If only a poster like this was displayed in every NZ school. Kiwi children would be healthier, learn better & there'd be an uptick in attendance. The @covidactionnz.bsky.social ActionStation petition is growing. Keep boosting & encouraging people to sign. our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/cl...

#NZ 2025 Public Health Summer School 10–21 Feb 2025 19 short courses, mostly 1 day Some in-person, some online University of Otago Wellington 25% discount until 19 Dec. Limited Māori and Pacific scholarships may be available. www.otago.ac.nz/wellington/d... via @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social

As a society we also need to think about why it's OK to exclude kids from even the limited protections offered by occupational health and safety rules, even in places like schools where they are forced to be present. Kids should be *more* protected than an adult working in a steel mill, not less.

You can access the @natprot.bsky.social article via this link. I would be very interested in hearing feedback on this work @natureportfolio.bsky.social 🧪 rdcu.be/d3n6s

Conventional wisdom in 2024 seems to dictate that the Covid-19 response was an overreaction, but that conventional wisdom is wrong. My analysis on the Royal Commission report and the response to it: newsroom.co.nz/2024/12/03/h...

I'm very happy to see this Perspective finally published. @independentsage.bsky.social briefings were of wide value to the public, yet what may be less obvious is the value they provided to the scientific community as a whole. 🧪 #medski #academicsky www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🎯🧵by @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social on Twitter: "Aotearoa New Zealand's Covid Inquiry has produced a high-quality, insightful report with a huge scope and range. [...] It's not (yet) too late for NZ to act on the excellent roadmap provided by the Inquiry report..." threadreaderapp.com/thread/18673...

"we are still in a pandemic. NZ’s failure to acknowledge this fact doesn’t bode well for the work needed to build and maintain preparedness for future pandemic threats."

The health cuts in NZ are awful in so many ways, with so many implications… another one: future pandemic preparedness - as laid out by @amandakvalsvig.bsky.social etc Covid inquiry report is excellent guide to preparing for next pandemic – health cuts put that at risk www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-...

This is so backward 1. Science is more than just commercialisable widgetry 2. Making progress on our biggest problems (climate change, infectious diseases, misinfo to name a few) will need more collaboration between STEM and hum/social sci not less.

This is an excellent point, thank you.👇 The Covid-19 pandemic has clearly had an emergency phase: we all remember it, and we know it was different from what we're experiencing today. But the pandemic is still continuing. The term 'chronic phase' might help make its ongoing harms more visible. 1/

Just last month there were more cuts at ESR. That's the group of public servants who did a similar thing for us all regards the COVID pandemic. These capabilities matter. We do not know when we might need them. Killing them off is just plain irresponsible. We need to work together, in solidarity.

Our new paper, led by @oohgpwales.bsky.social: Muscle weakness post-COVID: a practical guide for primary care TL;DR: patients with muscle weakness after COVID-19 infection may have myelopathy, nerve damage or other organic pathology. Not always due to 'deconditioning'! bjgp.org/content/74/7...

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@thev.bsky.social is always on the nose, but this one especially made me laugh. One to add to the large genre of Covid oxymorons. See also "Masks are bad because 1) the holes in the weave are too big to trap viruses and 2) children are getting immunity debt from wearing masks".

I thought yesterday's Independent SAGE briefing about the failure of government to follow behavioural science was so good, that I did a substack summarising the session, with several short clips of our experts. open.substack.com/pub/christin...

As a compulsive reader, it’s been disconcerting to find myself unable to read books during the pandemic; perhaps because I read so much for work, perhaps worrying about the world. "Ocean” is one of the very few exceptions, and what a comfort it’s been. Thank you so much @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com.

Kia ora koutou It's great to be here! Sorry, I'm v boring. My current wishlist: 1. Covid policy adequately reflects the seriousness of this infection 2. NZ reduces community spread of respiratory pathogens down to summer levels - permanently 3. NZ chooses to eliminate poverty 4. Wait I haven't finis