Category: COVID19
OzSAGE release urgent omicron advice in response to deteriorating covid management in Australia
“A fatalistic approach will be fatal for some people” Further info at the OzSAGE website.
What about our kids? Why a vaccine plan for children must be up and running this year… with live interview (in full technicolor).
At the start of the pandemic there were myths promulgated that children did not spread covid as easily as adults
The final report into Hotel Quarantine in WA emphasises governance, data, ventilation to reduce airborne spread & most importantly – humanity.
Prof Weeramanthri was the first Australian government sponsored official to emphasise airborne spread as the problem in hotel quarantine. In
Hotel Quarantine & airborne spread
This analysis explains why changing government policy is the urgent routeto safety for staff & guests. Watch video on Youtube
WA reconnecting to the nation… how will we need to live differently to keep winning against covid-19? Small changes really help (audio in link).
In a discussion with Jenna Clarke I raised the issue that as we open up WA is joining the main
Comment: The failure over PPE is still with us and will continue putting our lives at risk in a second wave.
We are performing unsafe work as a result of our moral code to care for patients, writes Dr Andrew Miller
PPE is just like a condom. If it doesn’t fit, everyone is worse off. All states MUST be fit testing N95 masks NOW while we have time. (Guess who standard masks typically DON’T fit? Yep, women & minorities). Listen to this ABC AM report…
A great piece from ABC Radio National today, featuring Tasmanian AMA President Dr John Burgess, who has been at the
Op-ed : Is psychological safety a valid consideration when dispensing basic PPE? Tension at the junction of science & culture & caregiver bullying.
The Science of Physical Safety Who deserves a mask? Telescope straight to the scientific policy answer from the Australian and