Covid Roulette

In our final episode we check back in with Dr Pat Charles and Dr Andrew Casamento - both from Austin Health - for some final thoughts and an overview as to where things currently stand with Covid tre…

‘Underlying health conditions’ is a phrase we have heard repeatedly throughout the pandemic.

Today we talk to Katia (who has a range of autoimmune illnesses and some other underlying health condition…

Today we talk with Alistair who uses heroin, about his experience of the pandemic. The pandemic has truly posed many unexpected challenges for our society, including how to support people who were re…

A sad story on our podcast today … Ray Sneddon talks about his wife Marilyn, a nurse who stepped out of retirement to help with the quarantine program, and who lost her life to Covid in November 2021…

Today our podcast is all about missing out … mainly on travel! Fleur tells us about her aborted Singapore holiday plans in January 2022 after her family of six caught Covid, and then we also talk to …

Chloe's partner Don was in remission with leukaemia when the pandemic started and she was understandably particularly worried about the potential health impacts for him and vigilant about avoiding br…

The inbound travel industry ground to a halt virtually overnight back in 2020 when international borders closed due to Covid. In this episode we start with Simon’s story, and then also hear from Terr…

When Sally caught Covid she wasn’t anticipating feeling exhausted just walking up the steps to her house months after her illness.

In this episode Sally talks about her experience of catching Covid a…

Mubarek recently got married overseas - in Cairo, Egypt after waiting more than 2 years to be able to travel again. And unfortunately he also caught Covid on the same trip - whilst visiting his grand…

This episode is about loss and grief. When Kathy’s mum and dad chose to move to a nursing home Kathy had no idea that a global pandemic would mean that she would be monitoring their declining health …

When Trish’s family contracted Covid for the second time the health impacts were of most concern. First time round they were more worried about all the unknowns …

In this episode Trish talks about her…

When Danny contracted Covid he noticed some unexpected side effects.

In this episode we hear Danny’s story and also talk with Dr Ed Poliness who explains how holistic thinking is now more than ever a…

When Mubarek's dad caught Covid his family were quite taken aback with how sick he became.

In this episode Mubarek talks about his family’s experience of Covid and also offers a glimpse into how comm…

Ged’s father-in-law Mike died from Covid very early in the pandemic - before vaccination was available. This is her story.

In this episode she talks about how this tragedy unfolded, how it impacte…

Over the last year many school camps have been cancelled. Elise's Covid story helps explain why.

When her grade 6 son Hamish headed off the Canberra for school camp Elise went along as a parent helper…

When 15 year old Polly contracted Covid her family went out of their way to protect her younger brother Jack who has cerebral palsy.

This episode documents Polly's experience of Covid - how she caugh…