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Yep, only 500+ per day dying now. All good.

To reply to my own question/comment: I never got the voucher to work, but one day when I went online it said I had a valid subscription. It seems that the vouchers didn't work for some users. Not going to go through this again next year though, will just do WatchAFL directly. Subscribing through the AFL/club has been flakey as all hell for me, and nothing changes from one year to the next.

Perhaps, but some not. What the hell was Viney thinking!

I don't believe for one minute that this won't hurt for the players. OK, makeshift backline, but it was sloppy, undisciplined and unfocused. Not good on any level (except the constant feeling that we could be/should be playing so much better).

Plus May. The other point that with May as the anchor, the other players back there have a reference point and can play and structure up accordingly - and do so week after week so they hone their systems. None of that on display today.

It reduces transmission. Info confirming this is available on the health.gov.au site ... if you'd bothered to (really) look. "a marked reduction of transmission following vaccination".

I'd go with Jurrah as well. We only had a glimpse of what he was capable of.

It has been fairly widely known for months, but he can only be stood down or whatever once the mandate came into force in WA - which was this week.

Just checking here for subscribers that: - people have received their codes - the codes work (!). Got mine yesterday, but showing "voucher not valid".

"vaccine effectiveness estimates against symptomatic Omicron infection of between 0% and 20% after two doses, and between 55% and 80% after a booster dose." https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/232698/omicron-largely-evades-immunity-from-past/ Only one study, but still. (agree about the shambles part.)

Perhaps. In theory, we should be on the decline by then. Against that, from what we've seen Covid is also seasonal and peaks over the winter months, so perhaps we'll start to get a new wave building through autumn. What might help though is booster shots - I assume that a lot of players would be ready for boosters by the time the season starts. Boosters really seem to have an impact, at least in keeping symptoms down and shortening infection period.

They are not flatlining, far from it. FJ just ignores facts when they don't fit his narrative (such as it is). (Graph below shows a 7-day rolling average, daily admissions figure is higher. And increasing.)

Hmm. While figures are lower than the worst periods from last year, with these massive case numbers there are starting to be a LOT of people in hospital and, worryingly, intensive care. e.g. in France, nearly 70% of the total number of intensive care beds are taken up by Covid patients, increasing by over 400 per day. And only going to get worse.

Clearly.

Meanwhile ... Premier League announces record 103 new positive Covid-19 cases Fifteen top-flight matches postponed after December outbreaks https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/dec/27/premier-league-announces-record-103-new-positive-covid-19-cases

Unless I'm mistaken, it's determined by your internet speed (if in Auto mode), or limited by it if in manual mode.

10 players positive at the Swans. And so it starts. https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/teams/sydney-swans/afl-2021-at-least-10-sydney-swans-players-test-positive-for-covid19-after-prechristmas-boat-cruise-impact-on-training-news/news-story/0b23e19162e2ce86d50ec667aa23cfd0

Suspect that either he or Thomlinson will take Hibberd's place, just needs to get some consistency and get his body right. Back-line runs deep, will be lots of pressure for spots. Speaks volumes that none of these guys asked for trades to other clubs where they'd be more likely to play every week.

Also very handy for those of us in a different time zone. Only one 4 .a.m. start that I can see. (Though I accept, I'm not really a target market here, so I would have taken whatever came.)

Lost 3 or 4 kg, running better (he says).

No.

Also heart rate monitor.

There are a number of peer-reviewed studies around comparing immunity between vaxxed and infected.

Yes, but as with elsewhere, in Germany there's a huge difference in incidence of Covid between regions. It goes from around 150 cases per 100K per day in the east and old East Germany, down to less than 10% of that in the North West. Would love to see an overlay of vaccination rates by region/Covid incidence, but haven't managed to find any recent maps.

Exactly. Think think think. Can't be bothered with the rest.