Health + Human Rights Researcher turned Doctor (MD, FRACGP). Board Director at @ACONHEALTH Appreciate good coffee + salt water. He/they 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
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Atari Metcalf, BSc, MD, FRACGP retweeted
“The idea that health considerations had to be balanced with economic interests was always a false dichotomy. A healthy economy requires healthy workers and healthy consumers.”
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This is good news, but milder doesn’t mean everybody; a small proportion still fall very ill & a huge surge will translate into a large number of the very ill. Sensible public health measures including masks and social distancing remain so important as does being fully vaccinated – at New South Wales, Australia
Atari Metcalf, BSc, MD, FRACGP retweeted
‘We’re all going to get COVID’ is not an excuse to abandon preventive policies. With precautions the incidence will take place over longer time period which reduces likelihood that health services will be overwhelmed
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'I can't change what was done to me': Noah was operated on without his consent. He wants things to be different abc.net.au/news/2021-10-17/i…
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Delighted to have led a fantastic team to contribute a chapter on culturally safe healthcare for people of diverse sexual orientations & gender identities. @Kerryhrob @atari84 @kaydeeye @JMooneySomers @kanerace @srachelskinner. Thanks to @DrTMDune @wanderingmcleod @MillnerMaggy.
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Atari Metcalf, BSc, MD, FRACGP retweeted
Hands up if you're female and have considered sending a performative masturbation vid to your workmates in a group chat?
Yeah me neither.
Too busy TBH.
Honestly where do people find the time. And the sense of total invulnerability / assurance at work to pull stuff like this?
Atari Metcalf, BSc, MD, FRACGP retweeted
Public Health Alert - new case locations and public transport routes in NSW.
See media release for further details.
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.@ama_media @amapresident @omarkhor @racgp @RACGPPresident @brookmanknight @amavictoria @ausgpalliance @ACRRM @RuralDoctorsAus A joint statement of intent which should reverberate widely #solidarity
Atari Metcalf, BSc, MD, FRACGP retweeted
I arrived in Australia speaking precisely 11 words of English. I now have a PhD in Australian history, which is how I know that language-based exclusion was a primary mechanism of the White Australia Policy.
English is our national language and is critical to getting a job, fully participating in our democracy and for social cohesion. From late 2021, new partner visa applicants will need to demonstrate they have made reasonable efforts to learn English. minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/…
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I cannot stress how reprehensible it is to publish the name/photo of anyone who tested positive for COVID-19. Racial undertones and alleged misconduct in the Courier Mail front page aside, the media has no business disclosing private medical information without their permission.
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If we learn anything from the Victorian crisis it should be this: in the corridors of power, in medicine and government, we should be looking around and asking ‘who is not in this room, who should be’.
It’s not enough to care about diversity. Diversity needs to be at the table.
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Don't attack the humanities; they're important for health too croakey.org/dont-attack-the-… The first in a @CroakeyNews series of health sector responses to @DanTehanWannon changes to university funding.
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Police behaviour needs policing
It’s deeply troubling that 1/3 of all fines have issued in 4 suburbs incl Canterbury-Bankstown, Liverpool and Fairfield. Why has there not been greater enforcement in the Northern and Eastern suburbs where the virus has spread most rapidly? smh.com.au/national/police-i…
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NSW Treasurer wants to stop doctors & nurses on the frontline of the COVID19 crisis getting a pay increase in July. Shameful betrayal by this government #NSWHealth #KickInTheGuts @Dom_Perrottet #nswpol
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I’m all about this CDC facial hairstyles guide chart for the sophisticated young man about town who wants his respirator mask to fit snugly whilst auditioning for a role as D’Artagnan #COVIDー19 #wecantgetmasksanyway 🤷🏼♀️ – at Darwin, Northern Territory
Atari Metcalf, BSc, MD, FRACGP retweeted
Have you heard?
NSW Health is developing the first NSW LGBTQI Health Strategy and we want this to be shaped by you and the community. Share your experiences of accessing health services and suggestions for the future.
Get involved: bit.ly/2Xw6Ctp
Atari Metcalf, BSc, MD, FRACGP retweeted
Today, 20 November, marks the international Trans Day of Remembrance (#TDoR). A day to memorialise the loss of trans and gender diverse people, murdered simply for being who they are. acon.org.au/tgd welcomehere.org.au/diversity…
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Oh. My. Actual. God. I ❤️❤️❤️ this sooooo much 😂😂😂
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🏳️⚧️Introducing trans[TEST]: new peer-led sexual health service for trans and gender diverse people in NSW. 🏳️⚧️acon.org.au/about-acon/lates…
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If you are a bystander, particularly one with power (ie. senior) and you witness bad behaviour and do nothing, you are not chilled, you are not non-confrontational. You are doing the wrong thing. Show some gumption. #OperateWithRespect