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Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 16 Dec to 22 Dec 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 413 (+10.1%) 🔹Influenza: 1,994 (+17.9%) 🔹RSV: 409 (+31.0%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 25 (-21.8%) 🔸Influenza: 93 (+40.9%) 🔸RSV: 39 (+25.8%) Source: https://health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu

By Dr. Michael COVID is NOT primarily a respiratory disease. It is a systemic vascular-immune disease causing endothelial injury, microvascular thrombosis, and immune dysregulation. This is concerning because the injury is cumulative with each infection (endothelium does not easily regenerate). Source:

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Dr. Michael DACM🇵🇸 (@internetuserf12) on X

COVID is NOT primarily a respiratory disease. It is a systemic vascular-immune disease causing endothelial injury, microvascular thrombosis, and i...

AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update — 19 Dec 2025 🔹 QLD: ⬆️UP (+11.6%) 32 in hospital (–20%) 🔹 NSW: ⬆️UP (+5.6%) 🔹 SA: ⬆️ UP (+2.5%) 3 deaths reported 🔸WA: ⬇️ DOWN (–4.1%) Avg 12/day in hospital ▫️ VIC: Next update 29 Dec ▫️ TAS: Next update 9 Jan ▫️ ACT: Reporting paused for 2025 🔹 Aged care: ⬆️ UP (+18.9%) 1 death reported

COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care facilities: 18 December 2025 🔹Active cases: 201 (+18.9%) 🔹Active outbreaks: 38 (+31.0%) 🔹Resident cases: 162 (+22.7%) 🔹Staff cases: 39 (+5.4%) 🔹Reported deaths in 2025: 401 (+1) 7,605 aged care COVID deaths since beginning of pandemic 🔸686 reported deaths in 2020 🔸226 reported deaths in 2021 🔸3,855 reported deaths in 2022 🔸1,359 reported deaths in 2023 🔸1,078 reported deaths in 2024 🔸401 reported deaths in 2025 @SamRaeMP Source: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/covid-19-outbreaks-in-australian-residential-aged-care-homes-19-december-2025?language=en

Australia: COVID-19 – information for residential aged care providers – emergency leave "Unpredictable COVID-19 outbreaks are still occurring in aged care homes and the broader community, so emergency leave continues to be available for permanent aged care residents until 31 December 2026." Source: https://www.health.gov.au/resources/publications/covid-19-information-for-residential-aged-care-providers-emergency-leave?language=en

“We need to start calling anti-vaxxers ‘pro-disease’ so there’s no confusion on who they actually are ☹️” Source:

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"44 countries have seen tenfold increases in at least 13 infectious diseases compared with levels observed before the pandemic. One idea they discuss, known as "immunity theft," proposes that an episode of acute COVID may leave people more susceptible to other infections" #ImmunityTheft Source: https://archive.md/BLkpk

USA: A study found 8% of US healthcare workers with symptomatic COVID kept working while sick, and this increased as the pandemic went on. Presenteeism was more common among those with graduate degrees and higher incomes than among lower-paid or less-educated workers. Source:

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Presenteeism among health workers with COVID rose steadily last year, study suggests

Study: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2842213

Queensland Weekly Respiratory Surveillance Report: 9 Dec to 15 Dec 2025 Reported cases: 🔹COVID: 375 (+11.6%) 🔹Influenza: 1,690 (-10.9%) 🔹RSV: 312 (-15.6%) Hospitalisations: 🔸COVID: 32 (-20.0%) 🔸Influenza: 66 (-8.3%) 🔸RSV: 31 (+3.3%) Source: https://health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/guidelines-procedures/diseases-infection/surveillance/reports/flu

Huge thanks to [@mike_honey_](

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Mike Honey (@mike_honey_@aus.social)

5.71K Posts, 52 Following, 2.93K Followers · Data Visualisation and Data Integration specialist - Melbourne, Australia

) for all the valuable COVID data he tracks. His work has become incredibly important for scientists and health professionals, and with so little data available now, it really matters for people who want to stay safe and informed.

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Meet the Australian who's still counting our COVID cases — five years on

Meet the Melbourne IT specialist who tracks "incredibly valuable" COVID-19 data in his spare time.