Coronavirus - Australia
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@Siam said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Regular shoppers at woolies will recognise the yellow sale tags that apply to some brands and products for about a week at regular intervals. Coffee at $3 dollars instead of $4.50, tuna, 4 for$6 etc. The shelves are uniformly peppered with these yellow price tags. They're a common strategy written into the quarterly budget of the supermarket chain. I assume Coles has the same.
But not this week at woolies.
They've done "Christmas" type turnover for 2 weeks now and the specials have been abandoned.
Really got the noggin joggin. Upsides to being essential services I guessI'm a bit worried now, even the chocolate isn't on special this week.
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@booboo said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Anecdotally it's very quiet and whilst we're not in enforced lock down it appears many are effectively enforcing their own.
Picked up Mrs Boo from work yesterday and drove along the Esplanade here.
Dead. Absolutely dead.
I've been to the supermarket a couple of times this week and they've been busier than normal but hadn't observed a lack of traffic, but it's really died off now.
Only partially happening in Sydney I think. When I went on my walk in Darling Harbour today there was increased traffic ... lots of European/South American back packer types (who can't go to the beaches anymore I assume) so made for some great viewing (and wishing I was 20 years younger) but was a bit weird considering it's been a deadzone for over a week now.
Broadway shopping mall was almost at normal on the first two floors today (I had to pick up some Wifi modems for work otherwise I wouldnt have been there).
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@Nepia said in Coronavirus - Media Discussion:
@NTA said in Coronavirus - Media Discussion:
Multiple levels of government don't help. But the Libs in NSW are more aligned with the ALP in Victoria on this and other issues, than they are with the Federal LNP - mainly because it gets held hostage by a few rightwing crazies and can barely keep the rest in line.
I find this being thrown out to be disingenuous, the "it's harder for him because of states ...", it doesn't mean we can't measure his performance with all that taken into account.
Probably why he's the highest-paid Prime Ministers in the western world? 🙂
It isn't an excuse - but the problem with the Federal LNP is they stopped being small "L" liberals a long time ago, so they only exist on conflict.
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Good that growth figures seem to be improving. Would be better if more folk were getting on board the isolate train.
https://www.bay939.com.au/news/local-news/116110-epidemic-of-stupidity-at-local-beach
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Had a work colleague yesterday saying she was planning to visit her folks this weekend but her siblings were trying to convince her not to. The poor lass had stopped watching the news because it was too depressing. I imagine there are probably a few in that camp.
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@Rembrandt said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Had a work colleague yesterday saying she was planning to visit her folks this weekend but her siblings were trying to convince her not to. The poor lass had stopped watching the news because it was too depressing. I imagine there are probably a few in that camp.
She off to say her goodbyes while she potentially infects them with a death sentence?
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@Godder said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@NTA And in NZ with all the smaller competitors closed, the supermarket logistics are more stretched since the demand will remain high for at least the close down. On the plus side, the staff discount was increased to 10% for workers.
Yeah we got that, too. Includes booze thank fuck. Mrs TA and I have been drinking small amounts every night the last week.
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Give mixed messages and hesitate, this is what you get
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To be fair, that was two weeks ago. That's an eternity in this situation.
Misguided? Yes, but willfully stupid? I'm not so sure.
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@canefan said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Give mixed messages and hesitate, this is what you get
Before the restrictions and the entire article is a bit shit IMO. It's laced with "may have".
Also:
The Sun-Herald spoke to a 27-year-old student who attended the Bucket List party and later tested positive for the virus. The woman from France, who requested anonymity, said she had a fever and had lost her sense of smell."I have a headache," she said. "I just feel like I need to sleep and I sleep all day. Normally I'm quite active."
Oh noes. Hope your last will and testament is up to scratch.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
the entire article is a bit shit
It was from Stuff...
Still a great name for the bar under the circumstances. Maybe they could offer methanol as a drink. It has been very popular in Iran as a prevention for Covid 19 apparently. 1000 sick and 300 dead.
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@Snowy said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
the entire article is a bit shit
It was from Stuff...
Still a great name for the bar under the circumstances. Maybe they could offer methanol as a drink. It has been very popular in Iran as a prevention for Covid 19 apparently. 1000 sick and 300 dead.
As long as it's not watered down.
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
To be fair, that was two weeks ago. That's an eternity in this situation.
Misguided? Yes, but willfully stupid? I'm not so sure.
I think it just illustrates how slow the government have been to react. My sister is a doctor in Melbourne, they were all sure it was going to hell by then
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Went out today - had to grab a replacement lock for the deceased grandfather-in-law's house. Bunnings was full of signage about "4 people per aisle" and "1.5 metre distance".
Unfortunately it was also full of fucking morons. One couple in their late 50s/early 60s walked right next to me and I was standing still the whole time, somewhat amazed they seemed to be oblivious to it all.
Woolies was a little better.
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I went for a two hour walk around Darling Harbour-Pyrmont and on the way back I saw people with toilet paper, so wandered down to see where they're coming from. The Woolies Metro is completely stocked, shelves are full and pellets placed around everywhere. I wonder if they have more space so can just leave the pellets there and that's why they don't have similar shortages as everywhere else?
As an added bonus the donut cafe down the road was open, I'm not usually a fan of fancy one, prefer the good old cinnamon/sugar donuts from bakeries in NZ, but the apple pie and mars bars donuts (2 separate ones, I only had a half of each though, I'm not that piggy, well I am but there were two of us) definitely filled the spot.
All in all a succesful pre lockdown (if it ever comes) morning.