Carmel Sparke THE Premier of Tasmania has |
Branding her views “ misleading and dangerous ”, AMA Tasmania said |
to get jabbed .” She then said vaccinating some- |
were at risk . And they knew that in 2020 ,” she said . |
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defended his party ’ s decision to |
doctors should ensure their “ medical |
one to protect others had never |
Dr Sladden has also written reg- |
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select a doctor accused of “ danger- |
opinions are based on peer-reviewed |
been the aim of vaccination and was |
ular articles for The Spectator Aus- |
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ous ” COVID-19 anti-vaccination |
evidence ”. |
“ completely illogical ”. |
tralia advocating for those who had |
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views as a candidate for the Tasma- |
Dr Sladden , who denies being |
Dr Sladden described the vaccine |
lost jobs , or “ suffered injuries from |
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nian state election . |
anti-vax , will face voters on 23 March |
mandates introduced in Tasmania |
the injections ”. |
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Dr Julie Sladden , who refused |
in the seat of Bass . |
during the pandemic as unethi- |
Premier Jeremy Rockliff stood |
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COVID-19 vaccinations during the |
In an interview with Liberal |
cal , saying that only the elderly and |
by his party ’ s decisions to include |
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pandemic — claiming they were |
MP Russell Broadbent posted on |
those with comorbidities were at |
Dr Sladden as part of the 35-strong |
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unnecessary , potentially harmful |
YouTube , she said : “ I was forced |
serious risk from COVID-19 . |
“ team of the decade ”. |
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and did not prevent transmission |
to close my practice in the wake |
“ Most of the population didn ’ t |
Her views were part of the |
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— was among 35 Liberal candidates announced last month . |
of the [ vaccine ] mandates back in 2021 … because I simply refused |
need to worry . We needed to focus our protection on those groups that |
“ broad church ” of the party , he said . |
Dr Julie Sladden . |
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Are the UTI guidelines outdated ? |
ICS / LABA / LAMA IN A pMDI 1 |
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evidence that suggests |
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certain sorts of squamous | |||||
cells actually get sloughed all | |||||
the way down from the kidney . | |||||
“ That does not necessarily | |||||
mean it is contaminating your | |||||
sample ; it is just a demonstration | |||||
of your sample .” | |||||
Dr Couchman and USANZ | |||||
president Professor Helen | |||||
O ’ Connell have both argued | |||||
for new guidelines to formally | |||||
recognise chronic UTIs . | |||||
In the UK , the NHS has | |||||
already updated its public | |||||
advice to recognise chronic | |||||
UTIs , saying some patients | |||||
have UTI symptoms that | |||||
“ do not go away ” — possibly | |||||
caused by bacteria embedding | |||||
in the bladder lining . | |||||
Its advice states that testing | |||||
does not always detect chronic | |||||
infections , yet they can have a | |||||
“ big impact ” on quality of life . | |||||
“ We think it exists in | |||||
patients who may have persistent | |||||
symptoms of UTIs , with | |||||
or without a positive culture ,” | |||||
said Dr Couchman . | |||||
“ But they are symptomatically | |||||
very severely bothered . | |||||
“ Historically , they have | |||||
been diagnosed with all | |||||
sorts : bladder pain syndrome | |||||
, interstitial cystitis , | |||||
overactive bladder . | |||||
“ I do not think we have | |||||
the evidence to say this is an | |||||
exclusive diagnosis . I do not | |||||
know if these things go hand | |||||
in hand , exist next to each | |||||
other or feed into each other . | |||||
“ But we know this sort of | |||||
patient presentation exists .” | |||||
The UK guidelines did not | |||||
address treatment options , | |||||
Dr Couchman said . | |||||
She said there could be a | |||||
role for long-term antibiotics , | |||||
but without guidelines , it was a | |||||
case-by-case decision based on | |||||
the patient , response to other | |||||
treatments and culture results . | |||||
Information around | |||||
chronic UTIs was “ very confusing | |||||
”, she said . | |||||
“ You can see why people | |||||
are not quite appropriately | |||||
diagnosed , are incompletely | |||||
treated or feel that their symptoms | |||||
are not being heard .” |