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06-08-2021, 05:23 PM | #13321 | |||
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06-08-2021, 05:57 PM | #13322 | |||
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I have it on good authority that most people with confirmed C19, are prescribed to go home rest, and take panadol i.e. simply ride it out. Add a cuppa and chicken noodle soup to the recovery routine and it does appear that we're treating the flu. |
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06-08-2021, 06:35 PM | #13323 | |||
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"No treatment available" does not equal "basically just the flu"... https://www.uptodate.com/contents/co...ink#H875275317 |
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06-08-2021, 06:56 PM | #13324 | |||
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It stems from transporting an infected air crew. So regardless of where you quarantine someone, there would still be the possibility of transmission of the virus. Unless everyone is suited up in full hazmat gear. And even then it's not 100% safe. Probably should have not let anyone back in months ago, until the majority of the public was vaccinated.
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06-08-2021, 07:08 PM | #13325 | |||
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Now Sydney is up to week 6 of lockdown I'll have to find out if he is still pro lockdown. |
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06-08-2021, 07:15 PM | #13326 | ||
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06-08-2021, 07:39 PM | #13327 | |||
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I had an investment that I sent to L.A in late 2019 to be auctioned in early 2020. Due to covid, the auction was postponed and was eventually held in late August. It sold for a lot less than was expected. Probably by around 80-100k. When that's all you have left in life and you don't have a job. $140-160k out of pocket is a big hit and it's possibly going to break me.
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06-08-2021, 08:11 PM | #13328 | ||
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Well I finally got around to booking my jab for 6/10. It took 54 mins on the phone but I got that box ticked
As it turned out I couldn't book online because I changed address! They even had my mums details correct and my old address and the same Medicare number. What a **** system if it takes that long here with no risk. I can only imagine how ****ed it is in NSW! As Charliewool brought up. It's easy to want all these lockdowns when you're sitting sweet. Full disclosure I have been going to work this whole time and have never worked harder so I'm sweet as. People lose jobs all the time usually, that is just market forces and that is capitalism. But that is not what is happening here right now, the governments are stripping away a persons ability to work which is fine so long as long as they fairly compensate. The businesses have no cash flow due to the start/stop nature of lockdowns. $750 a week? I'd be ok but **** me would that even cover a mortgage repayment in Sydney and Melbourne? |
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06-08-2021, 08:22 PM | #13329 | |||
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We are only avoiding this at the moment by isolationism. From each other and the rest of the world.
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06-08-2021, 08:39 PM | #13330 | |||
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We all know it will never happen, I think though he has a point. |
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06-08-2021, 08:48 PM | #13331 | |||
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You'd think that if you knew you were going to be heavily impacted financially that you'd prefer a one-and-done lockdown. We haven't seen a level-4 lockdown in New Zealand since the first one in March-April 2020, and I don't know anyone personally who would want another one. |
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06-08-2021, 09:05 PM | #13332 | |||
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My mate an RN in Sydney told me that! Cheers Billy Last edited by slowsnake; 06-08-2021 at 09:07 PM. Reason: Add a bit |
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06-08-2021, 09:33 PM | #13333 | ||
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Who can be ****ed listening to premiers giving 1hr press conferences everyday? I've tuned out of this **** seriously.
The only facts that matter are what are the restrictions, how many cases, how many are local, how many were in the community, how many in hospital, and how many are in ICU. A pleb can do that. It doesn't take 1hr at all |
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06-08-2021, 09:46 PM | #13334 | |||
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'And I must say' 'I thank the xyd people that lined up for testing' 'Based on the health advice' 'We're all in this together' 'I do want to convey' 'I can't stress that enough' 'Having said that' The conference would be done in 5 minutes. I think she is also inside betting on what colour jacket she wears each day just quietly... Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk
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06-08-2021, 09:50 PM | #13335 | |||
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06-08-2021, 09:59 PM | #13336 | |||
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06-08-2021, 11:48 PM | #13338 | |||
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Funnily enough, we've been trying very hard to hire people for 12 months now, and getting NOTHING. Even resorted to posting on the local Facebook groups, zero interest in both an apprenticeship or as a tradesman. Had one message, told him to call, nope. Multiple other shops in town are also advertising heavily, a couple I know from experience NEVER put people on so it must also be crazy busy for them. There is a tonne of jobs, especially in construction right now,just Noone wants to work. I think most people crying poor are lazy and loving the handouts too much till they can go back to complaining about how hard it is to punch tickets at the cinemas. I feel bad for teachers, and people that have a genuinely important job they now can't attend. However,if you have a nothing job, no career, and no savings, well who's to blame, really? Obviously this isn't a dig at your mate, but his tenants. And also the government for being so shortsighted with these deferrals and tenant protection crap they bought in at the start. In saying all that, I don't support the lockdowns. One or 2 yeah, but they're now being used to fix problems that shouldn't have occurred in the first place. Build a wall and make nsw pay for it |
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07-08-2021, 01:33 AM | #13339 | |||
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07-08-2021, 02:16 AM | #13340 | ||
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In terms of financial impact, even this forum has been impacted as I made the decision when lockdowns started in earnest last year that we wouldn't invoice the sponsors who were in place at that time until things returned to 'relative normality'. That's about $25k we are down to date.
That money is used to meet the running costs of the forum but with the sponsors and the donating members we usually run at a surplus, 90% of which went to charitable donations. We didn't have any surplus for charitable donations last year so that's a loss to the community as a whole (we donated $10k in 2019) and actually ran at a real loss (as we will this year) which I am funding.
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07-08-2021, 08:39 AM | #13341 | |||
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Is there a way that forum members could make a one off donation to be able to help contribute towards covering the loss? I'm certainly prepared to do that to help keep the forum up and running.
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07-08-2021, 08:59 AM | #13342 | ||
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29 new cases in Vic today. All of whom were in the community whilst infectious. Seems like it was the right call to put the state into lockdown, otherwise this outbreak would have been much more significant (keeping in mind that numbers will be likely to rise further from where they are now.)
E: that's the largest daily jump for Vic this year.
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07-08-2021, 09:15 AM | #13343 | ||
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Jack91....all jobs are important!....especially the man who picks up ya garbage, without him we all live in filth?
Sorry I can't copy and paste paragraphs or I would of quoted more from your post Cheers Billy. |
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07-08-2021, 09:36 AM | #13344 | |||
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07-08-2021, 09:43 AM | #13345 | |||
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07-08-2021, 12:47 PM | #13346 | ||
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https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...607e369bec3073
Geez, it was like he wanted to talk about anything other than today's figures and deaths.....
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07-08-2021, 12:52 PM | #13347 | ||
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Data valid as at 00:00 GMT August 6th 2021.
Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting. 308 new cases for Australia and 1 death so the CMR is 2.614%. NSW set another new daily high with 291 cases. No new cases and no deaths for NZ so CMR is 0.903%. The UK had a higher 31,442 cases yesterday and higher 92 deaths for a CMR of 2.165%. A higher 135,618 new cases in the USA yesterday and lower 588 deaths sees CMR at 1.740%. Other notable points: Global cases pass 202M, the last 1M in 1 day; Yesterday (5/8) was the first day over 700k global cases since 14/5; Africa passes 7M cases; The UK passes 6M cases; Japan (15,263); Malaysia (20,889); and Thailand (21,379) ... recorded new highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day. No countries move above the 90th percentile for the 10 day period and none drop below.
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07-08-2021, 01:13 PM | #13348 | ||
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Maybe entertaining books could be given to those in lockdown.
Such as Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. That might relieve the agony of only having video contact with the rellies. |
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07-08-2021, 04:21 PM | #13349 | ||
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