Covid 19 -

[GasoLane]

Originally Posted by Tickford.

I heard on the radio this morning that over 70% of the Covid-19 vaccines administered so far has been in NSW. And, NSW is the only State to vaccine the quarantine workers families as well as the workers. No other State/Territory has enough vaccines available to be able to vaccine the quarantine workers families. Also, NSW is using the Pfizer vaccine, the one that is more effective. Others are using the less effective AstraZeneca vaccine.

If true, then we now know why Greg Hunt attached a Liberal logo, instead of the Australian government logo, to his Twitter announcement on Feb 4 that Australia had secured 10M doses of the Pfizer vaccine. Unbelievable really. This government is just getting worse by the day.

I seriously don't know what your problem is with NSW, perhaps someone from there bullied you as a kid.

Despite that statement being a month old Greg Hunt said that Aus had secured, not recieved the vaccines.

And your radio announcer needs to get some proper facts before he sprouts to his true believers to help him get his ratings up.

"Victoria will get a total of 59,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine over the first four weeks, the state government said."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-...rkers/13171246

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-.../13197518?nw=0

[T3rminator]

Forget about allocation and "what is to come", because its just words. Look at what has been administered. Its not a surprise.

However, "experts" have suggested that the slow and steady method is the way to go initially. Its not a competition, but it is obvious where all the resources are put into focus. ADF is now stepping in to assist, with primary focus in you know where. There were questions raised what ADF resources would be given to other states....they are still working on it.

At the end of the day, we are all not going anywhere until EVERYONE (or close to) gets the jab. So getting the jab today instead of next month really makes no difference to me.

The only advantage is that one state may be able to open up more freely quicker than another, giving their economy a boost and bragging rights.

[T3rminator]

My folks are in the next band to get the jab. Their GP is qualified to administer the jab, and they have been told they will get it before end of March. They have been advised that they will get the astrazeneca shot, but I'm not sure if/how the export ban will affect the timelines.

My dad is quite nervous about getting the astra or the pfizer. He wants the tried and proven "inactivated" technology, which is what the flu jab is based on. But he won't have a choice. Old fuddy duddy even considered taking a flight to a country that will be administering the "inactivated" technology

[mostly_broncos]

Originally Posted by T3rminator

My folks are in the next band to get the jab. Their GP is qualified to administer the jab, and they have been told they will get it before end of March. They have been advised that they will get the astrazeneca shot, but I'm not sure if/how the export ban will affect the timelines.

My dad is quite nervous about getting the astra or the pfizer. He wants the tried and proven "inactivated" technology, which is what the flu jab is based on. But he won't have a choice. Old fuddy duddy even considered taking a flight to a country that will be administering the "inactivated" technology

My 79 year old mother had the pfizer first shot on feb 16th , sore arm starting 1 day after , worse on day 2 gone by day 4. No other reaction , she has a few issues , high blood pressure , low vitamin D .

Second shot will be march 16 theoretically she has talked to a friend who at age 85 has had both doses of pfizer with no issues .

[zilo]

Originally Posted by Tickford.

I heard on the radio this morning that over 70% of the Covid-19 vaccines administered so far has been in NSW. And, NSW is the only State to vaccine the quarantine workers families as well as the workers. No other State/Territory has enough vaccines available to be able to vaccine the quarantine workers families. Also, NSW is using the Pfizer vaccine, the one that is more effective. Others are using the less effective AstraZeneca vaccine.

yep....my son got the Pfizer vaccine three days ago.

[MITCHAY]

The ADF is being trained to administer the vaccine to support aged care and rural workers for obvious reasons. Federal responsibility and logistics. It has been reported that NSW were not aware of this plan before it was announced.

You can't complain about dose allocation and distribution when certains states are way behind on administering the ones they have. The 75% is the amount of administered doses in NSW. Slow and steady

[russellw]

Data valid as at 00:00 GMT March 5th, 2021.

Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting.

14 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR is 3.132%.

No new cases and 0 deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.088% and active cases 68.

The UK had a slightly lower 5,996 cases yesterday and 236 deaths, the 11th consecutive day under 10k cases.

Just under 70k new cases in the USA yesterday and 2,130 deaths sees CMR up to 1.808%. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Italy passes 3M cases;
Switzerland passes 10k deaths;

Only
Paraguay (1,501)

... recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.

Ivory Coast moves above the 90th percentile for their 10 day average while Indonesia drops below.

[Tickford.]

Brazil is once again in trouble with the virus it seems. Record number of daily deaths and infections, second only to the USA. The presidents response? He told his people to "Stop whining".

Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has spent the entire pandemic downplaying its seriousness, with dire consequences. Now, with the second-highest death toll in the world and fresh surges in both cases and deaths, he’s told Brazilians to hurry up and get over it. “Stop whining,” the president said at an event. “How long are you going to keep crying about it? How much longer will you stay at home and close everything? No one can stand it anymore. We regret the deaths, again, but we need a solution.” His comments came a day after Brazil saw a record rise in deaths over a 24-hour period, with 1,910 people losing their lives. A further 75,102 cases of coronavirus were reported the same day. According to BBC News, the explosion in cases has been blamed on the spread of a variant of the coronavirus thought to have originated in the city of Manaus.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/bolson...a=twitter_page


*The dismal handling of the virus by the Brazilian government has been atrocious. From the very beginning of the pandemic the President has been sprouting a load of bull****.

His latest (translated), said during his weekly address on Facebook: "Guys, studies are beginning to appear here, I will not go into details, about the use of masks, that, at first here, a German university says that they are harmful to children and take into account several items here such as irritability, headache, difficulty concentrating, decreased perception of happiness, refusal to go to school or daycare, discouragement, impairment of learning capacity , vertigo, fatigue... Then the side effects of the masks start coming up here, okay?"

https://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/g...o-de-mascaras/


There seems to be a pattern around the world. Governments that lean to the right have totally failed their people with the handling of this pandemic. US, UK, Brazil, Sweden, etc, etc, have all failed their people. All with highest number of deaths and infections. Thank god our State leaders had powers over the Fed's with border controls, etc. Hate to think how Australia would've faired if it was all under the control of Scotty from marketing. We could have been in a similar position to USA and UK if it was left up to "our PM". Dodged a bullet there for sure.

(*Full disclosure: I was bullied by someone from Brazil, and that's why I keep "bashing" on Brazil).

[russellw]

Originally Posted by Tickford.

Brazil is once again in trouble with the virus it seems. Record number of daily deaths and infections, second only to the USA. The presidents response? He told his people to "Stop whining".

I said last week they were a basket case and it's not getting any better. Their 10-day average is over 61k cases a day and although the USA is worse with a 10-day 69k average, they also only have 2/3rd the population of the USA so are much worse in terms of cases/100k. The only positive is that they have only had half the deaths of the USA because their total case numbers (11M) are only a third of the 30M the US has had due to their peak case numbers only being 87k, not the almost 300k the USA managed. They are still trending above their 95th percentile which shows they are not gaining ground whereas the USA is well under their 90th percentile of 198k cases a day with under 70k most of this last week.

[russellw]

Data valid as at 00:00 GMT March 6th, 2021.

Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting.

14 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR is 3.132%.

No new cases and 0 deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.088% and active cases 68.

The UK had a slightly higher 6,019 cases yesterday and 158 deaths, the 12th consecutive day under 10k cases.

Just under 70k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,831 deaths sees CMR up to 1.810%. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points: (weekend reporting)
Global cases pass 1147M, the last 1M in 2 days;
North America passes 34M cases;

To give an idea about what 'weekend recording means', the countries that don't report (with their rounded 5 day average in brackets) include: Spain (6k), Peru (5.8k), Libya (0.8k), Bosnia & Panama (0.5k), Venezuela (0.45k), Costa Rica & Oman (0.3k), El Salvador (0.2k) - for a total of ~15k cases.

Gabon (371);
Jamaica (527); and
Hungary (7,269) - the previous high on 29/9/20;

... recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.

No countries move above the 90th percentile for their 10 day average while Malaysia drops below.

[russellw]

Data valid as at 00:00 GMT March 7th, 2021.

Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting.

16 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR is 3.130%.

10 new cases and 0 deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.084% and active cases 72.

The UK had a lower 4,907 cases yesterday and 82 deaths, the first day under 5k cases since 28/9/20.

Just over 58.5k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,518 deaths sees CMR up to 1.811%. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points: (weekend reporting)
Global deaths pass 2.6M, the last 50k in 5 days;
Europe passes 35M cases;
Brazil passes 11M cases - 69% of the South American total;

Only
Jamaica (723)

... recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.

No countries move above the 90th percentile for their 10 day average and none drop below.

[russellw]

Data valid as at 00:00 GMT March 8th, 2021.

Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting.

9 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR is 3.130%.

6 new cases and 0 deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.081% and active cases 78.

The UK had a higher 4,982 cases yesterday and 65 deaths, the second consecutive day under 5k cases.

Just over 45k new cases in the USA yesterday and 719 deaths sees CMR steady at 1.811%. That's the first day under 50k cases since mid OCtober last year. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Africa passes 4M cases;
Italy passes 100k deaths;

Isle of Man (108);
Mongolia (108);
Guinea (242);
Norway (828);
Jamaica (878); and
Paraguay (1,817)

... recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.

No countries move above the 90th percentile for their 10 day average and none drop below.

[buggerlugs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYmS...el=MarshFamily

[russellw]

Data valid as at 00:00 GMT March 9th, 2021.

Note: As not all Australian States report at the same time, the data below is based on the previous full day reporting.

15 new cases for Australia and no deaths so the CMR is 3.128%.

4 new cases and 0 deaths for NZ so CMR is 1.079% and active cases 79.

The UK had a higher 5,766 cases yesterday and 241 deaths, ending the run of days under 5k cases.

Just over 46k new cases in the USA yesterday and 1,032 deaths sees CMR up to 1.812%. That's the second consecutive day under 50k cases. Note that the USA is actually minus one day due to time differences.

Other notable points:
Global cases pass 118M, the last 1M in 3 days;
Switzerland passes 10k deaths;

Timor-Leste (20); and
Paraguay (2,125)

... recorded new daily highs; those in blue for the second consecutive day and those in red for a third or more consecutive day.

Bosnia moves above the 90th percentile for their 10 day average and the UAE drops below.

[Charliewool]

When was Australia’s last Covid death?

[T3rminator]

Originally Posted by Charliewool

When was Australia’s last Covid death?

28th Dec. Linked to the Northern Beach outbreak I think.

https://covidlive.com.au/report/daily-deaths/aus

Is it safe to bring up the elephant in the room? Whats going on with minister Hunt?

[FairmontGS]

Originally Posted by T3rminator

Is it safe to bring up the elephant in the room? Whats going on with minister Hunt?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-...ister/13233056

Cellulitis. It's a bugger to get rid of once you have it. Usually related to old injuries/operations that get infected. I have a mate who gets hospitalised annually for this. Needs intravenous antibiotics to get under control.

[buggerlugs]

Originally Posted by FairmontGS

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-...ister/13233056

Cellulitis. It's a bugger to get rid of once you have it. Usually related to old injuries/operations that get infected. I have a mate who gets hospitalised annually for this. Needs intravenous antibiotics to get under control.

I think I'd rather have what Minister Hunt has got than what Premier Andrews has done to himself. That could take a long time to get over and you only get one back............

[T3rminator]

Originally Posted by buggerlugs

I think I'd rather have what Minister Hunt has got than what Premier Andrews has done to himself. That could take a long time to get over and you only get one back............

At least its proof he has a backbone and a spine Seems to be still communicating well. If he goes for surgery, won't surprise me if he steps down.

As for Hunt, I see him as one of the good guys, so we'll know if he has morphed after A/Z. The timing couldn't be any worse though. My folks, in the 1b category, are now asking if they can go to the back of the queue.

News coming out of Austria not helping either. Also heard on the radio that there has been a couple of deaths in aged care here after Pfizer, but apparently unrelated to the jab. Can't find much info on google though.

[Tickford.]

Originally Posted by FairmontGS

Cellulitis. It's a bugger to get rid of once you have it.

Greg Hunt has released a photo. He says Liberal cellulite is hard to get rid of once you have it.

[FairmontGS]

Originally Posted by Tickford.

Greg Hunt has released a photo. He says Liberal cellulite is hard to get rid of once you have it.

What Is the Difference Between Cellulite and Cellulitis?

https://www.medicinenet.com/differen...is/article.htm

HTH.

[Work Horse]

Originally Posted by T3rminator

Is it safe to bring up the elephant in the room? Whats going on with minister Hunt?

If the A/Z vaccine has changed him into a flesh eating zombie, how would we know the differance?

[FairmontGS]

NSW Chief Health Officer named Woman of the Year as state’s vaccine rollout gets under way

NSW Chief Health Officer Dr Kerry Chant, who has overseen the management of the coronavirus pandemic in Australia’s most populous state, has been named the NSW Premier’s Woman of the Year, the highest honour in the NSW Women of the Year Awards.

The NSW government has announced its intention to bring forward the vaccination of some members of phase 1b – particularly healthcare workers – as well as the families of aircrew and quarantine workers as it attempts to accelerate its vaccination rollout.

Federal government data released on Monday night showed NSW had completed 21,763 coronavirus vaccinations in the first two weeks of the rollout, compared to 14,422 in Victoria and 8300 in Queensland.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/...10-p5799p.html

[MITCHAY]

I was just reading an article about a QLD campaign to lure tourists from the south after doing their best to cut themselves off

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/quee...10-p579e8.html

Not going to spend a cent in QLD or WA when I next go on holiday and know plenty who feel the same.

[buggerlugs]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

I was just reading an article about a QLD campaign to lure tourists from the south after doing their best to cut themselves off

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/quee...10-p579e8.html

Not going to spend a cent in QLD or WA when I next go on holiday and know plenty who feel the same.

I'm sure we up here in Qld won't lose any sleep if you don't visit. Gold Coast already booked out at Easter. Sunshine Coast the same..........

[Mr_G6ET]

Re: Not going to spend a cent in QLD or WA when I next go on holiday and know plenty who feel the same.

Local holidays are doing well, WA economy is best in the world (as reported). QLD second in the country.
Our economy doesn't rely on the eastern states visitors, spend your money in your state

[oldel]

Originally Posted by Mr_G6ET

Re: Not going to spend a cent in QLD or WA when I next go on holiday and know plenty who feel the same.

Local holidays are doing well, WA economy is best in the world (as reported). QLD second in the country.
Our economy doesn't rely on the eastern states visitors, spend your money in your state

Wow, how petty - both of you. As far as mitchay being parochial: Is it true NSW still has restricted service as bars and clubs? If so you're the one missing out. Also the article was about winter tourism - you're crazy if planning a holiday in winter and not heading north unless you ski or something. If you don't ski then have fun on the wet and cold southern coasts.
I don't care what you do, but laughing at the pettiness and state rivalry...

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by oldel

Wow, how petty - both of you. As far as mitchay being parochial: Is it true NSW still has restricted service as bars and clubs? If so you're the one missing out. Also the article was about winter tourism - you're crazy if planning a holiday in winter and not heading north unless you ski or something. If you don't ski then have fun on the wet and cold southern coasts.
I don't care what you do, but laughing at the pettiness and state rivalry...

How can you plan your next holiday interstate? even with the vaccine roll out does not guarantee to be the holy grail against the the virus variants. Certain premiers have proven themselves on a whim to shut borders at the first sign of a sniff & cough.
The rivalries of the states is being caused by our leaders not the public.
This is not the Australia I know of since the premiers started their grandstanding.
Cheers.

[MITCHAY]

It's got nothing to do with being petty or parochial.

It's about having the confidence to put down your hard earned and I have zero and that's due to how borders have been managed. Plenty have the same view and that is not good.

At this stage that isn't going to change until the vaccine is rolled out.

[russellw]

Can we just stop the childish petty bickering so that I don't have to keep editing tripe pout of this thread?