Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀
@mackayim.bsky.social
forever virologist, researcher, PCR guy. past lab manager. husband. dad. reader. writer. fixer. bad typist. learner. australian.
#MasksWork
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#MasksWork
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..other jurisdictions that have yet to see the benefits, perhaps stuck in a toxic, patriarchal, misogynistic, truthless regime.
It might also be a payoff for decades of sound, evidence-based decision-making and for those with a cervix who've been part of the NCSP + helped get kids safely vaccinated
It might also be a payoff for decades of sound, evidence-based decision-making and for those with a cervix who've been part of the NCSP + helped get kids safely vaccinated
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
..other jurisdictions that have yet to see the benefits, perhaps stuck in a toxic, patriarchal, misogynistic, truthless regime.
It might also be a payoff for decades of sound, evidence-based decision-making and for those with a cervix who've been part of the NCSP + helped get kids safely vaccinated
It might also be a payoff for decades of sound, evidence-based decision-making and for those with a cervix who've been part of the NCSP + helped get kids safely vaccinated
"Positive news" like this is more than a feel-good effort.
These data help promote the benefits of an NCSP, vaccination, and new, more advanced methods for those in our communities who don't seek out or can't easily access this harm-reducing and lifesaving approach. It's also an example for..
These data help promote the benefits of an NCSP, vaccination, and new, more advanced methods for those in our communities who don't seek out or can't easily access this harm-reducing and lifesaving approach. It's also an example for..
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"Positive news" like this is more than a feel-good effort.
These data help promote the benefits of an NCSP, vaccination, and new, more advanced methods for those in our communities who don't seek out or can't easily access this harm-reducing and lifesaving approach. It's also an example for..
These data help promote the benefits of an NCSP, vaccination, and new, more advanced methods for those in our communities who don't seek out or can't easily access this harm-reducing and lifesaving approach. It's also an example for..
➡️DNA-based methods are more sensitive for detecting neoplasms than Pap smears, but also pick up infections that don't cause cancer
➡️Takes 10-15 years for a persistent HPV infection to change cells in ways that may lead to cervical cancer.
➡️Australia started National HPV Vaccination Program in 2007
➡️Takes 10-15 years for a persistent HPV infection to change cells in ways that may lead to cervical cancer.
➡️Australia started National HPV Vaccination Program in 2007
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
➡️DNA-based methods are more sensitive for detecting neoplasms than Pap smears, but also pick up infections that don't cause cancer
➡️Takes 10-15 years for a persistent HPV infection to change cells in ways that may lead to cervical cancer.
➡️Australia started National HPV Vaccination Program in 2007
➡️Takes 10-15 years for a persistent HPV infection to change cells in ways that may lead to cervical cancer.
➡️Australia started National HPV Vaccination Program in 2007
Some other info:
➡️The National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP). The program was implemented in 1991. Women aged 18 to 69 were invited to have a "Pap smear" every 2 years. Invasive, painful & embarrassing procedure
➡️ The NCSP changed in 2018. 25-74 years: viral ("HPV") DNA test every 5 years
➡️The National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP). The program was implemented in 1991. Women aged 18 to 69 were invited to have a "Pap smear" every 2 years. Invasive, painful & embarrassing procedure
➡️ The NCSP changed in 2018. 25-74 years: viral ("HPV") DNA test every 5 years
November 27, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Some other info:
➡️The National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP). The program was implemented in 1991. Women aged 18 to 69 were invited to have a "Pap smear" every 2 years. Invasive, painful & embarrassing procedure
➡️ The NCSP changed in 2018. 25-74 years: viral ("HPV") DNA test every 5 years
➡️The National Cervical Screening Program (NCSP). The program was implemented in 1991. Women aged 18 to 69 were invited to have a "Pap smear" every 2 years. Invasive, painful & embarrassing procedure
➡️ The NCSP changed in 2018. 25-74 years: viral ("HPV") DNA test every 5 years
Frikkin amazing stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Frikkin amazing stuff.
November 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Intriguing #flu bounce back in NSW, or importing from the north.
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Intriguing #flu bounce back in NSW, or importing from the north.
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/c...
How many feathered visitors can you count this morning?
November 19, 2025 at 8:48 PM
How many feathered visitors can you count this morning?
Testing, testing, hard to see, but this #DeathStarXmasBall is a go for hanging!
To the ladder Batman!
To the ladder Batman!
November 15, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Testing, testing, hard to see, but this #DeathStarXmasBall is a go for hanging!
To the ladder Batman!
To the ladder Batman!
Dahlia 1, Dichondra 0.
#DichondraDispatch
#DichondraDispatch
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Dahlia 1, Dichondra 0.
#DichondraDispatch
#DichondraDispatch
My favourite Christmas present.
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My favourite Christmas present.
My favourite Immunology-communicated book.
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
My favourite Immunology-communicated book.
Just going through some photos from my old lab.
My favourite cupcake (an emergency lifter-upper gift) and my favourite lamington.
My favourite cupcake (an emergency lifter-upper gift) and my favourite lamington.
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Just going through some photos from my old lab.
My favourite cupcake (an emergency lifter-upper gift) and my favourite lamington.
My favourite cupcake (an emergency lifter-upper gift) and my favourite lamington.
Oh, and the image...
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Oh, and the image...
Like many viruses, those in the huge group we call enteroviruses can cause a wide range of diseases.
Each one of these is a pathogen to be respected, and some have not had their stories told yet.
#EV #HEV #enterovirus
Each one of these is a pathogen to be respected, and some have not had their stories told yet.
#EV #HEV #enterovirus
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Like many viruses, those in the huge group we call enteroviruses can cause a wide range of diseases.
Each one of these is a pathogen to be respected, and some have not had their stories told yet.
#EV #HEV #enterovirus
Each one of these is a pathogen to be respected, and some have not had their stories told yet.
#EV #HEV #enterovirus
Not sayin' that I am Pacific-Island-Tourist-Batman, just sayin' that no one has seen me & Pacific-Island-Tourist-Batman in the same room. (circa Twitter, 2018)
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Not sayin' that I am Pacific-Island-Tourist-Batman, just sayin' that no one has seen me & Pacific-Island-Tourist-Batman in the same room. (circa Twitter, 2018)
Naaah. Too big. 36-inches by 24hinches was too cylindrical (should be twice as long as it is wide).
Switching to metric ..and maths. The circumference of my old ones is about 80-90cm (about 32 to 36 inches) so let's try 80cm (L) X 40cm (W).
More mosquitoes than millimetres in this project right now!
Switching to metric ..and maths. The circumference of my old ones is about 80-90cm (about 32 to 36 inches) so let's try 80cm (L) X 40cm (W).
More mosquitoes than millimetres in this project right now!
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Naaah. Too big. 36-inches by 24hinches was too cylindrical (should be twice as long as it is wide).
Switching to metric ..and maths. The circumference of my old ones is about 80-90cm (about 32 to 36 inches) so let's try 80cm (L) X 40cm (W).
More mosquitoes than millimetres in this project right now!
Switching to metric ..and maths. The circumference of my old ones is about 80-90cm (about 32 to 36 inches) so let's try 80cm (L) X 40cm (W).
More mosquitoes than millimetres in this project right now!
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Ha haaa..
And the link referred to in my tweet below was www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYZr...
And the link referred to in my tweet below was www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYZr...
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Ha haaa..
And the link referred to in my tweet below was www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYZr...
And the link referred to in my tweet below was www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYZr...
Any followers remember these...?
I'm just trying to remind myself about how I made them to make a few more!!
I'm just trying to remind myself about how I made them to make a few more!!
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Any followers remember these...?
I'm just trying to remind myself about how I made them to make a few more!!
I'm just trying to remind myself about how I made them to make a few more!!
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I know you're in there seeeeeds....it's only a matter of tiiiiime until I deduce a methoddddd to get to you...
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I know you're in there seeeeeds....it's only a matter of tiiiiime until I deduce a methoddddd to get to you...
Things that don't flower but do thrive in this garden...
November 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Things that don't flower but do thrive in this garden...