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fork me
There is a saying, 'the fellow who sticks the fork in the socket should get the shock'. If there is no feedback, how will behaviour ever change? Speaking of feedback, we know as doctors and educators, that feedback should be timely - certainly as a parent, giving...
vaccinate or vote
There are only two ways we are moving forward: those who want to get vaccinated get vaccinated and/or those who do not vote accordingly. Transparent targets should be set (have an Ethereum smart contract with preset limits 'if vaccination rate = x%, then borders =...
open
'No man is an island', wrote John Donne in 1624. It's as true today as it was then; perhaps more so in our connected world and economy. Australia is a wealthy island and arguably the best place in the world at any time, and especially during a pandemic. COVID-19 has...
clot – UPDATE
UPDATE Pfizer vaccine exceptions On 8 April 2021 the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recommended that Pfizer vaccine is preferred over the AstraZeneca vaccine for people aged under 50 years. In line with this, state vaccination clinics will...
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Today I read another great piece from Dr Edwin Kruys (here) about revalidation of doctors, specifically GPs. I won’t repeat his points as he has made them very eloquently but I will add a few of my own. The public don’t seem to be clamouring for revalidation of...
magic
It's the day after Budget 2021 and there certainly seems to be some magical thinking around. Can we keep printing money? Should we? It's definitely a time for some novel thinking. Rory Sutherland writes, in his book Alchemy,...