Jane Opie

Have you saved them? They're like gold these days. I've got so many as someone born in the pre interwebs days

Hi Ian, do we have any understanding of current rates of viruses (Southern hemisphere) not normally monitored ie outside influenza covid RSV? I've been seeing an overwhelmingly large number of sick folk recently. I generally dont send them for PCR testing unless a specific risk factor.

keeps saying that One or more images is missing alt text.
Any suggestions?

Absolutely love the name too!
reminds me of the odd red-haired loon too:)

Immunity post measles infection is very durable.

Makes sense - we use amethocaine in the eye hey?

That's an excellent suggestion!

Australia didn't get the measles vaccine till the late 1960s.
Most will have had measles if unvaccinated. The "most" rather than "all" wories me a little though unless a documented history of measles or serology www.health.vic.gov.au/immunisation...

The lack of consent was dreadful.
Time to invest in a Madonna Gaultier bra with very pointy edges.
(How did he sleep before he met her!!!)
Otherwise his general lack of support re maintaining a home - just hopeless

Re this image - I'd assume hand foot and mouth disease. Doesn't look like typical rubella.
Shouldn't we use such images as an adjunct to public health messaging?

here's the graphic... please share far and wide. #VaccinesWork.

Trends in Cervical Precancers Identified ... This report describes decreases in cervical precancer incidence among women ages 20-24 years.

The #HPV vaccine has decreased high grade cervical dysplasia in the USA by 80 % in the youngest age group. Reported in today's MMWR.

#MedSky + #ObGynSky.

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

Love that. It's all so difficult. We have to ditch the apostrophe at some point hey?

Great book with so many Aussie talking points

Opinion | American Science is Under Attack (Gift Article) The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.

An absolutely scorching OpEd by Harold Varmus, Nobel laureate, on Trump's destruction of the vaunted US scientific & biomedical enterprise & on Trump's kooky picks to lead the US health & science agencies

Gift link to share far & wide

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

Strip clubs, topless bars, Hooters etc have an opportunity to do something really funny and insist on making their workforce 50% male in order to comply with anti-DEI mandates. Those ladies are taking jobs away from red-blooded American men who need the work

When your autocorrect knows you way better than you wished it did

😂😂😂

Govt closes all HIV clinics in Uganda thanks to Elon Musk and Donald Trump interfering with USAID.

Regardless of your thoughts on countries relying on international aid, this is NOT how you treat poor people.

Shameful.

Mid-Summer Melbourne:)

The Birds (film) - Wikipedia

Revenge of the Birds could be a good sequel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bir...

I guess some people will always remain decent and help out when other human beings are suffering - when the world is in a good place this should be apolitical. Fingers crossed though

Let's talk about Hep B. There are a lot of myths about this virus & the vaccine used to prevent it. Hep B is a contagious blood borne virus that can cause severe lifelong problems & the vaccine is proven to prevent infection complications including liver cancer (the vaccine prevents cancer!)

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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at Stanford Medicine have devised an influenza vaccine that prompts immunity to ALL four major flu subtypes AND shows potential against bird flu, indicating a significant advancement in flu prevention and a potential increase in vaccine efficacy. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️

If you're going to write "the true story of the Samoa measles outbreak" it's a good idea to include some facts. The author would rather speculate, then later admit he doesn't know what happened but still conclude that RFK had little to do with measles deaths in a weird bootlicking opinion piece.

Why Australian politicians are angry at the ‘woke brigade’ over gender neutral gingerbread The gingerbread people sold in a Parliament House cafe have some conservative politicians aghast

Must say I missed this entirely... do they... want the gingerbread people to be anatomically represented? www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...

Not in Australia - prescribed medication advertising banned
Providing support to those experiencing unpleasant menopause symptoms seems kind to me
Just like menstruation is "normal" so we shouldn't help alleviate the distress it may cause?
Pregnancy also normal but nature often unkind here too

DARK!!!