Diamond_Jim

The hand of God strikes again !!

SA have added another 14 days of quarantine to the Olympic athletes quarantining in Sydney https://www.theage.com.au/sport/aoc-lashes-sa-for-imposing-28-day-quarantine-on-returning-olympians-20210811-p58hxp.html

That criteria is met by around 70% of the adult returnees to Australia but we still insist upon 14 days hotel quarantine. The risk equation is set to as close to zero as they can make it especially in WA. FWIW I'd put all finals teams in Perth and decide game venues on a weekly basis with reference to border closures.

The 1 goal 6 in the last quarter against GCS was inexcusable. No pressure and perfect conditions indoors with no crowds. IIRC 3 shots hit the post. That is almost worse than missing in that it showed no allowance for a margin of error.

Herd immunity is fast being called out as a myth due to vaccinated persons while very safe from hospitalisations being able to be infected. So it's vaccinate or perish for those in the older anti vax category. The discussion is now centering on child vaccines and I'm increasingly of the view that the goalposts for the next phase may move from 70 and 80% of the adult population to 70 and 80% of the entire population. On a similar note I'm resigned to no significant opening of overseas borders before third quarter 2022 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/10/delta-variant-renders-herd-immunity-from-covid-mythical

Pleasant weather for MCG Sunday afternoon football predicted 17 degrees, light winds and virtually no rain

I'm a big believer in Smith being our medical sub during the finals. If a mid goes down they can be better covered than a KPP.

Adelaide looms a la Collingwood of 2017

you have to be kidding

sounds like the game will continue (ABC radio)

that storm is nearly passed It will be touch and go http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR703.loop.shtml

10:53... we win

2021 is just that kind of year !

Judging by the weather radar it will take at least 30mins for the storm clouds to pass

has been only 1m of rain in Perth since 9am. There's a decent shower on the radar that should hit around 7:15pm Melbourne time but after that there is not much rain on the way. The earlier strong winds seem to have died down to at most a stiff breeze (22km) May not be as wet as some think http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDR702.loop.shtml#skip

other than the non competing clubs which is probably one thousand or so light that sounds about right for a fifty thousand crowd. Get ready however for a bit of guilting by the big corporates who may not wish to be seen taking away seats from those more deserving and of course we will get a frontline workers allocation

There's some very early reports suggesting this variant might pose the vaccines a problem. Fingers crossed for otherwise.

Starting to see the Lambda (South America) version in Asia and the Epsilon (Pakistan) is popping up in USA. What fun.

Lions showing us how to get the job done in the West. The weekend's results have opened up an incredible rails run to top spot.

wow o wow that rails run to top has just opened up. Are we good enough to take the opportunity?

700k at a biker rally in Sturgis South Dakota. What could possibly go wrong. https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-health-coronavirus-pandemic-south-dakota-sd-state-wire-b729c1e92cb7e0f74c12343c483f9474 The Black Hills of South Dakota roared with motorcycles and crowds Friday as the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally kicked off, with mostly mask-less rallygoers packed shoulder-to-shoulder at bars and rock shows, despite a rise in COVID-19 cases in the state. Organizers expect at least 700,000 people during the 10-day event that is a rendezvous for bikers, who connect over their love for motorcycles. For some, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime goal to make it to Sturgis; others faithfully make the pilgrimage year after year. “It’s just a great big family atmosphere, everybody’s out here for the same purpose — we all love motorcycles,” said Aaron Harper. “If you’re a motorcyclist, you have to see it at least once in your life.”

Would have been a beautiful day at Casey....... 😢

Was looking at USA hospitalisation rates today. Covid cases running at 100k per day. The last time the daily case rate was at that level was February. With 50% vaccinated you might expect to see a reasonable decrease in the hospitalisation rate compared to February but no they're almost the same. There are relatively few vaccinated people in hospital which means in simple terms the present strain is hospitalising the unvaccinated at roughly twice the rate as the strain which was prevalent in February. You can play with these figures around the edges but the trend does not lie. Get the jab and we will need close to 90% of over 12's jabbed to beat this.

The irony is that now in NSW could be a perfect time to have a mass return (2k per day) of vaccinated Australians overseas. The covid positive rates of returness would be around 20 per day maximum which could be managed through home/hotel quarantine. That's a minimal increment over the 2,000 per week which is being managed in the NSW community. Won't happen for so many reasons but what always disappoints me is that we never have serious discussions along these lines because it would be admitting short term political failure.

You don't pay a back up forward $400-500k and that is what he will be shopped around at. If the club thinks TMac can go around for two more years then the younger forward is the way to go. The big issue will be re-signing Luke Jackson for at least a further 2 if not 3 years