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guy smiley wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 8:25 am

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 7:03 am
Try and understand, facts are irrelevant to these posters.

They have formed some kind of bizarre emotional attachment to the national COVID response strategy and see it as a global dick-measuring competition which reflects either well or poorly on them as individuals. Even though they have literally nothing to do with it and no real understanding of whats going on barring whatever click-baiting junk they read in the newspaper this morning.

Best just not to engage tbh.

Clogs wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 4:12 am Fvck. Was due up there on Monday. My business partner was up there yesterday. I made sure he didn't come in to the office today.

UncleFB wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 12:59 am

Clogs wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 4:12 am Fvck. Was due up there on Monday. My business partner was up there yesterday. I made sure he didn't come in to the office today.

You'll be good, it ends Monday morning, and as Gladys told us about half a billion times in the presser she's not one of those other premiers so wont "overreact" so even if we have an actual outbreak and we're burning corpses India style she'll open things up.

Clogs wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 1:57 am

UncleFB wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 12:59 am

Clogs wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 4:12 am Fvck. Was due up there on Monday. My business partner was up there yesterday. I made sure he didn't come in to the office today.

You'll be good, it ends Monday morning, and as Gladys told us about half a billion times in the presser she's not one of those other premiers so wont "overreact" so even if we have an actual outbreak and we're burning corpses India style she'll open things up.

I trust Gladys about as far as I piss at 2am. I have shitcanned the trip and will zoom instead. Stay safe up there bros. Also, keep it to yourselves, cvnts.

shanky wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:22 am No new cases today either.

Oh my.

shanky wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:28 am As some wag on Twitter has pointed out…

Not sure where this bloke has got his Covid from, but he’s got an enviable lifestyle. Lunching and dining at nice restaurants 20x a week

UncleFB wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:52 am

shanky wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:28 am As some wag on Twitter has pointed out…

Not sure where this bloke has got his Covid from, but he’s got an enviable lifestyle. Lunching and dining at nice restaurants 20x a week

Yep, the Coalition will direct ire at the poor areas but we all know its the plastic toffs in the Eastern and Northern beaches that will cause the shit if it ever spreads like crazy through Oz.

UncleFB wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:52 am

shanky wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:28 am As some wag on Twitter has pointed out…

Not sure where this bloke has got his Covid from, but he’s got an enviable lifestyle. Lunching and dining at nice restaurants 20x a week

Yep, the Coalition will direct ire at the poor areas but we all know its the plastic toffs in the Eastern and Northern beaches that will cause the shit if it ever spreads like crazy through Oz.

Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 4:13 am What I find interesting is that Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Melbourne have all had local cases in the past 5 months and none of them have spread much. How come in the UK, USA and Europe this virus spread like wildfire but here in Australia it barely seems to spread at all, notwithstanding the Victorian Wave if 2020. Even when it is undetected in our community it barely seems to spread.

Zakar wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 4:08 am

UncleFB wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:52 am

shanky wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:28 am As some wag on Twitter has pointed out…

Not sure where this bloke has got his Covid from, but he’s got an enviable lifestyle. Lunching and dining at nice restaurants 20x a week

Yep, the Coalition will direct ire at the poor areas but we all know its the plastic toffs in the Eastern and Northern beaches that will cause the shit if it ever spreads like crazy through Oz.

Northern Beaches? Hell no.

I don't leave the peninsular for elsewhere in Sydney unless I'm under some sort of financial obligation to do so. Most others would be the same.

I've spent more time in the ettrema wilderness area than the CBD this year.

Zakar wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 4:20 am Australia and NZ are the perfect combination of compliant with low density living.

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 10:10 am

guy smiley wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 8:25 am

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 7:03 am
Try and understand, facts are irrelevant to these posters.

They have formed some kind of bizarre emotional attachment to the national COVID response strategy and see it as a global dick-measuring competition which reflects either well or poorly on them as individuals. Even though they have literally nothing to do with it and no real understanding of whats going on barring whatever click-baiting junk they read in the newspaper this morning.

Best just not to engage tbh.

Last time, he had to go and do more important things, then posts shit like that

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 6:49 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 10:10 am

guy smiley wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 8:25 am

Mog The Almighty wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 7:03 am
Try and understand, facts are irrelevant to these posters.

They have formed some kind of bizarre emotional attachment to the national COVID response strategy and see it as a global dick-measuring competition which reflects either well or poorly on them as individuals. Even though they have literally nothing to do with it and no real understanding of whats going on barring whatever click-baiting junk they read in the newspaper this morning.

Best just not to engage tbh.

Last time, he had to go and do more important things, then posts shit like that

I'll bet that seems like a totally alien concept to you, right?

Anyway, I'm sure it's very exciting for you all to have the "invisible super-killer" in you midst, but Sydney is going to be just fine. I keep hearing that it's not seasonal. What do I know? But the graphs seem to indicate the opposite, and every other similar respiratory virus is, so that would seem to suggest you can expect a bump over the winter time. Don't freak out though ... if Sweden can handle 30,000 new cases a day over their winter time without too much fuss, then I'm sure Australian can handle one or two here and there.

shanky wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:22 am No new cases today either.

Oh my.

Ellafan wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 9:24 am

shanky wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:22 am No new cases today either.

Oh my.

I have been patiently waiting for AC and the other ideologues to congratulate the federal government on the excellent job they have done in developing Howard Springs as the world's best facility for home-coming traveler quarantine periods.

The facility has individual single bed cabins, outside verandahs with fresh air and good spacing between huts that is both sufficient separation, but not too far away for human contact, medical facilities including the ability to activate n intensive care, is near an international airport, and can quarantine 3000 incoming travelers - 2 weeks each at a time. It is expected to clear through the 9000 Australians to return from India in 6 weeks starting 15 May.

Even your ABC was complimenting it this evening.

Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 9:41 am

Ellafan wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 9:24 am

shanky wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:22 am No new cases today either.

Oh my.

I have been patiently waiting for AC and the other ideologues to congratulate the federal government on the excellent job they have done in developing Howard Springs as the world's best facility for home-coming traveler quarantine periods.

The facility has individual single bed cabins, outside verandahs with fresh air and good spacing between huts that is both sufficient separation, but not too far away for human contact, medical facilities including the ability to activate n intensive care, is near an international airport, and can quarantine 3000 incoming travelers - 2 weeks each at a time. It is expected to clear through the 9000 Australians to return from India in 6 weeks starting 15 May.

Even your ABC was complimenting it this evening.

During a week in which the Australian govt proudly criminalised the act of returning home for thousands of Australian citizens, you're seriously demanding hat I congratulate the Federal Govt for their handling of quarantine? Did you have a boozy lunch that has stretched into dinnertime?

Ellafan wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 9:46 am

Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 9:41 am

Ellafan wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 9:24 am

shanky wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 2:22 am No new cases today either.

Oh my.

I have been patiently waiting for AC and the other ideologues to congratulate the federal government on the excellent job they have done in developing Howard Springs as the world's best facility for home-coming traveler quarantine periods.

The facility has individual single bed cabins, outside verandahs with fresh air and good spacing between huts that is both sufficient separation, but not too far away for human contact, medical facilities including the ability to activate n intensive care, is near an international airport, and can quarantine 3000 incoming travelers - 2 weeks each at a time. It is expected to clear through the 9000 Australians to return from India in 6 weeks starting 15 May.

Even your ABC was complimenting it this evening.

During a week in which the Australian govt proudly criminalised the act of returning home for thousands of Australian citizens, you're seriously demanding hat I congratulate the Federal Govt for their handling of quarantine? Did you have a boozy lunch that has stretched into dinnertime?

Fuck you're predictable . You really need to develop some new material.

trapper wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 10:24 am Congratulate the Fed Gov for doing something that should have been done 12 months ago?
That's a bit weird.

kiap wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 6:15 am

Zakar wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 4:20 am Australia and NZ are the perfect combination of compliant with low density living.

Dunno, mate. I'm working with some locals as non-compliant as Dixieland and good enough to moan for England.

Refusal to scan QR codes themselves while whinging about Johnny Foreigner roaming free spreading the pestilence.

It's the Lucky Country where the Vics only pulled the finger fully last week on the QR code system, five months after NSW.

Allowing NSW now to half-arse it with a decline of more than 16m in the number of check-ins between January and April ... '"despite analysis of mobile location data from Roy Morgan suggesting pandemic highs for movement".

That's not even broaching vaccines and quarantine.

NSW Covid update: Sydney mask rules extended after spike in Bondi outbreak cases

Mostafa Rachwani
@Rachwani91
Tue 22 Jun 2021 13.10 AEST

New South Wales has recorded 10 new locally acquired cases, prompting the state to extend the indoor mask mandate across greater Sydney in an attempt to curb the Bondi outbreak.

There are now 21 cases linked to the Bondi cluster, with all but two of the new cases already in isolation. Six are household contacts of previous cases.

Masks will be required to be worn on public transport and indoors in Sydney for another week until midnight 30 June.

The NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, said it wasn’t a surprise to see more cases emerge, and that she was expecting more household contacts to test positive in the coming days.

“The virus is not like other strains where it is less contagious.

“We expected, given how absolutely contagious the virus is, we expected that household contacts already in isolation were likely to get the virus.

“A very fleeting exchange or a very fleeting coexistence has actually allowed the virus to transfer and highlights how contagious it is.”

Authorities are most concerned about two cases not already in isolation: a school student at St Charles Catholic primary school in Waverley and a woman in her 20s who works at Bondi Junction Westfield.

The chief health officer, Kerry Chant, said the student’s test results only came in earlier on Tuesday, and the school was working with health officials to develop a plan for the children to go home.

“Please, parents, I know there may be a level of concern, the school and public health officials will communicate with you a safe plan for the students to go home and testing arrangements which are critical for us to understand the situation.

“We want to provide advice and a mechanism to get tested because we want to find out how this child was exposed and establish that because cases where we don’t understand the acquisition means we have mystery cases.

“And in this case, we don’t have preliminary information [on] a source for this child’s exposure so we are looking for an intermediate source.”

Chant said the other case of concern, the woman in her 20s, was likely exposed through “fleeting” contact with an infectious person.

Chant urged anyone who had been at Bondi Junction Westfield, including the car parks, at any time between 12 and 18 June, to get tested.

“We are casting the net very wide because you want to pick up any of these inadvertent transmission. You can see how if we miss a case, over the next cycle of three days [to] a week, we have many cases coming from that single missed case.”

Berejiklian said that a lockdown was not being considered at the moment, with the extension of the mask mandate considered a “proportionate” response to the outbreak.

“At this stage because all but one case is linked to an existing case and that case was only discovered a few hours ago, that gives us a degree of confidence that what we have asked people to do matches the risk that is there at the moment.

“If that changes, if we suddenly have a number of unlinked cases and if we suddenly have them outside the geographic region they are concentrated in that will obviously adjust the health advice and we will respond to that.”

The extended mask mandate means it is now compulsory to wear a face mask while at public indoor venues in greater Sydney, excluding the Central Coast and Hunter region.

Those venues include retail, theatres and aged care facilities, while front-of-house hospitality workers must also wear masks.

In Queensland, one new locally acquired case was recorded. A man in his 60s tested positive after visiting the Portuguese Family Centre at Ellen Grove at the same time as a woman who tested positive on Sunday.

The premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, said the man was already in home quarantine, and that authorities will be tracking everyone who attended the Portuguese Family Centre very closely.

“We are going to be making sure that we keep a really close eye on all of those people who went to that Portuguese Family Centre, and it’s very important that we monitor them because we don’t want them out in the community.”


The chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, said the only concern was whether or not the man had been in the community on Sunday morning.

“That would be the only risk,” she said.

Palaszczuk also announced the state was opening its borders to Melbourne residents from Friday.

The premier said it was “great news” for Victorians, amid uncertainty surrounding borders in the lead up to the school holidays.

“I know there is a lot of people that would have had their holidays booked to Queensland, so Dr Young is comfortable with the way Victoria is at and we will keep a close eye on NSW.”

South Australia will also be reopening its borders to travellers from Melbourne on Friday, but arrivals will need to isolate until they get the results of a Covid test.

Travellers will be banned from attending high-risk locations, such as aged care homes and major events, including this week’s AFL match at Adelaide Oval.

Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 9:59 am 10 new cases in Sydney today. 21 cases in the Bondi Cluster altogether. Gladys Berejiklian seems very relaxed.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... reak-cases

NSW Covid update: Sydney mask rules extended after spike in Bondi outbreak cases

Mostafa Rachwani
@Rachwani91
Tue 22 Jun 2021 13.10 AEST

New South Wales has recorded 10 new locally acquired cases, prompting the state to extend the indoor mask mandate across greater Sydney in an attempt to curb the Bondi outbreak.

There are now 21 cases linked to the Bondi cluster, with all but two of the new cases already in isolation. Six are household contacts of previous cases.

Masks will be required to be worn on public transport and indoors in Sydney for another week until midnight 30 June.

The NSW premier, Gladys Berejiklian, said it wasn’t a surprise to see more cases emerge, and that she was expecting more household contacts to test positive in the coming days.

“The virus is not like other strains where it is less contagious.

“We expected, given how absolutely contagious the virus is, we expected that household contacts already in isolation were likely to get the virus.

“A very fleeting exchange or a very fleeting coexistence has actually allowed the virus to transfer and highlights how contagious it is.”

Authorities are most concerned about two cases not already in isolation: a school student at St Charles Catholic primary school in Waverley and a woman in her 20s who works at Bondi Junction Westfield.

The chief health officer, Kerry Chant, said the student’s test results only came in earlier on Tuesday, and the school was working with health officials to develop a plan for the children to go home.

“Please, parents, I know there may be a level of concern, the school and public health officials will communicate with you a safe plan for the students to go home and testing arrangements which are critical for us to understand the situation.

“We want to provide advice and a mechanism to get tested because we want to find out how this child was exposed and establish that because cases where we don’t understand the acquisition means we have mystery cases.

“And in this case, we don’t have preliminary information [on] a source for this child’s exposure so we are looking for an intermediate source.”

Chant said the other case of concern, the woman in her 20s, was likely exposed through “fleeting” contact with an infectious person.

Chant urged anyone who had been at Bondi Junction Westfield, including the car parks, at any time between 12 and 18 June, to get tested.

“We are casting the net very wide because you want to pick up any of these inadvertent transmission. You can see how if we miss a case, over the next cycle of three days [to] a week, we have many cases coming from that single missed case.”

Berejiklian said that a lockdown was not being considered at the moment, with the extension of the mask mandate considered a “proportionate” response to the outbreak.

“At this stage because all but one case is linked to an existing case and that case was only discovered a few hours ago, that gives us a degree of confidence that what we have asked people to do matches the risk that is there at the moment.

“If that changes, if we suddenly have a number of unlinked cases and if we suddenly have them outside the geographic region they are concentrated in that will obviously adjust the health advice and we will respond to that.”

The extended mask mandate means it is now compulsory to wear a face mask while at public indoor venues in greater Sydney, excluding the Central Coast and Hunter region.

Those venues include retail, theatres and aged care facilities, while front-of-house hospitality workers must also wear masks.

In Queensland, one new locally acquired case was recorded. A man in his 60s tested positive after visiting the Portuguese Family Centre at Ellen Grove at the same time as a woman who tested positive on Sunday.

The premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, said the man was already in home quarantine, and that authorities will be tracking everyone who attended the Portuguese Family Centre very closely.

“We are going to be making sure that we keep a really close eye on all of those people who went to that Portuguese Family Centre, and it’s very important that we monitor them because we don’t want them out in the community.”


The chief health officer, Dr Jeannette Young, said the only concern was whether or not the man had been in the community on Sunday morning.

“That would be the only risk,” she said.

Palaszczuk also announced the state was opening its borders to Melbourne residents from Friday.

The premier said it was “great news” for Victorians, amid uncertainty surrounding borders in the lead up to the school holidays.

“I know there is a lot of people that would have had their holidays booked to Queensland, so Dr Young is comfortable with the way Victoria is at and we will keep a close eye on NSW.”

South Australia will also be reopening its borders to travellers from Melbourne on Friday, but arrivals will need to isolate until they get the results of a Covid test.

Travellers will be banned from attending high-risk locations, such as aged care homes and major events, including this week’s AFL match at Adelaide Oval.

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:38 am About 10% of people are.

The safest way to avoid Covid in Sydney is to not enter a Westfield or any other kind of shopping

Ali's Choice wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:48 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Tue Jun 22, 2021 11:38 am About 10% of people are.

The safest way to avoid Covid in Sydney is to not enter a Westfield or any other kind of shopping

I honestly don't blame Sydneysiders for being blasé. They have had outbreak after outbreak result in nothing. Why would the be fearful?

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced that 13 new cases of COVID-19 have emerged in the community since 8pm last night.

That’s on top of 10 cases recorded to 8pm yesterday, nine of which were already reported.

Eight of the 13 cases from last night attended the same birthday party, Ms Berejikilan said.

“Clearly this is an evolving situation ... given what has occurred the NSW government will be taking action today to limit the spread of what is a very contagious variant of COVID.”

JPNZ wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:39 am Throws a lot of school holiday plans into chaos as well with NSW Borders closed and flights to NZ off the table

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:10 am We should be in a snap lockdown - Gladys is just ideologically opposed to it

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:10 am

JPNZ wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 2:39 am Throws a lot of school holiday plans into chaos as well with NSW Borders closed and flights to NZ off the table

TBH, it's complacency that has led to this. I'm not booking any OS trips until the Vaccination rates hit 40%

We should be in a snap lockdown - Gladys is just ideologically opposed to it

kiap wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:19 am

Pat the Ex Mat wrote: ↑Wed Jun 23, 2021 3:10 am We should be in a snap lockdown - Gladys is just ideologically opposed to it

Gladys has been lucky, in the Donald Horne sense of the word.