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Anastrophist @anastrophic.bsky.social · 1h

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President Ramaphosa: back the billionaire tax at the G20!

Right now, the world stands at a crossroads: billionaires are hoarding obscene wealth while millions struggle just to survive.But for the first time ever, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has

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Anastrophist @anastrophic.bsky.social · 1h

President Ramaphosa: back the billionaire tax at the G20! action.eko.org/a/president-...

President Ramaphosa: back the billionaire tax at the G20!

Right now, the world stands at a crossroads: billionaires are hoarding obscene wealth while millions struggle just to survive.But for the first time ever, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has

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Anastrophist @anastrophic.bsky.social · 1h

Yes, but the problem goes beyond councils to decision-making at every level.

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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 16h

The trickle of BA.3.2.2 samples from Western Australia has continued.

While the frequencies of this variant are still quite low, it’s ongoing spread (likely to many thousands of infections by now) gives it every opportunity to acquire the mutations it needs to succeed.

#COVID19 #Australia
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Mike Honey @mikehoney.bsky.social · 5h

Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:

The risk estimate fell to 0.1% “Currently Infectious”, or 1-in-842.

That implies a 4% chance that someone is infectious in a group of 30.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2d

"A sore knee brought you in, but you start to wonder if you might get sick as you take your seat next to an unmasked child with a runny nose."

And you’re right: Crowded spaces like these are the perfect setting for respiratory infections to spread"

Source: archive.md/5NGeI

Opinion | How politics, not science, is putting vulnerable patients and health care workers at risk

Oct. 9, 2025

“Masks prevent the transmission of respiratory viruses. The science is clear,” writes Iris Gorfinkel. “The standards are in place. A health policy that reacts to hospitalizations and deaths falls below the long-held standard of do-no-harm. Policies that are enacted only once hospitalizations are high do the opposite.
Justin Tang THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2d

SA Weekly Respiratory Update: 4 Oct to 10 Oct 2025

Reported cases:

🔹COVID: 124 (-23.9%)
🔹Flu: 723 (-24.6%)
🔹RSV: 271 (-27.1%)
🔹Pertussis: 73 (-17.9%)

Reported deaths in 2025:

🔸COVID: 64
🔸Flu: 26 (+1)⚠️
🔸RSV: 5
🔸Pertussis: 0

@SAHealth

Source: www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/conn...

Screenshot of a COVID-19 surveillance update from Friday, 10 October 2025. It reports weekly and year-to-date data:

New cases this week: 124

Cases year to date: 9,878

Cases previous year to date: 15,252

Deaths year to date: 64

Deaths previous year: 230
The page header shows buttons for COVID-19, Flu, RSV, and Pertussis, and notes updates occur Fridays around noon.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

ACT Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 3 Oct to 9 Oct 2025

🔹COVID: 23 (-32.3%)
🔹Influenza: 140 (-16.6%)
🔹RSV: 34 (-5.5%)

Source: www.act.gov.au/open/respira...

Report titled “ACT COVID-19, Influenza, and RSV Epidemiology Overview,” prepared by the ACT Health Directorate for the week of 3–9 October 2025. A table shows case counts and rates: COVID-19 (23 new, 2,797 YTD, 4.8 per 100k), influenza (140 new, 7,587 YTD, 29.4 per 100k), and RSV (34 new, 2,917 YTD, 7.1 per 100k). Age-group data indicate highest influenza and RSV rates among those aged 0–19, while COVID-19 is more evenly spread across age groups.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

7,595 aged care COVID deaths since beginning of pandemic

🔸686 reported deaths in 2020
🔸226 reported deaths in 2021
🔸3,855 reported deaths in 2022
🔸1,359 reported deaths in 2023
🔸1,078 reported deaths in 2024
🔸391 reported deaths in 2025

@Mark_Butler_MP @SamRaeMP

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 9 October 2025

🔹Active cases: 225 (-16.9%)
🔹Active outbreaks: 48 (+2.1%)
🔹Resident cases: 181 (-16.2%)
🔹Staff cases: 44 (-20.0%)
🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 391 (+1)

@SamRaeMP

Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care homes

National snapshot

As at 8:00 am 9 October 2025, there are 225 active COVID-19 cases reported in 48 active outbreaks in residential aged care homes (RACHs) across Australia. There have been 22 new outbreaks, 1 new resident death and 223 combined new resident and staff cases
reported since 2 October 2025.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

WA weekly COVID update: Week ending 5 Oct 2025

🔸COVID positivity rate: 1.8% est. (-0.1%)

🔹PCR cases: 89 (-32.0%)
🔹Hospitalisation: Decreased to an average of 34 per day (-10.5%)
🔹ICU: 7-day average decreased to zero (+0.0%)

Source: health.wa.gov.au/Articles/F_I...

In the past week, the number of COVID-19 notifications to the Department of Health decreased to 89 notifications (Figure 15).

Figure 15. COVID-19 notifications and test positivity by notification week, WA, 2023 to 2025 YTD

In the past week, currently hospitalised cases decreased to an average of 34 per day. The 7-day average for cases currently in intensive care units decreased to zero (Figure 16).

Figure 16. 7-day average of COVID-19 cases currently in hospital or in ICU, WA, 2023 to 2025 YTD

The SARS-CoV-2 concentration in wastewater from the Perth metropolitan area decreased in the past week (Figure 17).

Figure 17. SARS-CoV-2 concentration in wastewater and COVID-19 notification rate, Perth metropolitan area, WA, 2023 to 03 Oct 2025.

Genomic sequencing indicated SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineage NB.1.8.X predominated in clinical and wastewater samples (Figure 18).

Figure 18. Distribution of SARS-CoV-2 variants in clinical samples (top) and metropolitan wastewater catchments (bottom), 03 July 2022 to 05 Oct 2025.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report – 22 September to 5 October 2025

In the last fortnight, COVID cases decreased (-25.2%), influenza decreased (-30.3%), and RSV decreased (-33.5%)

Reported cases:

🔸COVID: 4,064
🔸Influenza: 19,937
🔸RSV: 5,020

Source: www.health.gov.au/resources/pu...

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update — 10 October 2025

COVID cases down nationwide:

ACT down (-32.3%), WA down (-32.0%, 34/day in hospital), SA down (-23.9%), QLD down (-14.8%, 34 in hospital), NSW down (-10.1%)

Aged care down (-16.9%) 1 death reported

TAS & VIC report fortnightly. Next update: 17 Oct

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update — 10 October 2025
States & Territories Trend % Change Reporting Notes
ACT ⬇️ Down -32.3% Weekly update
WA ⬇️ Down -32.0% Weekly update. Avg 34/day in hospital. Positivity 1.8%
SA ⬇️ Down -23.9% Weekly update
QLD ⬇️ Down -14.8% Weekly update. 34 in hospital
NSW ⬇️ Down -10.1% Weekly update. Positivity 2.8%
TAS — — Fortnightly reporting. Next update 17 Oct
VIC — — Fortnightly reporting. Next update 17 Oct
NT — — Data no longer published on NT Health’s website
Aged care ⬇️ Down -16.9% Weekly update. 1 death reported

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

Study: Comparative risk of post-acute sequelae among adults following SARS-CoV-2 or influenza virus infection: A retrospective cohort study among United States adults.

Published: October 9, 2025

journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

Comparative risk of post-acute sequelae among adults following SARS-CoV-2 or influenza virus infection: A retrospective cohort study among United States adults

Author summary Why was this study done? It is known that people may suffer medical complications long after COVID-19, which are called post-acute sequelae (PAS). Similar sequelae are also known to h...

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 1d

A study of 74,738 COVID cases and 18,790 influenza cases found that COVID patients had a higher risk of severe long COVID within 6 months.

Within 30 days, 826 COVID patients vs 89 flu patients died; within 90 days, 1,391 COVID patients vs 149 flu patients died, showing worse outcomes for COVID-19.

Severe COVID may carry higher risk of long-term conditions requiring hospitalization through 6 months

www.cidrap.umn.edu

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 23h

England is now experiencing a significant COVID wave, after 10 months of relative quiet.

"If someone says they are in bed with flu, it’s almost certainly COVID, given that the number of people admitted to hospital for COVID last week was 50 times higher than the number admitted for flu!"

The chart shows weekly hospital COVID admissions per 100,000 population in the UK from May 2023 to September 29, 2025, based on UKHSA data.

Autumn 2023 peak reached around 6 per 100k.

Winter JN.1 peak followed early 2024 (~5 per 100k).

Several 2024 peaks occurred mid-year before dropping.

A 10-month stretch of low, stable levels lasted through late 2024 to mid-2025.

A new Sept 2025 wave shows a sharp upward climb approaching prior peak levels.

Source: UKHSA weekly surveillance report
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Chart by @chrischirp.bsky.social.

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Eric Feigl-Ding @drericding.bsky.social · 23h

Guess who just got both the updated COVID vaccine and flu shots today? Your dear Leader Trump. Maybe you should get them too.

Sincerely, An Epidemiologist Who Told You Trump Would Get COVID Booster.

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 17h

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

"Dozens of CDC employees, including “disease detectives,” top scientists, and the entire Washington office, were notified they’re being laid off as part of the Trump administration’s latest wave of federal job cuts."

Source: archive.md/l4vAK

Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

“Disease detectives,” high-ranking scientists, the entire Washington office and the staff of a weekly public health journal were among those who learned late Friday that they would lose their jobs.

By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Reporting from Washington
Oct. 11, 2025, 12:34 a.m. ET

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 2h

Study: Paternal SARS-CoV-2 infection impacts sperm small noncoding RNAs and increases anxiety in offspring in a sex-dependent manner.

Published: 11 October 2025

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Paternal SARS-CoV-2 infection impacts sperm small noncoding RNAs and increases anxiety in offspring in a sex-dependent manner - Nature Communications

Whether paternal pre-conceptual SARS-CoV-2 infection impacts sperm RNA content, or effects offspring phenotypes, has not been previously investigated. Here authors report changes in sperm noncoding RNAs in SARS-CoV-2 infected sires and increased anxiety-like behaviors in offspring.

www.nature.com

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MingTheMerciless @m1ngthemerciless.bsky.social · 3h

The more one hears of @albomp.bsky.social plans for FOI, environmental policy, whistleblower protection, and anti-corruption measures, the more the gap narrows between @australianlabor.bsky.social & @liberalaus.bsky.social practice if not policy. #auspol

Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 4h

The Govt has spent $600K on lawyers to keep early warnings signals of further Snowy 2.0 cost blowouts from the public. With the matter now in the Full Federal Court, the price of this secrecy to the taxpayer will likely avalanche to >$1M 🤦‍♂️. #FOI #auspol

Snowy 2.0 legal cost avalanche - more public money spent hushing more public information - Michael West

The Government confessed to the Senate it spent $600K on lawyers to stop Snowy 2.0 cost and schedule blowouts from being made public.

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Denise Shrivell @deniseshrivell.bsky.social · 2h

The #SundayShot drops at 9am on YouTube.

Great show - well worth watching.
#auspol

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 2h

The Sunday Shot starts at 9am. Jo is enjoying a well deserved break, so it's me, @boganintel.bsky.social, @grogsgamut.bsky.social, and making her debut, @ronnisalt.bsky.social. So much to discuss. Join us!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcYU...

The Sunday Shot - October 12

YouTube video by The Sunday Shot

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Ronni🧂Salt @ronnisalt.bsky.social · 2h

The #SundayShot is on in about 10-15 minutes time at the link below, on the old youtube machine

Hosted by journalists Dave Milner with co-host Joel Jenkins, and guests Greg Jericho of the Australia Institute, and some bird called Ronni Salt

👉🏽 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcYU...

The Sunday Shot - October 12

YouTube video by The Sunday Shot

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Anastrophist @anastrophic.bsky.social · 20h

Let's make coal billionaire's bullying backfire 💪 I just signed this petition, and I'm sharing it, so Adani's effort to silence critical media backfires. Join in! action.eko.org/a/make-adani...

Let's make coal billionaire's bullying backfire

The world's largest private coal developer is trying to silence journalists reporting on fossil fuels and corporate corruption. This time they’ve gone too far. Just in the past year, billionaire chair

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Anastrophist @anastrophic.bsky.social · 22h

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/21801/...
Gift link. Extended mining operations will become stranded assets and mining companies are using extension to avoid paying for expensive remediation.

Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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