Lowered expectations, and repeat.May I disturb your delusions? Swiss exited 😍 now in AUS 👍 Clean Air Brigade
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"Something as simple as breathing in shared indoor spaces has become a barrier to accessibility and inclusion for millions of people, and it's time to change that!"
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Violet Affleck spoke at @UN Healthy Indoor Air: A Global Call to Action on Sep 23, 2025, advocating for #CleanAir and masking as vital tools to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and protect children from #LongCOVID. #MaskTogetherAmerica
Source: webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1v/k1… 2:40
monashfodmap.com/blog/long-c… - Melbourne based participants wanted. Dietary Fibre for Long COVID Study
If NSW health are putting such suggested precautions in writing things are about to deteriorate very quickly. It’s been ?? Years since they suggested masks !
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ALT A painting of a bird beside the text "where's the fucking gin?"
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Today, my throat felt slightly irritated, so I ordered a PCR test through the Meituan app. I placed the order at 15:10. The test kit was delivered to my doorstep by 15:36. At 17:27, I received a text message reminding me to check the test results.
The results showed I was infected with Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), with a detected concentration of 2.04×10³ copies/mL, which is relatively low. Other pathogens tested, including influenza, COVID-19, and over a dozen others, were negative. Pneumococcus is a commensal bacterium that can exist in healthy individuals. I suspect the infection was likely triggered by colder temperatures and catching a chill while sleeping. Given that I consistently wear masks outdoors, transmission from others seems unlikely.
The app also offered one-click ordering for recommended medications: cephalosporin antibiotics and cough suppressants, totaling 30 RMB (~4 USD), with delivery promised within 20 minutes. As I already had these medications at home, no purchase was necessary. The app additionally provides instant access to masks, hand sanitizers, and even automated generation of sick leave certificates.
This was my experience today, shared for your reference.
How is COVID-19 testing conducted in China?
In China, affordable and fast PCR testing is available in major cities. Several companies provide this service, and the process is simple—just place an order through a mobile app.
Within two hours, a healthcare worker will arrive at your specified address with a sampling kit, which includes:
🔻A long swab for throat sampling
🔻A short swab for nasal sampling
🔻A test tube to keep the samples
After collecting the samples, you place both swabs back into the provided test tube and return it to the worker. They will then deliver it to a lab for analysis. Typically, results are available on the app within three hours.
There are two testing options for respiratory pathogens:
🔻Basic Panel (RMB 99 / ~$14 USD) – Tests for:
🔹Flu A
🔹Flu B
🔹COVID-19
🔹Human rhinovirus
🔹adenovirus
🔹Mycoplasma pneumoniae
🔹Streptococcus pneumoniae
🔹Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
🔹human coronaviruses (non-COVID)
🔹Human parainfluenza virus
🔹Haemophilus influenzae
🔻Extended Panel (RMB 159 / ~$22 USD) – Includes all pathogens from the Basic Panel, plus:
🔹Group A Streptococcus
🔹Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough)
This option also provides pathogen load (viral/bacterial concentration) in addition to positive/negative results.
Once you receive your PCR test report, the same app allows you to purchase appropriate medications for treatment.
I consider it very convenient. Whenever my family member is not feel well, I will arrange a PCR test for them.
Specially I can avoid taking kids to the hospital, where is quite risky.
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How is COVID-19 testing conducted in China?
In China, affordable and fast PCR testing is available in major cities. Several companies provide this service, and the process is simple—just place an order through a mobile app.
Within two hours, a healthcare worker will arrive at your specified address with a sampling kit, which includes:
🔻A long swab for throat sampling
🔻A short swab for nasal sampling
🔻A test tube to keep the samples
After collecting the samples, you place both swabs back into the provided test tube and return it to the worker. They will then deliver it to a lab for analysis. Typically, results are available on the app within three hours.
There are two testing options for respiratory pathogens:
🔻Basic Panel (RMB 99 / ~$14 USD) – Tests for:
🔹Flu A
🔹Flu B
🔹COVID-19
🔹Human rhinovirus
🔹adenovirus
🔹Mycoplasma pneumoniae
🔹Streptococcus pneumoniae
🔹Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
🔹human coronaviruses (non-COVID)
🔹Human parainfluenza virus
🔹Haemophilus influenzae
🔻Extended Panel (RMB 159 / ~$22 USD) – Includes all pathogens from the Basic Panel, plus:
🔹Group A Streptococcus
🔹Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough)
This option also provides pathogen load (viral/bacterial concentration) in addition to positive/negative results.
Once you receive your PCR test report, the same app allows you to purchase appropriate medications for treatment.
I consider it very convenient. Whenever my family member is not feel well, I will arrange a PCR test for them.
Specially I can avoid taking kids to the hospital, where is quite risky.
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⭐️✨🌟💫
🔴 Great news 🔴
VIRALEZE™ certified under new EUROPEAN MEDICAL DEVICE REGULATIONS
And for worldwide marketing visit VIRALEZE.co - use webbrowser Opera with free VPN and PayPal for personal importation into Australia
Bottles expiry date now June 2027 and unlike Enovid you don’t have to use in 60 days once opened, it lasts until June 2027
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🚨 Ring Vaccination is BACK!
Close contacts household of immunosuppressed people will be offered Covid vaccines again.
- This strategy was controversially withdrawn before, but it’s back to protect those facing the highest risks!
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ALT Image to show a vulnerable person (blue) in the middle of a circle. Close contacts are vaccinated to form a barrier around them (they are a different colour - pink). On the outside of the ring are other people (in purple), some of whom may be infected. Clinically Vulnerable Families logo
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In Jan there was a conference:
Breathing achievement into every classroom
This conference was designed to probe the link between Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in educational buildings and the health, wellbeing, and educational outcomes of students.
UKHSA presented & IAQ experts.
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They bleed when they send $1 billion a year to Pfizer for Paxlovid and Merck for Lagevrio at over $1000 cost per script to PBS but allow TGA to continue blocking 20 million Aussies from placebo proven Viraleze as treatment in independent Uk nhs study
It’s 1/40 the cost of antiviral drugs
One thing this govt could stop 🛑 before the election and call out the Morrison secret 2nd health minister deal with Pfizer
Viraleze credentials
1️⃣ Viraleze antiviral nasal sprays by Starpharma 2022 Award by Australian Government dept of health and dept of industry
Starpharma awarded
$1 million in matched funding by the Australian Government’s Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Biomedical Translation Bridge (BTB) Program to expedite development and commercialisation of VIRALEZE
Winner “Most significant commercial outcome”. DOHAC winner 13 months after TGA (also in DOHAC) irrationally banned & fined product info in Australia despite 35 regulators internationally including European EMA in 2020 approving as Medical Device
biotechdispatch.com.au/news/….
2️⃣ Sept 2024 - Astodrimer Sodium Nasal Spray versus Placebo in Non-Hospitalised Patients with COVID-19: A Randomised, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial
mdpi.com/1999-4923/16/9/1173
PEER VIEWED PUBLICATION
3️⃣ January 2024 Covid19 viral load post market study placebo based ASX announcement Jan 2024
cdn-api.markitdigital.com/ap…
4️⃣ June 2022 Astodrimer sodium human v placebo safety trials reported researchgate.net/publication…
5️⃣ 2021 Scripp Research Institute in-vito and in-vivo humanised mouse genome Astodrimer sodium studies
scripps.edu/gallay/sars-cov-…
6️⃣ Sept 2024 Astodrimer sodium nasal spray forms a barrier to SARS-CoV-2 in vitro and preserves normal mucociliary function in human nasal epithelium
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
7️⃣ Dec 2022 DART conference Astodrimer sodium v other nasal sprays Scripp presentation. In-viva (mouse model) euthanised to study viral load nasal cavity trachea and lung at 4 and 7 days. Comparators nitric oxide, HPMC, heparin, iota-carrageenan, Astodrimer sodium (Viraleze) v saline (PBS)
starpharma.com/assets/221201…
Other publications
Nasal delivery as a strategy for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19
See 3.2. Astodrimer sodium
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Dozens of VCE classes are being cancelled across Melbourne because of a teacher shortage. There are more than 1,000 vacant positions in Victoria, with senior students worried they're already falling behind.
Govt needs to look at why this continues to be a problem.
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I had an issue with my Optus phone account and lodged a complaint online.
I got an email from their complaints team which did not solve the problem and invited me to let them know if I had any questions.
Problem is the return email address is "[email protected]".
There is no email contact on the Optus website.
No doubt @Optus meet their KPI of 100% satisfaction to their complaints handling, never a retuen email.
Brilliant!
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HSA say wash your hands
They've certainly washed theirs
Of Public Health we used to have
This gentleman despairs
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Mary had a little sheep
She had a bad cough too
She asked them if it's airborne spread
But didn't hear a peep
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Mary had a little lamb
Its fleece was white as snow.
But wash your hands and dry them too
In case it has crypto.
Avoid getting a bug like #cryptosporidium 🦠 on your farm visit this #HalfTerm by following this advice:
ukhsa.blog.gov.uk/2024/05/02…