Reposted by TandemTrainRiderLady In The Studio 🦘 @ladyinthestudio.bsky.social · 16hAll that's left of my friend who died from covid just last year is his grieving parents, wife, children and the car he loved. That car took them on great trips but now it's sitting unused. 151
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderMatt Oliver @sameo416.bsky.social · 12/10/2026In Canada there is no legal exemption, just an unwillingness to enforce the OH&S laws in health care facilities. And meat processing plants as well it seems… www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caAlberta ‘failed’ Cargill workers amid COVID-19 outbreak with inaction, overconfidence: report | CBC NewsA new report says a number of factors converged to produce a “preventable tragedy” in which two workers and four close contacts died after a massive COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill’s beef processing plan... 072
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderJarvis Googoo @jarvisgoogoo.com · 03/10/2026Amazing editorial cartoon re artificial intelligence by @mackinnonart.bsky.social 191335458
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 30/09/2026Finance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABCabc.net.auFinance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABCAlan Kohler, one of the most influential journalists Australia has ever produced, will retire at the end of the year. 0539
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDr Satoshi Akima, FRACP @toshiakima.bsky.social · 24/09/2026So then novelty is severity, and malaria needs to be sent into endemicity through early repeated exposure from childhood. It's bog-standard disease epidemiology...right? 😏 0143
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderThe Vertlartnic @thev.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There’s Nothing Wrong With Anyone, And The Things That Aren’t Wrong Weren’t Caused By That, And Even If They Were, They’re Good For You, And Your Fault, And Inevitable, And Anyway It’s Time To Move On. 222281
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026From reddit: "My Boss is Demanding I Come into Work While Still Testing Positive" Source: www.reddit.com/r/ZeroCovidC... 88921
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderLady In The Studio 🦘 @ladyinthestudio.bsky.social · 12/09/2026This is from the Western Australian wastewater data. Looks like a covid wave going up to me. I imagine it's similar across Australia but all our states don't have wastewater data 4278
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The UK is voting on the Assisted Dying bill today. Most disability organizations oppose it. Safeguards have already been removed or rejected. Please listen to disabled Canadians. What was meant to be dignified quickly became coercive eugenics aimed at the most vulnerable. 16448209
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderMike 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
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I recently had my first doctor refuse to wear a mask for me. They confidently told me “new science shows you only have to wear one when you’re sick”. I reminded them that asymptomatic transmission is real and that I’m immunocompromised & have been hospitalized for a cold… 🧵 2052313457
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Location services are so hopelessly useless on my online shopping apps. This is the second time I am going back to a friends house because my groceries have been delivered to where I was… not where I live. Ugh. 1293
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I really feel like it should be bigger news that fibreglass is in IV saline bags in the US. This isn’t a situation where you might get a little sick. Fibreglass going directly into your veins will kill you. IV saline is used for almost every medical procedure. This is unconscionable:fda.govBaxter Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall for Two Lots of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection Due to Potential Presence of Particulate MatterFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – AUG. 25, 2026 – DEERFIELD, Ill., Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) is voluntarily recalling two lots of 0.9% Sodium Chloride Injection due to the potential presence of parti... 6420981413
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026(3/3) Dolly called and asked if there was any way to help with this tragedy. Abumrad replied she was on a vaccine research team but it was expensive and they were still seeking grants. When Dolly heard this she replied "Well I have money" and donated $1m. Abumrad's team produced the Moderna vaccine. 204026569
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderConor Browne @brownecfm.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I dislike sharing anecdotes, but I genuinely feel compelled to inform you all that in the past week I have found out that two more people I know have Long Covid, and that a family friend is still shielding. As you all know already, 'normality' is fundamentally a veneer. 1029266
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderChantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Seeing positive Covid rapid tests showing up in my feed again - with captions about how people have no sense of smell. Reminder, that losing your sense of smell is not 'mild' & in some studies has been linked to brain changes. Mask up, everyone www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...cidrap.umn.eduCOVID-related loss of smell tied to changes in the brain 17352122
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderLady In The Studio 🦘 @ladyinthestudio.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Covid aware Australians. It looks like later this year we'll lose access to free (PBS) antivirals including Paxlovid 2104
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 15/08/2026A second team of workers is completely out for the count due to flu like illness. (Last time it was a team of eight tradies. This time a team of four plus families.) 2465
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderMarkus Biggus @serendipidude.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Woolies are still at it, lying about their specials. Crumpets were $2.30 or so before the fake price rise to $4.80. They don’t sell many that price but it creates a pent up demand for when prices return to 10c more that they used to be. 55020
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderMike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Here’s the July 2026 update I just sent to my GitHub Sponsors. I continued to share results from these projects, here and on other social media platforms mike-honey.github.io/sponsors/Git... 🧵mike-honey.github.io 1154
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderNancy Malek @n95anaesthetist.bsky.social · 29/07/20261/🧵 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR AUSTRALIANS SEEKING NUVAXOVID (NOVAVAX). Today I received a Nuvaxovid (Novavax) vaccination - my first COVID-19 vaccination in more than three years. 28439
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDaniel Bowen @danielbowen.au · 27/07/2026Vale Bill Oddie 😢 #TheGoodies #FunkyGibbonbbc.comBill Oddie: The Goodies and Springwatch star dies at 85His agent pays tribute to the "multi-talented" broadcaster, comedian and conservationist. 0154
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderarmouredcarriers.bsky.social @armouredcarriers.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Lets play "Spot the Accuracies". I asked ChatGTP if it could do a complex infographic based solely on the information from specific pages on my website. It said: "easy". Sure .... 2114
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderPup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 20/07/2026The Last Supper (detail) ‘And then Jesus turned to his disciples and said “One of you can edit him out later”’ 715657
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderKaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Almost every sort of writing & cartooning job I've had no longer exists or is disappearing or not being paid, properly or at all. I feel a kinship with manual hay balers in the 1850s. 828458
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderEddie @eddiedeoliveira.bsky.social · 12/07/2026While in the hospital, Mum caught both #Covid and #flu from staff. These infections ultimately led to her death. The sense of injustice around her passing – the fact hospitals don't do enough to prevent the spread of infection – compound the loss, as many of you will understand only too well. 32910
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Completely LOCKED OUT of XTwitter. 😂😂😂 Must have been something I said 🤷🏻♂️ 12384
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderLady In The Studio 🦘 @ladyinthestudio.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Happened to one of my uncles in 2024 and he died 171
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDr David Joffe MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP @davidjoffe64.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The Secret Reason Bosses Want Everyone Back in the Office, Every Day of the Week www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/o... 515075
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderMike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Pretty clear signals of a new COVID-19 wave in NSW, with reported cases growing in recent weeks to the highest level in ~9 months. From the detailed variant data, it looks like "Nimbus" sub-lineage RK.1 is driving. RK.1 adds the Spike D420N mutation to PQ.17.7.2. 14115
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderSenator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Commissioner Brereton has resigned from the NACC the day before he was due to appear at Senate Estimates for the first time ever following a successful Greens motion in the Senate. Incredible timing. 52544180
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Today is my last day working at EPIWATCH. I highly recommend the experience. I had a great time, learned loads, and I wish them heaps of success in the future. 4444
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderAndrew Murray Ph.D (Once _Was_Arnold) @oncewasarnold.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Was interested to learn that Saint Remy de Provence is both where Van Gogh spent his asylum painting period and where Nostradamus was born. Perhaps explains the recently discovered original Van Gogh windmill study. 021
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 01/02/2026We could have saved *millions* of lives if this finding had been accepted. Millions. 210223
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Diphtheria in Australia – Epidemiological update - 27 April 2026 🔹A total of 117 confirmed cases of diphtheria have been notified in Australia in 2026. 🔹In the past fortnight, 37 cases have been notified, with diagnosis dates ranging from 11 March to 21 April 2026. www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu... 25627
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 03/05/2026The loss of aged care COVID-19 data is horrifying. Many, if not most residents are not transferred to hospital, and have care limitations plans. We will not see our impact on them in hospitalisation data. 210534
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderAskNoSwiss 🍋🍋🍋 @asknoswiss.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I really do not get this. Last time I got infected at the hospital due to pure negligence. Actually willfull ignorance: The night nurse was sick and not even wearing a mask… why? Really why?! 1366
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I’m googling, it’s not really helping with the solution part. I don’t understand how these things fit. :-( I have a huge 1.5 cm lift under low profile tiles. 262
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 26/04/2026We know. 10 dead in the extended family, mostly just like this. Frontline worker takes it home. Vulnerable person dies. In contrast my household. No one takes it home, not even the kids. Vulnerable household members alive and *well*. 0364
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDr Noor Bari @njbbari3.bsky.social · 23/04/2026I’d like to remind everyone again about a phenomenon called “concomitant immunity”. It’s when you are somewhat resistant to new symptomatic infections… because you are already infected. With pathogens that cause chronic infection, this can happen, and it may explain some “hybrid immunity”. 18422
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderRick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 09/04/2026A UK Newspaper writes these details so well versed... 25374165
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderNick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Hope Israel doesn’t assassinate the Iranian negotiators againtheguardian.comIslamabad prepares to host historic negotiations between Iran and the USIn Pakistan’s capital, the army has been deployed, a public holiday has been declared and the streets are eerily empty 610133
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderMike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Among Victorian children (0-17), BA.3.2.* was at 41% (n=7), vs 13% among adults (n=1), so a ~3X higher rate among children. That’s in the range seen in other countries/regions – AFAIK everywhere that reports Patient age and where BA.3.2.* is significant. 🧵 261
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 08/04/2026My colleague is mad because she has caught COVID at work. However, she also doesn't wear masks most of the time, AND she came to work yesterday symptomatic (before testing positive) and only wore a surgical mask despite N95s being freely available. 🤔 1017224
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderCan I just say @madrabbitohpj.bsky.social · 07/04/2026So did Darryl and I ... 193
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderPeter Vogel @psvbluemts.bsky.social · 05/04/2026For anyone wanting a deep-dive into the regulation of indoor air quality in Australia, the recent NSW Parliament enquiry into Clean Indoor Air offers a treasure-trove of great information about the present sorry situation and possible ways forward. My commentary: petervogel.legal/rubyprincess... 0104
Reposted by TandemTrainRiderDavid Elfstrom 🍁 @davidelfstrom.bsky.social · 28/03/2026I still don't understand how OH&S in hospitals was and continues to be overridden and outright ignored when it comes to airborne hazards. 11810
