Nigmaetcetera posted:

Hey they know there’s a rabies vaccine, right? Just asking.

spaceblancmange posted:

The most recent rabies death in the US was because someone wouldn't take the vaccine

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2BDtdkyxFk

Lolie posted:

I was shocked to learn the other day that the quarantine period is so short. I remember it being much longer many years ago and feel like it should probably be longer given how many animals are coming into Australia from overseas these days.

Private Cumshoe posted:

Lolie posted:

I was shocked to learn the other day that the quarantine period is so short. I remember it being much longer many years ago and feel like it should probably be longer given how many animals are coming into Australia from overseas these days.

spaceblancmange posted:

It doesn't mean they were anti vax, they just might not have been able to afford it

There is a native rabies virus in the bats here, but it hasn't been seen to spill over into other natives (yet). The rabies vaccine works on it too. We also have Hendra which is just as fatal as rabies but has only been seen to transmit from bats to horses then to humans. Outbreaks have slowed a lot since they started vaccinating horses.

Jestery posted:

Lol I grew up in Hendra, I didn't realise that Hendra virus was my Suburb untill I was in high school

dr_rat posted:

I just checked the wiki and it gives where it was first found right down to the street adress, lol.

"10 Williams Avenue, Hendra, a suburb of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia."

Meskhenet posted:

isnt it changing to 30 days in a month or two?

spaceblancmange posted:

There is a native rabies virus in the bats here, but it hasn't been seen to spill over into other natives (yet).

spaceblancmange posted:

Originally named The no.10 Williams Street , Hendra, Queensland, 4011, Australia Virus, the stigma was just too great for the owners of the property.

Chrpno posted:

Who the gently caress is rescuing bats?? Are we short on bats? gently caress me dead, go down to the river at dusk and watch the bastards fly over for about 2 hours straight and tell me that we have to go out and rescue them

Inceltown posted:

Inceltown posted:

https://twitter.com/whatsdoinmedia/status/1618061230329204736

quote:

Q fever was first described in 1935 by Edward Holbrook Derrick[27] in slaughterhouse workers in Brisbane, Queensland. The "Q" stands for "query" and was applied at a time when the causative agent was unknown; it was chosen over suggestions of abattoir fever and Queensland rickettsial fever, to avoid directing negative connotations at either the cattle industry or the state of Queensland.[28]

Inceltown posted:

https://twitter.com/whatsdoinmedia/status/1618061230329204736

Maximum Sexy Pigeon posted:

The propaganda is only as good as the poor shitbrain you punch it into.

Ghost Leviathan posted:

There's definitely a point where the people most susceptible to your narrative and vocally repeating it are so repellent they become an active liability to your cause.

wesleywillis posted:

I hope all you cunts got on the piss and had a great Straya Day.

wesleywillis posted:

I hope all you cunts got on the piss and had a great Straya Day.

SMH posted:

Crowds pelt police with rocks, bottles, bricks in Perth CBD Australia Day riots

An officer was struck in the head as police donned riot gear to quell separate mass fights in Perth’s CBD late on Australia Day.

A WA Police spokeswoman said officers were first called to the Perth Train Station on Wellington Street just after 10pm on reports of two large groups of people fighting.

As officers moved to disperse the crowd of about 150 people, rocks and bottles were thrown at police, and the regional operations group was called in as the incident was declared an out-of-control gathering.

The police spokeswoman said multiple people were arrested however no injuries were reported.

Carly Higgins, who manages the Shoe Bar at Yagan Square, down Wellington Street from Perth Train Station, said she closed early as police began to congregate.

Higgins told 6PR police were congregating near the Horseshoe Bridge, and within 20 minutes of closing officers “rolled through” to break up the gathering.

“You [could] see normal patrons trying to get through the square and getting abused, and it wasn’t a very nice place to be,” she said.

“At the start of the night, maybe about 8.30pm, I got a chair almost thrown out me, so that’s about when it started.”

Higgins said she had people yell abuse at her, drinks stolen from the bar, and found someone in the closed downstairs cafe.

She said people drinking outside legal areas in the square the bar overlooked did not help the situation.

WA Police Senior Sergeant Adrian Fuller said “significant resources” were deployed to quell the incident.

“[Officers] were greeted with significant number of persons outside Wellington Street, outside the train station, into Forrest Place, as a result of their behaviour with projectiles being thrown towards police, police got additional resources and formed up some lines tactically to separate the persons and execute some arrests,” he said.

Several hours later, about 2am on Friday, police were called to Moore Street in East Perth near the McIver train station on more reports of a mass brawl and people armed with paving, bricks and even a tomahawk.

An out-of-control gathering was declared and the regional operations group was called in again to disperse the crowd.

Fuller said people within the crowd began to hurl bricks and broken pavers at police as officers worked to move everyone on.

“Unfortunately two officers were injured and one of those is seeking hospital treatment,” he said.

Police are calling for anyone with vision or information about the incident to contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report online.

Police did not give any indication of the motivation behind the mass brawls, however acting WA Police Union president Paul Gale condemned what he saw as escalating political violence.

“I have one simple message for anyone thinking about carrying out political violence against a police officer: if you have a problem with the politicians, take it out at the ballot box,” he said.

“Don’t take it out at police officers who are working unsocial hours and doing their best to protect property and keep the community safe.”

The turbulent end to the public holiday followed a muted day of celebrations at the foreshore, including for the City of Perth’s lights show.

Invasion Day rallies were also held in the CBD, joining the chorus of protests across Australia calling for the date of the holiday to change.

Australia Day crowds in Perth have waned over the years on the back of a shift in sentiment towards the national holiday and a decline in council spending on public events.