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Amanda Kvalsvig

@amandakvalsvig.bsky.social
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Epidemiologist in the Department of Public Health, University of Otago Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. All opinions my own.

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Murr @neoodist.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
If only a poster like this was displayed in every NZ school. Kiwi children would be healthier, learn better & there'd be an uptick in attendance. The @covidactionnz.bsky.social ActionStation petition is growing. Keep boosting & encouraging people to sign. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/cl...
Three children are holding hands and looking away from the camera across a green field towards trees and bushes Thery are wearing winter jackets and beanies. The sky in the photo is a light grey and there is text on it. The text reads: Haere mai. Welcome. Our kura is a clean air school. The text is navy except for the word welcome which is green to match the field.

Photo by Marcus Spiske on Unsplash.
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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
#NZ 2025 Public Health Summer School 10–21 Feb 2025 19 short courses, mostly 1 day Some in-person, some online University of Otago Wellington 25% discount until 19 Dec. Limited Māori and Pacific scholarships may be available. www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/d... via @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social
Flyer for University of Otago’s Public Health Summer School in Wellington, NZ. For details see link in post.
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
As a society we also need to think about why it's OK to exclude kids from even the limited protections offered by occupational health and safety rules, even in places like schools where they are forced to be present. Kids should be *more* protected than an adult working in a steel mill, not less.
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Rosy Favicchio @rosyf.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
You can access the @natprot.bsky.social article via this link. I would be very interested in hearing feedback on this work @natureportfolio.bsky.social 🧪 rdcu.be/d3n6s
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Independent SAGE as an example of effective public dialogue on scientific research
Nature Protocols - The members of Independent SAGE reflect on their experience in setting up, developing and running a science communication platform and service to the public during the COVID-19...
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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Conventional wisdom in 2024 seems to dictate that the Covid-19 response was an overreaction, but that conventional wisdom is wrong. My analysis on the Royal Commission report and the response to it: newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/h...
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Historical revisionism on Covid threatens NZ's pandemic preparedness
Comment: The Royal Commission report fundamentally validates the strategic and tactical choices made during the acute phase of the pandemic
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Rosy Favicchio @rosyf.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
I'm very happy to see this Perspective finally published. @independentsage.bsky.social briefings were of wide value to the public, yet what may be less obvious is the value they provided to the scientific community as a whole. 🧪 #medski #academicsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Christophe Veltsos @drinfosec.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
🎯🧵by @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social on Twitter: "Aotearoa New Zealand's Covid Inquiry has produced a high-quality, insightful report with a huge scope and range. [...] It's not (yet) too late for NZ to act on the excellent roadmap provided by the Inquiry report..." threadreaderapp.com/thread/18673...
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Skye @tweetandtwig.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
"we are still in a pandemic. NZ’s failure to acknowledge this fact doesn’t bode well for the work needed to build and maintain preparedness for future pandemic threats."
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Learning from NZ's response to Covid-19 - Expert Reaction
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into lessons learned from NZ's response to the Covid-19 pandemic has released the first phase of its findings. The over 700-page report was delivered to the Internal Af...
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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
The health cuts in NZ are awful in so many ways, with so many implications… another one: future pandemic preparedness - as laid out by @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social etc Covid inquiry report is excellent guide to preparing for next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-...
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Covid inquiry report is excellent guide to preparing for next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk
Opinion - There's urgency for the government to act on the recommendations of the long-awaited inquiry, prominent medical experts write.
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Michael Plank @michaelplanknz.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This is so backward 1. Science is more than just commercialisable widgetry 2. Making progress on our biggest problems (climate change, infectious diseases, misinfo to name a few) will need more collaboration between STEM and hum/social sci not less.
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Amanda Kvalsvig @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
This is an excellent point, thank you.👇 The Covid-19 pandemic has clearly had an emergency phase: we all remember it, and we know it was different from what we're experiencing today. But the pandemic is still continuing. The term 'chronic phase' might help make its ongoing harms more visible. 1/
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 02/12/2024
Just last month there were more cuts at ESR. That's the group of public servants who did a similar thing for us all regards the COVID pandemic. These capabilities matter. We do not know when we might need them. Killing them off is just plain irresponsible. We need to work together, in solidarity.
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News Article: Institute of Environmental Science and Research proposes to cut 51 jobs
‍"ESR is losing scientists, technicians and other expertise as the Government continues to show how little it values the long-term benefits of science and research to improving the health and wellbein...
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Our new paper, led by @oohgpwales.bsky.social: Muscle weakness post-COVID: a practical guide for primary care TL;DR: patients with muscle weakness after COVID-19 infection may have myelopathy, nerve damage or other organic pathology. Not always due to 'deconditioning'! bjgp.org/content/74/7...
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Muscle weakness post-COVID: a practical guide for primary care
Since the earliest stages of the pandemic, muscle weakness has been a key symptom described by patients post-COVID infection. Estimated to affect up to 60% of those with long COVID, it can have a prof...
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Kelsy - formerly Faiako @kelsy.co.nz · 30/10/2023
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Amanda Kvalsvig @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
@thev.bsky.social is always on the nose, but this one especially made me laugh. One to add to the large genre of Covid oxymorons. See also "Masks are bad because 1) the holes in the weave are too big to trap viruses and 2) children are getting immunity debt from wearing masks".
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
I thought yesterday's Independent SAGE briefing about the failure of government to follow behavioural science was so good, that I did a substack summarising the session, with several short clips of our experts. open.substack.com/pub/christin...
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Amanda Kvalsvig @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
As a compulsive reader, it’s been disconcerting to find myself unable to read books during the pandemic; perhaps because I read so much for work, perhaps worrying about the world. "Ocean” is one of the very few exceptions, and what a comfort it’s been. Thank you so much @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com.
My dog-eared copy of "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" with my actual dog's ear for scale. The dog is a golden labrador and there are pink flowers behind her.
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Amanda Kvalsvig @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Kia ora koutou It's great to be here! Sorry, I'm v boring. My current wishlist: 1. Covid policy adequately reflects the seriousness of this infection 2. NZ reduces community spread of respiratory pathogens down to summer levels - permanently 3. NZ chooses to eliminate poverty 4. Wait I haven't finis
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