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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 2h

It reminds me of the hospital in "Yes, Minister"... very smoothly running, because it had no patients.

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Dr Hilary Joyce ⚕️ @drhilary.bsky.social · 2h

Oh Virginia G 💔

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Dr Hilary Joyce ⚕️ @drhilary.bsky.social · 2h

So you didn’t buy it

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Dr Mary-Ann Fox BMBS FANZCA GChPOM @maffygirl.medsky.social · 3h

Happy World Anaesthesia Day to all!!
I happened to have a baby via LSCS this very day 32 years ago.
Looked after safely by an anaesthetist I knew I was in #SafeHands
#AnSky #MedSky

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Dr Hilary Joyce ⚕️ @drhilary.bsky.social · 2h

Yes pls but I know there won’t be any leftovers

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 8h

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.

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Kate McNamara @kaydo.bsky.social · 4h

Extremely Canberra PSA: it's an extremely nice day outside. Get amongst it.

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Ben Harris-Roxas @benhr.bsky.social · 6h

UNSW campus in the morning. A modern architectural building complex features a tall brick structure, a large geometric sculpture on the lawn, and a staircase leading to other buildings.

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 6h

Dozens of regent honeyeaters have been released in woodlands in the NSW Hunter Valley in an effort to boost the critically endangered population.

Zoo-bred birds released to save one of Australia's rarest species

Dozens of regent honeyeaters have been released in woodlands in the NSW Hunter Valley in an effort to boost the critically endangered population.

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Hilary Joyce ⚕️ @drhilary.bsky.social · 4h

And English Literature. Perfect

Dr Hilary Joyce ⚕️ @drhilary.bsky.social · 4h

Wendy won

Wendy Harmer @wendyharmer.bsky.social · 2d

Last day to vote #tawny

Aussie Bird of the Year @australia.theguardian.com

www.youtube.com/shorts/yRe_N...

The tawny frogmouth gets author Wendy Harmer's vote in the 2025 Australian bird of the year poll

YouTube video by Guardian Australia

www.youtube.com

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An Leavy @an-leavy.bsky.social · 5h

Mpox Alert Melbourne metropolitan area

Increased cases including 9 locally acquired since mid September

Local transmission of mpox in metropolitan Melbourne

There has been an increase in mpox cases notified in Victoria, with 10 cases reported from mid-September 2025, including 9 cases locally acquired in metropolitan Melbourne.

www.health.vic.gov.au

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Annie Parker @annieparker.bsky.social · 6h

Mini donks!
#FarmLife #MiniDonks #LittleFarm

One mini donk boy having a nice lie down, another mini donk in the background chewing a stick

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Alice K @coalisdead.bsky.social · 11h

I should know this one, but don’t & can’t find its name #gardeningAU

Himalayan species. Chinese side, found in the 1970’s. 4 metres

First flower for the year. Die on thorns, brush tails

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Dr Hilary Joyce ⚕️ @drhilary.bsky.social · 11h

You are welcome. And all this on top of your day (and night) job. Masters of Health Admin sounds like a good plan

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DianeD @rogueytwinkles.bsky.social · 12h

Good morning ☕️
At least the roses in my back garden are flourishing… and this one is a stunner 😍

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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 12h

Welcome home.
My @smh @theage cartoon.

Single frame. Monochrome. Wasteland of rubble and detritus. Man greets woman through a door frame, the only structure in the scene.

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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 16h

Remember your Flu shot!

Japan has declared an Influenza (flu) epidemic. buff.ly/kzV7uwA

The outbreak is unusually early for the season.

Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand have all experienced early flu seasons this year.

#medsky 🛟😷🧪

Red background. Japan country in green. Airplane leaving from Japan. Man getting a flu vaccine from a male doctor or nurse. Remember your flu shot. White blood cell holding up a blue shield to green flu viruses.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think people realize what an immediate impact this is going to have on outbreak response and containment.

Ferric Fang, MD @fangferric.bsky.social · 1d

According to a state epidemiologist, "CDC personnel who normally share information with state officials during outbreaks have been eliminated."

Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 2d

“One veteran researcher who still has his job (and, like other public-health workers I spoke with for this story, requested anonymity for fear of losing it) told me he believes that Kennedy’s ultimate goal is to “silence the scientific voice of career CDC scientists.””

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Dr Hilary Joyce ⚕️ @drhilary.bsky.social · 1d

This might be interesting for Austen fans
tickets.canberrawritersfestival.com.au/Events/All-T...

All Things Austen! Jane Austen Anniversary Special

Be part of this major event as we celebrate all things Austen! Over 200 years since Jane Austen's works were first published, her insights into daily life, manners, love and tragedy are more relevant....

tickets.canberrawritersfestival.com.au

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Dr Hilary Joyce ⚕️ @drhilary.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you Marcus and V for doing this for me too. Something I wish had been able to do🙏.Thoughts with you this eve

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Marcus Kelson @marcuskelson.bsky.social · 1d

Today we spent four hours at the Atomic Bomb dome and then at the nearby Hiroshima Museum - walking distance - the museum was utterly incredible, profound and understandably traumatic - I’m not sure we could have had more time given the enormity of what we took in but definitely a must #japan

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Kim Tairi (ia/ahau/koe/she) Nā te mea he Māori ahau @kimtairi.bsky.social · 1d

To all those amazing folx who once had a uterus - ngā mihi for reaching out and sharing your pakiwaitara with me. Always amazing to know that you are not alone!

a penguin is holding a bowl of pink hearts and blowing them out

Alt: a penguin is holding a bowl of pink hearts and blowing them out

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Kristen Alexander @kristenauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Me and my scissors went a-walking. The first jasmine of the season! Its heady perfume has been wafting throughout the house. I know nicking from other gardens is naughty (but I am my sister's sister!) and who could resist? Anything over the verge, as I've said before, is fair game.

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d

The ABC understands that a recent safety assessment found the berth would need two additional bollards for the ship to berth there at a cost of $2 million.

Breaking: Spirit of Tasmania IV ship unable to berth at Point Henry in Geelong, report finds

The ABC understands that a recent safety assessment found the berth would need two additional bollards for the ship to berth there at a cost of $2 million.

www.abc.net.au

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