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That's amazingly ridiculous. GPs should just print off a flyer that tells people to call 000 if they are having trouble breathing or the department of health number for all other enquiries. Also include a brochure for funeral planning and life insurance.
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Happy summer solstice everybody! (I have noticed despite all the articles on how covid is ruining Christmas, I have yet to see any on how it has ruin everyone's summer solstice plans. ![]()
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freebooter posted:Which part of what I said was inaccurate for the majority of Australians, who don't live in NSW? Well since you asked: quote:I'm going to assume from this post that you're either in NSW or you're in one of the COVID-zero states WA is now the only COVID-zero state. Most of the country has opened up internal borders to travellers and has rapidly growing numbers. quote:and are consuming Sydney-centric media and assuming that this whole country is going to behave like NSW. I'm not, however this worst case scenario assumes such a thing (and is indeed part of the point of it, to not do that) so this is irrelevant. quote:Restrictions aren't non-existent: you need to wear a mask indoors in most of the country, you need to show proof of vaccination to do much of anything in most of the country, you need to QR check-in in most of the country. See above regarding this being the worst case warning. quote:Contact tracing has not collapsed in most of the country; I know several people here in Victoria who recently had to self-isolate and get tested because they were at contact sites This is a worst case scenario prediction for over a month from now. If cases keep growing then how well tracing was working 5-6 weeks prior is irrelevant. Looking at daily case reports the number of cases with sources still under investigation is growing each day, and the listed dates on exposure dates are dragging back further and further. There simply isn't the manpower to properly trace thousands of new daily cases, and the percentage of tests returning positives continuing to climb suggests increasing numbers of undetected cases. quote:(and I know many more people who are skipping social events over the next few days so they don't get infected or pinged before Christmas). Yes, same. However what does this have to do with worst case scenarios for over a month later? quote:None of the currently COVID-zero states are going to be any less stringent, not even the Liberal-governed ones. As above, which Covid-zero states other than WA are you referring to here? quote:"Let her rip" is America where half the government is culture warring against vaccines. This ain't Pre-booster vaccine numbers seem to do little to stop the spread of Omicron. You are correct that we won't hit those numbers, because if we do more restrictions will come into place Morrison's promises be damned, however the forecast was specifically a worst case scenario where that doesn't happen, to warn why they might be needed, and nothing you wrote addresses any issues with the modelling.
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one thing that kind of irks me is that mcdonalds are supposed to require a proof of vacc (i'm surprised fast food counts as non-essential but whatever) but from what I can tell they have absolutely expended no effort whatsoever to ensure this might even be nominally applied.
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Jezza of OZPOS posted:one thing that kind of irks me is that mcdonalds are supposed to require a proof of vacc (i'm surprised fast food counts as non-essential but whatever) but from what I can tell they have absolutely expended no effort whatsoever to ensure this might even be nominally applied. For entry or employment? I know that to sit down and eat there you need proof, but I'm surprised that they're not enforcing jab mandates for employees. I just assume that corporate fast food places would have that because they're the only restaurants I've seen in the last month where everyone behind the counter still wears a mask.
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I mean for entry. I eat there a lot when I'm doing landscaping jobs and I've never seen anyone ask anyone for proof of checkin while i've been there in the last week, let alone actually bother to check the app for proof of vaxx. I remember in the first month of checkins being a thing there was some nominal effort but since then I haven't seen anyone out from behind a counter to check, or any kind of security put on to do so. No checks at the counter either although even that would be a half measure given the self serve kiosks.
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Senor Tron posted:You are correct that we won't hit those numbers, because if we do more restrictions will come into place Morrison's promises be damned, however the forecast was specifically a worst case scenario where that doesn't happen, to warn why they might be needed, and nothing you wrote addresses any issues with the modelling. Sorry, I misunderstood you, I thought you were arguing that we in fact will hit those numbers rather than saying the modelling would be accurate under those specific worst-case deliberate let-her-rip scenarios (which I agree it could be, though probably still wouldn't be because once we got to significant numbers a large chunk of the populace would take it upon themselves to behave more cautiously).
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Is there a hotline in Queensland where we can report businesses that aren’t checking vax status to the police? Because there needs to be.
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A funny observation I just had: they should just let Netflix take control of the COVID pandemic, given they never let anything run past three seasons.
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Jezza of OZPOS posted:I mean for entry. I eat there a lot when I'm doing landscaping jobs and I've never seen anyone ask anyone for proof of checkin while i've been there in the last week, let alone actually bother to check the app for proof of vaxx. I remember in the first month of checkins being a thing there was some nominal effort but since then I haven't seen anyone out from behind a counter to check, or any kind of security put on to do so. No checks at the counter either although even that would be a half measure given the self serve kiosks. You only need to be vaccinated to sit down and eat right? So if you're ordering take away they wouldn't need to check. Everything gets packaged up for take away most of the time now so I'd imagine that just helps them feign ignorance and not have to deal with staff getting abused for denying some anti vaxxer.
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Wizard Master posted:A funny observation I just had: they should just let Netflix take control of the COVID pandemic, They'll give you a comedy special with material that strong. What do you think about airplane food?
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Fists Up posted:You only need to be vaccinated to sit down and eat right? So if you're ordering take away they wouldn't need to check. Everything gets packaged up for take away most of the time now so I'd imagine that just helps them feign ignorance and not have to deal with staff getting abused for denying some anti vaxxer. you're not wrong but its still a pretty lazy cop out given there hasn't been any attempt to enforce qr check ins and given how often other venues get a microscope over them for covid-safe compliance its a huge piss-take that this huge restaurant chain can't figure it out
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The Peccadillo posted:Reading about Australia begging for nukes when the British and Americans were doing a lot of test nukes in South Australia is pretty funny The US were doing nuclear tests in South Australia?
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Budzilla posted:The US were doing nuclear tests in South Australia? Yeah Emu Field, it was an issue!
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The Peccadillo posted:Yeah Emu Field, it was an issue! Lies, it was actually just a secret continuation and natural escalation of the emu wars. We still lost again. ![]() dr_rat fucked around with this message at 07:34 on Dec 22, 2021 |
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The Peccadillo posted:Yeah Emu Field, it was an issue! They were UK tests.
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dr_rat posted:Lies, it was actually just a secret continuation and natural escalation of the emu wars. honestly it was a bad idea to give the emus access to nukes
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The Lord Bude posted:Is there a hotline in Queensland where we can report businesses that aren’t checking vax status to the police? Because there needs to be. I agree. Go hard on enforcement now so it becomes ingrained as a business habit. Don't do what Victoria did and half-heartedly shrug your shoulders!
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It's one thing to say businesses must check vaccination status, it's totally another to give them absolutely no power to do anything about it. "Uh, sir, please leave." "NO!" Not worth getting spat on or thrown down an escalator for minimum wage for a company that doesn't care if you live or die.
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Synthbuttrange posted:GPs in New South Wales have been left scrambling less than a week before Christmas after the state health department told them they will now be responsible for the management of Covid patients in the community. ![]() Good luck NSW. https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/coronavirus/2021/12/22/scott-morrison-sunscreen-covid/ quote:Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been mocked for a bizarre comparison of mask mandates and sunscreen. https://mobile.twitter.com/Broelman/status/1473399122258399234 Cpt Soban fucked around with this message at 09:50 on Dec 22, 2021 |
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Also, doesn't Australia have the highest incidence of melanoma in the world? So we don't mandate sunscreen and hats and people die because they don't do it...Sounds familiar but I just can't quite put my finger on what else this is similar to...
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SuddenCactus posted:honestly it was a bad idea to give the emus access to nukes Give access too? I feel you are doing an incredible disservice to many brilliant emu physicists and engineers here created the become of death, destroy of worlds, technological advancements, and to this day often find themselves excluded from publishing in many scientific journals based off, lets just be blunt here, massive bigotry and more than a bit of saw loser syndrome.
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the emu demon core accident was tragic though
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SuddenCactus posted:the emu demon core accident was tragic though Oh on that yeah, we can all agree. Do you have any idea how hard it is for an emu to hold a screwdriver? Like it was almost invertible, but yeah, still so sad to hear about. ![]()
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Friendly Jordies explosive allegation on JohnLikesToLick. If this is all correct, he lied to ICAC, his laywers lied to the courts AND Google (lol good luck with that), he got the terror police onto someone when they asked him about it and he lied to his family for a decade or more. Boom.
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Comstar posted:Friendly Jordies explosive allegation on JohnLikesToLick. Friendly Jordies may be pretty poo poo, but lately he seems doing a bit of research on liberal poo poo and since the law suits it actually seems to be picked up, so good...?
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dr_rat posted:Friendly Jordies may be pretty poo poo, but lately he seems doing a bit of research on liberal poo poo and since the law suits it actually seems to be picked up, so good...? He still sucks rear end but I'll give him slight credit for having the balls to do more on Barilaro after, well. Everything.
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kirbysuperstar posted:He still sucks rear end but I'll give him slight credit for having the balls to do more on Barilaro after, well. Everything. Oh no he still sucks, but just at least he's someone who sucks who's putting their effort towards good things. Super rough analogy a youtube comedian Glenn Greenwald, but center left? Okay that sounded stupid even as I wrote it.
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It was a massive improvement watching the fj vid on mute with subtitles
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stop clutching your pearls this poo poo is hilarious
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:stop clutching your pearls this poo poo is hilarious But I'm a clumsy gently caress. If I don't clutch my pearls, like they're just gonna be gone man. Then where while I be? What sort of aussies just gonna go about without their pearls ![]()
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Budzilla posted:They were UK tests. I have wild news for you about Nuclear Weaponry!
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I would blow Dane Cook posted:stop clutching your pearls this poo poo is hilarious I am going to kill you with a bomb that yields several gigatons and is the first of its kind
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https://twitter.com/steve_evil/status/1473484230357258242?s=21 Lol
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Haha, there's like 26 vaccines past trial, worldwide. They weren't even close to collecting them, the newbs.
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The Peccadillo posted:I am going to kill you with a bomb that yields several gigatons and is the first of its kind lmao please get therapy
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Recoome posted:lmao please get therapy No thank you, Recoome
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# ? Jun 13, 2024 07:42 |
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Covid cases today: NSW - 5715 Vic - 2005 If the federal government has taught me anything it's that growth is a good thing, right?
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