A massive week @Croakey News on climate with #HEAL2022 and #HealthyCOP27 stories, #VicVotesHealth2022, #TwitterResistance and more. In case you missed them, following is a thread of articles from this week's bulletin...

This week's quotable comes from the ICYMI column compiled by @Melissa Sweet "You know there is a rural medical crisis when you ring another rural hospital to transfer a patient, and they refuse the patient but offer you a job" – a rural GP on Twitter https://www.croakey.org/icymi-winter-in-ukraine-what-covid-experts-do-to-avoid-infection-mozzie-alert-new-releases-and-world-childrens-day/…

"Despite these concerns & interest in alternative platforms such as Mastodon, many participants were resolved to stay with Twitter as long as possible, to ensure public health voices remain active on the platform" – @Melissa Sweet #TwitterResistance https://www.croakey.org/twitter-meltdown-is-a-threat-to-health-in-many-ways-so-what-to-do/…

"The media plays a major role in shaping public views about policy issues & this campaign has continued the mainstream media’s concentration on hospitals & doctors when reporting on health" – @Jennifer Doggett #VicVotesHealth2022 https://www.croakey.org/as-victorians-head-to-the-polls-what-are-the-health-issues-at-stake/…

"At the top of the pack: a historic first at #COP27, we now have a #LossAndDamageFund" – @Arthur Wyns #HealthyCOP27 https://www.croakey.org/in-the-spirit-of-stubborn-optimism-what-does-cop27-mean-for-our-health/…

"The number of people who died due to #COVID19 was over three times higher among those living in the most disadvantaged areas when compared to those living in the least disadvantaged areas" – @Andrew Leigh https://www.croakey.org/how-covid-is-exacerbating-health-inequalities-federal-minister-shows-the-data/…

"It’s not all about building new hospitals and adding more beds, it’s about access, prevention, equity and smart spending" – @SimonJudkins #VicVotesHealth2022 https://www.croakey.org/as-the-victorian-election-demonstrates-we-need-to-shift-the-focus-of-health-investment-policy-and-politics/…

"This is a complex area, where the right balance is needed, to encourage adult alcohol substitution with zero-alcohol beverages, whilst protecting young people from as much alcohol marketing as possible" – @Nathan Harrison #PHAAThinkTank @Students and Young Professionals in Public Health https://www.croakey.org/beyond-alcohol-tougher-brand-level-advertising-restrictions-should-extend-to-zero-alcohol-beverages/…

"With many disruptions to social connections over the past few years, loneliness has gained recognition as a big problem in our current society" – @Drew Meehan #PHAAThinkTank @Students and Young Professionals in Public Health https://www.croakey.org/reducing-loneliness-it-takes-federal-willingness/…

"Lifting people out of poverty & improving health through policies that generate net savings for society while reducing costs to governments should be prioritised" – Spencer Fowler Steen #PHAAThinkTank @Students and Young Professionals in Public Health https://www.croakey.org/a-basic-income-guarantee-to-improve-the-health-and-wellbeing-of-australias-youth/…

"Heal Our Way is focusing on changing up the language we use to better support people and providing the tools for people to be able to listen & create a safe space for people to share their worries" – Shannay Holmes https://www.croakey.org/creating-safe-spaces-for-conversations-to-prevent-suicide/…

"These enormous costs are driven in part by a massive missed opportunity. As the old saying goes, it is better to build a fence at the top of the cliff than park an ambulance at the bottom" – @Dan Lubman @Rethink Addiction https://www.croakey.org/cost-of-addiction-in-australia-highlights-urgent-need-for-investment-in-drug-reform/…

"Government must realise that traditional Island wisdom, knowledge & understanding is the most valuable tool for climate change adaptation" – Sereako Stephen (Jr), Melissa Haswell, Francis Nona & David Shearman #HealthyCOP27 https://www.croakey.org/from-the-torres-strait-a-call-for-community-leaders-to-be-at-the-centre-of-loss-and-damage-reparations-and-climate-action/…

"Locking young people up during their crucial years of development has long-term impacts including poor emotional development, education outcomes & worse mental health in adulthood"– @Dr Summer May Finlay @Ee Pin Chang @Jemma Collova @Pat Dudgeon #RaiseTheAge https://www.croakey.org/locking-up-kids-harms-their-mental-health-and-doesnt-stop-reoffending/…

"It is a tragic & escalating story still unfolding along major river systems across eastern Australia that underscores the urgency & scale of issues to be raised at this week’s #HEAL2022 conference" – @Marie McInerney https://www.croakey.org/with-storm-clouds-ahead-its-time-for-transformational-change-for-environmental-planetary-and-human-health/…

The latest Health Wrap by @Lesley Russell Wolpe: sounding the alarm on unsafe drinking water, latest on #COVID19, community pharmacy trial, health literacy – and a puzzle #auspol https://www.croakey.org/the-health-wrap-sounding-the-alarm-on-unsafe-drinking-water-latest-on-covid-community-pharmacy-trial-health-literacy-and-a-puzzle/…

"The health system is bursting at the seams in multiple places simultaneously. It’s like we had an old pair of shorts, COVID came along & is causing holes in multiple places where things were already worn" – @Alex Martiniuk, first in @The Conversation https://www.croakey.org/why-our-health-system-is-like-an-old-pair-of-shorts/…

"Use inclusive language. Better yet, don’t use excluding language. In what you say at home, at work, in the community… include. Don’t tack us on as an afterthought" – @Prof Sandy O'Sullivan (Wiradjuri, trans they/them) #TransAwarenessWeek https://www.croakey.org/this-trans-awareness-week-some-advice/…

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