Keep in mind, schools gave been closed for nearly two weeks now (school holidays). The rest of the country hasn't. At this stage, they are still planning to open them back up in a week and a half.
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Keep in mind, schools gave been closed for nearly two weeks now (school holidays). The rest of the country hasn't. At this stage, they are still planning to open them back up in a week and a half.
I wonder if this will ever happen
www.smh.com.au
China should be sued for $6.5 trillion for coronavirus damages says top UK think tank
China could be sued under 10 possible legal avenues for its role in the early cover up and spread of the coronavirus, according to report.
I wonder if this will ever happen
China should be sued for $6.5 trillion for coronavirus damages says top UK think tank
China could be sued under 10 possible legal avenues for its role in the early cover up and spread of the coronavirus, according to report.
I think the Chinese would go
'how about you go root a Pangolin '
but in chinese, something like
去操穿山甲
Qù cāo chuānshānjiǎ
imagine what the world could sue America for under the president.
every fat dumb fuckhead with cancer of the *smile* would be lining up with a writ
Went to the supermarket for the first time in a month. No more than 5 or 6 other customers in the store; keeping a distance from them was no problem, but the staff were another matter. They pulled the chain across on self-serve just as I got there, then a young bloke saunters up to the checkout - no gloves, no mask, no screen, no worries. As I'm loading my stuff onto the conveyor, his mate comes up behind me and starts a conversation, close enough for me to swing my arm back and Houli him. Kept thinking shut up, don't start anything, just get your stuff and GTFO.
If I happen to get a cough in four or five days they'll be getting a letter that levels mountains. An unnerving experience after the efforts I've made to keep to myself the past five weeks.
If I happen to get a cough in four or five days they'll be getting a letter that levels mountains. An unnerving experience after the efforts I've made to keep to myself the past five weeks.
Hi General
i feel for you especially after staying in iso for so long. Just remember the odds, its very unlikely to be exposed to someone infected at the market.
Not to say that we shouldnt be careful and keep our distance, but that each exposure such as yours is very small risk. Keep the chin up
Yeah I know it's small. Just annoyed by the nonchalance some are still showing. It almost comes across as enjoying the discomfort of others.
Was reading about the Labor MP's father-in-law. His extended family were playfully chiding him about stocking up on food. Practically never left the house but when he did, he caught it and died. You never know when your number's going to come up.
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TL thankfully for Aus the outcome, so far, has been very low deaths. But still very early, so I,m not judging the results yet.
In terms of actions there are numerous decisions by Aus state and federal governments that appear to have been risky.
And the messages to the public has been inconsistent indicating that decisions are flawed.
eg stop mass gatherings, but after hillsong and going to the rugby.
And close non-essential business but keep hairdressers going.
Thankfully Australia has had time to make these mistakes and hopefully we are now on the right path
It's the ultimate question isn' it jimbob. I see Tokyo rose to 100 cases again overnight after 'flattening the curve'.
Life getting back to something resembling pre virus will be difficult so long as there's no cure for this disease.
Hopefully a vaccine or at least something to treat the condition is on it's way. Soon.
Case count excluding China (updated 11pm)
1,205,756 cases
67,223 deaths (5.58%)
45,781 severe (4%)
897,848 mild (74%)
194,904 recovered (16%)
1,205,756 cases
67,223 deaths (5.58%)
45,781 severe (4%)
897,848 mild (74%)
194,904 recovered (16%)
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Good result; hopefully they keep it up and stop going to the beach.
How many in VIC overnight?
Are we really one of the highest testing countries in the world? We were only testing incoming with symptoms and associates that came in contact with those people that showed symptoms.
Everyone else who was sick were basically told NOT to get tested as the testing system can't cope, go home and self isolate, see if you recover but if you are near death, (maybe a slight exaggeration), then go and get tested.
Now that travellers returning has dried up of course numbers would be down if that's basically all they were/are testing.
Now they have moved to the next stage and concentrating testing those on the frontline, (poor bastards they should have been a priority in the first place).
So with such a small portion of the population tested and no means to scale up due to test shortages how do we really know?
The National health officer has said that he fears that America realistically could have up to 10 X the number infected than currently reported.
Yes we appear to tracking okay but already our health professionals are reporting they cannot get appropriate PPE protection, god help them if they ever get swamped.
I am sure there is a science to their testing but we are miles off what would be optimum if they had the resources so i remain sceptical whilst leaving room for a touch of optimism.
Everyone else who was sick were basically told NOT to get tested as the testing system can't cope, go home and self isolate, see if you recover but if you are near death, (maybe a slight exaggeration), then go and get tested.
Now that travellers returning has dried up of course numbers would be down if that's basically all they were/are testing.
Now they have moved to the next stage and concentrating testing those on the frontline, (poor bastards they should have been a priority in the first place).
So with such a small portion of the population tested and no means to scale up due to test shortages how do we really know?
The National health officer has said that he fears that America realistically could have up to 10 X the number infected than currently reported.
Yes we appear to tracking okay but already our health professionals are reporting they cannot get appropriate PPE protection, god help them if they ever get swamped.
I am sure there is a science to their testing but we are miles off what would be optimum if they had the resources so i remain sceptical whilst leaving room for a touch of optimism.
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Tiger test's positive to Covid
www.theage.com.au
Tiger tests positive for coronavirus at New York's Bronx Zoo
The case is believed to be the first known infection in an animal in the US or a tiger anywhere.
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The ultimate end game is a vaccine and then have it administered to everyone in the world. That will take some time. 12 to 18 months to get the vaccine then similar to produce 8billion vaccines for everyone and get it to them.
So the plan is to get from now to then. The Government is buying time. They have stemmed the spread so that our current health resources can cope. Now they are madly ramping up health equipment - masks gowns gloves visors respirators. Also need to increase number of ICU beds plus get staff numbers increased.
When they think they have reached a (massively) higher health capacity they can then relax the clamp down measures and allow the virus to spread as the health people should be able to cope.
The Government has been stressing the possible 6 months as this is their estimate to get the health capacity to the required level. They need to get existing manufacturers to change operations to mass produce the equipment and that company in Victoria that produces masks has the army come in and help get production to 24 hours. More companies need to take the step. I know one small brewer in north NSW has changed to producing hand sanitizer
Also the government will now move to a greater testing phase which could increase the number of cases as there are people in the community carrying the virus but not showing symptoms.
