Tag Archives: *not*

Air bases, centre ‘not fit for quarantine’

He’s criticised Annastacia Palaszczuk in the past for her handling of COVID-19 outbreaks in his home state of Queensland, now Peter Dutton has turned his sights on the West Australian leader. WA Premier Mark McGowan has lambasted the federal government for failing to provide better alternatives to hotel quarantine. Metropolitan Perth and the neighbouring Peel… Read More »

It Looks Like Health Insurance, but It’s Not. ‘Just Trust God,’ Buyers Are Told. – The New York Times

Eight-year-old Blake Collie was at the swimming pool when he got a frightening headache. His parents rushed him to the emergency room only to learn he had a brain aneurysm. Blake spent nearly two months in the hospital. His family did not have traditional health insurance. “We could not afford it,” said his father, Mark… Read More »

Travel Medical: Where *not* to land

We’ve written before about both Travel Medical plans (not to be confused with medical tourism), and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). But we’ve never put them together like the folks at GetGoing, who’ve come up with an impressive list of where not to get sick or injured (if at all possible). For… Read More »