Anyone else completely fed up of living in a forever pandemic & ready for the grown ups to take over & implement the hugely successful, evidence-based, public health measures to get under control? Masks, ventilation, filtration, isolation of cases & close contacts to name a few?

We thank everyone who got vaccinated and tested yesterday. Today’s total number of COVID-19 deaths includes some historic cases. Our thoughts are with those in hospital, and the families of people who have lost their lives. More data soon: coronavirus.vic.gov.au/victorian-coro…

Lest we forget: the old people who are being willfully exposed to Covid and written off ARE PEOPLE TOO. This is my mother in law, Jean. She's 89, on no tablets, rushes around in her car, got a better memory than you and has spent all day today doing her garden. (Her dog's Rosie.)

COVID-19 update – Monday 25 July 2022 In the 24-hour reporting period to 4pm yesterday: - 96.8% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine - 95.3% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine

We thank everyone who got vaccinated and tested yesterday. Our thoughts are with those in hospital. More data soon: coronavirus.vic.gov.au/victorian-coro…

Colleague of mine has just returned a +ve PCR, following 2 -ve RATs. We are grossly underestimating cases.

COVID-19 update – Tuesday 26 July 2022 In the 24-hour reporting period to 4pm yesterday: - 96.8% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine - 95.3% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine

We thank everyone who got vaccinated and tested yesterday. Our thoughts are with those in hospital, and the families of people who have lost their lives. More data soon: coronavirus.vic.gov.au/victorian-coro…

COVID-19 update – Wednesday 27 July 2022 In the 24-hour reporting period to 4pm yesterday: - 96.8% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine* - 95.3% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine*

We thank everyone who got vaccinated and tested yesterday. Today’s total number of COVID-19 deaths includes some historic cases. Our thoughts are with those in hospital, and the families of people who have lost their lives. More data soon: coronavirus.vic.gov.au/victorian-coro…

The so-called "learning to live with it" phase of the pandemic is the most brutal so far. It is showing precisely who and how many our society is willing to sacrifice in the name of supposedly "returning to normal."

BREAKING: U.S. reports 1,048 new monkeypox cases, biggest one-day increase on record

Bit of news. The Melbourne Royal Show is back - and this year kids will go free. This year's show begins on Thursday, 22 September and ends on Sunday, 2 October. Kids aged 14 years and under will get free entry. More info, and tickets at royalshow.com.au

As a doctor, I'm very concerned about the rapid rise of e-cigarettes in young people. One-third of current users in Australia are aged under 25, and half are under 30. We need urgent and further action from governments to protect young people from e-cigarette addiction.

We thank everyone who got vaccinated and tested yesterday. Our thoughts are with those in hospital, and the families of people who have lost their lives. More data soon: coronavirus.vic.gov.au/victorian-coro…

Due to data feed issues this month, a high number of COVID-19-related deaths is being reported today. This has resulted in 105 additional deaths being reported since July 1. Ordinarily today’s figure would be 2. The average daily deaths in Victoria over the past fortnight is 19.

Mask wearing is literally the same type of thing as refrigerators, sunscreen, bug spray, spaying your pets, cancer screening, seatbelts. NONE of those things work perfectly all the time. But ALL of them help reduce harms some of the time. Harm reduction is the goal.

We thank everyone who got vaccinated and tested yesterday. All of the deaths reported to DH yesterday occurred between 13 July and 28 July. Our thoughts are with those in hospital, and the families of people who have lost their lives. More data soon: coronavirus.vic.gov.au/victorian-coro…

We thank everyone who got vaccinated and tested yesterday. Our thoughts are with those in hospital, and the families of people who have lost their lives. More data soon: coronavirus.vic.gov.au/victorian-coro…