Dr. Mikayla Couch aka @dr.aboriginal.woman is here to teach us some lessons.

What do the words “in ICU” and “on a ventilator” actually mean? What are you hooked up to, and what are the doctors and nurses doing and monitoring if you’re that sick?

What health conditions make you more at risk of having severe COVID-19?

As a Doctor working with pregnancy, birth and COVID every day, what are you telling your patients about vaccination in pregnancy?

Why are regional communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in city and regional areas reporting lower vaccination rates than their non-Indigenous city counterparts?

What does she foresee (and fear) for the Northern Rivers/Byron region and its hospitals? Can we rely on herd immunity everywhere in NSW?

How does being COVID positive or “COVID presumed positive” affect your care, and the care health workers can give for other people in the hospital in emergencies?

How COVID is affecting pregnancy care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in regional communities?

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Dr. Mikayla is host of the upcoming Bla(c)k Medicine podcast, @bla.c.kmedicine Find Anna @annacusackpostpartum on IG and FB, and grab her book at www.annacusack.com.au/book