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Australia’s TGA has added the new Comirnaty LP.8.1 COVID-19 vaccine, targeting the LP.8.1 variant.
It’s recommended annually for adults 18–64 who aren’t severely immunocompromised and is free for all residents.
Pfizer says it’s now available.
It’s recommended annually for adults 18–64 who aren’t severely immunocompromised and is free for all residents.
Pfizer says it’s now available.
New jab for new COVID-19 variant: Australians can now access additional vaccine
The federal health department says regular COVID-19 vaccinations are "the best way" to maintain protection.
www.sbs.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Australia’s TGA has added the new Comirnaty LP.8.1 COVID-19 vaccine, targeting the LP.8.1 variant.
It’s recommended annually for adults 18–64 who aren’t severely immunocompromised and is free for all residents.
Pfizer says it’s now available.
It’s recommended annually for adults 18–64 who aren’t severely immunocompromised and is free for all residents.
Pfizer says it’s now available.
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A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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Welcome to Australia's #socialmediaban, Bluesky!
@bsky.app 👀
*Bluesky is not in the social media ban, but has rolled out age verification.
@bsky.app 👀
*Bluesky is not in the social media ban, but has rolled out age verification.
December 9, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Welcome to Australia's #socialmediaban, Bluesky!
@bsky.app 👀
*Bluesky is not in the social media ban, but has rolled out age verification.
@bsky.app 👀
*Bluesky is not in the social media ban, but has rolled out age verification.
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ChatGPT hallucinating a well-governed United States.
December 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
ChatGPT hallucinating a well-governed United States.
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Yes, agreed:
bsky.app/profile/mike...
bsky.app/profile/mike...
Rather than a "long tail", it looks more like a second wave of influenza in NSW to me - case rates have been increasing throughout November, back up to about half the July peak.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Yes, agreed:
bsky.app/profile/mike...
bsky.app/profile/mike...
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As a teacher,I had chronic sinus infections so bad that I have scarring in my sinuses
I also had chronic lung infections
Schools refuse to open windows for ventilation so I literally stole a window key to survive(my desk was parked right next to the window)
Clogged air filters changed 1x/year
I also had chronic lung infections
Schools refuse to open windows for ventilation so I literally stole a window key to survive(my desk was parked right next to the window)
Clogged air filters changed 1x/year
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 AM
As a teacher,I had chronic sinus infections so bad that I have scarring in my sinuses
I also had chronic lung infections
Schools refuse to open windows for ventilation so I literally stole a window key to survive(my desk was parked right next to the window)
Clogged air filters changed 1x/year
I also had chronic lung infections
Schools refuse to open windows for ventilation so I literally stole a window key to survive(my desk was parked right next to the window)
Clogged air filters changed 1x/year
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There once was a man. A mathematician with Avro’s, attended LSE as an economist, & later became a business advisor to several monarchies. Played schoolboy footy for Manchester City & Lancashire CC. Learned French and Arabic. Today he remembers none of it or his son. #AlzheimersDisease
December 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
There once was a man. A mathematician with Avro’s, attended LSE as an economist, & later became a business advisor to several monarchies. Played schoolboy footy for Manchester City & Lancashire CC. Learned French and Arabic. Today he remembers none of it or his son. #AlzheimersDisease
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If you are in a position to support my open-source project work, then any amount is welcome. You just need to create a free GitHub account, and you can remain anonymous if you prefer.
There’s info on that page about how your contribution will be used.
github.com/sponsors/Mik...
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There’s info on that page about how your contribution will be used.
github.com/sponsors/Mik...
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Sponsor @Mike-Honey on GitHub Sponsors
Hi I'm Mike Honey, a data visualization specialist from Melbourne, Australia. I build open-source dataviz projects for anyone to use to turn complex raw data into insights. My current topic is COVI...
github.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:26 AM
If you are in a position to support my open-source project work, then any amount is welcome. You just need to create a free GitHub account, and you can remain anonymous if you prefer.
There’s info on that page about how your contribution will be used.
github.com/sponsors/Mik...
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There’s info on that page about how your contribution will be used.
github.com/sponsors/Mik...
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Yes one lesson is to allow everyone access to COVID booster shots every six months like they do in NZ
The “new normal” for Australia in the last few years is around +6% on the pre-pandemic baseline – worse than even the UK (see below). Even out to June this year (as variant evolution slowed) it was still running at +5% annually. Are there any lessons we could learn from NZ?
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November 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Yes one lesson is to allow everyone access to COVID booster shots every six months like they do in NZ
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For the 2025-26 season our office has given 48 COVID shots vs 700 flu shots.
The bad people have already won. Nobody wants them anymore.
The bad people have already won. Nobody wants them anymore.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
For the 2025-26 season our office has given 48 COVID shots vs 700 flu shots.
The bad people have already won. Nobody wants them anymore.
The bad people have already won. Nobody wants them anymore.
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That's why I'm so grateful for @njbbari3.bsky.social & others who are more capable than I of meeting people where they are. I tried to do the same, until my disabled-to-begin-with body entered a steep decline and 100% of my social circle died or was further disabled. ❤️ to all those still explaining.
November 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
That's why I'm so grateful for @njbbari3.bsky.social & others who are more capable than I of meeting people where they are. I tried to do the same, until my disabled-to-begin-with body entered a steep decline and 100% of my social circle died or was further disabled. ❤️ to all those still explaining.
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we visited my grandma 3 days later. after this we got sick.
My grandma died weeks later. Life hasn't been good ever since. I know my guilt. I mad this horrendous mistake. And I cant deny it. My family does. They do not acknowledge it. I wish it upon nobody.
My grandma died weeks later. Life hasn't been good ever since. I know my guilt. I mad this horrendous mistake. And I cant deny it. My family does. They do not acknowledge it. I wish it upon nobody.
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
we visited my grandma 3 days later. after this we got sick.
My grandma died weeks later. Life hasn't been good ever since. I know my guilt. I mad this horrendous mistake. And I cant deny it. My family does. They do not acknowledge it. I wish it upon nobody.
My grandma died weeks later. Life hasn't been good ever since. I know my guilt. I mad this horrendous mistake. And I cant deny it. My family does. They do not acknowledge it. I wish it upon nobody.
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In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-har...
The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
www.pcgamer.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
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Similar experiences here too. It's breaking g me seeing this in the futures for kids.
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Similar experiences here too. It's breaking g me seeing this in the futures for kids.
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Frikkin amazing stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Frikkin amazing stuff.
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Meanwhile, a friend overseas reported her child is home from school as the school was closed due to too many teachers being sick.
November 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Meanwhile, a friend overseas reported her child is home from school as the school was closed due to too many teachers being sick.
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It's really upsetting seeing the regularity & levels of illness amongst children. From the almost-constant garden variety sore throat, cough, sniffles, buggy things to hospitalisation and stints of weeks off school. It's so wrong. 💔
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
It's really upsetting seeing the regularity & levels of illness amongst children. From the almost-constant garden variety sore throat, cough, sniffles, buggy things to hospitalisation and stints of weeks off school. It's so wrong. 💔
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We need masks in healthcare...ALWAYS
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 PM
We need masks in healthcare...ALWAYS
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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Well… the awful thing that happened a while back? The people in power that did it… have decided it is not in anyone’s interest to know about it.
What a surprise.
Moving on…
What a surprise.
Moving on…
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Well… the awful thing that happened a while back? The people in power that did it… have decided it is not in anyone’s interest to know about it.
What a surprise.
Moving on…
What a surprise.
Moving on…
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Brazilian singer Eva Rodrigues Praia Walkey, 40, has died after nearly 5 years battling severe Long COVID. She faced repeated hospitalisations, grueling treatment, and never regained her health. Her family confirmed she passed away on 18 November in Manaus, Brazil.
Source: archive.md/nxK4K
Source: archive.md/nxK4K
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Brazilian singer Eva Rodrigues Praia Walkey, 40, has died after nearly 5 years battling severe Long COVID. She faced repeated hospitalisations, grueling treatment, and never regained her health. Her family confirmed she passed away on 18 November in Manaus, Brazil.
Source: archive.md/nxK4K
Source: archive.md/nxK4K
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In most other places, the downslope of each XFG.* wave has looked smooth and steep.
But in Germany, it seems the downslope has hit a ramp and is possibly trending back up now.
Early signal of BA.3.2.*? More severe?
But in Germany, it seems the downslope has hit a ramp and is possibly trending back up now.
Early signal of BA.3.2.*? More severe?
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
In most other places, the downslope of each XFG.* wave has looked smooth and steep.
But in Germany, it seems the downslope has hit a ramp and is possibly trending back up now.
Early signal of BA.3.2.*? More severe?
But in Germany, it seems the downslope has hit a ramp and is possibly trending back up now.
Early signal of BA.3.2.*? More severe?
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Trolls who’ve had COVID multiple times are now giving health advice. 🤦♂️
Every COVID infection harms the immune system and makes you more vulnerable to other illnesses. Hundreds of thousands of studies show this. Taking no precautions in an ongoing pandemic is basically playing Russian roulette.
Every COVID infection harms the immune system and makes you more vulnerable to other illnesses. Hundreds of thousands of studies show this. Taking no precautions in an ongoing pandemic is basically playing Russian roulette.
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Trolls who’ve had COVID multiple times are now giving health advice. 🤦♂️
Every COVID infection harms the immune system and makes you more vulnerable to other illnesses. Hundreds of thousands of studies show this. Taking no precautions in an ongoing pandemic is basically playing Russian roulette.
Every COVID infection harms the immune system and makes you more vulnerable to other illnesses. Hundreds of thousands of studies show this. Taking no precautions in an ongoing pandemic is basically playing Russian roulette.