Coronavirus 4 - Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

[think positive]

Well, the Melbourne International Film Festival (first due to start last week, then delayed to this week) has been cancelled. 2021 is officially irredeemable, can get in the bin.

thats a shame,
my aunty rang me yesterday, my mums sister, 2 of their cousins passed away from Covid, I hope they got to a festival first.

Cousins of your mum? Sorry to hear it.

Yep, thanks mate, my aunt was pretty upset, with the numbers in Britain it was a matter of time I guess. Cheers

[stui magpie]

Ahhh I was thinking Sydney, I forgot the UK connection. That's a first hand example of how things are going over there. Condolences mate.

[think positive]

Cheers, I don’t remember them at all, but I still have an aunt, uncle, and 3 cousins and their families there, one I caught up with in 2019, she’s doing it very tough, when I got home I spoke to my sisters and we sent her a fancy food parcel, she was beside herself. She’s very special to me xxx

It does bring home to me how damn lucky we are here. I have unfollowed a couple of people on Facebook because they are making me so angry with their bullshit. Poor me me me me me. I have quite a few USA friends, it’s terrifying. And a lot on a big photography page I’m on (Meg Bitton) have lost family members. Gees there are 5 year olds in hospital. In japan even younger.

The lucky country indeed.

[Pies4shaw]

From the ABC blog:

Victoria has recorded 21 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, 15 of whom have been in quarantine during their infectious period.

Seventeen of the cases are linked to the current outbreaks.

Authorities have also identified two cases which were acquired interstate.

The state processed 45,408 test results on Wednesday....

and

Queensland has recorded 10 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.

All 10 cases are in home quarantine and are linked to the Delta cluster in South-East Queensland, which started at Indooroopilly State High School in Brisbane's west.

[Pies4shaw]

[Pies4shaw]

There is also a 7-day lockdown in the ACT, starting at 5 pm today.

[What'sinaname]

Hard not to conclude that Delta is winning. I don't understand how getting to zero works in Victoria with travelling still permitted from NSW. Note sure how 2 COVID positive people can fly from NSW to Vic?

[stui magpie]

^

No state is putting much effort into stopping people leaving, it's all about people coming in.

All the airline checks is your ticket, whether you have permits is your problem.

Interesting that when I flew to Darwin, there was no issues on leaving but on arrival a mob of NT Health people arrived and every person on that flight had to front up and show their permit and ID before they could leave.

When I came back there was no one doing even random checks to see if people had permits

[Dave The Man]

Australia and Especially NSW and Victoria be in Some sort of Lockdown/Restrictions until Vaccine Numbers are High Enough.

People might just need get use to it

[stui magpie]

There is also a 7-day lockdown in the ACT, starting at 5 pm today.

7 day lockdowns are OK, they normally only last 3 weeks.

[ronrat]

Karen Andrews should <snip>. I can not get home to see a grieving mother and return to a loved one. Get Vaxx sorted outed you <snip>

[stui magpie]

Why the increasingly hysterical push for a harder Sydney lockdown is not only WRONG but not based on evidence... here, NIC WHITE breaks down demands for curfews, masks outside and closing Bunnings

Interesting article, difficult to argue with many of the conclusions.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... kdown.html

[Pies4shaw]

In Victoria (summary from the ABC): 15 new local cases, seven of which were in the community.

[Pies4shaw]

[stui magpie]

Woke up this morning sneezing and with the nose running like a tap. Just in case the cab driver infested me on the way home from the airport, I just ducked up to Latrobe Uni for a Covid test. 35 minutes round trip.