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there is a lot of talk about "living with Covid", but has anyone actually articulated what that means?
NSW are currently "learning to live with Covid" according to their premier, while case numbers climb, hospitalisation and death increase and the whole state is in lockdown.
Victoria is currently seeing numbers increase whilst in lockdown.
leaving aside vaccinations, which will hopefully have a positive impact on transmission in the not too distant future, has anyone calling for states to not lockdown actually explained how that should work?
NSW are currently "learning to live with Covid" according to their premier, while case numbers climb, hospitalisation and death increase and the whole state is in lockdown.
Victoria is currently seeing numbers increase whilst in lockdown.
leaving aside vaccinations, which will hopefully have a positive impact on transmission in the not too distant future, has anyone calling for states to not lockdown actually explained how that should work?
Well you shouldn't BUT history is telling us that we need to be told. There are still people doing things that they are being told not to do.
Its actually a good thing. One strange thing about AZ, was that there were 3 vaccines all around the world, the one manufactured in the UK, the one in India and the one in Australia. They all had different names but the UK one was the only one officially allowed to travel into Europe. The change of name, just makes that easier, as your vaccine certificate will state the vaccine name that is identical to the one approved for use in the UK.
Hmmm interesting. As a kind of unrelated tangent. With the evolving geopolitical dynamics of recent years. You can see this as potentially another stage being set to fight geopolitical battles.
When vaccine passports and/or visa requirements roll out more widely and formally for travel, you can see two geopolitical spheres developing. Those countries dragged into the China/Russia aligned sphere, where Sinopharm, Sinovax and Sputnik are only recognised as valid. And the western sphere, where AZ, Moderna, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson etc are valid. So by default, people practically are able to travel only in the sphere that their country is aligned to.
Did he put up a powerpoint slide of a bloke in a suit holding a crowny, having rear-entry intercourse with a lady bent over a typewriter (gender sterotypes deliberate), with a picture of her kids on the desk
with a big red cross beside it?
provided everyone has had access and opportunity to a vaccine, yeah i think i agree.
pretty worrying that a fully vaxd israel is locking down.
we could be in a dystopian present?
It certainly has the chances of doing that. It was 1 of the reasons that I have held off getting a vaccine (I'm 39) as most of my family live in the UK. I was concerned if I took the "wrong" vaccine that this would hinder my chances to visit.
With the announcement yesterday about Pfizer, I'll wait the 2 weeks and see what timeframe we are looking at for Pfizer, and then make a call whether to wait for Pfizer or take the AZ straight away.
NSW finally copying Vic settings. Curfew. Masks outside. Click and collect.
Should have been held back in school two years for being a slow learner but better later than never.
She even just said she will answer everyone’s questions!!!!
Should have been held back in school two years for being a slow learner but better later than never.
She even just said she will answer everyone’s questions!!!!
Curfew coming into NSW - I wonder if Gladys will be grilled like Andrews was as to whether there is proof that this works.
FINALLY they are pushing click and collect services at Bunnings / Officworks etc but I didn't hear they were closing them still
FINALLY they are pushing click and collect services at Bunnings / Officworks etc but I didn't hear they were closing them still
I agree. I feel tired a lot more than I used to, and I've certainly felt different these last 2 weeks. I'm actually taking today off work, officially its an annual leave day, but for me its a mental health day.
Australia Post site in Sunshine West. Massive facility with hundreds of workers. With wastewater detected in the region, a popup site has been set up on site and every staff member has been asked to take a test. Great initative IMO.
edit: the whole industrial estate has to undertake a COVID test by COB tomorrow as directed by the DHHS. in other words, the whole estate is technically a tier 2 site.
edit: the whole industrial estate has to undertake a COVID test by COB tomorrow as directed by the DHHS. in other words, the whole estate is technically a tier 2 site.
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Where do you get the Vic presser live?, I listen to ABC radio and they always go with NSW the ACT and Vic is a long last and substantially abbreviated
