Director Australian Medical Assocn, Past Pres Aust Soc of Anaesthetists, & AMA WA. Columnist @WestAustralian. Posts = political. Like, RT ≠ E. _drajm_ threads

Whadjuk Noongar land.
Joined May 2010
Everyone is important. We need to remember - and we need to remind everyone - because it seems so easily forgotten. My thoughts in @westaustralian this week.
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"To protect public health everywhere, air quality standards must be modernized, advanced instrumentation mobilized, and collaborative networks established to move air quality assessment into the 21st century," write @kprather88 and @barsantikelley in a new #ScienceEditorial. scim.ag/41tnRwL
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Once-a-year injection to protect against HIV is safe and shows promise as a long-acting prevention medication, phase 1 study finds. Explore the research 👉 hubs.li/Q03bh9tH0
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Measles destroys the immune cells that hold our deepest, longest lasting immune protection It erases a persons immune memory - An Immune Amnesia @HarvardMagazine interviewed me on how we discovered these lasting impacts that increase risk of mortality for years after measles harvardmagazine.com/2025/03/…
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5 Years later, Covid still Harms T cells. By Anthony J Leonardi, MBBS, PhD Source: archive.md/NlU7w
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In the 8mths to August, rather than lower levels of mortality than in 2023, Covid-19 has led to about the same level of deaths as 2023 in aggregate, with the winter wave being significantly worse than projected, lasting longer and peaking at higher levels than predicted.
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My important story from the weekend, in case you missed. New imaging shows virus invading the body and lingering for years, potentially explaining long COVID thewest.com.au/business/heal…
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Human systems too often become inhumane. The context for disease, education and even war is always human. My thoughts in @westaustralian this week.
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🇦🇺Australia: "Long COVID is hitting up to an estimated 20% of Australians 3 months after they contracted COVID — mostly women, but also men and children. In the current COVID wave, that means a lot of people coming down sick for a long time" Source: archive.md/b18Km
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Out today, an explainer on our recent @theMJA piece on viral persistence and what this means for treatments, prevention and de-mystifying long COVID. Long COVID appears to be driven by ‘long infection’. Here’s what the science says theconversation.com/long-cov… via @ConversationEDU
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Latest reponse from Novavax, on withdrawing its XBB vaccine last May. "Novavax, in consultation with the TGA, made the decision to withdraw its application ... as the winter season was already well underway. (2) ....
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People don't realize that many patients with #LongCovid are now being treated in Brain Injury Clinics, together with patients recovering from traumatic brain injury after a concussion. It's been hard to keep up with the literature, here is one published yesterday #NeuroCovid
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New from us. Long COVID is complicated but not so mysterious, it’s looking more and more like it’s driven by “long infection”. What’s the evidence for this and what does this mean should happen? Read about it here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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When can we get school ratings for mental health outcomes in students - just like we see for academic results? Things only improve when you measure them. My thoughts on what’s important in education this week in @westaustralian
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"Since nearly the start of the pandemic, scientists have known that a Covid-19 infection increases the risk of heart problems. A growing body of research now suggests that this risk can last until well after the infection has cleared." Source: archive.md/eNWvM
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