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Jun 12Liked by John Birmingham

That's excellent news from the skin doc!

I wore masks on my flights to/from Perth and Sydney, and then to/from Sydney and Brisvegas, and am gratefully baffled I have not come down with anything, including the spicy cough. I was half convinced my run as a novid would end this time, my 5th trip over east in 12 months felt like I was pushing it, but apparently not 🤞🤞🤞

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N95 FTW!

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Exactly!

There were only a handful of people on any of my flights wearing masks, so your prediction is correct, but no one bats an eyelid about it.

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Might be time for a DTaP booster given the epic grade whooping cough we are seeing. Never thought about it before, considering it is one of those childhood vaccines we all got and never thought about again. Apparently the immunity starts to drop off after 10 years. WHO KNEW, well probably medical professionals.

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If you get boosted I will agree to have a safely distanced cup of coffee with you in Melbourne this week

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got mine on last monday, very straightforward and easy process.

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I've been thinking of boosters on all the above- you should see my mil vaccination sheet. Hint: Eight Anthrax shots. But still. Wouldn't hurt to revisit tetanus, etc.

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Good to hear you got the all clear JB

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Cheers guv

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I love that the AI that drew the article picture has no idea what a hovercraft is (they must have stopped being a thing before digital photos and the internet?) nor how much space a dermatologist's legs occupy. We live in a wonderful, free-flowing nightmare.

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"Devil's face pants." Chef's Kiss! And yes, sitting in an aluminum tube swarming with humanity's bugs can be problematic. Just now kicking gross bug from trip. But still totally worth it.

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Huzzah!

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I wear a mask on PTV in Melbourne every day, the amount of folks coughing up their lungs is getting out of hand.

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