Great news frontline staff will now be tested daily. Now we need to reduce risk of incoming COVID19 & variants with testing international travellers & crew before they board & immediately on arrival.
My colleagues and I wrote 7 Dec an open letter to State/Fed asking for rapid antigen testing of every incoming travellers without exception. Better late than never. Qantas crew member tests Covid-positive theguardian.com/australia-ne…

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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
Do you even understand the PCR tests, their inaccuracy and the high rate of false positives ie nearly all false positives? If you do how can you write this. If you don’t why not and - how can you write this
Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
Keep up the good work MLM
Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
Why are you recommending N95's not required when we have evidence from around the worlds that surgical masks do not stop infection? N95's are low cost vs astronomical cost of quarantine breach. And new variants sig. more contagious. Pressure from gov?
Replying to @AbraarKaran
2/ We have had other past #covid19 outbreaks at our hospital from staff to patients— staff wearing surgical masks (we have a surgical mask mandate at the hospital); & from patients to staff only wearing surgical masks bc the patient had initially tested cov negative
Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
Agree we should have been testing a long time ago. We’re an island, have strictest biosecurity / customs processes. If I can re design the process for becoming an importer using behavioural design for a scenario to import cheese, we should have been setting up a system 1/2
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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
Excellent news! Strigient border measures necessay to ensure least possible chance of the virus breaching quarantine! 😀
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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
Great news 🌟 Would be even better if workers in 🏨#quarantine ✈️& all #healthcare settings had high risk work #PPE with fit-tested N95s. Would be fabulous if #ventilation & other #airborne controls were addressed in all 🏨➕🏥to protect workers ➕all Australians 🇦🇺#COVID19Aus
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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
Keep up the pressure! I mean expert advice!
Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
Very concerning the number of recent quarantine leaks in NSW. Has anything else been done to strengthen measures to prevent infection?
Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
Why aren't you informing Australians of the Ivermectin Protocol, as well as allowing doctors to prescribe it. It works! More people could become invected because of the V rollout! Worrying bbc.com/news/uk-55784199?fbc…
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Replying to @MarylouiseMcla1
We are a philanthropic family with an excellent team of doctors ,we have been researching pneumonia for many years. We have the complete therapy for this horrible virus and would like to donate it. The virus mutates the vaccine will not be as effective as we hope. Stay safe