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Frances Daily

@fdaily.bsky.social

34 yrs as a doctor with experience in GP, ID, IPC, AMS/AMR, Melioidosis, public health, MCH, medical & other health education- mostly in LMIC.Gardener, nature lover

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Frances Daily@fdaily.bsky.social · last wk.

I just signed @australiainstitute.org.au's petition: Protect native forests without giving big polluters a licence to pollute! Will you join me? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/forests

✍️ SIGN THE PETITION: Ban native forest logging and scrap dodgy offsets

The NSW Government has finally agreed to protect 176,000 hectares of forest and create the Great Koala National Park – a habitat for koalas and 66 other threatened species. But there's a catch. Under...

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S|AM Connor@criprights.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Watching Senator Jordon Steele-John intermittently raging at and patiently schooling a row of NDIA and Health bureaucrats and TEARING them a new one is perhaps the best thing I have ever watched. MASTERFUL. www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-geo...

Check out this heated exchange at the NDIS Bill hearing. The government says employment supports will not be affected. But when pressed, officials confirmed the reality that many disabled people… | ...

Check out this heated exchange at the NDIS Bill hearing. The government says employment supports will not be affected. But when pressed, officials confirmed the reality that many disabled people alr...

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Dr Satoshi Akima, FRACP@toshiakima.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A thread on why the WHO's resurrection of a need for close contact as a condition for infections to transmit is a relapse into a Medieval model of contagionism long discredited by Koch.

Dr Satoshi Akima, FRACP@toshiakima.bsky.social · 4mo ago

There was an ancient debate over the origin of epidemics between miasmatists (non-contagious bad air arising in the environment) vs contagionists (infectious spread person-to-person). The scientific debate is over, but the political grounds driving the polarisation remain alive today. 🧵

Dr Satoshi Akima, FRACP@toshiakima.bsky.social · 4mo ago

There was an ancient debate over the origin of epidemics between miasmatists (non-contagious bad air arising in the environment) vs contagionists (infectious spread person-to-person). The scientific debate is over, but the political grounds driving the polarisation remain alive today. 🧵

Prof Brendan Crabb AC@brendancrabb.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The world learned a painful lesson during COVID; respiratory infections are airborne. This changes a great deal - especially the need for better indoor air quality and high quality masks. If there was a single most important person responsible it was Prof Morawska. www.abc.net.au/news/science...

World expert in air quality and COVID wins Australia's top science prize

Lidia Morawska, an internationally renowned expert in air quality and its impact on human health, has won Australia's most coveted prize for scientific research.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy@thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Australia: "Deaths due to acute respiratory infections" Published: 30/09/2025 Deaths registered by 31 August 2025: 🔹1,703 - COVID deaths 🔹898 - Influenza deaths 🔹345 - RSV deaths COVID remains the top cause of acute respiratory infection deaths in 2025 — nearly 2× influenza and almost 5× RSV.

The image is a table titled “Deaths involving acute respiratory infections by month 2025.” It shows monthly death counts in Australia for three major respiratory illnesses — COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV — from January to August 2025, with totals for each across the year so far. Breakdown: COVID-19: Deaths range from 129 (April) to 350 (July), with the highest counts in June (348) and July (350). Total: 1,703 deaths by August 2025. Influenza: Gradually rises through winter, peaking in July (309) before dropping in August (121). Total: 898 deaths. RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus): Also peaks mid-winter with 116 deaths in July, down to 38 in August. Total: 345 deaths. Columns for September to December are marked “na,” indicating data not yet available. Overall, the table highlights that COVID-19 remains the leading cause of acute respiratory infection deaths in 2025, more than double influenza and nearly five times RSV.
Krutika Kuppalli, MD FIDSA@krutikakuppalli.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Denmark is on the verge of eradicating the deadliest cancer-causing HPV strains (16 & 18) 💉 📉 Infections dropped from ~15% to <1% in vaccinated women. 💪 This means fewer cancers and lives saved. Vaccines aren’t just medicine—they’re miracles. 🌍❤️ #VaccinesWork www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

Denmark close to wiping out leading cancer-causing HPV strains after vaccine roll-out

A nationwide study suggests infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 have been virtually eliminated since vaccination began in 2008 – protecting even unvaccinated women.

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Kai Kupferschmidt@kakape.bsky.social · last yr.

The quote I come back to the most these days is Voltaire's "Whoever can compel you to believe absurdities can also compel you to act unjustly." (That's a loose translation though not as loose as Torrey's common "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”)