John Orchard
@drjohnorchard.bsky.social
Sport and exercise medicine physician, injury and illness prevention. Cricket, football, sports cardiology, climate emergency, covid-cautious, pro-vaccine, evidence-based medicine. Adjunct Professor University of Sydney @medsky.social
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Had a great SCG launch of #cricketsportsmedicine at the SCG this week during NSW vs Vic Shield game. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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I’ve added an Excess Deaths Comparison page to my analysis on that topic. Here I’m comparing the UK, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand, to June 2025.
My method projects "Expected Deaths" using a linear regression on the weekly deaths (4-week average) from a baseline of 2015-2019 deaths.
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My method projects "Expected Deaths" using a linear regression on the weekly deaths (4-week average) from a baseline of 2015-2019 deaths.
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November 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I’ve added an Excess Deaths Comparison page to my analysis on that topic. Here I’m comparing the UK, Sweden, Australia and New Zealand, to June 2025.
My method projects "Expected Deaths" using a linear regression on the weekly deaths (4-week average) from a baseline of 2015-2019 deaths.
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My method projects "Expected Deaths" using a linear regression on the weekly deaths (4-week average) from a baseline of 2015-2019 deaths.
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It's budget time so at the end of our interview w/ Mayor Bachynski, we gave him a printed poster of the image below. It's the density vs services vs taxes venn diagram that @brenttoderian.bsky.social often shares around. It includes Regina-related explanatory notes. #yqrcc
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's budget time so at the end of our interview w/ Mayor Bachynski, we gave him a printed poster of the image below. It's the density vs services vs taxes venn diagram that @brenttoderian.bsky.social often shares around. It includes Regina-related explanatory notes. #yqrcc
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
youtu.be/FMwOpoT4IAw?...
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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Proud to be an author in this fantastic book
Proud to be an author in this fantastic book
Had a great SCG launch of #cricketsportsmedicine at the SCG this week during NSW vs Vic Shield game. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
November 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Proud to be an author in this fantastic book
Proud to be an author in this fantastic book
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Had a great SCG launch of #cricketsportsmedicine at the SCG this week during NSW vs Vic Shield game. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Had a great SCG launch of #cricketsportsmedicine at the SCG this week during NSW vs Vic Shield game. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Had a great SCG launch of #cricketsportsmedicine at the SCG this week during NSW vs Vic Shield game. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Had a great SCG launch of #cricketsportsmedicine at the SCG this week during NSW vs Vic Shield game. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
A 34-year-old as a politician: My god he's like a baby. It's like they just elected an infant to be their mayor.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
A 34-year-old as an athlete: You have to admire the bravery of him attempting that dunk, knowing full well the grim reaper is right behind him.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New version of OSIICS 16, with extra female injury codes (esp related to breast), open access
New version of OSIICS 16, with extra female injury codes (esp related to breast), open access
Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS) version 16: Updated female athlete codes and Italian and Spanish translations
The Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System (OSIICS) requires regular update to; stay relevant to changes required for optimal code re…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
New version of OSIICS 16, with extra female injury codes (esp related to breast), open access
New version of OSIICS 16, with extra female injury codes (esp related to breast), open access
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As I’ve explained: one of the best ways to protect your heart health is to keep up with your Covid and flu vaccinations. Don’t listen to antivaccine activists they don’t care about you or your family www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
Covid and Flu Can Triple Your Risk of Heart Attack
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
As I’ve explained: one of the best ways to protect your heart health is to keep up with your Covid and flu vaccinations. Don’t listen to antivaccine activists they don’t care about you or your family www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/w...
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BREAKING: Wind power just supplied 150% of South Australia’s electricity demand. Fossil fuels? A heroic 1.5%. Thoughts and prayers to everyone who said “renewables will never keep the lights on.” Must be hard watching your entire argument get blown away.
reneweconomy.com.au/wind-hits-re...
reneweconomy.com.au/wind-hits-re...
October 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
BREAKING: Wind power just supplied 150% of South Australia’s electricity demand. Fossil fuels? A heroic 1.5%. Thoughts and prayers to everyone who said “renewables will never keep the lights on.” Must be hard watching your entire argument get blown away.
reneweconomy.com.au/wind-hits-re...
reneweconomy.com.au/wind-hits-re...
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In the 'very unsurprising' category today...
Major study finds tooth decay in Queensland children has declined since water fluoridation expanded.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Major study finds tooth decay in Queensland children has declined since water fluoridation expanded.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Water fluoridation leading to lower rates of tooth decay in children, study finds
The findings are released as more Queensland councils opt out of water fluoridation and amid rising rates of misinformation.
www.abc.net.au
October 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
In the 'very unsurprising' category today...
Major study finds tooth decay in Queensland children has declined since water fluoridation expanded.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Major study finds tooth decay in Queensland children has declined since water fluoridation expanded.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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It’s not “partisan” to defend science, evidence, and objective reality.
It’s partisan to attack science, evidence, and objective reality, to benefit your political “team.”
That’s true with climate science, with vaccinology, & with evidence-based city-building, all of which are being attacked.
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It’s partisan to attack science, evidence, and objective reality, to benefit your political “team.”
That’s true with climate science, with vaccinology, & with evidence-based city-building, all of which are being attacked.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
It’s not “partisan” to defend science, evidence, and objective reality.
It’s partisan to attack science, evidence, and objective reality, to benefit your political “team.”
That’s true with climate science, with vaccinology, & with evidence-based city-building, all of which are being attacked.
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It’s partisan to attack science, evidence, and objective reality, to benefit your political “team.”
That’s true with climate science, with vaccinology, & with evidence-based city-building, all of which are being attacked.
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On the ICE shooting.
1. It's terrible.
2. Too many disturbed people have access to too many guns in this country.
3. Too many political figures use incendiary and dehumanizing rhetoric. By far the most significant of them is the president. The fish of political violence rots from the head down.
1. It's terrible.
2. Too many disturbed people have access to too many guns in this country.
3. Too many political figures use incendiary and dehumanizing rhetoric. By far the most significant of them is the president. The fish of political violence rots from the head down.
September 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
On the ICE shooting.
1. It's terrible.
2. Too many disturbed people have access to too many guns in this country.
3. Too many political figures use incendiary and dehumanizing rhetoric. By far the most significant of them is the president. The fish of political violence rots from the head down.
1. It's terrible.
2. Too many disturbed people have access to too many guns in this country.
3. Too many political figures use incendiary and dehumanizing rhetoric. By far the most significant of them is the president. The fish of political violence rots from the head down.
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We have always been at war with Tylenol
September 23, 2025 at 2:27 AM
We have always been at war with Tylenol
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Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.
September 23, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Look, it’s Heroin and Adderall ganging up on Tylenol.
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I am starting to think it’s bad that we have an executive branch made up of 90% podcasters
September 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I am starting to think it’s bad that we have an executive branch made up of 90% podcasters
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joining the war on autism on the side of autism
September 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
joining the war on autism on the side of autism
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none of this anti-science nonsense is remotely funny except perhaps for this bit
September 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
none of this anti-science nonsense is remotely funny except perhaps for this bit
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We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes.
That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
September 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes.
That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
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Our review just out: Associations Between Common Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Treatments and All-Cause Mortality
www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13...
Key finding: Exercise and GLP-1 RA prescription are associated with reduced all-cause mortality.
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www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13...
Key finding: Exercise and GLP-1 RA prescription are associated with reduced all-cause mortality.
@drjohnorchard.bsky.social
www.mdpi.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Our review just out: Associations Between Common Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis Treatments and All-Cause Mortality
www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13...
Key finding: Exercise and GLP-1 RA prescription are associated with reduced all-cause mortality.
@drjohnorchard.bsky.social
www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13...
Key finding: Exercise and GLP-1 RA prescription are associated with reduced all-cause mortality.
@drjohnorchard.bsky.social
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There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.
September 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
There is no world in which it is normal for the president to publicly call upon his attorney general to hurry up and prosecute his political foes. It’s like the Watergate tapes but posted on social media. Let’s get a grip on what’s happening here.