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4 hours ago, ManDee said:

I hope @bing181 and the others having a go at me are keeping abreast of all this. The German vaccine authority suggesting that AZ NOT EFFECTIVE on over 65's. Not recommended for under 60's in Australia. Not recommended for anyone in Canada & Japan, numerous corruption allegations and run by Scomos mate!

Source for either of the bolded bits?

Previously you argued AZ was being phased out and that supported your argument.

If it wasn't already clear, the commentary this week about AZ being phased out is an acknowledgement that by October Australia's over 60 population will have been fully vaccinated, meaning there will be no more use for AZ.

it is not a commentary about AZ being phased out of use for people for whom it can otherwise be used.

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    32 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    Source for either of the bolded bits?

    Previously you argued AZ was being phased out and that supported your argument.

    If it wasn't already clear, the commentary this week about AZ being phased out is an acknowledgement that by October Australia's over 60 population will have been fully vaccinated, meaning there will be no more use for AZ.

    it is not a commentary about AZ being phased out of use for people for whom it can otherwise be used.

    I’ve linked to other sources last page which covers AZ efficacy against strains

    On 6/25/2021 at 12:38 PM, binman said:

    Look's like the NSW's government's luck ran out. 

    I hope some of the angst about the decision in Victoria to go to lockdown is bit more measured moving forward. 

     

    It's now completely run out.

    A two week full lockdown.

    And a reasonable question is should they have locked down a week ago as we did in Victoria at the equivalent stage of the outbreak.

    I'm not bagging the nsw government. They have to make tough calls.

    But the fact remains that our decision on lockdown and the staged lifting of restrictions has brought our outbreak to heel.

    The government was criticised heavily for that decision, particularly from the all powerful Murdoch Mafia.

    We now have a direct comparison of two approaches.

    Of the 29 cases announced today 12 were out and about in the community WHILST infectious. That suggests contract tracing lagged. And would not have occurred if tbey had been in lockdown.

    And the vic fella who went to a party in nsw would not have had a party to go to. And would not have risked creating a new outbreak in Victoria just as we were getting on top of our outbreak. By the by that risk is still very much there.

    Given the numbers in nsw, and the approach they have chosen to take, there is a very strong chance a two week lockdown will not be enough.

    So do the maths on the economic impact of the approach they have taken. And compare it to that of Victoria of our latest outbreak. 

    The situation in nsw is awful for tbe whole country. I'm sick of the lack of a federally coordinated respons to all of this, including lockdowns. 

    And I'm sick of how decisions such as when and how to impose restrictions and lockdowns are often overly informed by ideology and political considerations,.

    And the Murdoch Mafia has a lot to answer for in this regard.

    Maybe Peta credlin can go to some pressers in nsw and ask about how it escaped in the first place, how it spread so quickly and how effective or otherwise their gold standard contract tracing has gone.

     

     

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    39 minutes ago, binman said:

    And the vic fella who went to a party in nsw would not have had a party to go to.

    This is a great point!


    2 hours ago, Demonland said:

     

    Lucky for us GWS are already in Melbourne. They’ll stay here and play us next week. Then we are done with NSW teams for the year. 

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    2 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    This is a great point!

    Yep - and the 'gold standard' contact tracing team didn't even know he existed, even though he was the father of the host. Be really annoying if it gets away in Victoria because Gladys was too proud to order a lockdown. 

    Bloody Murdoch press - I reckon they share some of the blame for Victoria's disaster last year- Andrews was slow to impose lockdowns because of the hysteria from Rupert's hitmen (and woman)  Imagine if we'd had Whiney O'Brien as our Premier. All he ever did was to squark 'open up! Open up!' We'd have had a death toll in the thousands.

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    3 hours ago, binman said:

    It's now completely run out.

    A two week full lockdown.

    And a reasonable question is should they have locked down a week ago as we did in Victoria at the equivalent stage of the outbreak.

    I'm not bagging the nsw government. They have to make tough calls.

    But the fact remains that our decision on lockdown and the staged lifting of restrictions has brought our outbreak to heel.

    The government was criticised heavily for that decision, particularly from the all powerful Murdoch Mafia.

    We now have a direct comparison of two approaches.

    Of the 29 cases announced today 12 were out and about in the community WHILST infectious. That suggests contract tracing lagged. And would not have occurred if tbey had been in lockdown.

    And the vic fella who went to a party in nsw would not have had a party to go to. And would not have risked creating a new outbreak in Victoria just as we were getting on top of our outbreak. By the by that risk is still very much there.

    Given the numbers in nsw, and the approach they have chosen to take, there is a very strong chance a two week lockdown will not be enough.

    So do the maths on the economic impact of the approach they have taken. And compare it to that of Victoria of our latest outbreak. 

    The situation in nsw is awful for tbe whole country. I'm sick of the lack of a federally coordinated respons to all of this, including lockdowns. 

    And I'm sick of how decisions such as when and how to impose restrictions and lockdowns are often overly informed by ideology and political considerations,.

    And the Murdoch Mafia has a lot to answer for in this regard.

    Maybe Peta credlin can go to some pressers in nsw and ask about how it escaped in the first place, how it spread so quickly and how effective or otherwise their gold standard contract tracing has gone.

     

     

    I have to congratulate you Binman, for the most part I've agreed with your opinions (well, apart from the times where you have had strong opinions about my character), but you've done exceedingly well with the post above. I normally try to stay away from political comments as I find the arguments are too emotionally driven and generally people don't like their beliefs challenged. There will be many who read your comments and dismiss them as an attack on the Coalition Federal Govt. The crux of the matter is that the response to the pandemic should be apolitical and that starts with the Federal Govt leading and applying the laws as governed by The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution. Quarantine Laws and the administration of such is a Federal responsibility and in my opinion those who are supposed to lead seem to have abrogated that responsibility.

     

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    More gold standard contract tracing:

    https://t.co/4ZR1gZj8fZ?amp=1

    BRISBANE, 26 June 2021: Virgin Australia can confirm that a Sydney-based cabin crew member has tested positive to COVID-19 after undertaking a rapid result test this evening. State and Federal health authorities have been notified.

    The affected crew member is a close contact of a positive COVID-19 case from a known cluster in Sydney. Virgin Australia understands the crew member was not aware they were a close contact of a positive case until after they completed their last flight today. 

    NSW Health advises that five flights, as outlined below, on which the crew member flew from 24 June 2021 are of concern. The crew member may have been infectious during that time. 

    The crew member also had an overnight layover in Melbourne on 25 June 2021, staying at the Holiday Inn Express Southbank. While in Melbourne, the crew member remained in hotel isolation under prescribed COVID protocols for overnighting crew members from New South Wales.

    Affected flights are:

    25 June 2021

    VA939 Sydney-Brisbane

    VA334 Brisbane-Melbourne

    26 June 2021

    VA827 Melbourne-Sydney

    VA517 Sydney-Gold Coast

    VA524 Gold Coast-Sydney  

    Edited by binman

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    I can't help but feel there is a major country-wide outbreak on the cards.

    NSW has let Sydney's outbreak get too far away from them, then a miner potentially exposes hundreds of people who have dispersed across multiple states and territories, and now a crew member flies up and down the eastern seaboard despite not knowing they were a close contact (critical to find out why that is - was this person ignorant and not checking, or were they missed by contact tracers and weren't notified).

    If the infection rate increases there becomes a stronger argument to get AZ into more people under the age of 60, but that will never happen given the damage to AZ's reputation that the federal government has allowed to happen.

    Blame Gladys or Dan all you want, far and away the two major reasons we're in this boat are hotel quarantine and the vaccine rollout.

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    After reading the covid news this morning with a little Luck Victoria could be hub for the AFL this season. Qld and NSW out with cases, Tas,SA and WA locked up tighter than a drum. Vic it is then.

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    3 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    one case in Perth and no crowds at the footy

    what can one say

    Dogs absolutely kissed on the [censored]. No crowd at Optus Stadium thanks to WA absolutely being the most ridiculous over the top state and their premier who is the biggest bed wetting arrogant [censored] going around. 

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    1 case detected in Perth and so no crowds at the footy. Monty Python couldn't even dream this [censored] up. This country would have to have the worst politicians for putting fear into everybody. The worst part is the people fall for it.

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    23 hours ago, binman said:

    It's now completely run out.

    A two week full lockdown.

    And a reasonable question is should they have locked down a week ago as we did in Victoria at the equivalent stage of the outbreak.

    I'm not bagging the nsw government. They have to make tough calls.

    But the fact remains that our decision on lockdown and the staged lifting of restrictions has brought our outbreak to heel.

    The government was criticised heavily for that decision, particularly from the all powerful Murdoch Mafia.

    We now have a direct comparison of two approaches.

    Of the 29 cases announced today 12 were out and about in the community WHILST infectious. That suggests contract tracing lagged. And would not have occurred if tbey had been in lockdown.

    And the vic fella who went to a party in nsw would not have had a party to go to. And would not have risked creating a new outbreak in Victoria just as we were getting on top of our outbreak. By the by that risk is still very much there.

    Given the numbers in nsw, and the approach they have chosen to take, there is a very strong chance a two week lockdown will not be enough.

    So do the maths on the economic impact of the approach they have taken. And compare it to that of Victoria of our latest outbreak. 

    The situation in nsw is awful for tbe whole country. I'm sick of the lack of a federally coordinated respons to all of this, including lockdowns. 

    And I'm sick of how decisions such as when and how to impose restrictions and lockdowns are often overly informed by ideology and political considerations,.

    And the Murdoch Mafia has a lot to answer for in this regard.

    Maybe Peta credlin can go to some pressers in nsw and ask about how it escaped in the first place, how it spread so quickly and how effective or otherwise their gold standard contract tracing has gone.

     

     

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    Edited by Dr. Gonzo

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    56 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    one case in Perth and no crowds at the footy

    what can one say

    Yes words fail me.

    7 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:
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    Says it all.

    Had to laugh, peta credlin is now an opinion writer for the hun and yesterday, on tbe day nsw goes to lockdown, writes an article about the return of Joyce provides an opportunity for tbe coalition to move further to the right

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    18 minutes ago, binman said:

    Says it all.

    Had to laugh, peta credlin is now an opinion writer for the hun and yesterday, on tbe day nsw goes to lockdown, writes an article about the return of Joyce provides an opportunity for tbe coalition to move further to the right

    If they move any further right they'll be to the right of Mussolini.

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    1 hour ago, Jaded said:

    No crowd at Optus Stadium thanks to WA absolutely being the most ridiculous over the top state and their premier who is the biggest bed wetting arrogant [censored] going around. 

    A premier who was recently reelected in a landslide.

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    5 minutes ago, bing181 said:

    A premier who was recently reelected in a landslide.

    Yep he’s the perfect leader for the nuffies of WA who want to be their own separate country but still enjoy that sweet sweet GST dollars. 

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    Jon Ralph and Eddie on Fox Footy have been going OTT hyperbolic with their statements about the AFL being close to crisis with COVID.

    However, they are raising issues worth considering.

    We know players don't want hubs, and we know the AFL has told players hubs are a last resort. Eddie's suggestion was that the AFL will do another "footy frenzy" to get a stack of games played in a short period, which limits the time the NSW and WA clubs may have to spend out of their home states, so that they can then go home to be with their families for a 2-3 week period, presumably during which the competition takes a break.

    1 hour ago, binman said:

    Says it all.

    Had to laugh, peta credlin is now an opinion writer for the hun and yesterday, on tbe day nsw goes to lockdown, writes an article about the return of Joyce provides an opportunity for tbe coalition to move further to the right

    Today's Herald Sun no mention of Sydneys lockdown. If this was Vic & it has been they'd be going nuts

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    SA closing their borders to basically everyone… could we get lucky and play Port in Melbourne? 

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    I don’t get it. Last night’s match was capped at 25,000. As expected, totally sold out. But the attendance last night was 19,500. How is that a sellout?


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