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South Australia border closures:

"From midnight tonight, people coming to the state from Melbourne, Geelong and Bacchus Marsh will need to quarantine for two weeks.

Anyone coming from other parts of the Victoria will need to undergo testing on days one, five and 13, but will not have to isolate once they get their first test result.

The 70 kilometre border bubble with Victoria will continue.

Plans to lift border restrictions with south eastern Queensland have been cancelled, but testing requirements will be lifted for people coming from Townsville and Birdsville"

 

This adds further weight to the thought teams that flew to Qld today will be playing SA teams (and maybe WA) teams in SEQ in rounds 19-20.

 
8 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

My son lives in Poland (great vaccination rate) and right now he and his fiancée are holidaying in Italy. Italy!!! No masks, no quarantining, no social-distancing.

Actually, that's not at all true:

"Wearing a face mask is always mandatory in indoor public places throughout Italy.
Masks are no longer mandatory outdoors, but you must always carry one with you and wear it if you find yourself in crowded conditions that do not allow the 1 metre safety distance to be maintained."

As for quarantine, you only escape it if you're fully vaccinated, and even then, arrivals from some countries still have to do the negative test/quaratine routine.

Same as for most European countries.

Edited by bing181

St Kilda will probably have to fly out today.

 
6 hours ago, Better days ahead said:

I'm no conspriracy therorist but ...

Cough.

1 minute ago, bing181 said:

Cough.

best get that cough checked out Bing. Could be Covid

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    Are they seriously going to lock us down with 5 minutes notice??? Just make an announcement already. Can’t be hard to copy and paste the last 4 lockdowns!

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    2 minutes ago, Jaded said:

    Are they seriously going to lock us down with 5 minutes notice??? Just make an announcement already. Can’t be hard to copy and paste the last 4 lockdowns!

    They're delaying the decision out of an abundance of caution,

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    what is it about AFL players travelling on planes in winter in footy shorts.

    Noticed MFC last week travelling to Adelaide and other teams today to Brisbane.

     

    If you’re in Melbourne, go get takeaway from your local restaurant tonight and save the massive food wastage these businesses are about to have thanks to a last minute lockdown. Absolute balls. 

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    8 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    what is it about AFL players travelling on planes in winter in footy shorts.

    Noticed MFC last week travelling to Adelaide and other teams today to Brisbane.

    pants are part of the soft cap.

    budget cuts

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    Sick of lockdowns being handled like PR exercises. leak the chance of a lockdown to the press, warn school. wait 3-4 hours for word to get out and everyone to emotionally come to terms with the chance of a lockdown

    Just [censored] do it already!

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    The one highlight of this year with being unable to travel or book any events has been football. Being robbed of going to games is just another kick in the guts. 
    It’s getting harder and harder to find any joy in living in this state. 

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    7 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

    can't see the clash vs gc17 going ahead in darwin saturday week at this stage

    No chance now


    32 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    what is it about AFL players travelling on planes in winter in footy shorts.

    Noticed MFC last week travelling to Adelaide and other teams today to Brisbane.

    Its warm at the other end.

    Thinking on my VIC comrads, this really f----n sucks.

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    Good luck with the latest lockdown, fellow Demonlanders.  Here are some tips from NSW:

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    9 minutes ago, demonstone said:

    Good luck with the latest lockdown, fellow Demonlanders.  Here are some tips from NSW:

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    You forgot shopping for luxury handbags. 

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    6 hours ago, Webber said:

    It’s 3 notoriously headline seeking Medicos in the US who reject the need for randomised controlled trials (RCT) to legitimise drug efficacy. The entire medical model of medication-based therapy (prevention and cure) is based on RCTs. Ivermectin has not met any standards of efficacy in RCTs. That is science. Any quoting of its positive effect anecdotal, and we went down this route early with hydroxychloroquine. It’s a distraction to create notoriety and fuel spurious reportage. If only we could put all that energy into the KNOWN EVIDENTIAL SCIENCE - vaccination and effective quarantine , we’d be a lot happier and healthier. 

    University of Oxford have commenced a trial. It's properly supported and funded by the UK government so we'll soon know once and for all whether this drug is effective of not

    https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-06-23-ivermectin-be-investigated-possible-treatment-covid-19-oxford-s-principle-trial

    Just now, The Swimming Dee said:

    Are games in Melbourne still likely to go ahead...just without crowds? Sorry if i missed info on this already

    Haven’t mentioned footy. Assume the games will go ahead without crowds. 

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    24 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    Its warm at the other end.

    not in Adelaide I can assure you and even Brisbane these days isn't exactly boiling

     

    Well I’m off to stock the bar*
     

    *masked and within 5km. Don’t call the police!

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    Chairman Dan has been babbling on for over half an hour and I still havn't heard anything about footy crowds or distances travelled etc. Presume it is the same as last time.

    Anyway the real guess is how long is this really going to last ? I am going to say 5 weeks.

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