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I still have hope we are not broken.
Solidarity to my medical and nursing brothers and sisters doing the heavy lifting here. Poignant message below from a doc who wishes to remain anonymous:
We wanted to help people
We were smart and driven
We loved science and physiology, 2/9
We loved humans and disease
So we made a commitment
We signed up
It was an honor
We read thousands of pages
Attended hundreds of lectures
Pulled all-nighters
Took more exams than we thought possible
Finals week felt insurmountable
But it didn’t break us
It made us stronger
2/ I cooked one chopped red onion, 3 potatoes, and 8 ears of 🌽 kernels and 4 cloves of garlic in olive oil for about 10 minutes. I left out the 2 capsicums and 2 celeries the recipe asked for because I am picky and I hate capsicum and celery.
Aug 14, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Hey @GladysB: Doherty modelling re: opening up with 70-80% fully vaxed is predicated on low case numbers.
Will not work as planned with daily cases in the 100’s. Can’t vax our way out of this without getting cases down unless we are happy for ++ deaths & kids with long covid.
Nobody buys the “we didn’t realize delta was so different.” You knew. See India travel ban. So sick of the spin.
Your stated reason for not locking down early was to “not inconvenience” Sydneysiders. How’s that working out?
Sep 5, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
There are actually adult humans comparing being told to stay home, watch tv, and collect job keeper payments during a pandemic to being imprisoned, starved, tortured, and gassed in a Nazi concentration camp. Please. Just stop.
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Restricting public movement during a pandemic is a temporary measure to protect you, not a human rights violation. It is difficult, costly, and lonely, yes. But people saying these things have clearly never endured actual human rights violations. 2/
Jun 30, 2020 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
The dreaded call came at 6 am yesterday. Health Dept contact tracers. 1/
“We have determined that you are a close contact of someone who has tested positive for Covid-19. You need to isolate for 14 days from the day you were exposed. You need to get tested on day 11. We will call you every day to see if you have developed symptoms.” 2/
