Reposted by Paula LeachThe Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 10/09/2025They’re everywhere. My @smh @theage cartoon. 12341123
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Most effective five words I can say, as a GP to a vaccine-hesitant parent “My kids are fully vaccinated” #vaccineswork 000
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Is it wrong to block everyone who replies “happy birthday”? 000
Reposted by Paula LeachTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 22/06/2025Five things to remember about war: 14182993700
Reposted by Paula LeachAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 09/06/2025Ceres has a $150k shortfall www.theage.com.au/national/vic... Help keep this beautiful community space alive ceres.org.au/donate/theage.com.auCommunity garden CERES under threat amid cash shortfallCERES has been a destination for nature lovers since it was transformed from a rubbish tip more than 40 years ago, but its future is at risk. 33018
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 06/06/2025I guess that Musk can be thankful he’s not living in 1540 England 000
Reposted by Paula LeachAn Leavy @an-leavy.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Not every fight needs a winner Sometimes it is ok if both lose 153
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Reminder - you don’t have to take sides. Not every story needs an underdog 130
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 06/06/2025It's kinda sad to witness grown men with such poor emotional regulation 032
Reposted by Paula LeachMelissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 08/05/2025"As we plan the future of digital healthcare, we should also look back at what earlier systems got right. Ancient traditions were not perfect, but they treated listening as a clinical act. They gave time and space to the person’s story." www.croakey.org/providing-so...croakey.orgProviding some medical history, on the importance of listening to patientsFrom ancient storytelling to AI chatbots, the nature of medical history-taking has changed profoundly – and it's important not to 012
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 03/05/2025PSA After gutting the chicken, please wash your chopping board with hot soapy water to avoid cross-contamination. Salmonella is no joke 040
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 03/05/2025I think Victorians are smart enough to know that the federal government is not the state government 010
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 03/05/20256.46pm - James Paterson already throwing Dutton under the bus 053
Reposted by Paula LeachAnoosh, organizer @anoosh100.bsky.social · 28/08/2023I desperately need @ryanmarino.bsky.social’s take on this story of a meal cooked with death cap mushrooms, even if it does not involve an airplane crash nor a celebrity. 022
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 28/04/2025When politicians try to turn your outrage towards a welcome to country debate, ask yourself - “what are they trying to distract my outrage away from?” 110
Reposted by Paula LeachTim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Is this good? (BTW, in 2014 we had a bushfire in Gippsland that set fire to the mine adjacent to a coal fired power station. It took six weeks for the firefighters to declare it safe.) 1134
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 22/04/2025When a dying 88yr old man drags himself into a public meeting with you, perhaps it’s because he has something very important to say. It would be prudent to listen to him 030
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Well, that’s a shit ton of money to spend just for a cool Instagram post 000
Reposted by Paula LeachAsher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 12/04/2025The loss of will to live is a clinical symptom of cancer as a disease, not a psychological failure of personal stoicism theconversation.com/cancer-hijac...theconversation.comCancer hijacks your brain and steals your motivation − new research in mice reveals how, offering potential avenues for treatmentCachexia, or wasting syndrome, causes around 80% of patients with advanced cancer to withdraw from life. 617053
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Last month it took me 3 attempts to have a referral accepted, even though it was for a patient who already attends the clinic, and just needed a new referral so that the hospital could keep billing Medicare - Melbourne, Aust 120
Reposted by Paula LeachMelissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Australian government gave $2.7m to Musk’s X for advertisements in billionaire’s first year as owner www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAustralian government gave $2.7m to Elon Musk’s X for advertisements in billionaire’s first year as ownerExclusive: Spending came after the Albanese government paused ads for a week amid reports ads were appearing next to inappropriate content 1144
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 08/04/2025I had both a Covid booster and a flu vaccine, and my immune system is now going through a full dress rehearsal #😩 #manflushot 020
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Just me, waiting for our flu vaccine deliverymedia.tenor.coma skeleton with a purple skull sits on a black tableALT: a skeleton with a purple skull sits on a black table 000
Reposted by Paula LeachAnthony Macali OAM 🚀 @migga.bsky.social · 07/04/2025The Victorian COVID-19 surveillance report has transitioned to a combined respiratory surveillance report which will incorporate information on influenza and RSV in addition to COVID-19. www.health.vic.gov.au/infectious-d... 071
Reposted by Paula LeachJoe Allen @joeallenjoe.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Now economists know how scientists felt when he said “inject bleach” 338396
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I can’t be the only person who was hoping this year has been one long April Fools joke, and everything would go back to normal at noon 011
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 27/03/2025You know how in every group, there’s that one person who wants to be the one with the juicy gossip, just so that everyone will like him, and think he’s cool… 020
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Maybe they thought it was Jeff Goldblum in the group chat. Honest mistakemedia.tenor.coma man wearing glasses has the words stupid finds a way on his faceAlt: a man wearing glasses has the words stupid finds a way on his face 010
Reposted by Paula Leach6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Happy birthday to us 🎉 6 News Australia was founded on this day in 2019 (as HMV Local News) and we’ve continued to grow ever since, thanks to your support as followers and viewers Help keep us going by becoming a 6 News supporter from just $4/month: patreon.com/6newsau 721722
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 16/03/2025About every 10 years I attempt to bake my great aunt’s ginger fluff recipe Well, I guess that takes care of the next 10 years 130
Reposted by Paula LeachIntegral Answers @integralanswers.bsky.social · 15/03/20251/ Rubella (German measles) is often mild, but its true danger lies in congenital rubella syndrome (CRS), which causes severe birth defects. Let’s look at how the vaccine changed the landscape. 🧵👇 22913
Reposted by Paula LeachAn Leavy @an-leavy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Measles Outbreak Victoria 5 new cases 2 locally acquired and linked to local outbreak reported in February 3 cases acquired infection in Bali 13 cases of measles in Victoria in 2025 -4 locally acquired See link for locations visited www.health.vic.gov.au/health-alert... 12412
Paula Leach @drpleach.bsky.social · 12/03/2025Trump views countries as businesses, and he’s acting like a venture capitalist. He sees Greenland and thinks “ooh, what an interesting startup, loads of potential” 000
Reposted by Paula LeachIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 11/03/2025US regime changes to international aid have stopped the shipment of ready to use therapeutic food (RUTF), and this is likely causing the death of children. Well done USA. newrepublic.com/article/1921...newrepublic.comMusk’s Purges Suddenly Take a Horrific Turn—and Wreck an Ugly MAGA LieWe can now be depressingly confident that their mass cuts are killing people. 13422
Reposted by Paula LeachIan M. Mackay, PhD (he/him) 🦠🤧🧬📑🦟🧀 @mackayim.bsky.social · 11/03/2025"What’s inside this Plumpy’Nut® sachet that has saved millions of children?" Ready To Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in lifesaving action. www.unicef.org.au/stories/what...unicef.org.auHow Plumpy’Nut® ‘peanut butter’ has changed the worldPlumpy’Nut®, also known as ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF), is a high-energy peanut paste used to treat malnutrition in children. 3238
Reposted by Paula LeachGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Thing about those anti-Musk stickers for Teslas is the bloke has been an easily recognisable sh*thead for at least 6 years now (prob earlier) I mean the Thailand cave rescue thing was in 2018. 3464980
Reposted by Paula Leachdell cameron @dell.bsky.social · 09/03/2025If you’re staging a protest and aren’t asking yourself “where should place the cops?” you’re doing it wrong. 357422