Is #COVID19Australia a Pandemic? Not at this stage. It’s still just an epidemic, because we don’t have sustained person to person transmission. But as Winston Churchill said “Never waste a good crisis”.
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We know people have a lot of questions about #coronavirus, so tune in tonight to a special 7.30 dedicated to giving you the facts and sensible advice from world leading experts. #abc730
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
Inappropriate stockpiling of masks and respirators and use in community is not just impacting on availability for health care workers but also those in industry. My local electrician states he can’t find respirators in shops and needs them for cutting concrete! #CoronaOutbreak
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Around 40 corona virus cases confirmed in Australia. How do we find the “Index” - the first person to bring an infection into a region? First, we check the movements of everyone diagnosed- do they have any location in common? #CoronaVirus #COVID2019
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Outdoor advertising - part of China’s effective response to #COVID19. This one asks playfully - “How to show your filial piety? By having your parents grounded” #Coronavirus #WuhanVirus
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chinaplus.cri.cn/podcast/det… A radio panel on coronavirus's global spread trends and whether other nations can copy China's disease-control practice. Hosted by my colleague @AnnaGE_ , joined by me, Dr. John Cai from Academy of China Healthcare Innovation Platform, and @MarylouiseMcla1
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"The level of anxiety can't be underestimated." Renowned infectious disease expert Professor Mary-Louise McLaws (@MarylouiseMcla1) says a #coronavirus #pandemic would cause major stress for our doctors and nurses and it's vital they're properly supported. abc.net.au/news/2020-02-28/c…
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Mary-Louise McLaws retweeted
Here's the latest on #COVID19, how it compares to SARS and when we can expect a vaccine, from renowned infection control expert Professor Mary-Louise McLaws - @MarylouiseMcla1. #coronavirus
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Science is a collaborative discipline.
Yet science is being held back by a gender gap.
On this #WomenInScience day, let’s pledge to end the gender imbalance in science, and promote women’s and girls’ access to science education, training & jobs.
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Happy #WomenInScience Day! 👩🔬👩🚀 Let’s smash stereotypes, defy gender bias and defeat discrimination that holds women and girls back in Science, Tech, Engineering and Math.
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Important to note “It's not clear if 2019-nCoV is the cause of the man's death, because Philippines health officials said the man was coinfected with Streptococcus pneumoniae and influenza B.”
With 1918 flu pandemic, over 80% of deaths were from secondary bacterial infections
Philippines has first #nCoV death outside of China as cases top 14,000 ow.ly/JUXf30qeos5 #2019nCoV #Wuhan #CoronavirusOutbreak
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“Go hard, go early- isolate 14 days” It saves lives and our Australian government is doing it. Here’s more details on what we learned from SARS. #CoronaOutbreak #coronavirus
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“Go hard, go early with isolation” – it saves lives. That’s what we’ve learned. #auspol #coronavirus #CoronaOutbreak
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Gretchen Daily shares the Tyler prize for her remarkable leadership in quantifying and popularising ecosystem services. Advocates of green policy awarded 'Nobel Prize for Environment' eurekalert.org/pub_releases/…
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Then women acadmics are pushed to retire but havent accrued same retirement funds because it takes them longer to get promoted and hence long to build up their salaries.
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