Interested in diverse range of subjects including advocating for better public transport services and infrastructure. Views are my own.
Australia
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Ralphy Town retweeted
"What in god's name is happening right now? ... he's a 34 count convicted felon and adjudicated rapist ... he brags about sexual assault. He mocks the disabled " - @BradleyWhitford in Madison warms up for Walz and Obama by making the case against Trump - & he DOES NOT mince words
Ralphy Town retweeted
It is a cruel irony that on the day the @AlboMP government announces a $15.8b surplus, the deeply flawed COVID-19 Vaccine Claims Scheme is wound up, having approved only a tiny fraction of the claims made by injured people. @Mark_Butler_MP @CoVerseAU
Ralphy Town retweeted
COVID conditions are changing. Which means now is the time to be extra careful.
If you’re with someone who’s elderly, disabled or has an underlying medical condition here's some tips: go.vic.gov.au/3FHKvXG
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ALT 1/4 A series of 4 illustrated tiles describing ways to protect against COVID. Text reads: COVID conditions are changing.
ALT 2/4 Text reads: Wear a mask. Illustration of a close up face wearing a protective mask.
ALT 3/4 Text reads: Test before visiting. Illustration of a rapid antigen test showing a negative result.
ALT 4/4 Text reads: Stay home if you have symptoms. Illustration of a house.
Ralphy Town retweeted
"COVID-19 was the third leading cause of death in 2022, accounting for more than one in 20 deaths...the first time an infectious disease has appeared in the top five leading causes since 1970, when influenza and pneumonia was ranked 5th." #CovidIsNotOver abs.gov.au/media-centre/medi…
Ralphy Town retweeted
As things stand, we're not concerned enough, nor desperate enough, nor in some areas smart enough (eg, droplet dogma remains a big problem), to adopt these measures in a concerted way, thereby effectively guaranteeing an ongoing pandemic. It's become a pandemic of choice. 9/end
Ralphy Town retweeted
The straightforward solutions have been there for years – vacc for everyone (incl kids), clean air, N95 equivalents in high-risk settings, strong testing protocols, and strong communication from the top down. 7/
Ralphy Town retweeted
Most countries are running at 5-10% excess deaths (excess deaths are normally negative, the reason why life expectancy normally increases), with substantial hospitalisations, milder acute illness causing disruption, large and growing chronic disease burden, ... 4/
Ralphy Town retweeted
Omicron lineages have been big killers (eg, in Australia, a country of 26m people, we are closing in on 30,000 excess deaths mostly from the 18 months of omicron), and hybrid-immunity is not working anywhere near well enough. 3/
Ralphy Town 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/
I unlocked $35 mobile Rush tickets to The Rocky Horror Show at the Athenaeum Theatre Melbourne! @TodayTix! todaytix.com/melbourne/shows…
“Somebody snap me out of this “ - just what I was thinking #SBSEurovision #Eurovision @SBS @SBSEurovision
I feel better in a sweater but it’s a bumper in a jumper @SBS @SBSEurovision #SBSEurovision #Eurovision
Ralphy Town retweeted
Vale Barry Humphries …I’ve known you since 1956 and we did lots of things together- including three significant films - parting company because of politics differences . But I still regard you as the cleverest person I’ve ever known
