Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report – 19 June 2026 Reported cases in the last fortnight (1 June to 14 June 2026) 🔸COVID: 4,335 (+2.6%) 🔸Influenza: 2,921 (+30.6%) 🔸RSV: 8,910 (+16.2%) Source: www.cdc.gov.au/resources/pu...

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update: 19 June 2026 🔹WA: ⬆️(+9.1%) Avg 42/day in hospital 🔹ACT:⬆️ (+7.4%) 🔸SA: ⬇️(-30.5%) 🔸QLD: ⬇️(-10.1%) 18 in hospital 🔸NSW: ⬇️(-8.6%) ▫️TAS: Next update: 26 June ▫️VIC: Next update: 26 June 🔹Aged Care: The government ended weekly reporting

Western Australia weekly Virus Watch: 19 June 2026 Week ending 14 June 2026 🔸COVID positivity rate: 2.6% est. (+0.3%) 🔹Reported cases: 131 (+9.1%) 🔹Hospitalisation: 42 per day (-8.6%) 🔹ICU: 7-day average was 0 🔸Influenza: 139 (+47.8%) 🔸RSV: 310 (+47.6%) www.health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...

That girl dad took his daughters into the women’s rest room to protect them from angry, violent or dangerous men. Then an angry dangerous man followed them in to shame and threaten the Dad for using that washroom. He’s since been fired and will hopefully be charged as well.

ACT Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 19 June 2026 From 12 June to 18 June 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 58 (+7.4%) 🔹Influenza: 11 (+175.0%) 🔹RSV: 84 (+40.0%) Source: www.act.gov.au/open/respira...

Black women have been killed by abortion bans in many US states. Adriana Smith was turned into a human incubator without consent of next of kin. Multiple Black women have been arrested & jailed for pregnancy loss. But a cop shoots and kills a 1 year old and the “pro life” crowd says nothing.

My main criticism is the lack of subgroup analyses. The study shows a negative impact for people living alone, but doesn't consider whether remote work may benefit groups such as parents, disabled workers, people with chronic illness. The solution isn't to force everyone back into the office

“Although we exclude the peak pandemic years of 2020–2021, a lasting differential effect of the pandemic on remotable workers could confound our results.”

Actual study excerpt: "Among those cohabiting, mental distress rose for people in both remotable and nonremotable jobs in tandem: There was no statistically significant differential increase in mental distress for those in remotable jobs" NYT: REMOTE WORK BAD www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/o...

South Australia Weekly Respiratory Update: 13 June to 19 June 2026 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 93 (-30.5%) 🔹Flu: 43 (+7.5%) 🔹RSV: 238 (+43.3%) 🔹Pertussis: 18 (-30.7%) Reported deaths in 2026: 🔸COVID: 17 (+5)⚠️ 🔸Flu: 8 🔸RSV: <5 🔸Pertussis: <5 Source: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...

A study of 169 people with Long COVID found 81% showed signs of central sensitisation (CS), a condition where the nervous system becomes overly sensitive. Those affected had more headaches, fibromyalgia, anxiety, depression, autonomic symptoms and a greater drop in cerebral blood flow when standing.

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At the Knicks parade, a woman saved a life by leaping onto a roof to administer narcan to someone who had fallen unresponsive. New Yorkers are super heroes! Video: lydstorey

Source: archive.md/3tj7k

"Scientists, using data from last October and this January, estimate about 13,000 baby seals from a group of 17,000 on Heard Island were killed by the H5N1 strain of bird flu since last August, more than 75% of the entire group. They also found higher than expected deaths in penguin populations."

More US soldiers died from the flu during WWI than from combat. Viruses kill and they’re especially dangerous in militarized zones where people live in close quarters. Ending vaccine mandates will cause preventable death and disability.

The Point Project is creating a diagnostic tool to help doctors identify long Covid and assess patient risk. Because the illness has over 200 symptoms and no clear biomarkers, diagnosis is often delayed. The tool uses a predictive algorithm combining blood tests, medical records, and symptoms.

Have a good day, and look after your immune system by avoiding nasty viruses that attack it.

Ocular TB is linked to immunosuppression.

We (irl in clinics) are now seeing rarer extra-pulmonary TB… which is significant in a low TB incidence country like Australia. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK559...

People With Fatigue Urged To Consider How Tiring They Are

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Jalen Brunson: “There's a lot of people that have a lot of opinions. But when you prove them wrong, you don't have to say sh*t to them. They don’t deserve it!” THIS is the vibe we all need 🔥

Mayor knows ball! 🏀

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💊 Two recent studies have added more evidence that the diabetes drug metformin can reduce the risk of Long COVID 💸 Preprint: Long COVID disproportionately impacts Indigenous people in California 🤧 A new article evaluates a diagnostic consensus for MCAS #LongCOVID bit.ly/44mzYxm

💧 We expect clean water. 💨 We should expect clean air too! This #CleanAirDay, CVF are calling for not only safer outdoor air - but indoor air-quality standards, better ventilation and cleaner air for everyone. 👉 www.clinicallyvulnerable.org/about/clean-air 👈

A new study found people with Long COVID were 50% more likely to have had a heart attack and 81% more likely to have chest pain (angina). These are measurable heart problems that deserve real attention. #LongCOVID www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...

With the strong caveat that this is purely anecdotal, I have to say that over the past months it's been increasingly difficult to ignore the sheer number of mistakes people have been making. There's a kind of endemic sloppiness and I think part of it is cognitive dysfunction.

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If you do want a giant outdoor body of water to be crystal clear, and frankly dead, then you would have to spend money continuously and vigorously filtering it, and treating it with salt pool tech or chlorine and balancing. Very difficult.

I get why you should fix leaks in a pool, but is it so dreadful for an outdoor body of water to be in a natural state? We don’t paint and poison lakes for example.

Thank you for sending me that information… I feel at least the part that was wrestling with why I’m such a constant roiling storm of discomfort can stop chipping away at that question… I do wonder when I made that choice though… and I think it was subconscious.

I don’t always get the right answer, nor do I always do or say the right thing… But the uphill battle to find the answers and make better outcomes never lets me rest!

😱 However imperfectly… I think I and many of my followers are making the fifth choice! I’ve never seen my entire state of being described so accurately. A constant uncomfortable adventure…

Dear BBC It’s not a “deal”. It’s a memorandum of understanding. Some are calling it a surrender (by USA). www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...

A study of 349 children and adolescents in Mexico found an 11.8% long COVID rate. Two distinct categories of lingering symptoms: 🔹Persistence Symptoms: Cough (50%) and Runny nose (15.4%) 🔹Post-COVID Conditions: Muscle pain (33.3%), weakness (26.7%), irritability (26.7%), and constipation (20%)

HPV jab means ‘close to zero’ chance of cervical cancer death before 30 www.thetimes.com/article/6e58...

The interesting parts of a person are their interests, positive attributes what they stand for, not the piece of fabric on their face If all you can see is the mask, you're probably not looking very hard 🤷🏻‍♀️

I was sent a mask emoji with a message about how sad this is all I am now 😷 What's actually sad is how quickly some people reduce others to a symbol. A mask is not a personality. Or an identity. It's a health precaution.

Different biological processes cause Long COVID. One suspected driver is an autoimmune reaction where the body produces "autoantibodies." Instead of fighting infections, these autoantibodies attack the person's own healthy tissues. Researchers have identified them in some Long COVID patients.

UK: "Nurse struck off for telling cancer patient COVID vaccine caused their illness" "4 out of 6 charges against the nurse were found proven by the tribunal, including that she had given the patient a leaflet with a link to an anti-vaccination website." Source: archive.md/MLDO1

Study: Long COVID and Cardiovascular Diseases Among U.S. Adults: Results From the U.S. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Published: May 25, 2026 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

"Long-COVID patients more likely to develop heart disease, study finds" "The study confirms that cardiovascular disease (CVD) is more common among long-COVID patients: 11.9% of those with long COVID have CVD compared with 6.8% without this diagnosis." Source: www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/lon...

Even if the diapers were stolen (they weren’t)… you don’t kill someone for shoplifting a pack of diapers. You especially don’t kill a baby. The cop should be charged, not put on administrative leave. Anyone defending, justifying or excusing this behaviour has lost all sense of a moral compass.