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05-06-2021, 01:26 PM | #11221 | ||
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The European trends are a bit better looking although it's far from universal.
The first group of countries show sharp declines from recent peaks for France, Italy, and Poland while the UK is starting an upward trend again after a sharp drop from their December peak while both Spain and Czechia are also on the rise again. The next group of five countries have all had steep drops from peaks in or around April this year although Belgium hasn't made quite the improvement of the others. The final group of ten countries have also mostly shown a solid downward trend over the recent weeks but Portugal, Ireland and Slovakia have all started to trend upward again.
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05-06-2021, 03:21 PM | #11222 | ||
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And the common denominator is???
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05-06-2021, 04:01 PM | #11223 | ||
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As you have probably gathered, I've been pretty supportive of the gov's response to outbreaks in the past but this one smells a little bit funny. Not only with the numbers and types of cases, but there has been a complete shift in tone from the feds and even the media outlets. There has been no sniping from the north, and ACT was pretty quick to shut the door to NSW contact spots even though there has been no local cases. I feel we are not being told the full story. Tin foil hat time.
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05-06-2021, 04:22 PM | #11224 | |||
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The 5 to 10km limit is a killer for me, as I like to head out on weekends. Otherwise, you can go shop for essentials and exercise. What else do you need? The 3 month, with curfew, was horrible though, lets never go back there. I had to drive through the fringe of the CBD, on "compasionate" grounds, and I can tell you it does not look like lock down. Cars and people everywhere. I drove past my old exhaust shop and it was open right next to the cop shop too! |
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05-06-2021, 04:29 PM | #11225 | |||
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05-06-2021, 04:51 PM | #11226 | ||
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Not really, but let me rephrase to clarify. Not going into your friend's house for a couple of weeks isn't going to kill you. BTW you can still visit one other on "single bubble" grounds. You can still go out and exercise with one other at a time. But the 5km to 10km is limiting on where you can go and who you can meet up with. FFS its 2 weeks! Even if it was 3 its not really that big a deal. I like to take the car out for a cruise on weekends and head out of Melb for a hike, but hey, what to do.
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05-06-2021, 05:08 PM | #11227 | ||
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We have had Covid very well managed here compared to places like Melbourne which seems to have a lot of this “but what about poor me attitude”.But anyway T3erminator, what a great opportunity for you to be able to walk around your local area and possibly see things that you didn’t realise even existed.And won’t hurt your car one little bit if it doesn’t get driven for a few weeks
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05-06-2021, 05:13 PM | #11228 | ||
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He still mad the gold standard state is better than Mexico.
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05-06-2021, 05:16 PM | #11229 | |||
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Yep, no-one does fail better than the Victorian ALP...
Inside the series of blunders from Daniel Andrews' government that's led to a fourth lockdown - and why the incompetence could cause generational damage for millions of Victorians Quote:
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05-06-2021, 05:32 PM | #11230 | |||
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It will be interesting if and when this pandemic is over when a proper study is conducted with mental health and the true impact as to what this pandemic has had on people, I would imagine the wellbeing of a lot more people will be effected than what is being presently stated. |
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05-06-2021, 05:51 PM | #11231 | ||||
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The 5km limit did force me to look at services closer to home, found a couple of local independent grocers which I never knew existed. Quote:
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05-06-2021, 05:54 PM | #11232 | |||
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I'm awaiting the latest presser so I can see whats going on from the man in the know I mean he has dedicated his life to covid reporting
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05-06-2021, 06:04 PM | #11233 | ||
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Or all of employees who are currently stood down not getting paid again or chewing up their leave while they are stuck at home or the family members of people who live far away from one another or ...
The potential alternative is only such a nightmare because of the mismanaged efforts by Dan and Co last year, holding people to a this is better than that mentality is damn near Stockholm syndrome. The alternative is a system that actually works and doesn’t leverage a short term loss of normal lifestyle against a long term one. |
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05-06-2021, 06:11 PM | #11234 | ||
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One good thing about Covid it has stopped the ABC from incessantly bleating about the poor refugee asylum seekers blah blah blah.
if only they would now stop the crap about indian kids all left alone with their cruel grandparents/freebie child minders.
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06-06-2021, 07:48 AM | #11235 | ||
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It (Covid vaccination status and disclosure thereof) remains optional for workers in aged care:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-...nown/100193512 I’m half expecting this to change. |
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06-06-2021, 08:30 AM | #11236 | |||
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Not having to disclose it is dumb. Hard to make informed decisions with incomplete data.
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06-06-2021, 09:14 AM | #11237 | ||
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My personal belief is that mandating it would predicate dishonesty, not unlike certain ethnic groups sharing an Uber driver account.
The home care staff are almost universally of a mindset/character that they volunteer such information about vaccinations, besides a client can reject further services from any worker without having to justify. I recognise that smaller communities may present a different picture. |
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06-06-2021, 09:38 AM | #11238 | ||
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Finally got through to the hotline this morning. A lot of the dedicated mass vaccination sites have run out of pfizer for first dose candidates, and are only taking appointments for 2nd dose. That "may" change next week, so was advised to call back then. They did put me through to a hospital who is showing stock for first dose, but when I got transferred the hospital system it had an auto message saying "sorry can't take your call, try again later" then hung up. GTFO.
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06-06-2021, 09:43 AM | #11240 | ||
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06-06-2021, 09:51 AM | #11241 | |||
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Worth a read...
'Bye-bye, Australia': The migrants leaving for good so they can see their families Quote:
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06-06-2021, 10:03 AM | #11242 | |||
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Since they are ,and dont want any virus in the community, and do lock down when it is there... well if you follow that reasoning into next year, they wont want to open in 2022 either. When the question of whether Melbourne would be locked down if vax uptake was higher was put to Hunt, his answer was quite different to Merlino, he said the vaccine doesnt stop transmission and played down the prospect of Melbourne not being in lockdown. Goalposts have already been moved on this so who is to say they wont move them again. |
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06-06-2021, 10:19 AM | #11243 | |||
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I'm sure they will change their tune if they were told that upon leaving those privileges are revoked. They are essentially returning home for a year then will probably return to Australia as soon as the borders open. Thousands are in the same boat, and many more thousands cannot see families that are dying or in MUCH dire situations. Oh diddums, we have put off having kids here because our mean government has locked us here while being totally safe, establishing wonderful careers and providing an environment during Covid that is the envy of the world. Are they not embarrassed to be in such an article??
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06-06-2021, 10:25 AM | #11244 | ||
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06-06-2021, 10:26 AM | #11245 | ||
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Multiple citizenships, too easy. Thought you had that option? My loyalty to Australia is to my neighbours, my friends, to indigenous Aussies, even to the people I dislike personally - not to a government doctrine that belongs in the old Eastern Bloc.
The gay nomads found a legal loophole to leave in that they are “not ordinarily resident in Australia”. One of the exempted categories for heading overseas. Coincidentally, to Italy which is gearing up to accept vaccinamacated people. Last edited by Citroënbender; 06-06-2021 at 10:33 AM. |
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06-06-2021, 10:28 AM | #11246 | ||
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Some in the article are leaving permanently and said so.
Everyone has a different opinion on this of course, some are fine with living in places with covid in the community. Most recover from it, and deaths have been mostly elderly, often with comorbidities. Here in Australia the average age of deaths that did occur was 4 years over the average lifespan, 80 something average lifespan vs 84 something average age of deaths (again many in nursing homes, some in palliative care, comorbidities were a factor) We are obviously pursuing a strategy of elimination here, and the only logical conclusion to that is borders closed for a very long time, unless the governments change their mind on having covid in the community. It doesnt suprise me that younger people not in the risk category and with overseas ties and family will grow tired of the situation here. |
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06-06-2021, 10:32 AM | #11247 | |||
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06-06-2021, 10:41 AM | #11248 | ||
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Some of the more right-leaning European countries used the onset of Coronavirus as an excuse to revive “ausländers raus” and they haven’t seen inclination to wind that back. Italy is fortunately (still?) maintaining a disconnect between more extreme ideology of the Right and their actual laws/edicts.
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06-06-2021, 10:46 AM | #11249 | ||
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My doctors, physicians and thoracic surgeon are pushing me to get the Astra Zeneca...I refuse each time I get an sms/text from my GP.
Why at the age of 68 would I do that?. Why am I holding out for the Pfizer vaccine? Well I am on a surgical waiting list here in Perth WA, I am expecting to be called for surgery soon, but I could die waiting!..so its 3 months between AZ jabs so I don't want to go to surgery only half vaccinated? Now the Pfizer vaccine is also 2 jabs, so if you get the AZ jab you are only half vaccinated for a certain period of time, in the former P jab 3 weeks, the latter AZ jab 3 months. I want to go into theatre fully vaccinated, not half cooked, they gave me a 6 week wait time, so logically the Pfizer jab is the referred path to take. The 6 weeks is up in 2 weeks, so I am going either way only half vaccinated or not vaccinated at all! Cheers Billy. |
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