Corona Virus

skully wrote:I fear that the new Premier has a far too cavalier attitude to this Plague.

2,213 new cases. I really hope that the Health Minister Brad Hazzard's prediction of a possible peak of 29,000 new cases a day doesn't eventuate, largely due to the (hopefully) commonsense of Dubbers.

I will be wearing my mask and avoiding the great unwashed for the foreseeable future.

I'm spending most of next week in Sydney - any advice from a local expert on TGU avoidance would by very helpful

Wear a mask, and avoid large crowds in enclosed spaces.

https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/news/new-south-wales-hit-with-new-restrictions-amid-case-surge/news-story/96a1a4aef74e9a5de814402f18a0d9b6

Almost 1000 additional people have received potentially wrong Covid test information from a Sydney pathology lab, just one day after it incorrectly told 400 infected people they had tested negative.

SydPath – operated by St Vincent’s Hospital – confirmed on Monday afternoon that approximately 995 extra people, tested on December 23 and 24, were prematurely sent an SMS advising them their test was negative when their true result had not yet been determined.

The update comes after 400 people were told on Sunday that they had tested negative when they had tested positive to the virus.


what are they doing at St Vincents?!  

When a system is under pressure, invariably it will falter.

holy shitballs! NSW 11,201, up from 6062 yesterday

Nath wrote:holy shitballs!  NSW 11,201, up from 6062 yesterday

The exponential growth in cases up north from a few weeks ago is mindblowing. NSW had done so well to contain cases and deaths post opening up.

That's a quantum leap in one day though.


o_O

Nath wrote:holy shitballs!  NSW 11,201, up from 6062 yesterday

A couple of days later this post seems rather quaint.

Indeed.

I miss the days of Gladys's conservatism.

NSW now has one of the faster infection rates in the world.

Vic will follow.

skully wrote:Indeed.

I miss the days of Gladys's conservatism.

Yes Domicron is a bit looser.

Dammit, VIC beat us to 50,000 a day.

Feels like a matter of time until our family gets it. Hopefully we can hold off until after the holiday next week.

JGK wrote:Dammit, VIC beat us to 50,000 a day.

gold standard, baby!

JGK wrote:

Nath wrote:holy shitballs!  NSW 11,201, up from 6062 yesterday

A couple of days later this post seems rather quaint.

So does this

JGK wrote:Dammit, VIC beat us to 50,000 a day.

Feels like a matter of time until our family gets it.  Hopefully we can hold off until after the holiday next week.

Nath wrote:

JGK wrote:Dammit, VIC beat us to 50,000 a day.

gold standard, baby!

I guess it's nice to have a bit of levity in these grimmish times.

Turnbull and Frydenburg both infected.

lardbucket wrote:Turnbull and Frydenburg both infected.

nothing of value was lost.

JGK wrote:Dammit, VIC beat us to 50,000 a day.

Feels like a matter of time until our family gets it.  Hopefully we can hold off until after the holiday next week.

We cheated though, because more than half are RATs from home testing and up to 7000 RATs from earlier in the week.

Latest innovation from South Korea...




Ehhhhh?

skully wrote:Latest innovation from South Korea...




Ehhhhh?

I think it's designed for wearing during eating?

Is it all over now? Are we just back to bird flu?
I still wear a mask, mainly cos I don't like the lines, that are getting deeper, around my lips.

Keep wearing the mask, Demmy (as I do). This plague still has a way to go yet.

As we come into the Aus winter we are expecting covid numbers to explode.

Things may be better in the UK summer.