Will probably jinx myself, but the past month has been the least COVID admissions I can recall since moving to East Gippsland.
Will be curious to see how much of an uptick there is once we get into the heart of winter.
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Around this time last year, as an outpatient in some hospital settings and at the GP, mask wearing, social distancing, hand sanitising and in some cases temperature checking, were mandated.
Now, nothing, masks and sanitisers available , few people using them.
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We now have an outbreak of sorts on our main ward 
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I blame @Eastie_Boi1
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No doubt.
One patient came in with COVID last week and now a bunch of staff members have it.
From a selfish POV I’m in a completely unrelated part of the hospital so it should stay away from me!
Aus Government now not recommending covid vaccination for children under 18.
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Why not just post the link?
Been in effect since Nov 2024.
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And not for boosters unless your 65+ or immunocompromised.
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Staff are back to surgical masks (we’ve hit a trigger or either 5x staff members furloughed in a single department or 10x organisation wide).
Not all will be due to COVID though - we’ve been increasingly using extended PCRs which pick up a lot more respiratory viruses than before.
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My wife said local hospital quite a few covid patients at the moment, only 1 on her ward though.
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Some interesting things said by Sutton on this podcast.
Obviously Neil Mitchell is biased but it doesn’t change what Sutton says.
Got back from the UK 2 and a bit weeks ago. Been crook for 2 weeks since. Took my own tests Rona and flu, both negative. Tried to play golf today and couldn’t breathe with an ache across my chest. Phone the doc and got told go straight to emergency. Spent most of the day hooked up to the ticker monitor. All clear with that but diagnosed with bronchial pneumonia. Nurse still had to test me though. Swab up the nose, ahh memories.
Glad your (mostly) ok
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Thanks, Should have gone earlier.5 days on antibiotics and should be right as rain.
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https://www.science.org/content/article/surprise-bonus-covid-19-vaccines-bolstering-cancer-treatment#:~:text=The%20innovative%20messenger%20RNA%20(mRNA,records%20and%20studies%20in%20mice.
A surprise bonus from COVID-19 vaccines: bolstering cancer treatment
Patients who got shots of mRNA before starting a type of cancer immunotherapy lived much longer
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