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Paediatric endocrinologist and researcher in sex and gender. Board Director, Medecins Sans Frontieres Australia. Advocate for diverse and marginalised children.
Mar 29, 2020 7 tweets 3 min read
I was horrified @SydneyAirport international arrivals yesterday. Nurse doing temperature screening was touching everybody’s face with her fingers as she stabilised her ear thermometer on them. She didn’t change gloves after touching people. She was touching face after face. 1/ I asked to speak to the peron in charge immediately. They were potentially spreading COVID19 across thousands of people arriving at the airport. I spoke with a junior doctor who said they were overwhelmed, there was limited training for new screening staff, and they were 2/