The medical profession (and its peak representative bodies) needs to be far more open than it is to the probability that its actions, whether waste, low value care, overpayment or excessive gap fees, are a substantial contributor to health system dysfunction and poor patient…

To all the folk replying that 20-70km offshore is not visible, here are some fun WA facts for you. Rottnest Island, highest elevation 46m, distance from land 20km, easily visible on a clear day. Offshore wind turbine blades, 150m. A wind turbine at 20km+ is easily visible from…

I reckon if this isn’t abandoned by the next federal election (due within a year) that Swan, Hasluck, Pearce and Tangney all flip to the Coalition. So many Perth people have enjoyed the South West as kids or growing up as teenagers. Few would accept wind turbines in Geographe…

SA has had digital licences since 2017. NSW for a few years, Victorians have them now. NSW has even offered the ACT digital infrastructure but, yet again, the ACT government lags years behind on providing basic services (and building trams) amp.abc.net.au/article/100944…

Why are control groups important for looking at long COVID symptoms?
Well take fatigue. In this study of women aged 31 to 36 years, 1 in 2 experienced severe tiredness/fatigue.
This is from 2009.

Albanese government under fire over ‘disturbing practice’ of secrecy smh.com.au/politics/feder…

What’s the best way to prevent the spread of measles?

This is nothing short of irresponsible cooption of a vaccine preventable disease for self interest and ego. Shame on these arrogant opportunists. Have some integrity and turn down these interviews and let actual vaccination experts speak.

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“The concept that there are problems with the world we need to address, such as social justice; I’m totally down with that. However, I don’t agree with the methods that are used in order to reach this goal – shutting down people, cancelling people.” theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

I’m proud to announce this Administration’s support to restart the Palisades Nuclear Plant.

Nuclear power is our single largest source of carbon-free electricity.

Our support would bring more resilient power to Michiganders while supporting and retaining good-paying union jobs.

10 years after the horrific West African Ebola epidemic, we have life-saving treatments

Yet they remain under the control of just two US pharma corporations

And they're almost exclusively kept in a US stockpile for national security purposes

From MSF International 👇doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/msf-cal…

A new study out on neurologic sequelae following covid-19 or influenza hospitalization using a large electronic health record database.

Interesting to compare this study to the recent study using VA database - a thread.

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A really superb discussion of one of the most contested spaces in medicine in Australia today smh.com.au/national/why-h…