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
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"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#TwitterResistancecroakey.org/twitter-meltdo…
"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#VicVotesHealth2022croakey.org/as-victorians-…
"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 Leighcroakey.org/how-covid-is-e…
"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
croakey.org/creating-safe-…
"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 Addictioncroakey.org/cost-of-addict…
"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
#HealthyCOP27croakey.org/from-the-torre…
"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 McInerneycroakey.org/with-storm-clo…
"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 Conversationcroakey.org/why-our-health…
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