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Ian M Mackay, PhD
@MackayIM
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past virologist. past lab manager. PCR guy. husband. dad. reader. writer. fixer. bad typist. learner. in no particular order. not medical advice. 🦠🤧🧬📑🥼🦟🧀
Queensland, Australia
Joined December 2023
I've done the Twitter leaving thing (my account here is now mainly to 👀) a while ago. I've spent many months cross-posting on Bluesky + Threads Mastodon. Recent days have encouraged me to focus on @bluesky. The community, App, timeline, content & engagement is best there.. 1/2
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@MichaelSFuhrer @JPWeiland Missed the 2025 doc. Most recently in 2025 in Aus... 86.4% (285/330) of subtypes of influenza viruses were A/H1N1, and 21.8% (72/330) were A/H3N2.
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@aparachick @Acyn At least some of those who didn't turn up to vote, decided not to have any say in what came next. So it's a guess which way they'd have voted. 🤷
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RT @Tim_Mc_Garry: I suspect that the only people who object to International Criminal Courts are international criminals.
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RT @JPWeiland: Flu is absolutely swamping Covid at the moment, with 8x as many visits to the emergency room this week. Were in the midst…
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RT @Mozziebites: Great summary of the Japanese encephalitis virus situation in Australia, certainly now needing to be managed alongside oth…
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RT @jamesmassola: Peter Dutton channels Tony Abbott's 2013 promise on no cuts to health, education, ABC and SBS and vows ‘I won’t cut front…
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RT @AshleyLeahy: Remember, Australians will vote against their economic well-being because it feels good, and News Corp told them so. Au…
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RT @WarintheFuture: “What better job in all the world than build a bridge? Bring land over water. Bring worlds together” (The Ghost & the D…
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RT @flying_rodent: It is grimly hilarious to see this guy ripping up decades of American soft power projects while going “Wow!” and “Gawrsh…
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