@augersmonster.bsky.social
Still fighting for people to believe that covid is airborne and, shockingly, ALSO airborne IN SCHOOLS. I’m here using social media to try to process my daily disappointment in the Albanese Labor Govt and feel a little less alone than I do IRL.
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The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about minority government, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #2025election
Honest Government Ad | Minority Government
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about minority government, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative. #auspol #2025election
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Stay safe out there, COVID-safe friends
December 19, 2024 at 1:26 AM
Stay safe out there, COVID-safe friends
Went to Bunnings outdoor garden centre in a Trident.
Frankly, felt kind of risky.
I’m not sure there are any well people in Melbourne this Xmas.
Super glad we’re “living with covid”, that was a great choice 👍🙄
Frankly, felt kind of risky.
I’m not sure there are any well people in Melbourne this Xmas.
Super glad we’re “living with covid”, that was a great choice 👍🙄
December 19, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Went to Bunnings outdoor garden centre in a Trident.
Frankly, felt kind of risky.
I’m not sure there are any well people in Melbourne this Xmas.
Super glad we’re “living with covid”, that was a great choice 👍🙄
Frankly, felt kind of risky.
I’m not sure there are any well people in Melbourne this Xmas.
Super glad we’re “living with covid”, that was a great choice 👍🙄
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I think my most controversial take on COVID, and what I think nearly everyone in is getting wrong about this, is that it's a disease whose burden falls primarily on the young. Not the old.
December 1, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I think my most controversial take on COVID, and what I think nearly everyone in is getting wrong about this, is that it's a disease whose burden falls primarily on the young. Not the old.
In 2020, I had this long list of people I worried about who I wanted to protect & warn: hey, stay home, be careful, wear a mask! Wash your hands! Be Safe!!!!
At least with bird flu I’m not going to have that stress. I’m down to like 5 people I’d even bother mentioning it to.
Survive. Or don’t 🤷🏼♀️
At least with bird flu I’m not going to have that stress. I’m down to like 5 people I’d even bother mentioning it to.
Survive. Or don’t 🤷🏼♀️
December 1, 2024 at 10:27 PM
In 2020, I had this long list of people I worried about who I wanted to protect & warn: hey, stay home, be careful, wear a mask! Wash your hands! Be Safe!!!!
At least with bird flu I’m not going to have that stress. I’m down to like 5 people I’d even bother mentioning it to.
Survive. Or don’t 🤷🏼♀️
At least with bird flu I’m not going to have that stress. I’m down to like 5 people I’d even bother mentioning it to.
Survive. Or don’t 🤷🏼♀️
Genuinely, when Labor has a minion call to shore up your previously certain vote for the next election, what will you say?
Because I just don’t even have words. I have no imaginable way to express, truly express, where I’m at with Labor and how broken I feel about the disappointment of their term.
Because I just don’t even have words. I have no imaginable way to express, truly express, where I’m at with Labor and how broken I feel about the disappointment of their term.
November 21, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Genuinely, when Labor has a minion call to shore up your previously certain vote for the next election, what will you say?
Because I just don’t even have words. I have no imaginable way to express, truly express, where I’m at with Labor and how broken I feel about the disappointment of their term.
Because I just don’t even have words. I have no imaginable way to express, truly express, where I’m at with Labor and how broken I feel about the disappointment of their term.
Can anyone recommend a RAT currently working in Australia? Looking to restock thanks 🙏
November 19, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Can anyone recommend a RAT currently working in Australia? Looking to restock thanks 🙏
Mask wearing is distinctly up in my area of Melbourne.
Heartbreakingly, it’s almost all cloth masks circa 2020.
I think people are tiring of the sickness but our Govt has ensured they don’t have the knowledge to avoid it.
They’ll walk away from this wave believing masks don’t work 😔
Heartbreakingly, it’s almost all cloth masks circa 2020.
I think people are tiring of the sickness but our Govt has ensured they don’t have the knowledge to avoid it.
They’ll walk away from this wave believing masks don’t work 😔
November 12, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Mask wearing is distinctly up in my area of Melbourne.
Heartbreakingly, it’s almost all cloth masks circa 2020.
I think people are tiring of the sickness but our Govt has ensured they don’t have the knowledge to avoid it.
They’ll walk away from this wave believing masks don’t work 😔
Heartbreakingly, it’s almost all cloth masks circa 2020.
I think people are tiring of the sickness but our Govt has ensured they don’t have the knowledge to avoid it.
They’ll walk away from this wave believing masks don’t work 😔
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Satisfaction with life in Australia hits record low, according to survey
"Australians’ overall satisfaction with their personal lives remained close to its lowest level recorded, while satisfaction with life in Australia reached its lowest level in the survey’s 24-year history"
"Australians’ overall satisfaction with their personal lives remained close to its lowest level recorded, while satisfaction with life in Australia reached its lowest level in the survey’s 24-year history"
November 12, 2024 at 12:28 AM
Satisfaction with life in Australia hits record low, according to survey
"Australians’ overall satisfaction with their personal lives remained close to its lowest level recorded, while satisfaction with life in Australia reached its lowest level in the survey’s 24-year history"
"Australians’ overall satisfaction with their personal lives remained close to its lowest level recorded, while satisfaction with life in Australia reached its lowest level in the survey’s 24-year history"
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There are gates keeping people out
Unless we have a broad, well informed, free entry base for LC diagnosis, the diagnosed group will skew towards those with access
Unless we have a broad, well informed, free entry base for LC diagnosis, the diagnosed group will skew towards those with access
This group has the highest Long COVID diagnosis rates. But that's not the whole story.
-poor diagnoses might be missing the real geoup(s) (cost & time to go to a GP?)
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
-poor diagnoses might be missing the real geoup(s) (cost & time to go to a GP?)
www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
This group has the highest Long COVID diagnosis rates. But that's not the whole story
A new study has found the groups of people most likely to be diagnosed by a GP with Long COVID. But they aren’t necessarily those most likely to develop it.
www.sbs.com.au
November 11, 2024 at 1:16 AM
There are gates keeping people out
Unless we have a broad, well informed, free entry base for LC diagnosis, the diagnosed group will skew towards those with access
Unless we have a broad, well informed, free entry base for LC diagnosis, the diagnosed group will skew towards those with access
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US: 1 in 5 People Could Have Long COVID
"The analysis suggests that nearly 23% of U.S. adults experience the symptoms of long COVID... That’s much higher than the 7% prevalence of long COVID that’s been suggested by other studies"
Study: www.cell.com/med/fulltext...
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
"The analysis suggests that nearly 23% of U.S. adults experience the symptoms of long COVID... That’s much higher than the 7% prevalence of long COVID that’s been suggested by other studies"
Study: www.cell.com/med/fulltext...
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
November 8, 2024 at 11:13 PM
US: 1 in 5 People Could Have Long COVID
"The analysis suggests that nearly 23% of U.S. adults experience the symptoms of long COVID... That’s much higher than the 7% prevalence of long COVID that’s been suggested by other studies"
Study: www.cell.com/med/fulltext...
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
"The analysis suggests that nearly 23% of U.S. adults experience the symptoms of long COVID... That’s much higher than the 7% prevalence of long COVID that’s been suggested by other studies"
Study: www.cell.com/med/fulltext...
www.usnews.com/news/health-...
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Bluesky is funny because I can’t recall any other platform where its growth is explicitly tied to the collective hate for one person.
October 17, 2024 at 3:45 AM
Bluesky is funny because I can’t recall any other platform where its growth is explicitly tied to the collective hate for one person.
I have to put more effort into this place, I actively feel dirty when I post on X but I’m just tired and I drift back when I’m sad and need a quick fix 🤪🙃
October 16, 2023 at 3:05 AM
I have to put more effort into this place, I actively feel dirty when I post on X but I’m just tired and I drift back when I’m sad and need a quick fix 🤪🙃
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Thank you to Paul Seaman for sending me the adjuvant paper ( tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ) and for bouncing ideas back and forth on this analogy. 14/
https://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21645515.2023.2189885…
October 4, 2023 at 1:50 AM
Thank you to Paul Seaman for sending me the adjuvant paper ( tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... ) and for bouncing ideas back and forth on this analogy. 14/
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Someone told me that this app may seem very empty because of this default setting that requires replies to have 2 likes or more before they show up.
Indeed! I changed it so that all replies show up, and suddenly the place seems much more lively. I highly recommend changing it in your settings.
Indeed! I changed it so that all replies show up, and suddenly the place seems much more lively. I highly recommend changing it in your settings.
July 26, 2023 at 9:07 AM
Someone told me that this app may seem very empty because of this default setting that requires replies to have 2 likes or more before they show up.
Indeed! I changed it so that all replies show up, and suddenly the place seems much more lively. I highly recommend changing it in your settings.
Indeed! I changed it so that all replies show up, and suddenly the place seems much more lively. I highly recommend changing it in your settings.
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"During the two years of analysis, we estimated that 85.6 million years of life were lost due to COVID-19 in the 49 countries studied."
85.6 million years of life lost due to COVID, but sure let's continue pretending that COVID is "just a cold."
85.6 million years of life lost due to COVID, but sure let's continue pretending that COVID is "just a cold."
Years of life lost to COVID-19 in 49 countries: A gender- and life cycle-based analysis of the first...
Specific mortality rates have been widely used to monitor the main impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; however, a more meaningful measure is the Years of Life Lost (YLL) due to the disease, considering ...
journals.plos.org
September 29, 2023 at 6:14 AM
"During the two years of analysis, we estimated that 85.6 million years of life were lost due to COVID-19 in the 49 countries studied."
85.6 million years of life lost due to COVID, but sure let's continue pretending that COVID is "just a cold."
85.6 million years of life lost due to COVID, but sure let's continue pretending that COVID is "just a cold."
This is every risk-taking partner of a covid-aware person:
“I want US to roll the dice on covid to make ME happy but I want YOU to look happy about it ok? And IF it goes bad, it’s a no-fault situation, ok? Also, pretend you haven’t noticed I have a low attention span for life’s low points. Agreed?”
“I want US to roll the dice on covid to make ME happy but I want YOU to look happy about it ok? And IF it goes bad, it’s a no-fault situation, ok? Also, pretend you haven’t noticed I have a low attention span for life’s low points. Agreed?”
September 24, 2023 at 3:18 AM
This is every risk-taking partner of a covid-aware person:
“I want US to roll the dice on covid to make ME happy but I want YOU to look happy about it ok? And IF it goes bad, it’s a no-fault situation, ok? Also, pretend you haven’t noticed I have a low attention span for life’s low points. Agreed?”
“I want US to roll the dice on covid to make ME happy but I want YOU to look happy about it ok? And IF it goes bad, it’s a no-fault situation, ok? Also, pretend you haven’t noticed I have a low attention span for life’s low points. Agreed?”
I would love to be able to just go into my living room and say, “This morning, the whole covid situation is making me particularly sad.”
And instead of it causing a fight or tension or friction, have someone lift me back up to fight another day.
An impossible dream for me.
And instead of it causing a fight or tension or friction, have someone lift me back up to fight another day.
An impossible dream for me.
September 23, 2023 at 11:50 PM
I would love to be able to just go into my living room and say, “This morning, the whole covid situation is making me particularly sad.”
And instead of it causing a fight or tension or friction, have someone lift me back up to fight another day.
An impossible dream for me.
And instead of it causing a fight or tension or friction, have someone lift me back up to fight another day.
An impossible dream for me.
For Australians it’s 2020/21 again.
There are vaccines, they’re not perfect but they’re the best option there is.
And we get to sit here on social media watching people in the US and Europe accessing them while feeling like we may as well be living on the moon for all the good it will do us.
There are vaccines, they’re not perfect but they’re the best option there is.
And we get to sit here on social media watching people in the US and Europe accessing them while feeling like we may as well be living on the moon for all the good it will do us.
September 23, 2023 at 12:40 AM
For Australians it’s 2020/21 again.
There are vaccines, they’re not perfect but they’re the best option there is.
And we get to sit here on social media watching people in the US and Europe accessing them while feeling like we may as well be living on the moon for all the good it will do us.
There are vaccines, they’re not perfect but they’re the best option there is.
And we get to sit here on social media watching people in the US and Europe accessing them while feeling like we may as well be living on the moon for all the good it will do us.
The people who kill all hope for me are the ones who say:
“Oh yeah, covid is BAD, catching it repeatedly will not end well. But, life without restaurants is EQUALLY bad so I’m going to go do that and never discuss covid”.
Because they mean it. They really are willing to die for dinner out.
“Oh yeah, covid is BAD, catching it repeatedly will not end well. But, life without restaurants is EQUALLY bad so I’m going to go do that and never discuss covid”.
Because they mean it. They really are willing to die for dinner out.
September 22, 2023 at 9:48 PM
The people who kill all hope for me are the ones who say:
“Oh yeah, covid is BAD, catching it repeatedly will not end well. But, life without restaurants is EQUALLY bad so I’m going to go do that and never discuss covid”.
Because they mean it. They really are willing to die for dinner out.
“Oh yeah, covid is BAD, catching it repeatedly will not end well. But, life without restaurants is EQUALLY bad so I’m going to go do that and never discuss covid”.
Because they mean it. They really are willing to die for dinner out.
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Should the plague take me
please do not bother
sending flowers
or making charitable donations
no, in lieu of such things
please
just wear a fucking mask.
please do not bother
sending flowers
or making charitable donations
no, in lieu of such things
please
just wear a fucking mask.
September 22, 2023 at 9:11 PM
Should the plague take me
please do not bother
sending flowers
or making charitable donations
no, in lieu of such things
please
just wear a fucking mask.
please do not bother
sending flowers
or making charitable donations
no, in lieu of such things
please
just wear a fucking mask.