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All of Vic lockdown from 8pm tonight for 7 days.
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Lock down 6, I’m effing over this
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![]() Did they find out where all these mystery cases came from yet? Was is a hangover from the previous outbreak?
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I drank what?
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Jesus, that's a HUGE percentage of the Australian population now in lockdown.
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For clarity, I do not work in this field, don't want anyone to be misled thinking I do. I generally provide sources for anything I refer to, or when I make a counter-argument, but it's all publicly available information. |
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Peter Car
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We’ll just lock down every few weeks. Be next to no business’s left soon. Dictator dan loves this.
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DIY Tragic
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I believe it’s near becoming an egotistical battle. Victoria and Queensland are determined to “show” NSW how it’s done.
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Budget Racer
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Lockdowns go hard go early and in Victoria's case, go often
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Melbourne in lockdown.
Sydney, Wollongong and now Newcastle and Hunter lockdown. Brisbane lockdown. In percentage terms and logistics the engine room of Australia in lockdown. The cost is astronomical to Australia. I know one should not look with the wisdom of hindsight, but if Australia had spent the money for purpose designed stand alone quarantine facilities at the outset, and had Scott Morrison not penny pinched on vaccine costs and throttled Pfizer in favour of the cheaper Astra, things might be looking different now. Is that saying- penny wise pound poor. And another one- it's not a race..... ![]()
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So what happens to all the Vics stuck in the ski fields at 8pm?!
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I already asked in an earlier post T3, I think it's a dude called Rick Penney?
I mentioned too just how pretty the charts were, it looked to me as though the blue dots can only fit between the 3 graph lines, as in easily predictive, me not the best at that stuff ![]() Cheers Billy ![]() Last edited by slowsnake; 05-08-2021 at 09:37 PM. Reason: Add clarity |
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DIY Tragic
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Who else here is a fan of Zoe Amanda Wilson and the “Australien Government” adverts? I saw one about hotel quarantine the other day which was probably NSFW due to swearing but still good.
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If anything illustrates the muppetry in management and marketing it’s quarantine facilities.
Knocking up a mining camp outside major cities is a piece of cake given the will to do it, rather than relying on airless hotel rooms where it’s possible to be infected by opening doors. So the competency of every other aspect of pandemic management is put into doubt. The world’s not perfect but some decisions being made are pathetic. |
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Based on results from other jurisdictions (and this is not a criticism, rather it is just an observation), it doesn't take long for the Delta variant to get out of control unless you put in place measures to control it. Personally, I would have waited another day before making the decision, but I think the Vic government is a little gushy given the disastrous consequences experienced in the state last year. I know there's a few on here who are happy to voice their opinion that the Vic government is too quick to put the state in lockdown, but I think they are doing the right thing. I'd rather them be cautious than allow this to get out of control. I'm a cautious person by nature (and by training) so it sits comfortably with me. But, I also appreciate that the impact of lockdown to me, and those around me, is limited and others impacted more by it may have a different view point.
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Grew up in regional SA (South East). If you asked my old school-mate or anyone that knew him what he did for a crust they used to tell you he was a "super-spreader"...these days he "delivers/distributes fertilisers such as superphosphate"
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Wirlankarra yanama
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Melbourne lockdown challenge: Bronze Medal: Batman 9 sequels Silver Medal: James Bond 25 sequels Gold Medal: 36 Godzilla sequels Go for Gold Dan ! |
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DIY Tragic
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I was able to read this without a paywall:
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/fede...05-p58gb9.html Not surprising, yet disappointing. |
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Vic number plates can now be ordered stamped with "Victoria - The Lockdown State"
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It's got nothing to do with interstate rivalry - this is about two different philosophical approaches being taken by the respective State Governments in terms of how they deal with the perceived threat and I suspect a lot of that has to do do with the past and how they were perceived to handled issues previously. We all know that NSW somehow managed to get away with the Ruby Princess debacle in terms of impact within that State whereas Victoria didn't get away with the impacts from the 2nd wave last year. The former seems to have created a fairly laid back response whereas the latter has created some understandable caution and I, for one, have no issue with that. A week ago, I looked at the NSW progress so here is an update. During the Victorian outbreak last year, Victoria recorded 19,369 cases over the 82 days between 29th June and 18th September with a single day peak of 725 on the 5th August. At this stage (28 days in), the NSW average case growth rate is better than Victoria (1.092 v 1.130) with 4,020 cases to date but my modelling shows that there will probably be another ~7,000 cases over the next 6 weeks.
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NSW COVID-19 approach not working, NSW needs to drastically overhaul its approach to coronavirus restrictions or face worsening cases, Professor Bill Bowtell has warned. https://www.9news.com.au/videos/heal...210hl3ajpj07h3
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Finally decided to visit this thread, holey moley, fair go I do live in a sheltered part of SA, had 2 reported cases last year both numbats who were in Adelaide and hadnt changed addresses..
We all run around with our masks on and supposedly do the right thing. Any terrorist tourists arrive in the 'vans are bluntly asked where they have come from, where they are staying, how soon before you leave. Police are VERY aware of visitors and keep track of them. Its been difficult for businesses but they are all surviving and happy to shut down rather than be accused of being a hot spot. I feel for you outsiders and the know it alls you have to live with. We can bit ch about Mr Morrison but ALL govmints are flying by the seat of their pants. I would not want his job for all the money in the world, do I agree with everything his team has done? no but still appreciate they are prepared to try things, I only gets hard with state leaders arguing.
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