Alan Garner
@garnalan.bsky.social
Clinical A/Professor, University of Sydney | Trauma Director, Nepean Hospital | Trauma Physician, Royal Hobart Hospital
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Alan Garner
@garnalan.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Doing exclusively trauma care these days but from an emergency medicine and prehospital background.
COVID concerned. The evidence is mounting for a tsunami of chronic illness.
COVID concerned. The evidence is mounting for a tsunami of chronic illness.
And here I was wondering why the world seems to have gone mad…
“Twenty-eight cohorts with a total of 977,434,207 participants... We revealed a 40 % increased risk…of mental disorders in patients with COVID-19 compared with non-exposed individuals”
Read that again: A 40% INCREASED RISK OF MENTAL DISORDERS
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41086559/
Read that again: A 40% INCREASED RISK OF MENTAL DISORDERS
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41086559/
Association between COVID-19 infection and risk of mental disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis - PubMed
Our findings suggest an association between COVID-19 and risk of mental disorders, as well as the prescriptions for psychotropic medications. It is imperative for individuals to become vigilant of mental health problems that may arise following COVID-19.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
And here I was wondering why the world seems to have gone mad…
Fixing ventilation in schools is long overdue.
In a six-week longitudinal study in a Swiss secondary school (67 students, aged 14–15) they detected 87 respiratory infections!
And then they wonder why abscence rates are so high.
In a six-week longitudinal study in a Swiss secondary school (67 students, aged 14–15) they detected 87 respiratory infections!
And then they wonder why abscence rates are so high.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Fixing ventilation in schools is long overdue.
In a six-week longitudinal study in a Swiss secondary school (67 students, aged 14–15) they detected 87 respiratory infections!
And then they wonder why abscence rates are so high.
In a six-week longitudinal study in a Swiss secondary school (67 students, aged 14–15) they detected 87 respiratory infections!
And then they wonder why abscence rates are so high.
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In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
In a time when governments need to learn, they continually demonstrate that they have learned exactly nothing. Government is about being the custodian of the well-being of 26 million people - this is not custodianship, it's incompetence bordering on negligence.
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Finally! A benefit to AI
Loving that AI productivity boost!
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
Use of AI ‘tech stacks’ driving demand for lawyers
The more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more professionals are needed to vet the technology’s outputs.
www.afr.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Finally! A benefit to AI
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Yes one lesson is to allow everyone access to COVID booster shots every six months like they do in NZ
The “new normal” for Australia in the last few years is around +6% on the pre-pandemic baseline – worse than even the UK (see below). Even out to June this year (as variant evolution slowed) it was still running at +5% annually. Are there any lessons we could learn from NZ?
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November 30, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Yes one lesson is to allow everyone access to COVID booster shots every six months like they do in NZ
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'What surprised them was that 16.3% of those babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by three years, compared with 9.7% of the babies who were not exposed to COVID-19 in utero'.
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
'What surprised them was that 16.3% of those babies received a neurodevelopmental diagnosis by three years, compared with 9.7% of the babies who were not exposed to COVID-19 in utero'.
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
www.propublica.org/article/covi...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The diplomatic "achievement" of the ceasefire was to recalibrate the tempo of the genocide sufficiently to get it off the front pages and the news bulletins, thus alleviating the political pressure on Israel's western accomplices.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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How many of us have had that conversation… telling someone that they have a disease that will progressively cause cognitive decline? Or loss of mobility?
The fear and sadness this provokes?
That’s why I’m gentle with “the masses” wrt C19.
The fear and sadness this provokes?
That’s why I’m gentle with “the masses” wrt C19.
November 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
How many of us have had that conversation… telling someone that they have a disease that will progressively cause cognitive decline? Or loss of mobility?
The fear and sadness this provokes?
That’s why I’m gentle with “the masses” wrt C19.
The fear and sadness this provokes?
That’s why I’m gentle with “the masses” wrt C19.
“Immune dysregulation mimicking immunosenescence for up to three years post-COVID-19”.
So maybe not immunity debt after all.
So maybe not immunity debt after all.
T cell-driven sustained inflammation and immune dysregulation mimicking immunosenescence for up to three years post-COVID-19 - Immunity & Inflammation
Long COVID has emerged as a major global health concern, yet the long-term trajectory of immune recovery and its contribution to persistent symptoms remain to be elucidated. Here, we conducted a three...
link.springer.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
“Immune dysregulation mimicking immunosenescence for up to three years post-COVID-19”.
So maybe not immunity debt after all.
So maybe not immunity debt after all.
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🔴230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🔴230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
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Thank me.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
November 24, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Thank me.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
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I really die a little inside each time hospital administrators and management scratch their heads re: high sick calls for nurses, too. This is so obvious.
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I really die a little inside each time hospital administrators and management scratch their heads re: high sick calls for nurses, too. This is so obvious.
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The elephant in the room is that any effective defence against COVID and other airborne pathogens will end the careers of today's public health and IPC leaders - their only hope to beat charges of negligence is the lie that it was never possible to do better.
They cannot afford a success.
They cannot afford a success.
Lady Hallett Shouldn’t Hold Her Breath, says Health Campaign Group - British Occupational Hygiene Society (BOHS)
“The country has invested millions of pounds into the Inquiry and a huge amount of faith into the process to help us learn lessons. COVID-19 has caused over 250,000 deaths and scientists’ understandin...
www.bohs.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The elephant in the room is that any effective defence against COVID and other airborne pathogens will end the careers of today's public health and IPC leaders - their only hope to beat charges of negligence is the lie that it was never possible to do better.
They cannot afford a success.
They cannot afford a success.
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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The Director of the National Institutes of Health thinks doctors like Rachel hallucinated 2020, and infecting millions of unvaccinated Brits with a new SARS virus in 2020 would have somehow magically saved lives. Repulsive, unprofessional misogyny.
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Director of the National Institutes of Health thinks doctors like Rachel hallucinated 2020, and infecting millions of unvaccinated Brits with a new SARS virus in 2020 would have somehow magically saved lives. Repulsive, unprofessional misogyny.
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US to sever ties with civilization.
Marco Rubio 🤮
adjective
1. So weak, cruel, or pitiful that it provokes a sharp mix of disappointment and contempt.
adjective
1. So weak, cruel, or pitiful that it provokes a sharp mix of disappointment and contempt.
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
US to sever ties with civilization.
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"Maybe they know that, despite the strong case for upgrading air filtration & establishing indoor air quality requirements, this has not been done, & masks are an easy-to-implement, effective layer of protection against pathogens":
Via @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
Via @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025?
A Mental Health Professional’s Perspective
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"Maybe they know that, despite the strong case for upgrading air filtration & establishing indoor air quality requirements, this has not been done, & masks are an easy-to-implement, effective layer of protection against pathogens":
Via @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
Via @bcschoolcovid.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/misfitme...
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Western democracy is at a crossroad.
40 years of toxic neoliberalism gutted public utilities & govt service delivery, created unprecedented inequality & concentrated obscene wealth in hands of a few…corrupting the democratic process.
Yet deeply institutionalised old white men still prevail
#auspol
40 years of toxic neoliberalism gutted public utilities & govt service delivery, created unprecedented inequality & concentrated obscene wealth in hands of a few…corrupting the democratic process.
Yet deeply institutionalised old white men still prevail
#auspol
November 22, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Western democracy is at a crossroad.
40 years of toxic neoliberalism gutted public utilities & govt service delivery, created unprecedented inequality & concentrated obscene wealth in hands of a few…corrupting the democratic process.
Yet deeply institutionalised old white men still prevail
#auspol
40 years of toxic neoliberalism gutted public utilities & govt service delivery, created unprecedented inequality & concentrated obscene wealth in hands of a few…corrupting the democratic process.
Yet deeply institutionalised old white men still prevail
#auspol
Massive cost of long COVID quantified.
It is curious that the massive hit to productivity is being so comprehensively ignored.
It is curious that the massive hit to productivity is being so comprehensively ignored.
www.nature.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Massive cost of long COVID quantified.
It is curious that the massive hit to productivity is being so comprehensively ignored.
It is curious that the massive hit to productivity is being so comprehensively ignored.
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They are laughing about this
Wtf????
Wtf????
You know those actors who can't remember their lines? And the issue with children having issues learning and behaving that they want to blame on lockdowns, iPhones, etc? #covid #braindamage #longcovid
November 21, 2025 at 1:10 AM
They are laughing about this
Wtf????
Wtf????
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The epstein files is only the tip of the shitberg
November 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The epstein files is only the tip of the shitberg
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Meanwhile... we could have seen this coming:
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures last year that imperils NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Meanwhile... we could have seen this coming:
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Medical bodies warn that hostility towards migrants is behind a 26% rise in departures that imperils NHS
> Overseas-trained doctors leaving the UK in record numbers
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
November 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The President of the United States is publicly calling for the political prosecution of his political opponents, urging the death penalty because they urged soldiers to uphold the rule of law.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
This should be front page news everywhere. It is not, which tells much about how we got to this point.
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I’m honestly surprised it isn’t higher. But then it probably would be, if people had more sick days to use. Instead, they just show up to infect their coworkers.
Looks like their plan to boost productivity by ushering everyone back to the office in an ongoing pandemic didn't play out as expected
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November 20, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I’m honestly surprised it isn’t higher. But then it probably would be, if people had more sick days to use. Instead, they just show up to infect their coworkers.