Diego Silva

@dsilvaphd.bsky.social

Associate Professor, Sydney Health Ethics, University of Sydney. Interested in ethics & politics of health. (Bioethics. Public health.) And I consume too much sports. (he/him) 🇨🇦🇺🇾🦘🌏

New piece in The Conversation where we argue that the mis- and disinformation around #vaccines is bad for our #autonomy. If we really value free and autonomous choices, then from a policy perspective it means doing what we can to fix the information environment in which we make our decisions!

Vaccine mis- and disinformation isn’t just a threat to public health, but also to our autonomy

When we are mis- or disinformed, it is difficult to act with autonomy. We may make decisions that do not align with our beliefs, even when we seem to be acting voluntarily.

theconversation.com

Was at the Australia athletics national meet this weekend. First time at a track and field comp of that caliber. Lemme tell ya, it’s so rad! Also, I don’t know that I could make it half way down the track in 100m in the time hurdler runs and jumps 100m. That’s some humbling shit right there.

Gout Gout smashes his Australian 200m record and goes under 20 seconds at Nationals

Gout Gout has produced a breathtaking run to break 20 seconds in the 200 metres for the first time, and smash his own national record.

abc.net.au

Temporary exclusion orders - didn’t know this was a thing in Australia (that an Australian citizen can be bared from re-entering the country if they’re a safety/terror threat). I can’t find a data on how often this has happened/happens. Anyone know if one can find said data anywhere?

Screen grab from The Guardian about Australia’s use of temporary exclusion orders

I’ve really been struggling since the US invaded Venezuela to make sense of what’s happening (emotionally, I get it from a ‘realist’, post rules-based viewpoint). As a Latino, it's impossible not to think about the history of 1970s, and the personal stories I heard growing up, of right-wing (cont)

What a great event! Thank you to #AABHL and all the wonderful colleagues that came ‘round. Looking forward to continuing to build with Chris Mayes, Bronwen Morrell, Sara Attinger, and the rest of the JBI @bioethicalinquiry.bsky.social crew! #bioethics #healthlaw

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry@bioethicalinquiry.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Thanks to all the #AABHL conference attendees who joined us for the Journal’s welcome drinks in Christchurch! Great opp to get together in person + meet our content editors-in-chief @dsilvaphd.bsky.social & Chris Mayes ++Thanks to @aabhl.bsky.social for supporting this community-building event.