Today: Sunday 17 June 2022

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COVID-19 antiviral medications to become available to more Aussies. While there are calls to reduce the COVID immunity period from 12 weeks to 28 days. There's more on this at... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-11/sa-immune-period-for-covid-positive-cases-reduced-from-12-weeks-/101226156

My latest battles with social media addiction. Yes, there you go, I've admitted it. The tweet rapper Nicki Minaj posted last year was debunked but it's back again. What is it with entertainers that make them think they're medical experts? Perhaps the top man in the US on COVID, Dr Anthony Faucci should release a rap song, see how the entertainment industry likes that!

Pregnant woman in Texas gets a ticket and has a wonderful “smashed it out of the park” response and is planning on disputing the ticket.

I'm finding it hard to comprehend that Victoria's Health Minister is disregarding the state's Chief Health Officer's recommendations on wearing masks. From my point of view, this is contrary to Premier Daniel Andrews stance that medical science and research will guide the response to the pandemic in Victoria. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-12/vvictoria-health-minister-dismisses-cho-mask-advice/101229884

The Federal Government is going to stop making free Rapid Antigen Test's available to disadvantaged Australians. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-07-12/government-urged-not-to-end-free-rat-scheme/101232642?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

Short Message Service (SMS) scams are to be targetted by a new law in Australia. https://www.acma.gov.au/articles/2022-07/new-rules-fight-sms-scams & https://www.acma.gov.au/articles/2022-06/australia-and-new-zealand-collaborate-fight-against-spam-and-scam-messages

Resources in the podcast can include, The Daily Aus (https://linktr.ee/thedailyaus), ABC News Australia (https://abc.net.au/news), The Guardian Australia (https://www.theguardian.com/au), Morning Brew (https://morningbrew.com)

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