Bee in the country
@countrybee2.bsky.social
Once-writer. Sometimes editor/proofreader
Structured literacy & dyslexia 👩🏻🏫. English, history, edu'n, literacy, food. Farmer for climate action. #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain
N95 masks in healthcare. Clean air in all schools. Clean air everywhere. 😷
Structured literacy & dyslexia 👩🏻🏫. English, history, edu'n, literacy, food. Farmer for climate action. #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain
N95 masks in healthcare. Clean air in all schools. Clean air everywhere. 😷
Just saw an Aura in the front dash of a car near my place (I think, a local Air BNB). 👋 in masking solidarity 😷 to any comrades here who might happen to be visiting.
December 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Just saw an Aura in the front dash of a car near my place (I think, a local Air BNB). 👋 in masking solidarity 😷 to any comrades here who might happen to be visiting.
Next irritation for morning. Discover at least several of the replacement ink thingies for my printer, which I'd ordered goodness knows how long ago now, are incorrect. And that's even with some boxes having the correct printer model on them
Another 2 minute job that's going to take a little longer
Another 2 minute job that's going to take a little longer
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Next irritation for morning. Discover at least several of the replacement ink thingies for my printer, which I'd ordered goodness knows how long ago now, are incorrect. And that's even with some boxes having the correct printer model on them
Another 2 minute job that's going to take a little longer
Another 2 minute job that's going to take a little longer
Kids with Covid.
Not mild. Can we stop disabling kids please?
Not mild. Can we stop disabling kids please?
Even 2 years after infection, around 40% of young people are still experiencing significant fatigue — indicating a major long-term health issue affecting a substantial proportion of youth who have had COVID-19.
Published: 20 November 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Published: 20 November 2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Fatigue in children and young people up to 24 months after infection with SARS-CoV-2 - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Fatigue in children and young people up to 24 months after infection with SARS-CoV-2
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Kids with Covid.
Not mild. Can we stop disabling kids please?
Not mild. Can we stop disabling kids please?
Hubs & I have appt to see new derm'ist - email request for filling in our details online using HotDoc. Have seen that b4 - not chuffed, but anywho. But 2nd form asking our consent to use AI - for our records? Appointment notes? Dunno.
Anyway, that bit can well and truly go hike.
Sigh. Phone call.
Anyway, that bit can well and truly go hike.
Sigh. Phone call.
November 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Hubs & I have appt to see new derm'ist - email request for filling in our details online using HotDoc. Have seen that b4 - not chuffed, but anywho. But 2nd form asking our consent to use AI - for our records? Appointment notes? Dunno.
Anyway, that bit can well and truly go hike.
Sigh. Phone call.
Anyway, that bit can well and truly go hike.
Sigh. Phone call.
More evidence that Covid hurts children.
In a sample of 100 children from Indonesia who had Covid, 47% showed abnormal pulmonary function on spirometry and 18% had persistent symptoms lasting more than three months following SARS-CoV-2 infection
#LongCovid
Link www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/61...
#LongCovid
Link www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/61...
www.mdpi.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
More evidence that Covid hurts children.
Latest questionable response to upcoming social media ban. Local school had a day where they held activities to 'prepare for the social media ban'.
They encouraged Yr 7s to get ready by all swapping their phone numbers.(Hmm... Consent?)
Anywho, I'm sure that will stop the bullying in it's tracks.
They encouraged Yr 7s to get ready by all swapping their phone numbers.(Hmm... Consent?)
Anywho, I'm sure that will stop the bullying in it's tracks.
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Latest questionable response to upcoming social media ban. Local school had a day where they held activities to 'prepare for the social media ban'.
They encouraged Yr 7s to get ready by all swapping their phone numbers.(Hmm... Consent?)
Anywho, I'm sure that will stop the bullying in it's tracks.
They encouraged Yr 7s to get ready by all swapping their phone numbers.(Hmm... Consent?)
Anywho, I'm sure that will stop the bullying in it's tracks.
Feeling mix of sad and glad tonight. Glad because hubs got the all good on some results. Sad b/c it may well be last time we speak to the local GP who rang to speak with us. He's retiring after many decades of doctoring in our town - has impacted so many lives here & will be hugely, deeply missed.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Feeling mix of sad and glad tonight. Glad because hubs got the all good on some results. Sad b/c it may well be last time we speak to the local GP who rang to speak with us. He's retiring after many decades of doctoring in our town - has impacted so many lives here & will be hugely, deeply missed.
Been looking at portable induction plates - I'd like to use the gas stove much less than I currently do. Any recommendations/comments re half decent portable plates options I could try? Know next to nothing about induction.
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Been looking at portable induction plates - I'd like to use the gas stove much less than I currently do. Any recommendations/comments re half decent portable plates options I could try? Know next to nothing about induction.
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Pregnant women need to be informed about and protected from SARS-CoV-2 infections.
Autopsies of 18 foetuses showed that "SARS-CoV-2 can be widely distributed in fetal organs through vertical transmission". In addition immune and DNA damage were found in the infected organs
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Presence of SARS-CoV-2 in fetal organs via intraamniotic infection - Nature Communications
Infection with SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy may result in maternal and fetal complications. Here, the authors analyze 18 fetuses following maternal SARS-CoV-2 infection and identify distribution in fet...
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Pregnant women need to be informed about and protected from SARS-CoV-2 infections.
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Learning loss didn’t come from “lockdowns” or remote instruction.
It COMES FROM (still happening) illness.
Illness caused by COVID.
Illness that makes kids miss school and teachers miss teaching.
SICK DAYS. And the vascular damage that causes incapacity to think & retain.
This is still happening.
Learning loss didn’t come from “lockdowns” or remote instruction.
It COMES FROM (still happening) illness.
Illness caused by COVID.
Illness that makes kids miss school and teachers miss teaching.
SICK DAYS. And the vascular damage that causes incapacity to think & retain.
This is still happening.
Every time Covid and learning loss hits the news, people act like the only factor is folk staying home and learning online, rather than… Living through a global mass death event.
November 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Learning loss didn’t come from “lockdowns” or remote instruction.
It COMES FROM (still happening) illness.
Illness caused by COVID.
Illness that makes kids miss school and teachers miss teaching.
SICK DAYS. And the vascular damage that causes incapacity to think & retain.
This is still happening.
Learning loss didn’t come from “lockdowns” or remote instruction.
It COMES FROM (still happening) illness.
Illness caused by COVID.
Illness that makes kids miss school and teachers miss teaching.
SICK DAYS. And the vascular damage that causes incapacity to think & retain.
This is still happening.
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Learning thru trauma is of course also very difficult. But unfortunately, we’re still a long ways away from most people accepting the neurological (& other) effects of repeated infections on children—effects that’ll continue til we make changes 2 stop or curb the new infections that occur everyday.
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Learning thru trauma is of course also very difficult. But unfortunately, we’re still a long ways away from most people accepting the neurological (& other) effects of repeated infections on children—effects that’ll continue til we make changes 2 stop or curb the new infections that occur everyday.
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I will never not be indignant that a patient’s weight, age and underlying health status forms part of any infectious disease outbreak update. There are 3 reasons these things should never be shared 🧵
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I will never not be indignant that a patient’s weight, age and underlying health status forms part of any infectious disease outbreak update. There are 3 reasons these things should never be shared 🧵
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🚨 ANSWERED: Can COVID-19 Be Prevented?
A compilation of over 40 studies on how to best prevent COVID-19, from respirators to vaccines to other interventions.
👇 READ, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE WIDELY: www.panaccindex.info/p/answered-c...
A compilation of over 40 studies on how to best prevent COVID-19, from respirators to vaccines to other interventions.
👇 READ, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE WIDELY: www.panaccindex.info/p/answered-c...
ANSWERED: Can COVID-19 Be Prevented?
A Collection of Peer-Reviewed Scientific Research (40+ Studies)
www.panaccindex.info
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
🚨 ANSWERED: Can COVID-19 Be Prevented?
A compilation of over 40 studies on how to best prevent COVID-19, from respirators to vaccines to other interventions.
👇 READ, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE WIDELY: www.panaccindex.info/p/answered-c...
A compilation of over 40 studies on how to best prevent COVID-19, from respirators to vaccines to other interventions.
👇 READ, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE WIDELY: www.panaccindex.info/p/answered-c...
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Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...
When Will the Lion Concern Himself
Joking memes make light of the uncomfortable reality: everyone's got a little of that post-COVID brain damage these days
www.thegauntlet.news
October 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Nobody has Long COVID, but everybody has brain fog, cognitive decline and memory loss. I talk about the overwhelming scientific evidence that COVID damages the brain, and the overwhelming social unwillingness to acknowledge it in my latest:
www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...
www.thegauntlet.news/p/when-will-...
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#PhD research callout!
I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb
Ethics approval: H16788
Please share!
I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb
Ethics approval: H16788
Please share!
September 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
#PhD research callout!
I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb
Ethics approval: H16788
Please share!
I am seeking History teachers in NSW for a short interview about NSW History 7-10 syllabuses. If you have taught History in NSW and are interested, please enter your details into this form.
forms.office.com/r/cvf5QfLrLb
Ethics approval: H16788
Please share!
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'Disabling' Chronic Illness in Children Not Taken Seriously
“It was found that... 15%, who had previously tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection were identified as likely having long COVID... Suggesting it has become one of the most common chronic illnesses in children.”
Source: archive.md/XewA8
“It was found that... 15%, who had previously tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection were identified as likely having long COVID... Suggesting it has become one of the most common chronic illnesses in children.”
Source: archive.md/XewA8
July 29, 2025 at 2:15 AM
'Disabling' Chronic Illness in Children Not Taken Seriously
“It was found that... 15%, who had previously tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection were identified as likely having long COVID... Suggesting it has become one of the most common chronic illnesses in children.”
Source: archive.md/XewA8
“It was found that... 15%, who had previously tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection were identified as likely having long COVID... Suggesting it has become one of the most common chronic illnesses in children.”
Source: archive.md/XewA8
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There are numerous reasons to mask up to prevent COVID.
July 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
There are numerous reasons to mask up to prevent COVID.
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Breakthrough study: COVID-19 reactivates dormant breast cancer, triggering deadly metastasis. Cancer survivors who got COVID had 4.5× higher cancer-related deaths and 1.4× greater breast cancer. MASK UP!! Protect yourself from Covid, which is airborne
Respiratory viral infections awaken metastatic breast cancer cells in lungs - Nature
Mouse models show that respiratory infections from viruses such as influenza and SARS-CoV-2 can trigger metastasis of dormant breast cancer cells in the lungs, a finding supported by epidemiological d...
www.nature.com
July 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Breakthrough study: COVID-19 reactivates dormant breast cancer, triggering deadly metastasis. Cancer survivors who got COVID had 4.5× higher cancer-related deaths and 1.4× greater breast cancer. MASK UP!! Protect yourself from Covid, which is airborne
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Here are the influenza cases for Australia, by year since 2010. 2025 will be the 4th huge year in a row - wildly unprecedented.
It's increasingly hard to not draw the conclusion that something broke from 2022 onwards. Immune systems?
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It's increasingly hard to not draw the conclusion that something broke from 2022 onwards. Immune systems?
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July 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Here are the influenza cases for Australia, by year since 2010. 2025 will be the 4th huge year in a row - wildly unprecedented.
It's increasingly hard to not draw the conclusion that something broke from 2022 onwards. Immune systems?
1/
It's increasingly hard to not draw the conclusion that something broke from 2022 onwards. Immune systems?
1/
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7,525 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
🔸321 reported deaths in 2025
@Mark_Butler_MP @SamRaeMP
🔸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
🔸321 reported deaths in 2025
@Mark_Butler_MP @SamRaeMP
July 18, 2025 at 6:42 AM
7,525 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
🔸321 reported deaths in 2025
@Mark_Butler_MP @SamRaeMP
🔸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
🔸321 reported deaths in 2025
@Mark_Butler_MP @SamRaeMP
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The next time someone tells you that the quality of aged care has improved, tell them they’re dreaming. 14,934 reportable incidents in just three months (October to December 2024).
To get a feel for the whole picture, multiply by 4 😟
To get a feel for the whole picture, multiply by 4 😟
July 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The next time someone tells you that the quality of aged care has improved, tell them they’re dreaming. 14,934 reportable incidents in just three months (October to December 2024).
To get a feel for the whole picture, multiply by 4 😟
To get a feel for the whole picture, multiply by 4 😟
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Pope Leo condemns US bombing Iran
June 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Pope Leo condemns US bombing Iran
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I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
June 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I was briefed on the intelligence last week.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.
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June 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
LAST CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR DONATION MATCHED TODAY!
A mega and final hour of power with your donation matched up to $170,000 for the next two hours.
💜 CALL 1300 692 772 (1300 MYASRC)
💜 TXT ‘HOPE’ to 0476 000 111 to donate $20
💜 DONATE ONLINE at www.asrc.org.au/telethon
A mega and final hour of power with your donation matched up to $170,000 for the next two hours.
💜 CALL 1300 692 772 (1300 MYASRC)
💜 TXT ‘HOPE’ to 0476 000 111 to donate $20
💜 DONATE ONLINE at www.asrc.org.au/telethon
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Children exposed to COVID in utero had developmental delays at age 24 months:
🧠36% cognitive delays
🗣️64% communication delays
🏃57% had motor delays
🧪 Specific developmental delays were related to specific inflammation cytokines found in their cord blood at birth. buff.ly/AQSfBm9
#Medsky #Pedsky 🛟😷
🧠36% cognitive delays
🗣️64% communication delays
🏃57% had motor delays
🧪 Specific developmental delays were related to specific inflammation cytokines found in their cord blood at birth. buff.ly/AQSfBm9
#Medsky #Pedsky 🛟😷
June 13, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Children exposed to COVID in utero had developmental delays at age 24 months:
🧠36% cognitive delays
🗣️64% communication delays
🏃57% had motor delays
🧪 Specific developmental delays were related to specific inflammation cytokines found in their cord blood at birth. buff.ly/AQSfBm9
#Medsky #Pedsky 🛟😷
🧠36% cognitive delays
🗣️64% communication delays
🏃57% had motor delays
🧪 Specific developmental delays were related to specific inflammation cytokines found in their cord blood at birth. buff.ly/AQSfBm9
#Medsky #Pedsky 🛟😷