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27-05-2021, 04:35 PM | #10921 | ||
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I'm in Sydney atm, and was watching it live. Couldn't find a link yesterday but came across this just now. From yesterdays CH10 news, Sydney edition.
Melbourne is on the brink of a new #COVIDVic emergency, and it's been revealed close contacts of the infected have been tracked to Sydney. https://twitter.com/10NewsFirstSyd/s...57098527608837 Not sure where they got that info from because so far there's been no other reports on this. Maybe it's just a Sydney thing.. you know.. false reporting?? edit: Can't wait to get out of this ****hole and get back to Melbourne. Covid on the rampage or not, Melbourne still trumps this ****hole city! Last edited by Tickford.; 27-05-2021 at 04:42 PM. |
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27-05-2021, 05:34 PM | #10922 | ||
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Gardeners are permitted workers this time round.
So I can keep paying tax "Landscaping and gardening operators who have an ABN ,undertaking outdoor work only. Services must operate solely outdoors with up to five people where physical distancing can be maintained at all times." https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/sites/de...Version_15.pdf
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27-05-2021, 05:41 PM | #10923 | |||
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Record pace of Melbourne Covid outbreak and delayed vaccine rollout blamed for Victoria lockdown
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27-05-2021, 06:13 PM | #10924 | ||
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I listened to the VIC presser today on the radio. The absolute idiotic questions being asked by these morons for journalists!?? Seriously?? The obvious right-wing Murdoch media hounds who were there are just pure scum. Not even close to real journalism.
Maybe VIC should do what that coward in NSW did for her pressers and hand pick which "journalists" could attend? |
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27-05-2021, 06:16 PM | #10925 | |||
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Do you live for covid? Is it that NSW is better, is that it?
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27-05-2021, 06:21 PM | #10926 | |||
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Exodus from Melbourne ahead of midnight lockdown as NSW issues stay-at-home orders
https://www.theage.com.au/national/v...27-p57vn9.html NSW demands Victorian visitors follow stay-at-home measures Quote:
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27-05-2021, 06:26 PM | #10927 | ||
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27-05-2021, 07:17 PM | #10928 | ||
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Melbourne residents flee Victoria ahead of another Covid lockdown
Callers to 3AW on Thursday morning said they were hitting the road to get out of the state as the city braces for a possible lockdown. “I’m heading off to Sydney now, in the car,” one caller said. “I’m going straight right through, no stops. I just want to get to Sydney. “Yesterday morning I left Melbourne at 3 o’clock – there were so many cars loaded, getting to Sydney,” a second said https://www.theaustralian.com.au/tra...316e8545c6fb95 |
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27-05-2021, 07:22 PM | #10929 | ||
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Victoria's COVID hotline received over 77,000 calls in just 15 minutes
"This morning, Victoria's COVID-19 hotline received over 77,000 calls in a 15-minute window, the Department of Health said. "This significant demand unfortunately caused a number of technical issues which network providers have been successfully restoring throughout the day – and more resources will be added," the Department said in a statement. "The Department is grateful for everyone's enthusiasm and patience."" Can someone let me/us know when its up and running |
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27-05-2021, 07:24 PM | #10930 | |||
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Well they wont be going into SA as they locked Melburnians out couple days ago. I think sa police are manning the SA border again now and its papers please at the border, because on the website they have put back in place that entry is only permitted via a handful of approved highways/roads. They'd been absent for a while at the borders, and relying on people to fill the cross border forms in, in good faith. |
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27-05-2021, 07:57 PM | #10931 | ||
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‘Clear failure’: Victoria lags other states on single QR check-in system
Federal minister Jane Hume has criticised Victoria’s “hopelessly inadequate” contact tracing system as the state lags other jurisdictions in implementing a single statewide QR code to track visits to coronavirus hotspots. Senator Hume, a Victorian whose portfolios include the digital economy, said states such as NSW had proved an efficient and harmonised QR system was essential to contact tracing efforts. Having multiple systems was unnecessarily complex and It was a “clear failure” of the Victorian government that the single system was only starting on Friday, she said. “It’s beyond irresponsible that even Victoria’s state Parliament wasn’t using the Services Vic check-in until this week,” Senator Hume told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. “As Victoria’s citizens sink into yet another spirit-breaking lockdown, it’s clear lessons haven’t been learned and our contact tracking and tracing system remains hopelessly inadequate https://www.smh.com.au/politics/fede...27-p57vqx.html |
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27-05-2021, 08:25 PM | #10932 | ||
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i tried using the QR code at a testing station today .... 3 times, even the person getting my details had trouble logging me in . . . . . it turned out to be my home address ... and that seriously was the problem
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27-05-2021, 08:41 PM | #10933 | |||
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27-05-2021, 09:55 PM | #10934 | ||
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I miss the old covid, this new one sounds like a bastard.
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27-05-2021, 10:00 PM | #10935 | |||
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27-05-2021, 10:07 PM | #10936 | ||
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NSW and ACT have solid QR check in apps along with solid contact tracing and no lock downs.
Obviously there is still a need for human contact tracers because you don't check in everywhere you go but a good system would sort a lot of that out if it actually worked. As a software developer the basics are not very hard. Date/time stamp, location id, contact details so at a very basic level you could run a query against all contacts when someone tests positive to email/text potential exposure. |
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27-05-2021, 10:20 PM | #10937 | ||
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Just tried calling again, and it tells me the number is not connected!
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27-05-2021, 10:31 PM | #10938 | ||
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Ring Telstra Business tomorrow, see if you can reserve it.
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27-05-2021, 10:50 PM | #10939 | ||
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Don't get what all the fuss is with QR code. Its just one of many controls, and only useful if people actually scan in, or if they have forgotten where they have been. 10,000+ close contacts identified in the space of a few days, even with some apparent D grade QR system.
An interesting update on the Mickleham facility. Whats the saying? Tail wagging the dog? Looks like a goer. PM highly favourable to Vic quarantine hub https://7news.com.au/politics/morris...last-c-2945865 "Construction on a Victorian coronavirus quarantine centre could begin within months after the federal government indicated it is willing to back the state plan. Prime Minister Scott Morrison made his strongest show of support for the facility on a Commonwealth site in Melbourne's north as Victoria prepares to enter a one-week lockdown. "We are highly favourable towards this," he told reporters in Canberra on Thursday. While the state government made September the earliest date for construction to start, Mr Morrison is confident of bringing that forward. "We think this can be done actually quicker. That's one of the things we are working through with them now."" A call back facility would be nice! |
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27-05-2021, 11:02 PM | #10940 | |||
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27-05-2021, 11:03 PM | #10941 | ||
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Yes it is one control but one they can't even have it sorted after all this time. Like I said NSW and ACT have had it working for ages.
I agree we all need dedicated facilities but if anyone needs them more it is VIC. It is quite obvious they are hopeless at dealing with the same **** every other state deals with hotel quarantine despite not taking anyone for a long time |
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27-05-2021, 11:06 PM | #10942 | |||
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Only time I have been pressured into QR coding (and I refuse to let my govt track me to that level) is at the airport. A young dumb millenial cop couldn't get it through his numbnut brain that us grown ups dont live on our phone all day. Where's your smart phone? Don't own or need one mate. He gives me a dumb look and a grown up Seargent says 'just fill in the written declaration sir".......
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27-05-2021, 11:19 PM | #10943 | |||
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I've used the QR code a handful of times, at the footy (not really that useful given that its ticketed and they have your records and your seating details), and restaurants and bars. Actually all restaurants and bars I've been to have been very diligent in asking their customers to scan in. Every time I have used it, its been simple, a few clicks and done. Initially many of the QR codes took me to their own sites, but more and more are being sent to the Vic Gov site.
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And if you want to really keep score, NSW has had the most number of leaks. Granted they contain the transmission case numbers well, but the last outbreak and restrictions cost the economy $3b+. It will continue to happen. Even a Howard Springs / Mickleham type facility won't be fail proof, but it'll lower the risk. Estimated cost of this 7 day lock down in Vic is a $1b hit to the economy. The payback for these facilities is a no brainer (if estimates are accurate). |
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27-05-2021, 11:31 PM | #10944 | ||
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NSW has also pulled all the weight by a long way on the amount of arrivals and the risks that go with it. No keeping score because VIC loses that every day of the week. No one in Australia wishes they lived there in the last 12-18 months if ever
Despite the failures, hotel quarantine has been overwhelmingly successful by the numbers. If we had more urgency in vaccines it would be even less an issue. At this point it is more worthwhile putting the effort and $$$ into getting those rates up |
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28-05-2021, 12:00 AM | #10945 | |||
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28-05-2021, 12:19 AM | #10946 | ||
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All I know is you're in another lock down yet again and I'm not and neither is NSW
That said I hope VIC hits their numbers to get it over with before 7 days because this **** costs a lot of money for everyone let alone just being locked up. It's all well and good to say we will have a circuit breaker lock down but there are plenty of experts who say it makes no difference in most of them so far. |
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28-05-2021, 01:22 AM | #10947 | ||
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Most of the WA ones have been short because they were HQ workers who used QR codes so contact tracing was easy and they had spacing, hygiene, hand sanitizer use drilled into them.
But a lot of the general population or 'close contacts' don't give a stuff about QR or hygiene and hand sanitizer use, so once it's fully out there it spreads quickly. We've become complacent, letting the governments deal with it then whinging about it... |
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28-05-2021, 07:51 AM | #10948 | |||
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28-05-2021, 08:13 AM | #10949 | ||
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I tried calling again at 0630 this morning, as it is advertised as a 24-hour a day service. Got through the first time, so at least that's an improvement. Listened to the selection options and navigated my way through to the vaccination booking line. Only to be told that facility is only available from 8am.
Thanks. Would have been nice if you'd told me that at the start so that I didn't consume lines unnecessarily. Anyway, if you're looking to make a vaccination booking, don't bother trying before 8. Will be interesting to see how the phone lines handled the expected surge at 8. Edit, just tried calling again and there's a new number to try for vaccination appointments. I missed what it was so tried calling the 1800 675 398 number again, but got through this time? Currently on hold. 2nd E: Sat on hold for 10 minutes then the line just disconnected. Rang back again and got the message about the new number. It is 1800 571 121. Tried calling and it just disconnects straight away. Guess I'll just keep trying....
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