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2026-04-29 07:40 UTC

Today I had flu and Covid vaccines, and I also accompanied Mum to the hospital eye clinic for the monthly injections that are helping preserve her sight (she has macular degeneration). As always, I feel so grateful to the science and the health system that make these things possible. We get so much bad news about our health system, which is clearly underfunded and overworked, but some things just work. #PublicHealth

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@simplicitarian@cloudisland.nz 2026-04-29 07:46

Something that made me laugh was the appointment time my health centre gave me for the vaccine clinic - 10.09 am. I also had the option of 10.01 am. I guess they have some new booking system that is run either by AI or by a very efficient time and motion consultant. As anyone who has ever stepped inside a health centre knows, they never run exactly on time, let alone to the precise minute! Of course I had to wait a few minutes, as I expected 😆

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