth is front & centre!

Reported worldwide #measles cases 🔴 17,388 Jan-Feb (2022) 🔴 9,665 Jan-Feb (2021) That's a rise of 📈79% WHO and UNICEF warn of a 'perfect storm' of conditions - ripe for serious outbreaks of vaccine-preventable illnesses bit.ly/3LoM26q

Sometimes people wonder why public health professionals are usually quite left-wing From my perspective, it's hard to understand how anyone could look at the objective scientific evidence on inequality and its causes and not want to fix that

Our economic system promises to satisfy infinite wants, and yet cannot meet people's most basic needs... for nutritious food, affordable housing, clean air, a habitable planet.

The 7 hottest days on Earth in the last 100,000+ years all happened in the last week: July 6 ~ 17.23°C / 63.01°F July 7 ~ 17.20°C / 62.96°F July 4 ~ 17.18°C / 62.93°F July 5 ~ 17.18°C / 62.92°F July 8 ~ 17.17°C / 62.90°F July 10 ~ 17.12°C / 62.81°F July 9 ~ 17.11°C / 62.79°F

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