The lid to my letterbox was hanging open today, so it might be a good idea to greet the mailman if you're expecting anything of importance in the post.
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Wot?
The T20 world Cup Final was held on Sat 8/3.
The following Friday (13/8) was the date the Grand Prix was due to start which was cancelled that morning.
I agree that was a debacle at the gates but at least common sense prevailed & the event didn't go ahead in spite of the confusion around it.
Later that day though Scotty from marketing was telling everyone that he was going to shut down all non-essential gatherings of more than 500 people.. BUT it was to be suspended until Monday because first he had to go to the footy! & have his mate's Hillsong Conference finish!
'Why wait until Monday?': Confusion following new health advice on mass gatherings
Some Australians have been left confused by the details of new advice aimed at stopping the spread of COVID-19.www.sbs.com.au
It's one thing to blame a Premier but when the PM isn't showing the way as leader of the country it's a bit rich to go blaming the States.
There is blame on the federal govt for not closing borders earlier, for not cancelling flights from China earlier.
On the 8th March the spread of the virus was well known. That event should not have gone ahead. The spread in Bergamo Italy is being traced to a champions league match on Feb 19! That one event has caused huge numbers of cases and deaths. And that involved less people than attended the MCG. Dan dodged a massive bullet. The Grand prix was going ahead until Lewis Hamilton & the teams intervened, nothing to do with common sense from Dan. There was zero leadership.
All i'm trying to point out is massive mistakes have been made on by both sides, its an unprecedented challenge and I'd love to see the scotty bashing reduced. We all know what is required, we don't need the govt telling us not to spend a few hours in a hair salon.
No doubt Dan blundered with the GP but i can cut him slack on the T20 final. Interesting listening about the GP on Hutchy's podcast where it was intimated that the government faced big financial penalties from whoever runs the GP circuit these days if the Vic Government were the ones to cancel, hence the holding out and hoping that it wasn't the government that officially pulled the plug. Said earlier that on the whole Dan is pretty good but he does make the odd hard-to-fathom mistake.
I'd like to see the respective governments pressure utilities companies to lower their charges since we all need electricity and gas. The last thing anyone needs when recovering at home from coronavirus is a freezing cold house.
Do the right thing and stop the spread FFS.
www.news.com.au
Spain in crisis: Bodies of the elderly found in nursing home beds
Spain’s military, deployed across the coronavirus-ravaged country to disinfect nursing homes, have discovered residents dead in their beds, abandoned by ill or absent staff.
www.news.com.au
This is quality information. I’d follow the above before anything else being reported.
Out of curiosity, did they give an indication of the recommended dose for the vitamins?
Global Times on Twitter: "The mayor of Florence, Italy, @DarioNardella initiated "hug a Chinese" on Twitter on Feb 1, opposing anger toward China amid the #nCoV2019 outbreak, and calling for "Unity in this common battle!" Many Italian netizens responded by posting photos of themselves with Chinese. https://t.co/LutXfPyXc7" / Twitter
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Real quality information, a friend of a friend of a friend said ..........and he wasn't even a virologist, or an epidemiologist.
The final briefing written by the Japanese is in English and easy to read. Here's the link.
Diamond Princess Field Briefing
It takes much longer than that. Also testing consumables/ kits are usually specific to an analyser, the equipment. Manufacturers do that in pathology equipment so users are tied to both their equipment and consumables.
There are so many examples in medical equipment and supplies that we would be much better off if we had a manufacturing sector but we don’t. It’s a lesson for the future.
Apparently 500,000 rapid fire 15 minute test kits will be available next week
www.kiis1065.com.au
New Rapid COVID-19 Tests That Provide Results In 15-Minutes Are Being Rolled Out Next Week
Over 500,000 new rapid COVID-19 testing kits, that are said to provide test results for patients in just 15-minutes, are set to be rolled out across Australia from next week. At the moment, tests can take a number of days to provide answers on whether a person is positive or negative to the...
www.kiis1065.com.au
Yeah, that is not close to explaining how you concluded that having more contagious people out and about infecting orders of magnitude more people is less of a burden on the health system.
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Another bit of flavour of what western governments will try to do:
www.wsj.com
Opinion | Trudeau’s Coronavirus Power Grab
Canada’s prime minister asks for the authority to tax, spend and borrow without Parliament’s approval.
www.wsj.com
It will result in impoverishment, which will mean less resources for health care.
We shouldn't be getting haircuts at all.
Why did the Cabinet overturn the 30min decision despite medical advice to the contrary?
Why did the Cabinet overturn the 30min decision despite medical advice to the contrary?
