Victorian Covid Outbreak 2021

[MisterMarcus]

You do realise same thing has happened in SA, WA (twice), Brisbane (twice) as well as Vic since December?

Victoria has ~25% of Australia's population, yet has had about 66% of the cases and 90% of the deaths.

People can justifiably point fingers in multiple directions, but Victoria specifically stands out here.

 

[adogsfan5]

Victoria has ~25% of Australia's population, yet has had about 66% of the cases and 90% of the deaths.

People can justifiably point fingers in multiple directions, but Victoria specifically stands out here.

Other states had tiny outbreaks and recovered no dramas. How has this one gone out of a control with a deadlier variant in Victoria?

 

[Bald]

Victoria has ~25% of Australia's population, yet has had about 66% of the cases and 90% of the deaths.

People can justifiably point fingers in multiple directions, but Victoria specifically stands out here.

Flaws in that view.

Population density is a huge factor.

 

[projectv]

Vaccinated people from QLD are being asked to isolate also. This is never going to end my friend.

It will once a critical mass are vaccinated.

It makes sense to get those folks to isolate as they can still spread it to many others.

 

[Collingwoodity]

Flaws in that view.

Population density is a huge factor.

Victoria’s Covid safe measures, particularly contact tracing is demonstrably worse than all other states. Density is a factor of ease and pace of transmission, not of preventative measures.

 

[Lynchy04]

Work emails circulating saying likely 7-14 day minimum time frame on this

 

[swingdog]

Vaccinations as I understand do not prevent you infecting others, they reduce the impact of the illness.

Vaccinations reduce but do not eliminate transmission.

 

[HairyO]

Vaccinations also reduce but not eliminate transmission.

Yep. If everyone was vaccinated it would be far less likely to spread and far less likely to lead to hospitalisation for those infected - with a few outliers as vaccines are never 100%.

I should be getting my jab in the next 2 weeks. Sister is next week. Parents have had their 1st.

 

[MisterMarcus]

Flaws in that view.

Population density is a huge factor.

Sydney is more dense than Melbourne. In fact, the whole Newcastle-Sydney-Wollongong corridor is fairly dense.

Why aren't we seeing similar catastrophic numbers out of urban NSW or other 'dense' parts of the country?

 

[Asapartyhat]

Victoria has ~25% of Australia's population, yet has had about 66% of the cases and 90% of the deaths.

People can justifiably point fingers in multiple directions, but Victoria specifically stands out here.

Roughly 22,400 non overseas returnee cases in Australia
19,400 of them in Victoria
2,200 of them in NSW.

 

[Bald]

Sydney is more dense than Melbourne. In fact, the whole Newcastle-Sydney-Wollongong corridor is fairly dense.

Why aren't we seeing similar catastrophic numbers out of urban NSW or other 'dense' parts of the country?

I meant more using the population vs cases comparison. No doubt as a state it’s been one failure after another.

 

[adogsfan5]

12 new cases lol. Please stop comparing us to other states tiny outbreaks.

 

[compact72]

Sydney is more dense than Melbourne. In fact, the whole Newcastle-Sydney-Wollongong corridor is fairly dense.

Why aren't we seeing similar catastrophic numbers out of urban NSW or other 'dense' parts of the country?

BeCaUsE tHeY aRe SmArT aNd DoNt UsE 5G

 

[adogsfan5]

40,000 tests. 12 new cases. All linked. Not sure why were closing down the entire state.

 

[Great8]

No crowds at the footy this weekend

 

[freddy mercury]

Why are we paying for their mistakes? Why isn't anyone held accountable for their decisions and incompetencies? We are the only ones that pay. Its all on the government, but nobody is held accountable.

 

[adogsfan5]

Enjoy the presser today guys and girls. The journos are going to be frothing the news! There will be no questions about timeframe, goals, pathway out. They were chomping at the bit the other day for a lockdown.

 

[Mofra]

18 months later and we still don't have a national quarantine strategy, despite having national quarantine facilities.
This is ridiculous.

 

[Mofra]

Enjoy the presser today guys and girls. The journos are going to be frothing the news! There will be no questions about timeframe, goals, pathway out. They were chomping at the bit the other day for a lockdown.

Journos are human too.
Nobody wants a lockdown.

 

[Nuggetz]

Stay safe folks, hope the footy is still on (games moved interstate) so at least you can watch it on the telly while in lockdown.

 

[Great8]

18 months later and we still don't have a national quarantine strategy, despite having national quarantine facilities.
This is ridiculous.

This could have happened regardless of facility or location. A stuff up by SA Health

 

[The 747]

Why are we paying for their mistakes? Why isn't anyone held accountable for their decisions and incompetencies? We are the only ones that pay. Its all on the government, but nobody is held accountable.

I know you don't like to read and all, but we are the ones who elect Governments. The Governments are held accountable by us voting. Far from a perfect system but that is democracy. And if we elect a Government that makes mistakes, yes we pay. That is how it works.

 

[TigerTrain23]

I'm hearing Richmond v Adelaide are gearing up for the Friday night slot from Sydney. Looks like a Melbourne player was at one of the exposure sites so that game might be moved to another slot.

 

[Lynchy04]

I'm hearing Richmond v Adelaide are gearing up for the Friday night slot from Sydney. Looks like a Melbourne player was at one of the exposure sites so that game might be moved to another slot.

What a cluster ****.

 

[Bestbird]

18 months later and we still don't have a national quarantine strategy, despite having national quarantine facilities.
This is ridiculous.

Yep. The not fit for purpose hotel quarantine system that the states have had to use is terrible

Had to laugh when Peter Dutton a few weeks ago said the immigration detention centre in Northam WA was full. How can that be with closed boarders.