Elisabeth Dacker
@ElisabethDacker
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MSK physiotherapist | activist | environmentalist | 🇳🇿to🇬🇧
London, England
Joined March 2013
“...many countries are seemingly lining up behind two unproven strategies based on contradictory hypotheses of virus behavior.” Written by an epidemiologist, and is worth a read.
thehill.com
Countries such as Sweden, elementary schools, businesses, and restaurants are open.
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#Rheumatology is one of our newer services & MD Dr John Etherington CBE has been leading it since day one. Its great to see that we've already been able to assist with arthritic conditions such as #osteoarthritis & fibromyalgia. #rheumatoidarthritis #review #trustpilot
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Inspired: Dan Baldassarre (@evornithology) submitted a joke science article to a predatory journal, to see if they'd actually publish it. They did. The paper is called "What's the Deal with Birds?" and it's hilarious. 😂 https://t.co/8sidOwysv9
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Free Virtual MSK Clinic for NHS Staff - Pure Sports Medicine. I’m very happy to be a part of this & to show support for the NHS from NZ. Please retweet & share so we can help those who are helping us g through this covid crisis #NHS #NHSheroes #volunteers
We want to support our friends and colleagues in the NHS, working tirelessly to help millions of people in the UK battle with Covid 19. We’re offering a free virtual MSK clinic to all NHS staff: https://t.co/1eGMYjzUkC
#NHSheroes
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We offer remote #video and #telephone #consultations for those #workingfromhome, #selfisolating or unable to come in to clinic for any reason. This video explains how that process will work. Full video here: https://t.co/9C5Au3Ymwm
#remoteconsultations 📞🖥
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White House #coronavirus task force recommends avoiding social gatherings of more than 10 people https://t.co/DH4gr7jHsh
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The worst people in charge, at the worst possible time. https://t.co/5B8496Zonn
theguardian.com
Far-right president has resisted strong measures to stop spread of what he calls a ‘little flu’
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Breaking: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Cabinet has agreed to move to alert level three and moved up to level four in 48 hours. ‘The situation here is moving at pace, as so must we.’
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#SocialDistancingNow
#Trumpvirus #StayTheFHome I’m sick but going out. Social distancing? I use the Larry David method, by wearing a MAGA hat. The educated stay away, the idiots give me a high five. Just doing my part.
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People at LOW risk for infection have a huge role to play in #flatteningthecurve - their behavior change matters and can have a greater impact than people at high risk. We need to practice #SocialDistancingNow - If you are young & healthy: do your part by staying apart!
To illustrate the point, @ocornejoPopGen and I built a model (SEIR w/ high- & low-risk groups). Because low-risk people are more common, their behavioral change can have *greater* impact on lowering peak number of infections. Ideally, everyone limits interactions, but... [2/8]
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Our clinicians know all too well how important #sleep is. Clare Silvester explains why prioritising sleep can be just as important as eating well or taking regular exercise. “If sleep was a tablet, all doctors would prescribe it...” #WorldSleepAwarenessDay
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So excited to win a 2020 Churchill Fellowship. A grant awarded by The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust. I’ll travel across Australia, exploring how sport can improve lives in mental health services. Very grateful 🇦🇺 😀 #ChurchillFellow2020
@_ukactive @wcmtuk
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The countdown to International Women's Day is upon us & we're continuing our Spotlight on #womenshealth with a dedicated #Podcast Series. https://t.co/yMsaiPGaBO
#learning #medicine #IWD2020
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Great chats & food for thought! Diversity & Inclusion series with Pamela Hutchinson @pshutch01 @AusChamber #InternationalWomensDay2020 #DiversityandInclusion
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Sex refers to biology, gender to social roles & self-identification. Transgender women in female sport is unfair, & unethical. Esp if woman like @caster800m are discriminated against for hyperandrgenism. ...may as well throw in the towel ladies, some bloke will win @BeerNickTri
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'We can make it here': Taika Waititi urges on Indigenous talent after Oscar win
theguardian.com
Jojo Rabbit director tells Los Angeles audience after winning best adapted screenplay: ‘we are the original storytellers’
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An interesting one for a Friday afternoon. Fall backwards onto a stone floor, swelling noticed 5 days later, pan settled. Soft and fluctuatant swelling, non tender. Hip, SIJ and lumbar spine exam otherwise normal. Morel-Lavellee lesion overlying gluteus maximus
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