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👋I’m back. And I wrote about the current wave of attempts to downplay long COVID—less outright denial & more "it’s real but no big deal".
Except: it very much is. It’s a substantial and ongoing crisis that still demands our attention. 1/
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DU Professor Dan Linseman and fourth-year doctoral student Allison Grossberg are conducting a five-year study on the link between Traumatic Brain Injuries and long COVID-19. They report that those with a history of both experience a higher symptom burden.
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it seems strange that, given how common concussion is, how devastating and disabling persistent symptoms can be, didn’t respond to questions about what is doing to address the lack of services, support
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. CEO nick rushworth suggests the “resistance” to establishing more services for people with PPCS is about fear the “floodgates” will open and many people will seek care; and that concussion is still considered a minor hassle, not a significant health issue
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and natalie foley: “we’re seeing a significant proportion of the population living miserable lives, experiencing significant mental health issues, committing suicide, being unemployed or underemployed, not achieving their potential...”
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per : “people definitely struggle to get appropriate care for persistent post concussion symptoms” — particularly those living in regional and rural areas, where health services are limited
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brain injury experts say governments and GPs must improve concussion education among clinicians and urgently expand services for thousands of australians struggling with persistent concussion symptoms
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These beautiful people, just teenagers when their mum Constance went missing, share their story on tonight. Michael says: "I just miss her. I'll never give up on her and I know that she's with me everywhere I go." 💜 abc.net.au/news/2022-10-2
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i think journalists should report stories, not become part of them. so i'm uncomfortable sharing some of my experience like this. but i do so with hope it can help, even if it means just one person struggling with concussion feels less alone
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rehab has been hard and slow, some days i've sobbed on the floor like a toddler... and i've had so much help. it's been shocking to discover how difficult it can be to get good care for mTBI in australia. even those with good support find themselves on the edge
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i had no idea not everyone recovered well — i thought i'd be fine in 48 hours. i also didn't realise sports concussion makes up just 20% of mTBI - yet it dominates our public conversation about brain injury
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last year i hit my head, suffered a #concussion and didn't recover in the 'typical' couple of weeks. i've spent 12m+ working with a TBI rehab team, rebuilding my cognitive capacity and sense of self, finding a path out of the dark
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This is what I’ve been working on for a little while alongside my sis and brilliant women . On Monday 8:30pm. Don’t miss it. A labour of love for Black women. 💔 youtu.be/_mbKcY2MTJY
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“More prison sentences for people who breach family violence orders in Victoria as police crack down on perpetrators” | for on our report released earlier this week
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another victim of domestic violence by a police officer who says his colleagues "closed ranks" around him while she was called a liar. josie felt like she was up against "an army" in the nsw police force even after her ex was charged. now she wants change
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NSW police officers convicted of #DomesticViolence have kept their jobs, despite force's claims of 'zero tolerance'
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at least six senior NSW police officers who recently committed serious domestic violence offences have kept their jobs; it’s unclear what if any disciplinary action they faced, whether they’re still on the frontline
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“to have a very senior police officer...essentially call me a liar was shocking.”
disturbing story: a child FV victim’s evidence deemed unreliable by vicpol investigator, serious questions about how police handle investigations into their own officers
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Our "It shows that Victoria Police doesn't have a particularly good track record of holding accountable members who've perpetrated family violence, and that we still have a long way to go in this area.” #vicpolwatch
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a senior constable convicted of family violence charges kept his job; he was one of seven victoria police officers charged with FV offences in 2020 — the lowest number recorded in at least six years. most had their charges withdrawn or struck out
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“understanding the social nature of opioids and addiction should help policymakers better care for those who suffer from it … the opposite of addiction isn’t abstinence. it’s love”
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Domestic violence goes unrecognised in faith communities, a new #AUResearch has found.
bit.ly/3obtKMU via
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Victorian coroner to investigate Aboriginal woman's death in custody
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More than 2 years ago, I filed Freedom of Information requests with the Bureau of Prisons, asking for records related to the death of Jeffrey Epstein.
The agency refused. The sued.
That's how we got 2,000+ documents, detailing his final days.
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“some men may feel fatigued by talking about gender inequality at work but women – who actually live these inequalities at work on an hourly and daily basis – are sick of experiencing it.”
half of men in corporate australia are fatigued by gender equality
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“although we've had to grieve my past self and career plans, you've freed me from the weight of my own expectations about who and what i should be.” beautiful piece — a love letter to my disability, by @aewrumble
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a “heartbroken” (?!) 20 year-old sentenced to jail for firing a shotgun at his ex-partner’s house, burning her clothes said he was “obviously just drunk and being an idiot”. much to ponder here
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“how we deal with the past changes as we get more information, we reassess how we look at things, individuals and events. that’s not unusual, that’s how history works.” ben boyd national park to be renamed over slave trade links
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I thank all those who submitted to the VLRC’s review, particularly victim-survivors who bravely shared their stories. We hear you; the system must change.
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says michelle: "the community doesn't want perpetrators in uniform responding to family violence jobs or handling rape cases, but more cultural and practice reform is needed, beyond policy, for those community expectations to be met."
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what matters now is how the policy, the big claims of police, will be put into practice - whether officers who perpetrate family violence, who assault and control and terrorise their partners and kids, are actually held accountable
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important to stress that at the same time vicpol have released the new policy, their lawyers are vigorously defending the disclosure of an OIDV victim's escape plan to her perpetrator; the new advice seems to permit similar disclosures on "member welfare" grounds
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it's a crucial "first step" that senior police say will stop abusive police from being given "special treatment”. but experts are questioning whether it actually prioritises victim safety the way vicpol are claiming, whether it will change enough in practice
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victoria police has launched a landmark policy for dealing with family violence perpetrators in its ranks, following damning revelations the force has been failing to hold abusive employees to account, putting victims' safety at risk
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A 16-year-old girl reported missing from Asheville, North Carolina, was rescued after she flashed a hand signal from a car on a Kentucky interstate, authorities said. A motorist recognized the distress signal from TikTok.
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“they’ve been fighting me for two years ... i’ve got integrity and evidence and truth and all they’ve got is tactics and it’s designed to wear me down” NSW Police loses appeal against employee who was allegedly raped
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This is my friend.
She disclosed to me back in 2015 & I’ll always feel like I should have done more💔😞
A coronial inquest into the death of a former police officer last year has heard she may have been fatally hit in the head just days before her death.
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