Category Archives: Health

The Other Vaccines

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Guest Author

Post by Shy Ted Not a Convid post! I never studied or practised child and adolescent mental health but used to watch from afar as colleagues tortured themselves over diagnoses, causes, contributing factors and such as to why little Johnny … Continue reading →

Posted in Health | 4 Comments

Genocidal Ted

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Guest Author

Post by Shy Ted It’s tragic to watch Aboriginal kids drop out of school due to poor decision making by the elites. In a fondly remembered community the school had done a sterling job getting kids to school and keeping … Continue reading →

Posted in Government, Health | 12 Comments

The Wonders

Posted on January 23, 2023 by Guest Author

Post by Shy Ted Was the name we’d give to, usually, new nursing graduates who had applied for and been appointed to their first positions in remote Aboriginal communities. Really we called them the “one dayers”  because that’s how long … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture Wars, Health | 5 Comments

Covid Response Was About Politics Not Health

Posted on January 15, 2023 by kaysee

What the planet really needs is yet another syndicate of jet-setting A-listers making decisions about how we, the ignorant commoners, should live our lives. Although this took place a few months ago, it provides us with another example of how … Continue reading →

Posted in Covid, Health, Politics | 5 Comments

ATSIC and Me

Posted on January 9, 2023 by Guest Author

Post by Shy Ted I had visited a number of remote Aboriginal communities for 1-3 days at a time so I was getting a feel for things but this was my first live-in community, a 2 year contract and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture Wars, Health, Politics | 13 Comments

Money, Money, Money

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Guest Author

Post by Shy Ted Once upon a time I was young and naive. I didn’t realise how naive until I entered the mental health profession. Having done my training in a lunatic asylum, though they had changed the name to … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, Health | 11 Comments

Prescriptions for Health: Modern Medicine vs Naturopathic Healing

Posted on September 13, 2022 by kaysee

How did the process of treating those who are ill get so complex? Perhaps, we would be better off asking why it got so complex. This would lead us to the answer. Healing the sick stopped being a vocation and … Continue reading →

Posted in Covid, Health | 5 Comments