Reposted by Alan GarnerWorld Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 15hHealthcare should not a place where you pick up another infection. Strong infection prevention measures, including clean air, masking, and other layered protections, help keep patients, visitors, and healthcare workers safer. Prevention belongs in every setting, healthcare included. 14028
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 10hSydney had such a system, but shut it down.onlinelibrary.wiley.com<em>Emergency Medicine Australasia</em> | ACEM Journal | Wiley Online LibraryIntubation within 45 min of injury has been proposed as a pre-hospital performance standard. We compared performance of two pre-hospital case identification systems: direct screening by helicopter em.... 030
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 10hAchieving earliest possible prehospital airway management in critically injured patients is highly dependent on the case identification system. The NICE 45min guideline recommendation is achievable if you get this right.url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com 110
Reposted by Alan GarnerPatrick Barlow @patrick-barlow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Why A&E is broken Not enough hospital beds 0117
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fair chance she now has a severe hypoxic brain injury. 020
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I have been wondering how to achieve this without making landlords richer. 010
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Misdiagnosis and under diagnosis is rife so ME/CFS is going to be really hard to track 181
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Aussie here. I found Return to Paradise to be rather lame. 011
Reposted by Alan GarnerC.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Examples of researchers talking about how many people volunteering for studies as healthy controls turn out to have Long Covid: 07129
Reposted by Alan GarnerGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comAbandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George MonbiotChanges in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 17925331730
Reposted by Alan GarnerKristin Meekes @kmeekes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026OMFG if I see one more person suggest that people talking about Covid in 2026 want permanent lockdowns I’m going to lose it The asks are clean air in public places, treatments for long covid, masks in places like healthcare + normalization of masking elsewhere, expanded vaccine access, sick leave 727072
Reposted by Alan GarnerConor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Articles like these are emblematic of the institutional amnesia surrounding Covid-19. A pathogen that emerged less than seven years ago, which can cause fatigue during the acute infection and as a common long-term effect, not even mentioned. Conspicuously absent. www.nbcnews.com/health/menta...nbcnews.comWhy are Americans so tired? CDC report highlights who’s feeling it mostFatigue is one of the most common concerns reported in primary care visits, yet not much attention is given to how often adults in the U.S. are coping with it. 381001351
Reposted by Alan GarnerProf Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026www.sbs.com.au/news/article... Not only does Australia not get updated vaccines in good time, the government has now limited free access. Based on the notion that we all have strong immunity due to infections and previous vax. So it’s basically relying on infections to protect people 😣 - huh?sbs.com.auThis virus has evolved. Australia doesn't have a new vaccineAustralia is lagging behind the latest formulations being developed overseas. 85124
Reposted by Alan GarnerDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Scientists and experts warned COVID could spread through airborne aerosols, but infection-control leaders relied on outdated views of aerosol transmission. The assumption that COVID couldn’t be airborne was a mistake, based on thinking already described as illogical in a 2006 SARS Commission report. 418781
Reposted by Alan Garner🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"The study found that most aerosol-generating procedures considered high risk produced fewer emissions than coughing or talking...This has effectively ended the use of the term "aerosol-generating procedure" in risk assessments, leading to a major change in how PPE is deployed in health care."medicalxpress.comScottish infection control guidelines informed by evidence on aerosol-generating proceduresScotland is the first country in the world to use evidence gathered during the pandemic to transform its guidelines on reducing the spread of respiratory disease in health care settings. The new appro... 713463
Reposted by Alan GarnerJoin the Mass Infection Resistance @spiritsofland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing revealed SARS-CoV-2 in 98.3% of 463 air samples and influenza A in 17.2%." Wear a respirator, FFS. #MaskUp #CleanTheAir #CovidIsAirborne #FluIsAirborne 054
Reposted by Alan GarnerAfricanyak @tess45au.bsky.social · 17/09/2026No ambulances immediately available almost 17,000 times in Tasmania in 2025-26 #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...abc.net.auNo ambulances immediately available almost 17,000 times in Tasmania in 2025-26There were no immediately available ambulances for nearly 17,000 Triple Zero callers in 2025-26, new figures have revealed — around 46 times per day. 0144
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The rostering stars aligned today and all the medical staff on the ward round this morning were male, including the student. Am pleased to report that it felt distinctly odd. 020
Reposted by Alan GarnerTwang 🍉 @twangmaker.bsky.social · 14/09/2026👇This is corruption. The transport minister accepts a gift from Qantas of free platinum status rewards membership for her lifetime. This is the company she's supposed to be regulating. www.afr.com/rear-window/... #auspolafr.comTransport minister given free Qantas platinum status for lifeCatherine King accepted the airline’s top-tier membership, which gives the federal cabinet minister privileges and freebies until the day she dies. 2011661
Reposted by Alan GarnerDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Good grief. Apparently infection prevention is possible. We just have to teach people how to do it, and then do it. I need to lie down. 1319055
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026 A place that demands respect. Seen some nasty injuries in surfers smashed onto the rock platform at the base of the cliff. 100
Reposted by Alan GarnerMike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Many children of a certain age band (too young to be vaccinated before 2023) will now go through their entire adult life unvaccinated. Plenty of scientific evidence pointing to that being a truly dumb approach, likely costing more in poor health than the federal department’s “savings” ffs … 2428
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Same in Australia. Not recommended in pregnancy now either. Death is the only outcome metric considered. 020
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Not prepared to defend the advice they give. Integrity is clearly not in the job description. 000
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026She was intensely political whilst holding the two parties at arms length. Masterful really. 061
Reposted by Alan GarnerWorld Health Network @thewhn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026For airborne infections, fit and filtration matter. A well-fitting N95 or better respirator is designed to filter airborne particles and provide stronger protection for the person wearing it. Better respiratory protection should be the standard. #COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth #Masking #MaskUp 05025
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Canadian ice wines are amazing. Surely our countries can come up with something mutually agreeable. 110
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Australia would be more than happy to help out with some fine reds, if Canada could send some ice wine our way. 121
Reposted by Alan GarnerGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Just remember, the Reserve Bank is worried that wages might grow too fast and cause inflation 26531237
Reposted by Alan GarnerThe BMJ @bmj.com · 18/07/2025Among the range of symptoms experienced by those with long covid, cognitive and mental health concerns are especially common. This review provides an assessment of the nature, severity, and trajectory of neuropsychiatric long covid sequelae www.bmj.com/content/390/... 67236
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Yes I just saw a paper on foetal intraventricular haemorrhage associated with COVID infection 021
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026What about pregnant women? There is lots of evidence for benefit. 240
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Can’t stop thinking about Lily Hooper. Her poor family. 220
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The answer to that question is to ask them about the cricket. If you are American, prepare to be educated. 000
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is terrible. Both her death and the handling of the news. Speechless. 020
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Not a randomised controlled trial so the data is not valid. 000
Reposted by Alan GarnerAndrea Is Sick of Long Covid @andreastudiescovid.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A virus that causes fetal brain bleeds is surely fine for babies and little kids to catch repeatedly. 😷 My 5 yo granddaughter starts Kindergarten on Wednesday. It should be an exciting, happy milestone, but it's not. 😢 0115
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Winter is a known phenomena but they are never prepared for that either. 000
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I should add that caring is the problem. The cognitive dissonance required to continue in an environment that guarantees poor care and error when you personally strive to deliver excellent care to everyone is the core of the looming crisis. 120
Alan Garner @garnalan.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It is not sustainable. I have left ED practice - I’m old so maybe it matters less. But I know emergency physicians in their 30s who are much smarter than me who are actively planning their exits. 240