After my close call with prostate cancer 5 years ago (it will 5 years on October 19th since I started my 8 weeks of 5 day a week radiation treatment - the last week was 4 days making 39 treatments or 'fractions' as they call them) I did my yearly PSA blood test a few weeks ago and it came back as 0.47ug/L. The 'safe' level is nearly 10 times that at 4.50 for my age group.

It's been fairly consistent at around that figure for the past four and a half years.

My PSA was 67 when I found out about the cancer in late 2019.

The mother and two daughters - yes, it is rather concerning but one can't blame them entirely because there's next to zero information coming from governments and their so called Health Departments these days, especially about Covid. Masks should be compulsory in all hospitals and healthcare settings, including doctors' offices.

In fact, one of my neighbours sees a GP in Como, she's an Asian lady and NO ONE is allowed to enter the premises unless they are wearing a mask. And, they must be wearing it properly. No 'dick noses' or 'chin nappies'. I wish there were more GP's like her.

Picked up The West Australian this morning for my elderly neighbour.

Was there anything at all about the growing threat of measles in today's edition? Front page? 16 extra pages of virus coverage (like they did for Covid in 2021 after another hotel quarantine breach)?

Nope. Not a word.

It seems that the biggest issue in Perth was the family of ducks that caused big traffic holdups on the freeway on Friday. 

However, I have to give them points for effort with "BEAK HOUR", "Quack team" and "freeway flap".

Oh, and "brings Perth to a standstill" - see "Dullsville" below.

Front page news, no less. No wonder people referred to Perth as Dullsville. They stopped doing that some time ago but perhaps they should consider bringing it back?

We really are the most stupid (and easily distracted) species on the planet.

Sooooo... seems like it could be nearly time for another one of those 'Secret Squirrel' National Cabinet meetings of the Prime Minister and State Premiers (assuming Albanese is actually in Australia at the moment) where they can all get together and discuss how they plan (with help from the media, of course) to ignore or minimise the ever growing danger of measles.

Like they did with Covid a few years back.

Especially with Christmas coming up.

That's the 'shopping, spending and taking lots of interstate and overseas holidays' Christmas, by the way. Not the 'Birth of Jesus' one. The religious significance of Christmas has been forgotten a long, long time ago.

Just like Easter.

Disgraceful (but entirely predictable) stuff.

aquascoot wrote on Oct 13^th, 2025 at 5:18am:




Poor Carl has PTSD from the Covid pandemic.

It was a tough time for many of us -
our lives changed forever.

Bobby. wrote on Oct 13^th, 2025 at 6:21am:






Causes

PTSD can occur after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event such as a serious accident, assault, war, or natural disaster.
It can also develop after a close family member or friend experiences a traumatic event.
Repeated or extreme exposure to the aftermath of trauma, such as for first responders, can also lead to PTSD.


Symptoms
Re-experiencing: Flashbacks, nightmares, and severe emotional distress or physical reactions (like a racing heart) when reminded of the event.

Avoidance: Staying away from places, activities, people, or thoughts that are associated with the traumatic event.


Negative thoughts and mood: Feeling numb, hopeless, or detached from others; developing negative beliefs about oneself or the world; losing interest in activities.


Arousal and reactivity: Being easily startled, feeling constantly on guard for danger, having trouble sleeping or concentrating, and feeling irritable or angry.


Treatment
PTSD is treatable with therapies, most commonly psychological therapies such as:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and its variations, like trauma-focused CBT
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Prolonged exposure therapy
Antidepressant medications can also be used to help manage symptoms.
For some, "watchful waiting" may be an option to see if symptoms improve on their own over time, especially in the initial weeks after the event.

aquascoot wrote on Oct 13^th, 2025 at 8:10am:



Maybe Carl needs a course of hypnotism so he can forget about Covid
and all the other diseases?

Carl D wrote on Oct 13^th, 2025 at 8:58am:




Hi Carl.

Measles would be so low on the government's priorities it would bever be discussed by cabinet.

It probably gets dealt with by the very lowest levels of public health.

How many people died of it last year in Australia

I asked chat gpt.

Answer. 0

In fact the last recorded death was in 1995.

Now relax and stop giving yourself stress and risking a stroke

“Vaccine hesitancy” is accelerating. That is why measles is once again killing children, certainly in the US and here if the brainless idiots don’t get their kids vaccinated.