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auscandoc

@auscandoc@med-mastodon.com

Rural FP anesthetist formerly of Fort St John, BC, Canada. Trained in Aus and UK. Now doing rural locums in Canada.

Blessed to live, work and play on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc people.

#Science and #Medicine Twitter was invaluable to me as the guy at the pointy end of "if you have questions ask your doctor".

But also appreciate links to #music, #art, #photography, health equity and many other things #fedi22

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auscandoc, to random
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pathogens: controlling words won’t control transmission https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)00244-7/fulltext “Clear and accurate communication about how respiratory pathogens spread is of the utmost importance globally. Confusion on this topic abounds, especially in relation to , but there is a simple explanation. Strong and consistent evidence for a predominantly airborne mode of transmission emerged early in the pandemic4 but was denied or downplayed by and national public health bodies for years”

auscandoc, to Plants
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Two lifeforms merge in once-in-a-billion-years evolutionary event https://l.threads.net/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas.com%2Fbiology%2Flife-merger-evolution-symbiosis-organelle%2F&e=AT2O2VQTkDJwDuRw80f2C_PJDb_ZaHarAGLwNl4YiXdvDuAUgiRnRNM-afA0ho7NFpANl8YtLkQv7RBCP_HKshlPqTz8Ak9RU_9Go2mD6XHiO18Y14y6&s=1 “Scientists have caught a once-in-a-billion-years event in progress, as two lifeforms have merged into one organism that boasts abilities its peers would envy. Last time this happened, Earth got ”

auscandoc, to solar
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Solar is now being installed faster than any technology in history | RenewEconomy https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-is-now-being-installed-faster-than-any-technology-in-history/ “In 2023, PV and comprised about 80% of global generation capacity additions (and 99% in Australia). This is compelling market-based evidence that solar PV and wind are the best options for new capacity. New solar capacity is being installed faster than anything else in history“

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“At current growth rates (20% per annum), solar will pass fossil gas in 2024 and coal in 2025. Current growth rates also suggest that solar will approach 9 TW in 2031, when there will be more solar generation capacity than everything else combined.

Global nuclear capacity and annual nuclear generation have been static for the past dozen years. Nuclear failed in the global energy marketplace.”

auscandoc,
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@thepoliticalcat I’ve noticed this, maybe you have also? The “nuclear will save us” proponents go silent when followed with “Ok in your backyard then?”

auscandoc,
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@Gordarnit @thepoliticalcat

fantastic four GIF by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

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That Novelty Cup you had to have on vacation, you'll never use it again.

auscandoc,
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@RickiTarr I did actually bring it with me this time. (Even though it’s not very practical as the lid comes off too easily).

auscandoc,
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@jztusk @RickiTarr Us also.

I refuse to let Lori throw out the Thunderbirds mugs we got out of the discount bin at a visit to Stoke on Trent 25 years ago 🙃

auscandoc, to climate
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IS CHEAPER THAN
Costs of by 2050 Costs of by 2050
Kotz, M., Levermann, A. & Wenz, L. The economic commitment of . Nature 628, 551-557 (2024).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07219-0

auscandoc, to random
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World's first jab to stop skin cancer being tested in UK patients | UK News | Sky News https://news.sky.com/story/uk-patients-test-gamechanger-bespoke-mrna-jab-for-melanoma-13123074 “The world's first personalised cancer jab for melanoma is being tested in British patients.

It's custom built for each person and tells the body to identify cancer cells and stops the disease returning.

A stage-two trial found it significantly reduced the risk of cancer coming back in patients and now a final trial has been launched.”

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I put a philodendron in the bathroom. All the leaves that have grown since I moved it there are gigantic. It’s a brute now.

auscandoc,
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@StillIRise1963 @timo21

Hungry Feed Me GIF

auscandoc, to random
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Prepared to Deliver Protein-based Non-mRNA JN.1 in Line with WHO Recommendation https://ir.novavax.com/press-releases/Novavax-Prepared-to-Deliver-Protein-based-Non-mRNA-JN-1-COVID-19-Vaccine-in-Line-with-WHO-Recommendation-this-Fall “Today the Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition recommended the use of a monovalent JN.1 lineage COVID-19 vaccine as one approach to address the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 virus evolution, which is expected to lead to circulation of additional JN.1 descendant strains. “

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Planet vs. Plastics: Tackling our plastics problem | Doctors of BC https://www.doctorsofbc.ca/together-health/planet-vs-plastics-tackling-our-plastics-problem “Did you know that more #plastic has been produced in the last ten years than in the entire 20th century(link is external)? And not only is it an #environmental issue, it’s a #HumanHealth issue too.”

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Ambient #CarbonDioxide concentration correlates with #SARSCoV2 aerostability and infection risk | Nature Communications https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-47777-5 “We show here that a significant increase in SARS-CoV-2 #aerostability results from a moderate increase in the atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration (e.g. 800 ppm), an effect that is more marked than that observed for changes in relative humidity. (1/2)

auscandoc, to random
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Just because this is a perfect guide how to not approach the next pandemic. 🤦‍♂️

“Manning..called for more attention to be paid to “alternative scientific narratives,” the government to be “expressly forbidden” from halting in-person school classes during a public emergency and amendments to the Employment Standards Code and Health Professions Act to make it easier for anti-vaccine health-care workers to endanger their patients and co-workers in health-care facilities.” https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/112328295005363828

auscandoc, to random
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“tissue samples from 225 patients who had recovered from mild and found that viral RNA was distributed across ten distinct solid tissues, plasma, and blood cells up to 4 months after infection. Importantly, detection of , and higher virus copy numbers, were significantly associated with post-COVID-19 condition (also known as )” https://mastodon.social/@ChristosArgyrop/112320370153243988

auscandoc,
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“From an immune activation perspective, recent studies have found that patients with long COVID have complement dysregulation with signs of thromboinflammation, higher concentrations of circulating non-conventional monocytes associated with various chronic inflammatory conditions, and a T-cell phenotype consistent with T-helper-2-cell-skewed CD4+ T-cell activation.”

auscandoc,
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“long COVID is associated with persistence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA and proteins in different body tissues and cells. In turn, SARS-CoV-2 persistence might result in long COVID symptoms through direct host-cell changes, immune activation, latent virus reactivation, or combinations of the three.”

auscandoc,
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“concentrations of IgG against SARS-CoV-2 spike and S1 in participants with long COVID were higher compared with vaccination-matched controls, suggesting persistent viral antigens. Even more strikingly, Peluso and colleagues observed T-cell activation up to 2·5 years after SARS-CoV-2 infection, especially in areas of the body such as the gut where SARS-CoV-2 RNA was identified, suggesting that tissue viral persistence could be associated with long-term immunological perturbations”

auscandoc, to Alberta
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A parched place: the Alberta drought crisis is bigger than one summer - The Narwhal https://apple.news/A1bNK9ZNJRIS5pVAIFDGncQ “But the crisis confronting isn’t limited to this summer and what it might bring. The province is dependent on a resource that can’t keep pace with its industry and population, particularly as the effects of the climate crisis arrive at alarming speed. (1/3)

auscandoc, to random
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The AMA, RACGP, Cancer Council, Australian Council on Smoking & Health (ACOSH), the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, the Public Health Association and many other groups are all supportive of the legislation to protect the health of our children.

All Health Ministers have today urged the Australian Parliament to pass the Albanese Government legislation https://mastodon.social/@PieterPeach/112300362804045691

auscandoc, to mentalhealth
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https://www.threads.net/@jeremysamuelfaust/post/C57z1yaONrV/?xmt=AQGz1CYJLb59VbWOqJhIgVN-yZL2r-adEgQeYHz3msujlA

mitigation did not cause the crisis we face today.

Here are some facts that may surprise you. From
@JeremyFaust

auscandoc, to solar
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Seven countries now generate 100% of their electricity from renewable energy | The Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/renewable-energy-solar-climate-targets-b2529461.html “Seven countries now generate nearly all of their #electricity from #renewable energy sources, according to newly compiled figures.

Albania, Bhutan, Nepal, Paraguay, Iceland, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo produced more than 99.7 per cent of the electricity they consumed using #geothermal, #hydro, #solar or #wind power.

auscandoc,
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Data from the International Energy Agency () and International Renewable Energy Agency () also revealed that a further 40 countries generated at least 50 per cent of the electricity they consumed from renewable energy technologies in 2021 and 2022 – including 11 European countries.”

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“Figures released by the IEA in January show that the UK generated 41.5 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources in 2022 – up 10.5 per cent from the year before.

In Scotland, renewable energy technologies generated the equivalent of 113 per cent of the country’s overall electricity consumption in 2022.”

auscandoc,
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“Commercial costs have also fallen, which led scientists at the University of Exeter and University College London to claim last year that solar energy has reached an “irreversible tipping point” that will see it become the world’s main source of energy by 2050.

Their 2023 paper, published in the journal Nature Communications, found that technological and economic advances meant the transition to clean energy is not just reachable, but inevitable.”

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