#StandWithAustralia #standagainstauthoritarianbullying After China's tariffs on Australian wine, global campaign calls for people to drink a 'bottle or two' - ABC News abc.net.au/news/2020-12-0…

Yikes, would you take a drug* with this side effect profile?! (*oh, it's the placebo arm of the Pfizer vaccine trial)

Communication is the most underrated skill in medicine.

Air NZ, Jetstar and Virgin Australia set same date for first Aussie flights into Queenstown stuff.co.nz/business/indus…

Two New England blizzards, two patients dying alone, and one resident desperate to bring their loved ones safely to their side for a final goodbye. Could one patient’s “good” death undo the harm of the other patient’s “bad” death?

Although mOS not reached, 1yr OS 85.7% vs 75.6%. ORR 55.7% vs 27.1% with sunitib alone, CR 8% vs 4.6%, DoR 20.2m vs 11.5m ascopost.com/issues/may-25-…

Sotorasib receives accelerated FDA approval for Kras G12C mutated mNSCLC post ICI. ORR 36% with DOR of >6m in 58%. prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

Restricting LGAs one after another is NOT working; Cases reduced in one LGA but moving to next, which is likely to continue. Gladys Berejiklian instead of prolonging this suffering- rather include all LGAs. It's a new virus; old measures won't work- some 2019 lessons perhaps now obsolete!

As we get closer to the 6 month mark since the first Covid vaccine in NSW, time to learn seriously from other countries with high vaccination rates like Iceland and Israel. npr.org/sections/goats…

Concluding a memorable week of protocol development with a quirky group pic! Thank you ACORD Initiative Martin Stockler and team for a lifetime experience! #PDG11 #ACORD21 Jia (Jenny) Liu MD PhD DrArnav H.Tongaonkar Katrin Sjoquist Chris Prof. Haryana Dhillon

Yesterday was a sad day as one of my unvaccinated patients undergoing chemoRx tested covid positive- a mixed feeling of defeat or failure to convince her out of her strong antivaccine beliefs on several occasions; She regrets it now but it's too late. youtu.be/PZCI_M_n0Ro

Recession vs mental health vs saving lives and health care system- despite being in high risk LGA,would support Dr Chant that a few more weeks of restrictions may be better than risk going back into it again. Gladys Berejiklian COVID19 NSW #VaccinesSaveLives 7news.com.au/lifestyle/heal…

Don't forget to register your interest with COSA to get an Asia Pacific focused Global Oncology group going. A place for PallCare, RadOnc, MedOnc, all Oncs and Allied Health wanting to improve outcome in our region. ausyoungoncs Palliative Care Australia RANZCR Rad Oncology #APROSIG

Oncologists face moral distress as pandemic pressures mount: thelimbic.com/oncology/oncol… Medical Oncology Group of Australia (MOGA) Prunella Blinman #burnout #moraldistress

If “living with COVID” means that the two biggest Australian states need to cancel all but urgent and emergency operative cases to meet the workload demands, then that’s not a good place to be, right?

COVID-19 update – Sunday 20 March 2022 In the 24-hour reporting period to 4pm yesterday: - 96% of people aged 16+ have had one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine - 94.5% of people aged 16+ have had two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine

If you an Australian medical oncologist and/or Moga member please consider filling in this survey on perceptions of oncologists and intensivists on the management of deteriorating patients with cancer. Thanks! redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=TFC…

We are aiming to study the differences in intensivists' and med oncologists' perspective in managing critical cancer patients at various level in ICU.