Corona virus, Port and the AFL. Part 2.

[Ford Fairlane]

They've made it into SA.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Oh the irony

 

[OneGreatClub]

They've made it into SA.

They’re running amok
Spurrier will be cross lol.

 

[raptalia]

The thing is that Australians cannot go to New Zealand yet New Zealanders can fly to Melbourne via Sydney then return to New Zealand. Those who have landed in Adelaide or Perth appear to be in quarantine and presumably if they have been to Victoria they will face quarantine when they fly back to NZ then again they may not as no one seems to know the rules. If there are any rules of course.

NZ travel bubble was only supposed to be with NSW and the NT, so why are Kiwis heading to other states?

The move to open Australia's borders to New Zealand has created confusion within days of it starting, with visitors from across the ditch heading interstate to areas not part of the "trans-Tasman bubble".

www.abc.net.au

With only WA to report Australia has recorded only 4 local cases today, all of them in Victoria. This is back to the levels of early June and shows how close we are to eliminating the virus in Australia. Elimination is probably not going to happen but it is so close.

 

[raptalia]

WHO is helmed by an Ethiopian Doctor.. who is not actually a medic.

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You might want to rethink the matter, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus may not be a physician but he is a fully qualified Immunologist and holds a Masters Degree in Immunology of Infectious Diseases from University of London. His PhD was gained in community health when he studied the incidence and control of malaria in Ethiopia. His experience extends beyond the control of malaria as while serving as Ethiopian Foreign Minister Tedros Adhanom was instrumental in determining strategies to counter the ebola outbreaks in western and central Africa.

One does not have to be a physician to head the World Health Organisation as you are never going to have to diagnose or treat anyone. The position is bureaucratic in nature but you would need qualifications and experience in immunology and the spread and control of wide scale infection and Tedros Adhanom has that.

I am no apologist for Tedros Adhanom as I think he has made some stuff ups but he is certainly better qualified to talk about the effects of COVID than Donald J. Trump who seems to have bestowed the mantle of 'world's greatest COVID expert' upon himself.

 

[Black 18]

I am no apologist for Tedros Adhanom as I think he has made some stuff ups but he is certainly better qualified to talk about the effects of COVID than Donald J. Trump who seems to have bestowed the mantle of 'world's greatest COVID expert' upon himself.

Just goes to show qualifications mean shit when you're of such character that the health of the world does not mean anything at all to you even when your job is head of the WORLD HEALTH Organisation.

Isolation, containment, are terms and practices this fraud should have been very familiar with given his 'experience' in dealing with outbreaks yet he actually encouraged countries to not close up shop with China and let god knows how many people leave Wuhan in the early days.

This guy has blood on his hands and lots of blood too.

Qualifications - pfffft.

Has about the credibility of some African warlord in my eyes.

One of the very few things I'm in agreement with the Trump Administration over is there removal of funding to the WHO - criminal their handling of this IMO.

 

[Duck Farmer]

If you live in Melbourne you can run a marathon but if you need a piss halfway through you will need a convenient bush because public toilets are still closed.

I have run a marathon and pissed halfway through. The joys of simpler pre-COVID times.

 

[Duck Farmer]

We don't see exponential growth from road accidents in the healthcare system.
Brain dead analogy.

We don't see exponential deaths from COVID in the healthcare system either dickhead.

 

[Del165198]

Just goes to show qualifications mean sh*t when you're of such character that the health of the world does not mean anything at all to you even when your job is head of the WORLD HEALTH Organisation.

Isolation, containment, are terms and practices this fraud should have been very familiar with given his 'experience' in dealing with outbreaks yet he actually encouraged countries to not close up shop with China and let god knows how many people leave Wuhan in the early days.

This guy has blood on his hands and lots of blood too.

Qualifications - pfffft.

Has about the credibility of some African warlord in my eyes.

One of the very few things I'm in agreement with the Trump Administration over is there removal of funding to the WHO - criminal their handling of this IMO.

Lol, how would you rate Donald ducks handling of it then? Is it the WHOs fault that the US of A turned into a shithole? Is it their fault the brain dead president constantly ignored WHO recommendations?

Donald dump tried to blame his incompetence on somebody else, in this case, the WHO. As he always does. With anything.

 

[raptalia]

One of the very few things I'm in agreement with the Trump Administration over is there removal of funding to the WHO - criminal their handling of this IMO.

Right, so you change things by withdrawing from the organisation you think should change? I agree the WHO needs reform but surely it is much easier to change things from the inside than from the outside? You cannot vote someone out if you don't have a vote. Trump's 'taking his bat and ball and going home' attitude toward the WHO is childish and achieves nothing.

The WHO is not a police force , if a nation will not allow access or only 'allow you to see what we want you to see' access as was the case with China there is nothing the WHO can do about it. The WHO's big mistake was not reading the available signs correctly and not declaring a pandemic earlier. You are correct in asserting that the WHO could have done things better but I do not believe this was a WHO/ China conspiracy as Trump would have us believe.

You are right, Tedros Adhanom did tell the world not to deny entry of travellers from China and he clearly got that bit wrong. That statement was made on or about February 3rd and at that stage only one death had been recorded outside of China. Tedros Adhanom should not have trusted the Chinese figures and been far more circumspect about the info he was given from the Chinese. To Trump's credit he, along with Australia, ignored Tedros Adhanom and closed the borders with China.

I can also recall Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on TV on March 17 telling the world to 'test, test, test' which is advice countries like Australia took on board but both Trump and Boris Johnson in the UK were slow to act on. Early in March the US had tested just 11,000 people whereas South Korea was testing 20,000 per day . The stat that I find really incredible is that by March 12th South Australia had tested 12,000 people which is 1,000 more than had been tested in the entire United States! Perhaps the disparate situations SA and some US States currently find themselves in is reflected in the fact that the SA Government followed Tedros Adhanom's advice while the US did not. Under Trump's leadership the US simply did not follow the WHO advice and mobilise early enough nor have enough test kits to do the job and that was down to Trump not Tedros Adhanom. To compound matters when the CDC in the US finally did get large numbers of test kits out they were faulty and had to be recalled. A few weeks later Trump was on the PR band wagon telling the world that he had converted US manufacturing into making ventilators to help the critically ill. Of course what he failed to mention is that if he had not ****ed up the testing regime the US would not need as many ventilators.

Donald Trump looks for scapegoats at every opportunity to cover up for his own shortcomings and the WHO is no exception. I do not know which represents the biggest threat to world safety COVID-19 or the fact that too many Americans listen to Donald J Trump and believe the shit that comes from his mouth.

 

[OneGreatClub]

Lol, how would you rate Donald ducks handling of it then? Is it the WHOs fault that the US of A turned into a shithole? Is it their fault the brain dead president constantly ignored WHO recommendations?

Donald dump tried to blame his incompetence on somebody else, in this case, the WHO. As he always does. With anything.

Trump hqs stuffed up so badly, it seems he has given up and will let it continue to run rampant.
He is bordering on insane.
It has gone through 10% of the US population...only 90% to go.
A total disgrace.
Relieved I live in Oz.

 

[rumoursofwinter]

The federal treasurer can go **** himself with his attitude to victoria. The millions of victorians know the shit we have been through. The economy in Victoria has suffered but now that covid is getting under control, the breaks on the social and economic elements will be eased. Blaming the victorian government of casual indifference is insulting. It would be nice if the federal government had an ounce of leadership and empathy for the nation rather than just worrying about the short term interests of its political backers.

 

[Festerz]

They've made it into SA.

And surprise, surprise, Scoop Smithson and his intrepid band of airhead bin scouts have not pursued this at all.

Guess they're not relatives of Port players, eh?

 

[Doctor Feel]

And surprise, surprise, Scoop Smithson and his intrepid band of airhead bin scouts have not pursued this at all.

Guess they're not relatives of Port players, eh?

They already got their Bin Ladin in that poor ICU surgeon and 'buried him at sea', rolled out the Mission Accomplished banner and went home.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Problem solvered.

 

[Alberton Proud]

They’re running amok
Spurrier will be cross lol.

I saw Saint Nicola and her entourage on my way into the footy on Friday night

She was walking away from the ground across the bridge and the crowd parted like the Red Sea to let her through followed by a hushed reverence

No wonder they don't want to let go of their power !

 

[Ford Fairlane]

She's becoming an SA icon. She looks like a St Peter's Girls School principal so it was inevitable.

 

[OneGreatClub]

 

[DaTBird187]

Is that Iron's wife?

 

[Alberton Proud]

Dan, Dan he's our man
If he can't do it
No-one .... will !

 

[raptalia]

Only 3 local cases in Australia today with WA still to come. A great effort and I reckon at this rate Nov 1 will see Victoria unlock and the borders start to normalise.

Great effort from the Victorians. In WWII the island of Malta was awarded the George Cross for withstanding German air attacks. I reckon Melbourne deserves something similar.

Victorians just need to keep going for a while longer.

 

[pastmyprimus]

UK plans COVID-19 'challenge' trials that deliberately infect healthy volunteers

Up to 90 volunteers will be sought to participate in a UK trial where participants will be deliberately injected with covid. The hope is that the study will expidite the development of a vaccine. Only healthy young people, aged between 18 and 30, who are  at the lowest risk of harm will be eligible to participate.

Individuals are sometimes paid to participate in clinical trials. I can think of better ways to make a buck.

UK plans COVID-19 'challenge' trials that deliberately infect healthy volunteers

Britain will help to fund trials using a manufactured COVID-19 virus to deliberately infect young healthy volunteers with the hope of accelerating the development of vaccines against it.

www.sbs.com.au

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Ireland will be the first European country to return to a nationwide shutdown as COVID-19 cases rise, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Monday.

Nonessential retail businesses are ordered to close. Residents are expected to stay within about 3 miles of their homes, except for work and other essential activities.

The country is entering its highest level of coronavirus restrictions for six weeks, beginning Thursday. The country expects 150,000 people to lose their jobs over the next "couple of days," Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said.

 

[raptalia]

The travel bubble you have when you do not have a bubble.

The so called NZ travel bubble is a joke, firstly it is all one way as Australians cannot fly to NZ. Secondly Kiwis flying to Australia should only be entering NSW, the NT and now SA but they are going everywhere. Finally when Kiwis return to NZ they have to quarantine for 14 days at their own expense which is 3000 NZD. Why would a Kiwi want to take a five day break in the Barossa knowing it would cost him or her 3000 dollars on return?

Atm Kiwis are not given any accurate advice by the NZ Government prior to leaving NZ in fact as of yesterday the Safetravel.gov.nz web site had not been up dated since March 19th and still carried bushfire warnings. There are no COVID related travel advisories for Australia nor is there any notification about a travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand. The only travel information is being supplied in flight by Air New Zealand.

Morrison should not have opened the gates until he had a reciprocal agreement with NZ. The conditions of travel should have been worked out by the respective Governments and up to date travel advice given to travellers from both countries before they left home. Once again Morrison seems happy to make a decision then leave it up to the states to live with the ramifications of that decision. In fairness the situation is not entirely down to Morrison as Jacinda Ardern also needs to get her act together. Now that she has been re elected she might find the time to look closely at a two way bubble between New Zealand and Australia.

 

[raptalia]

Ireland will be the first European country to return to a nationwide shutdown as COVID-19 cases rise, Prime Minister Micheal Martin said Monday.

Nonessential retail businesses are ordered to close. Residents are expected to stay within about 3 miles of their homes, except for work and other essential activities.

The country is entering its highest level of coronavirus restrictions for six weeks, beginning Thursday. The country expects 150,000 people to lose their jobs over the next "couple of days," Deputy Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said.

Wales is also in lock down albeit for two weeks. Norman Swan put it quite well on the ABC when he said, 'In the UK Boris Johnson is trying to control the virus with one hand tied behind his back'. The UK had 21,331 infections overnight and sooner or later Boris is going to have to lock down the entire country. No one wants to lock down but as we have seen in Victoria it is the only way to get on top of the infection rate.