Dr Noor Bari
@njbbari3.bsky.social
MBBS BSc Hons Infectious Diseases 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 Zero COVID Australia NjbBari3@mastodon.social NjbBari3 on X
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The phrase “no indication of increased severity” should not lull you into some kind of complacency
Influenza has always been a serious illness with significant risk of morbidity and mortality
And at this time of year the protection of winter vaccine dose has waned for those had it
Influenza has always been a serious illness with significant risk of morbidity and mortality
And at this time of year the protection of winter vaccine dose has waned for those had it
January 5, 2026 at 3:05 AM
The phrase “no indication of increased severity” should not lull you into some kind of complacency
Influenza has always been a serious illness with significant risk of morbidity and mortality
And at this time of year the protection of winter vaccine dose has waned for those had it
Influenza has always been a serious illness with significant risk of morbidity and mortality
And at this time of year the protection of winter vaccine dose has waned for those had it
“I don’t wear a mask”
is the new
“I don’t hold a hose.”
is the new
“I don’t hold a hose.”
January 5, 2026 at 4:39 AM
“I don’t wear a mask”
is the new
“I don’t hold a hose.”
is the new
“I don’t hold a hose.”
Cats that look a normal weight with a glossy coat are *not* starving/lost/neglected no matter how convincing they are.
Speaking as the human belonging to a cat in the past that adopted my neighbours for everything but the vet bills after he was put on a diet for diabetes. 🐱
Speaking as the human belonging to a cat in the past that adopted my neighbours for everything but the vet bills after he was put on a diet for diabetes. 🐱
January 5, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Cats that look a normal weight with a glossy coat are *not* starving/lost/neglected no matter how convincing they are.
Speaking as the human belonging to a cat in the past that adopted my neighbours for everything but the vet bills after he was put on a diet for diabetes. 🐱
Speaking as the human belonging to a cat in the past that adopted my neighbours for everything but the vet bills after he was put on a diet for diabetes. 🐱
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Zircon crystals are nearly indestructible, and are some of the only things to survive the hellish pressure and heat of the Haldean Eon, when the earth was formed. The oldest zircons are found in Jack Hills, Australia, where our specimen was found. It may be small, but it's 4.4 billion years old!
January 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Zircon crystals are nearly indestructible, and are some of the only things to survive the hellish pressure and heat of the Haldean Eon, when the earth was formed. The oldest zircons are found in Jack Hills, Australia, where our specimen was found. It may be small, but it's 4.4 billion years old!
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US Weekly COVID update: Dec 29, 2025
🔸1 in 51 Actively Infectious
🔸958,000 New Daily Infections
🔸6,320,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸239,000,000 Infections in 2025
🔸316,000 to 1,260,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,900 to 3,200 Weekly Deaths
Source: pmc19.com/data/
🔸1 in 51 Actively Infectious
🔸958,000 New Daily Infections
🔸6,320,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸239,000,000 Infections in 2025
🔸316,000 to 1,260,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,900 to 3,200 Weekly Deaths
Source: pmc19.com/data/
January 4, 2026 at 10:12 PM
US Weekly COVID update: Dec 29, 2025
🔸1 in 51 Actively Infectious
🔸958,000 New Daily Infections
🔸6,320,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸239,000,000 Infections in 2025
🔸316,000 to 1,260,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,900 to 3,200 Weekly Deaths
Source: pmc19.com/data/
🔸1 in 51 Actively Infectious
🔸958,000 New Daily Infections
🔸6,320,000 Infections In The Past Week
🔸239,000,000 Infections in 2025
🔸316,000 to 1,260,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases
🔸1,900 to 3,200 Weekly Deaths
Source: pmc19.com/data/
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NSW has issued a Measles Alert
This follows on from the Sth Australian alert yesterday as the infectious individual flew into Sydney Domestic Terminal 3 on the 29th
They also attended Concord Hospital on Jan 3
This follows on from the Sth Australian alert yesterday as the infectious individual flew into Sydney Domestic Terminal 3 on the 29th
They also attended Concord Hospital on Jan 3
January 5, 2026 at 12:32 AM
NSW has issued a Measles Alert
This follows on from the Sth Australian alert yesterday as the infectious individual flew into Sydney Domestic Terminal 3 on the 29th
They also attended Concord Hospital on Jan 3
This follows on from the Sth Australian alert yesterday as the infectious individual flew into Sydney Domestic Terminal 3 on the 29th
They also attended Concord Hospital on Jan 3
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It's small, but joins a collection of studies confirming SARS2 in pregnancy increases risk of children having neuro dev issues (I know you know that).
But clearly, only several more years of life-altering infections will yield enough data 🤬
But clearly, only several more years of life-altering infections will yield enough data 🤬
January 5, 2026 at 12:08 AM
It's small, but joins a collection of studies confirming SARS2 in pregnancy increases risk of children having neuro dev issues (I know you know that).
But clearly, only several more years of life-altering infections will yield enough data 🤬
But clearly, only several more years of life-altering infections will yield enough data 🤬
I keep seeing people writing “Why do people want oil when the world is pivoting to green energy?”
The answer is simple. I’m not going to say it just in case I’m wrong, or putting ideas out there.
There is one thing oil is good for… and nobody is going to like it.
The answer is simple. I’m not going to say it just in case I’m wrong, or putting ideas out there.
There is one thing oil is good for… and nobody is going to like it.
January 4, 2026 at 1:23 PM
I keep seeing people writing “Why do people want oil when the world is pivoting to green energy?”
The answer is simple. I’m not going to say it just in case I’m wrong, or putting ideas out there.
There is one thing oil is good for… and nobody is going to like it.
The answer is simple. I’m not going to say it just in case I’m wrong, or putting ideas out there.
There is one thing oil is good for… and nobody is going to like it.
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Has been rocking and rolling here with hail
January 4, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Has been rocking and rolling here with hail
I was feeling proud of myself for sticking to my new mini-habit for four days.
Then. I discovered Quitter’s Friday.
👀
Thoughts and prayers needed. 🤣
www.riversidecommunityhospital.com/healthy-livi...
Then. I discovered Quitter’s Friday.
👀
Thoughts and prayers needed. 🤣
www.riversidecommunityhospital.com/healthy-livi...
What science says about how to stick with your New Year’s resolutions | Riverside Community Hospital
Most people have a difficult time keeping New Year’s resolutions. But starting with small, manageable goals can often set one up for success.
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January 4, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I was feeling proud of myself for sticking to my new mini-habit for four days.
Then. I discovered Quitter’s Friday.
👀
Thoughts and prayers needed. 🤣
www.riversidecommunityhospital.com/healthy-livi...
Then. I discovered Quitter’s Friday.
👀
Thoughts and prayers needed. 🤣
www.riversidecommunityhospital.com/healthy-livi...
It’s not because it hasn’t been done before.
It’s not about who’s involved, good or bad.
It’s not because no one else has done it, within the same country, or other countries.
It’s not even because I’m surprised.
It’s not about who’s involved, good or bad.
It’s not because no one else has done it, within the same country, or other countries.
It’s not even because I’m surprised.
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
It’s not because it hasn’t been done before.
It’s not about who’s involved, good or bad.
It’s not because no one else has done it, within the same country, or other countries.
It’s not even because I’m surprised.
It’s not about who’s involved, good or bad.
It’s not because no one else has done it, within the same country, or other countries.
It’s not even because I’m surprised.
It’s not my “achievement” if a child decides they will accept a new food, any more than it is my “failure” if they won’t.
Someone literally went through a list of foods and asked if a child was eating it yet.
Humans need a variety of foods… not every food on the planet. 🙄😡
Someone literally went through a list of foods and asked if a child was eating it yet.
Humans need a variety of foods… not every food on the planet. 🙄😡
January 4, 2026 at 2:44 AM
It’s not my “achievement” if a child decides they will accept a new food, any more than it is my “failure” if they won’t.
Someone literally went through a list of foods and asked if a child was eating it yet.
Humans need a variety of foods… not every food on the planet. 🙄😡
Someone literally went through a list of foods and asked if a child was eating it yet.
Humans need a variety of foods… not every food on the planet. 🙄😡
Somebody filed a complaint because they don’t like the reminders that I say… like… don’t stick fingers into a fireplace, even if you think it’s cold.
So I asked… do you also get annoyed when the car beeps to remind you that you’ve left something on?
->
So I asked… do you also get annoyed when the car beeps to remind you that you’ve left something on?
->
January 4, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Somebody filed a complaint because they don’t like the reminders that I say… like… don’t stick fingers into a fireplace, even if you think it’s cold.
So I asked… do you also get annoyed when the car beeps to remind you that you’ve left something on?
->
So I asked… do you also get annoyed when the car beeps to remind you that you’ve left something on?
->
Recognising the need to take action urgently is a skill.
Can we please acquire it quickly? 👀
Can we please acquire it quickly? 👀
January 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM
Recognising the need to take action urgently is a skill.
Can we please acquire it quickly? 👀
Can we please acquire it quickly? 👀
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I’m sorry that happened. We almost had a dryer fire once. You can buy dryer vent cleaning kits for pretty cheap. we got one and use it at least once a year. Works well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I’m sorry that happened. We almost had a dryer fire once. You can buy dryer vent cleaning kits for pretty cheap. we got one and use it at least once a year. Works well.
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yeah, ik even when I saw the news I was like “does no one rmr the station fire??” but then learned the circumstances were SO similar and w/ a bunch of ppl who were born after it happened it makes a lot more sense 😵💫 all the Swiss cheese holes lined up and I feel for their parents
January 3, 2026 at 2:10 PM
yeah, ik even when I saw the news I was like “does no one rmr the station fire??” but then learned the circumstances were SO similar and w/ a bunch of ppl who were born after it happened it makes a lot more sense 😵💫 all the Swiss cheese holes lined up and I feel for their parents
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ntm it was in the basement and there was one exit. rly more of a systemic failure than ppl being too glued to their phones imho
January 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
ntm it was in the basement and there was one exit. rly more of a systemic failure than ppl being too glued to their phones imho
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I once was at a quiz, and saw a team looking out the window confused. A building opposite had huge flames coming out a window. When I asked if they'd called 999, they said (genuinely) "we were just trying to figure out if it was meant to be on fire."
Maybe it’s a sense of disbelief? Lack of experience? But whatever it is, it is concrete proof that for most humans, panic is not the primary response to the early indicators of an emergency.
It’s paralysis, fascination, disbelief.
It’s paralysis, fascination, disbelief.
January 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I once was at a quiz, and saw a team looking out the window confused. A building opposite had huge flames coming out a window. When I asked if they'd called 999, they said (genuinely) "we were just trying to figure out if it was meant to be on fire."
I wrote a thread on this before on Twitter.
I had to drag someone out of a house when the dryer caught on fire. The insulation had already started to fill the house with the most acrid stench you can imagine.
They wanted to finish a phone call because they had put 50p in the slot already.
I had to drag someone out of a house when the dryer caught on fire. The insulation had already started to fill the house with the most acrid stench you can imagine.
They wanted to finish a phone call because they had put 50p in the slot already.
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
I wrote a thread on this before on Twitter.
I had to drag someone out of a house when the dryer caught on fire. The insulation had already started to fill the house with the most acrid stench you can imagine.
They wanted to finish a phone call because they had put 50p in the slot already.
I had to drag someone out of a house when the dryer caught on fire. The insulation had already started to fill the house with the most acrid stench you can imagine.
They wanted to finish a phone call because they had put 50p in the slot already.
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Mystery pink slime on secluded Tasmanian beach prompts fears of potential algal bloom
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Mystery pink slime on secluded Tasmanian beach prompts fears of potential algal bloom
Environment Protection Authority says blooms are ‘natural occurrence’ as marine scientist warns it has grown ‘significantly’ in recent hours
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Mystery pink slime on secluded Tasmanian beach prompts fears of potential algal bloom
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Did someone start another war?
Rhetorical question.
Rhetorical question.
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Did someone start another war?
Rhetorical question.
Rhetorical question.
I introduced two very little ones to a small horse today.
They were totally not interested. 😂
They were totally not interested. 😂
January 3, 2026 at 9:21 AM
I introduced two very little ones to a small horse today.
They were totally not interested. 😂
They were totally not interested. 😂
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"NSW records the highest number of road deaths in eight years"
A few "reasons" given: drugs, alcohol, speeding. Ofc all of those factors long before COVID arrived to infect and reinfect almost the everyone, with known cognitive impacts.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A few "reasons" given: drugs, alcohol, speeding. Ofc all of those factors long before COVID arrived to infect and reinfect almost the everyone, with known cognitive impacts.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
January 3, 2026 at 8:34 AM
"NSW records the highest number of road deaths in eight years"
A few "reasons" given: drugs, alcohol, speeding. Ofc all of those factors long before COVID arrived to infect and reinfect almost the everyone, with known cognitive impacts.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
A few "reasons" given: drugs, alcohol, speeding. Ofc all of those factors long before COVID arrived to infect and reinfect almost the everyone, with known cognitive impacts.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...