1 minute ago, daisycutter said:

is that quote for real?    haven't they heard of "fleeting transmission" and "creeping assumptions"?

They are from Adelaide remember.

2 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

The silver lining in the current outbreak is that it has shaken people up and we are now setting vaccination records in Victoria.

i thought we were seeing vaccination records because they'd opened it up to the under 50s?

2 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Apparently, Case 5 who is the case zero in the current outbreak was eligible for a  vaccine but hadn't decided to have it. 

I was told the Flemington vaccination hub, in the northern suburbs ie the epicenter of the current outbreak,  had been virtually empty as over 50's weren't getting vaccinated. 

No wonder the vaccine roll-out has been slow - people choosing not to have it. 

The silver lining in the current outbreak is that it has shaken people up and we are now setting vaccination records in Victoria.

 

The sad part is this always seems to be the case LH. The thing that has become apparent to me over the last 18 months is that there are far more idiots in society than I thought. Beggars belief.

2 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

i thought we were seeing vaccination records because they'd opened it up to the under 50s?

Records vs other states. 

8 minutes ago, old dee said:

That's a joke right?

No it's an actual quote

12 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

No it's an actual quote

Words fail me.

29 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Apparently, Case 5 who is the case zero in the current outbreak was eligible for a  vaccine but hadn't decided to have it. 

I was told the Flemington vaccination hub, in the northern suburbs ie the epicenter of the current outbreak,  had been virtually empty as over 50's weren't getting vaccinated. 

No wonder the vaccine roll-out has been slow - people choosing not to have it. 

The silver lining in the current outbreak is that it has shaken people up and we are now setting vaccination records in Victoria.

 

Doesn't help with the Government come out and say - It's not a race.  There has not been any pushing of vaccinations or not enough anyway.  Government trying to distract from their slow roll out by implying it is not urgent.  Feels pretty urgent now

The dumb masses need to be told what to do. 

Heard a snippet on radio about their (Collingwood) football jumpers etc needing to be bagged into PPE type bags before leaving the stadium.

Talk about being treated as untouchables.

Anyone for a pizza ?

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38 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

Collingwood allowed into Adelaide, just when you think common sense has prevailed the SA CHO comes out with this pearler for those who will attend the match

“If the ball comes towards you, my advice is to duck and do not touch that ball," 

 

 

Ahhhhh!! The ball has covid!  someone shoot the Ball!!

We're all gonna die!

 

 

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

 

I mean this is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard, so people duck for cover and instead the person behind might get smacked in the face with the ball. FFS just bring some antibacterial hand gel with you, or better yet make them available at the ground. 

Or another solution make bottom level empty and the crowd only available to level 2/3. Seriously there are some stupid decisions being made out there ?‍♂️.

South Australians. What a bunch of actual morons. 

18 minutes ago, Jaded said:

South Australians. What a bunch of actual morons. 

That's a bit tough.

Never heard of leather poisoning?

5 hours ago, Bates Mate said:

Collingwood allowed into Adelaide, just when you think common sense has prevailed the SA CHO comes out with this pearler for those who will attend the match

“If the ball comes towards you, my advice is to duck and do not touch that ball," 

 

 

5 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

Apparently, Case 5 who is the case zero in the current outbreak was eligible for a  vaccine but hadn't decided to have it. 

I was told the Flemington vaccination hub, in the northern suburbs ie the epicenter of the current outbreak,  had been virtually empty as over 50's weren't getting vaccinated. 

No wonder the vaccine roll-out has been slow - people choosing not to have it. 

The silver lining in the current outbreak is that it has shaken people up and we are now setting vaccination records in Victoria.

 

Well not sure it's always so clear cut.

My sister believes it's due to difficulty with getting releases signed by medical trustees.

As there were supply problems I did not want to get mine until the front line , quarantine, etc staff and the most vulnerable older and disabled etc. had their jab.

I also believe incoming from overseas should not just be tested but should have the vaccine.

I was under treatment and was concerned about side effects etc, I am now scheduled for mine but still find it crazy that others more vulnerable don't have theirs. 

 

Say what you like about our Vic government and our handling of Covid... at least we have Brett Sutton and not this muppet talking about not touching balls. 

 

 

 

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9 hours ago, Jaded said:

Say what you like about our Vic government and our handling of Covid... at least we have Brett Sutton and not this muppet talking about not touching balls. 

yeah right we have won [censored] talking about Beasts and the other balls

'Im sorry I just cannot take any of them seriously any more

Why scare people why ramp up the Rhetoric 

There is one person in hospital with Covid in Australia

9 minutes ago, Kent said:

yeah right we have won [censored] talking about Beasts and the other balls

'Im sorry I just cannot take any of them seriously any more

Why scare people why ramp up the Rhetoric 

There is one person in hospital with Covid in Australia

I would prefer the health experts talking of a health response beyond a lockdown. This has become the go to knee jerk response since the economic response was so successfully introduced because our health system was to be "overwhelmed". This was based on overseas models and our limited availability of respirators.

Once our capacity of respirators was improved and our intensive bed numbers including private beds was acknowledged, the Australian health system has not been appropriately recognised or utilised and has certainly not been overwhelmed.

i would have preferred our politicians to recognise the pandemic as a health issue not an economic and political issue and acknowledge that our health system can identify, track and trace, treat and monitor those affected. Vaccination in a planned fashion through first responders and most vulnerable with quarantine facilities to contain are the most important feature of the treating of the pandemic.

The reality that we have been having large numbers attend football with no recognised spread and yet one person can spread the virus so easily shows the virulence of this variance of the disease. it is why we must take the comments of the experts seriously,

but I believe we should give them other tools particularly a capable health quarantine facility and appropriate vaccination, rather than wholesale community disruption of lockdowns

9 hours ago, Jaded said:

Say what you like about our Vic government and our handling of Covid... at least we have Brett Sutton and not this muppet talking about not touching balls. 

She was talking about footballs ????

South Australia is the gift that keeps on giving. 

 

9 hours ago, Jaded said:

Say what you like about our Vic government and our handling of Covid... at least we have Brett Sutton and not this muppet talking about not touching balls. 

Except he has been adding mayo on the infectiousness and speed of infection of the current virus type.  Very poor to use fear to justify the lockdown extension. national/scientists-find-no-evidence-strain-is-fast-moving-beast-2021

"The government justified yesterday’s extension of the lockdown by claiming what is now being called the “Kappa” variant of the virus is more contagious than previous outbreaks and infections are occurring more readily between people who only briefly came into contact.

University of Melbourne Professor James McCaw, an infectious disease expert and member of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee, which advises the national cabinet, said this was not supported by the data he had seen.

“There is no epidemiological evidence that this virus spreads faster,” he said. “There is no clear reason to think this virus is spreading in different ways.

“We need to be very cautious. We are on an absolute knife-edge in Victoria about whether we bring this under control rapidly or it develops further. But I don’t think it is helpful to seed alarmist or doomsday-type thoughts into the community.”

Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton, who has described the virus strain at large in Melbourne as an “absolute beast” that was spreading “in settings and circumstances we’ve never seen before”, toned down his language yesterday, as acting Premier James Merlino detailed the state’s next stage of COVID-19 restrictions."

Scare mongering by the Vic gov't is not what we need.