Prof of anthropology at WSU. Fellow at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study (2021-22). I write on religion, globalisation and migration. Views my own.
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined September 2012
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Cristina Rocha retweeted
Re: lots of infections around. Acute COVID remains at near saturation levels in the community throughout the year, & long COVID is relatively common (eg, 7% of all adults in the US have had LC), it commonly lasts for years, and is on the increase in recent times. Having LC is known to negatively affect how immunity functions. So, it would not be surprising to see other diseases that rely on normally functioning immunity surge/behave in an unusual way for this reason. Although much needs to be learned about this issue, clearly at a population-level our immune systems are in a different place now to what they were prior to 2020. Immune systems need to be healthy to perform optimally.
Cristina Rocha retweeted
We were pretty happy to have the Sip valve in our masks as there was no way the mask was coming off. What’s the story @Qantas?
Cristina Rocha retweeted
No accurate figures so it's up to the brilliance of @Mike_Honey_ @dbRaevn & a few others to estimate what's going on. This suggests that over 1 million people have C0VID in Oz right now, & that almost half of the entire population has had C0VID in the last 6 months. These numbers are extraordinary.
Australian COVID-19 weekly stats update:
Sharp rises in most indicators continue.
The Risk Analysis shows a sharp rise in the estimate to 5.2% Currently Infectious, or 1-in-19.
Report Link:
mike-honey.github.io/covid-1…
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Cristina Rocha retweeted
This continues a streak of landmark papers on chronic COVID incl. how it drives fatigue, cognitive decline & now immune dysfunction. All this double underlines why we must do much more to reduce infections & to support those who have LC or ME/CSF. What more will it take?
Important new study, published today in journal Nature, shows that in people who suffer persistent symptoms of Covid, it may be driven by immune dysregulation where a large disconnect between B and T cell function results in a persistent inflammatory state
nature.com/articles/s41590-0…
Cristina Rocha retweeted
Yes, brilliant and transformative to public health. This is so doable now, does not need to be seen as something for the future.
Many Movie Theatres in Japan 🇯🇵 fixed ventilation & display how clean the air is in each Cinema…
Can we do #CleanAir in Australia to reduce #COVID 🦠 spread? YES!
WILL WE? Well, it’s up to “leaders” to follow the #science of #CleanAir for health & economic benefits.
@Mark_Butler_MP @AnikaWells @JEChalmers @billshortenmp @CHO_WAHealth @VicGovDH @VictorianCHO @NSWCHO @NSWHealth @Mon4Kooyong @MaryAnneThomas
Cristina Rocha retweeted
6,500 is an awful lot of premature death in 7 months... there are also many many more than this who get seriously sick but from acute and/or chronic C0VID. We are underplaying this disease. And in so doing perpetuating the problem.
The Covid-19 mortality working group has released our analysis of excess mortality in Australia to 31 July 2023.
TLDR: excess mortality is 6% (95% CI: 5-8%) for the first 7 months of 2023, +6,500 excess deaths relative to pre-pandemic expectations
actuaries.digital/2023/11/02…
Cristina Rocha retweeted
2 million people living in this country have Long Covid & there have been over 230,000 deaths due to Covid. That’s why masks are now common place & people want to help protect each other ❤️
Cristina Rocha retweeted
"The African Diaspora and Christianity in Australia" report by @crocha2, Kathleen Openshaw & Matthew Clancy is being launched on Nov 16, at @westernsydneyu
for info and registration, head to: events.humanitix.com/african…
Cristina Rocha retweeted
An entire culture, history and people are disappearing under the rubble – buried by the moral cowardice of our political leaders.
Artists whose work we will never know.
Teachers whose lessons we will never learn.
Children whose laughter we will never hear.
We must keep raising our voice for an immediate ceasefire. For the universal application of international law. For our shared humanity.
For the only path to a just & lasting peace: an end to the occupation of Palestine.
Cristina Rocha retweeted
Sick Sydney University academic sacked after return-to-work decree smh.com.au/national/nsw/sick…
Cristina Rocha retweeted
💯 all this Brent! We really have to ask ourselves why any political leader would not support both truth and transparency in government. Imo it speaks volumes abt how they want to conduct themselves in government. For those in the backseats here is Zali.
Last year, I tabled my Stop the Lies Bill to legislate against misleading & deceptive political & referendum advertising.
The Government failed to support it for the referendum.
Will they act now?
#auspol
Cristina Rocha retweeted
As we watch all watch highly divergent BA.2.86 closely (will it take off and be a new variant of concern, the first since omicron? It is looking quite possible) there’s a regular line being used with all new lineages about ‘no evidence of increased virulence’, 1/
Cristina Rocha retweeted
A very good question to ask restaurants when booking - do they allow staff who have #COVID_19 to come to work? Actually it’s a good question to ask all businesses interfacing with the public, & an issue for unions/staff associations to take up. #pandemic newsroom.co.nz/most-restaura…
Cristina Rocha retweeted
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: We are only at 1.3°C of global heating and the Earth is breaking down like crazy. 1.5°C was NEVER a safe level. But, thanks to fossil fuel industry lies and bribes, we are on track to blow past that and get to 3°C or more which will be hell on Earth
Cristina Rocha retweeted
"Learning to live with it" actually means
-Normalizing N95s, providing them free
-Cleaning the air
-Being honest about airborne transmission
-#LongCovid treatments
-Being empowered to mention the "C" word
-Validating rational fear of this virus
Cristina Rocha retweeted
In case you didn’t know why @AlboMP and @tanya_plibersek approve new coal and gas with full support of LNP. #auspol
Cristina Rocha retweeted
Fossil fuel executives and delegates must be banned from the United Nations COP climate process. NO exceptions
Cristina Rocha retweeted
This week, we talk to Dr Bernard Shiu about symptoms and care for long COVID.
“While we are still learning about this new condition, what we know for sure is that the best way to not get long COVID is to not get COVID.”
For more information, visit: go.vic.gov.au/3pVHnDs
Cristina Rocha retweeted
So grateful for @AustralianLabor’s ‘safeguard mechanism’ and our ‘gas-led recovery and energy transition’!
Warning: significant sarcasm.
Not to be alarmist but…this is what’s called a six-sigma event, now unfolding in Antarctica.
Otherwise known as a once-in-7.5-million-year event.
Hang onto your hats.
HT @EliotJacobson
Cristina Rocha retweeted
When your home burns, floods, or is destroyed in an extreme climate weather event, when someone in your family dies from heat waves, or when crops fail and people starve—come for these three people: Wael Sawan (Shell CEO), Darren Woods (Exxon CEO), and Patrick Pouyanne (TotalEnergies CEO). They knew what was coming and did it to you anyway. Sue them, shame them, heckle them, despise them. These are choices. They are to blame, not society.
“Corporations are people, my friend.” -Mitt Romney
theguardian.com/us-news/2023…