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Flâneur Working on my unconscious biases every day Narrm-Melbourne-Victoria #DutyOfCare #CleanAirInSchools 💙📚 #auspol Banner: a still from The Truman Show Truman realises he can walk out of his reality Something I want to do more & more often

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Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · Dec 9

Schools, ahhh, schools…
I work in one
I’m the sole masker
I feel like I am also the sole mitigator.
I’m like a Swiss cheese factory - IYKYK

/🧵 #CovidConscious #CovidCautious

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Sue J @smpwrgr.bsky.social · 24d

Protect your brain like it matters 😷

Image of helmets with words “this is brain protection”

Image of respirators with words “so is this”

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Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · 43m

Ooh I will try and watch, I like Dr M and she’s from NSW!

She’s on here too

@n95anaesthetist.bsky.social 👏

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Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · 46m

Truth

♿ hiding from plagues - Always masked - N95 or bust @smollestbunny2.bsky.social · 7h

I always find it really amusing and a little worrying that people think that masking all the time is just some kind of fun little fetish and not a means of survival in this ongoing pandemic

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♿ hiding from plagues - Always masked - N95 or bust @smollestbunny2.bsky.social · 7h

"but theyre uncomfortable and i have sensory issues"

1 do you think i do this for fun
2 i don't care, you should be masking regardless, you're a whole ass adult, learn to regulate yourself in the face of an ongoing pandemic

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Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · 47m

I should say this to my sibling👆

I was sharing the impacts covid can have & they said “no, stop it I don’t want to think of it”
Frustrated, I blurted “You should! Bc otherwise you’re gonna keep getting sick!”

I was staying at their place 2 nights coz they live alone & had another vertigo attack

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Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · 3h

Feel like I’ve been saying this for quite a few years now 😑😵‍💫

Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · 3h

Accuracy, just sayin’

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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 5h

It's explainers, op-eds, fact checks, pre-bunking, research and the blog, with plans for news features and investigative journalism as it grows. So it's not news, news, but what's going on behind and around the news, issues based, and what matters. And it's free. Hope to see you there x

Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 6h

Excited to be able to talk about this publicly now - The Point is now up and running and from Monday, you'll find my parliament blog on it 💃

thepoint.com.au

The Point

The point.com.au

thepoint.com.au

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 5h

A wee little thing we have been working on over the past few month is now up and going - @thepointau.bsky.social.

Where to go for @amyremeikis.bsky.social's live blog, for analysis, fact checks, and details about things that might not be in "the news" but should be
thepoint.com.au

The Point

The point.com.au

thepoint.com.au

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Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · 9h

🙋‍♀️school worker here from Victoria Australia
We locked down *a lot*
I had to carry a permit to drive to work!

I STILL wish for everyone to WFH
Why?

BECAUSE👏WE👏HAVEN’T👏IMPROVED👏AIR👏QUALITY👏

Don’t like masking? Improve the air quality🤷‍♀️

#DutyOfCare

#CleanAir #CovidIsAirborne #SafeIndoorAir

Christos Argyropoulos MD, PhD, FASN 🇺🇸 0kale/acc @christosargyrop.bsky.social · 9h

So true - as someone who has to physically show up to work most of the time, I wish you could all stay at home.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 10h

This is what “living with COVID” really means for too many families. Long COVID is not rare, and it’s devastating. We could’ve protected kids better — we still can.

Sending love and strength to every parent living this reality 💔

Source: x.com/rebeccaoco/s...

Rebecca O'Connor @rebeccaoco

I actively hated lockdowns, cried my way through them and felt I was neglecting my children while they were stuck at home and I tried to work. Would have that again forever, compared to what I have now, which is two chronically ill children with long covid who can’t function.

6:31 AM · Oct 22, 2025 · 96.7K Views

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Dr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 1d

And the alternative wasn’t closing schools forever.

It was opening them more safely, and far more cautiously.

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Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · 13h

Time to prioritise YOU Dr B

“Fit your own oxygen mask before…” n all that

Also, all emotions are valid

I’ve not been around here much but YOU are valued and important and need care too

🤗hugs not jazz hands🤗 ❤️‍🩹

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skellyton bones jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 20h

This is a big deal for several reasons:
1. Set up for the SCOTUS
2. The ruling is limited per the judge not believing they have power to go beyond the 5 institutions.
3. Jesus Christ, yall, my book might end up back on a shelf or two after being banned.

ACLU @aclu.org · 1d

The Defense Department banned nearly 600 books from schools on military bases — but in a win for free speech, a federal judge just ordered those books back to the shelves.

Federal judge orders Pentagon to restore LGBTQ+ books, gender & diversity lessons in military schools

Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and DoDEA Director Beth Schiavino-Narvaez to comply immediately.

www.advocate.com

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Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 1d

Now published! My edited book ‘Long COVID and Society’ - my introduction is free to read for everyone. Download from the link below and check out the others chapters too (Chapter 14, about LC children and families, is also open access)

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Long COVID and Society

This is the first book to bring together academics and activists living with Long COVID to explore the social impacts of the new complex chronic condition.

link.springer.com

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Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · 1d

Finished “The People vs Robodebt” SBS
I will let Jenny Miller speak for me, for a LOT of us:

‘promised me there will be consequences for the perpetrators of #Robodebt ‘

‘a toothless #NACC ‘

‘ #ReleaseTheNames
it's time to #Name&Shame
it's time you honoured your promise to me’

#auspol #Robodebt

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Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · 1d

“Like the analogy of using either the heel of your shoe or a hammer to pound nails, only one is fit for purpose... The WHN joins the CSA & the BOHS in affirming that like hammers, respirator masks are the designed tool to prevent respiratory illness...”

#CovidIsAirborne

#DutyOfCare

#education

luckortraining @luckortraining.bsky.social · 1d

#MedSky #NurseSky #EpiSky #IDSky #publichealth #ChronicIllness #covidconscious #maskup #respirator

WHN joins in the chorus: Medical masks are not PPE - WHN

Overview Throughout the COVID pandemic, there has been confusion from public health and medical leaders over which masks to wear to prevent transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Inadequate supplies of...

whn.global

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

Published: 21 October 2025

The study found that in men who had a pre-infection sperm analysis, both sperm concentration and progressive motility significantly dropped one month after COVID infection. Recovery typically occurred within 3–5 months. However, some individuals had lingering reductions.

The sperm quality change in 6 months recovery from COVID-19: a retrospective observational study - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - The sperm quality change in 6 months recovery from COVID-19: a retrospective observational study

www.nature.com

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

I Am One of 20 Million in US With Long COVID. RFK Pulled the Rug From Under Us.

"RFK Jr. has shut down the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice, gutted funding, and derailed trials and studies."

Source: archive.li/RfrjA

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Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · 1d

Who has the best snacks now?
You know, strike up a casual conversation 😇

😆

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you."

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2d

"COVID mRNA vaccines may be able to train immune system to attack cancer cells, boost survival"

COVID-19 mRNA vaccination boosts survival in patients with advanced lung or melanoma skin cancer who began immunotherapy within 100 days, according to data from the 2025 ESMO Congress in Berlin.

COVID mRNA vaccines may be able to train immune system to attack cancer cells, boost survival

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2d

Scientists have been studying remote work for 4 years and have reached a very clear conclusion: “Working from home makes us thrive”

Flexible work boosts well-being and focus—people sleep more, commute less, eat better, and spend more time with family while maintaining results.

archive.li/URhbv

Article headline reads: “Scientists have been studying remote work for four years and found: ‘Working from home makes us thrive.’” Below, a man sits on a couch using a laptop, symbolizing remote work and flexibility.

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Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · 2d

Or like this?

#LongCovid #LongCovidKids
#MEcfs #pwME

I could go on but I choose to spend no more time regurgitating drivel

Scarletp @scarletp1792.bsky.social · 2d

You mean like this?

I don’t believe his attitude has changed much since then..but he is unlikely to seek out interaction with parents of #LongCovidKids