covid-19
Heroes of the pandemic: Ryan Sta Maria, resilient & bighearted
The COVID-19 that paralysed much of the globe since early this year brought death and untold misery to many. But it also brought to light community heroes whose stories bring joy into our lives amidst all the bleakness. One of those is Ryan Sta Maria whose resilience and bighearted nature makes him one of our …
COVID deniers and other trolls attack Magda Szubanski ad
The Victorian Government’s star-studded campaign urging Victorians to abide by lockdown rules features a Magda Szubanski ad in which she appears as her character Sharon Strzelecki from Kath and Kim. Sadly, COVID deniers, QAnon trolls and other morons quickly emerged from under their rocks to attack Magda over the ads. “It’s not the lockdown that’s …
Dear Alan Jones, one last time, this is not the bloody flu
Dear Alan Jones, on your television show last night, you described the pandemic as having “a fatality rate little different to a bad flu season.” Mr Jones, this is not the bloody flu. Respiratory diseases from seasonal influenza kill up to 650,000 people a year globally. That’s out of the approximately one billion people that …
Dr Kerryn Phelps calls for compulsory masks in public
Dr Kerryn Phelps, former President of the Australian Medical Association called last night for compulsory mask-wearing in public. She also said NSW should close the air border to Victoria. “The thing that we can do, which is such a simple thing, is to have everyone in the community in masks. “We need to anticipate that …
COVIDIOTS – Australia’s worst COVID Karens are powerful men
Australia recently celebrated the rise of our own COVID Karens. Pandemic culture employs ‘Karen’ as shorthand for covidiots — the attention seekers who deny science and disrupt our fight against the virus. Karen memes focus on women, but a glance over the history of the pandemic thus far shows the COVID Karens who wreak the …
Glory Holelujah: NYC Safe Sex and COVID-19 guidance
The New York City Health Department which offered refreshingly frank safe sex and COVID-19 advice about three months ago, this month updated the advice. Glory Holelujah! Among the advice, the NYC Health recommends glory holes, masturbation, both solo and with a partner at distance and face masks but definitely no orgies. NYC Health begins by …
President: God purifies our air! Now he’s dead from COVID-19
President Pierre Nkurunziza promised the citizens of Burundi recently that he negotiated divine protection from the pandemic for the country. Nkurunziza was both murderous despot and born-again Christian. His wife is an ordained minister. She visited Australia last year for the opening of a consulate at Margaret Court’s church. Now, his wife is recovering, and …
Madge Gone Wild: Nips out Madonna says ‘Zero F*^ks Given’
For her latest attention-grabbing Instagram pic, pop icon Madonna poses in g-string and see-through bra. In true Madge Gone Wild style, she boasts of graduating from the ‘University of Zero F*^ks Given.’ Scroll down for ‘Hung Up’ live from Coachella 2006. The latest post follows one earlier in the month in which the singer said …
Spanish doctor recovers from COVID-19 – becomes Mr Gay World
Dr Francisco José Alvarado contracted COVID-19 while working long shifts in March. The Spanish doctor spent three weeks in quarantine, recovered and returned to work. Last week, he received a phone call to tell him of his new title — Mr Gay World. Francisco competed in Mr Gay World in 2019 and became first runner-up. …
For a man of many cross words: the Peter Dutton crossword
Peter Dutton leaped into the headlines this last week with cross words for Dr Annaliese van Diemen, Kristina Keneally, and Annastacia Palaszczuk. So to honour his moment in the sun, here’s the Peter Dutton crossword. Scroll down for Peter Dutton crossword Dr van Diemen annoyed both the Murdoch papers and Dutton with just a few …