Coronavirus - Australia
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@Crucial said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Known new cases are in single figures now - some states recording zero new cases. We're nearly 2 weeks post-easter and that has to count for something.
Do you count 'probable cases' in Oz?
No. They are confirmed cases, hospitalised, ICU, dead, recovered.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
The Qld Teashers Union does not want kids back at school for the whole term
The state is still locked down
What the fuck is going on here?
Labor government. Jackie Trad is Treasurer. Teachers.
it is totally political in Qld now.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Crucial said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@NTA said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Known new cases are in single figures now - some states recording zero new cases. We're nearly 2 weeks post-easter and that has to count for something.
Do you count 'probable cases' in Oz?
No. They are confirmed cases, hospitalised, ICU, dead, recovered.
About 20% of our case numbers are 'probable'. Would make the comparisons change a bit (although I tend not to put much stead in case comparisons anyway because of the different counting/testing etc)
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
The Qld Teashers Union does not want kids back at school for the whole term
The state is still locked down
What the fuck is going on here?
Well my kids will be going after week 5, home schooling (Prep and Y3), and trying to work from home does not bloody work. It hasn’t helped all the IT systems have been busted either.
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@Unite said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
The Qld Teashers Union does not want kids back at school for the whole term
The state is still locked down
What the fuck is going on here?
Well my kids will be going after week 5, home schooling (Prep and Y3), and trying to work from home does not bloody work. It hasn’t helped all the IT systems have been busted either.
this week has been a shitfight. No one is achieving.
I'm trying to send mine to school a couple of days a week as soon as i can
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@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Unite said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@mariner4life said in Coronavirus - Australia:
The Qld Teashers Union does not want kids back at school for the whole term
The state is still locked down
What the fuck is going on here?
Well my kids will be going after week 5, home schooling (Prep and Y3), and trying to work from home does not bloody work. It hasn’t helped all the IT systems have been busted either.
this week has been a shitfight. No one is achieving.
I'm trying to send mine to school a couple of days a week as soon as i can
Home schooling has been better today and yesterday as the other half only works Mon-Wed so she carried the load the past two days, but still not that bloody great.
The teachers have been good, but all the content they prepared over the holidays for distribution via the schools One Note system couldn't be uploaded, so it all needed to be altered and then sent via email. As you say, getting them into school for a couple of days at least would be ideal.
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Restrictions easing in WA and Queensland.
Biggest change in WA is you can now gather in groups of 10, while in Queensland it's not as loose but you can go for a picnic with your family, do non-essential shopping and go out on your boat.
Loosening the outdoor restrictions makes sense to me. Seems to be no reason why you shouldn't be able to go for a picnic with your family, provided you stay 1.5m from anyone else.
It also helps NSW and Victoria, because they will be watching both states closely before they do anything to change their rules.
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Loosening the outdoor restrictions makes sense to me. Seems to be no reason why you shouldn't be able to go for a picnic with your family, provided you stay 1.5m from anyone else.
There are hiking trails in the Blue Mountains where you won't see anyone else for days.
Local campsite owned by a member of our rugby club by contrast has their gate is locked with helicopter flyovers regularly. They cop an $11k fine if busted.
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@NTA Josh Addo-Carr's response:
“Just touching on what we spoke about! Mate it was cultural gathering. Learning about our land and our culture, learning how to hunt live off the land, thank you take care.”
I.e. Your criticism is racist.
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@antipodean said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@NTA Josh Addo-Carr's response:
“Just touching on what we spoke about! Mate it was cultural gathering. Learning about our land and our culture, learning how to hunt live off the land, thank you take care.”
I.e. Your criticism is racist.
The ancient ways of hooning about on motorbikes...
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Fucking idiots, although (and not this is not excusing those idiots), Sydney is increasingly not giving a fuck about social distancing, as the beach debacle highlights, and I gave up on my usual update this week on how the social distancing and limits is going because - it almost felt like there was none as I saw numerous large groups in Darling Harbour congregating (non-smokers and the usual smokers), so many groups of teenagers biking together, groups of late middle aged couples biking or walking together etc, clear two family groups out in the park together, the supermarket was nearly as busy as a normal Sunday despite the door man with the clicker, and I decided to get some Clems chicken on Saturday night and Newtown was way busier than I expected.
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And yet cases keep falling, just two in NSW yesterday. So even if people are more relaxed, it hasn't come through in the figures yet.
Some of the moral outrage about beachgoers is a bit much for me. Trapped inside for a month, a beautiful sunny Saturday, can you blame people for wanting to go for a walk on the beach and a swim?
It's not their fault that a thousand other people had the same idea.
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Australia:
And yet cases keep falling, just two in NSW yesterday. So even if people are more relaxed, it hasn't come through in the figures yet.
Some of the moral outrage about beachgoers is a bit much for me. Trapped inside for a month, a beautiful sunny Saturday, can you blame people for wanting to go for a walk on the beach and a swim?
It's not their fault that a thousand other people had the same idea.
Nah, fuck that, NO ONE in Sydney has been trapped inside for a month, and they were clearly opened for a specific purpose and those idiots just took the piss ruining it for everybody.
And yep, I hope the cases keep falling even with the mish mash of social distancing going on ... I'd rather an I-told-you-so from you than for things to go pear shaped like it has in other countries.
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@Nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Nah, fuck that, NO ONE in Sydney has been trapped inside for a month, and they were clearly opened for a specific purpose and those idiots just took the piss ruining it for everybody.
I'd suggest people have been kept indoors for far longer than they normally are, especially those with children.
And by my read of the coverage, it seems a lot of it came back to your definition of 'exercise'. Complaints of people 'just having a splash', negating the fact that for kids and others that does constitute exercise. Just because I'm not running a fucking triathlon doesn't mean I can't have a swim.
If it was a horde of pissed up bogans with picnic rugs and BBQs I'd agree with your viewpoint, but it seems to me the main problem is there were just too many people for a small beach like Coogee.
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@barbarian said in Coronavirus - Australia:
@Nepia said in Coronavirus - Australia:
Nah, fuck that, NO ONE in Sydney has been trapped inside for a month, and they were clearly opened for a specific purpose and those idiots just took the piss ruining it for everybody.
I'd suggest people have been kept indoors for far longer than they normally are, especially those with children.
And by my read of the coverage, it seems a lot of it came back to your definition of 'exercise'. Complaints of people 'just having a splash', negating the fact that for kids and others that does constitute exercise. Just because I'm not running a fucking triathlon doesn't mean I can't have a swim.
If it was a horde of pissed up bogans with picnic rugs and BBQs I'd agree with your viewpoint, but it seems to me the main problem is there were just too many people for a small beach like Coogee.
Seriously? People haven't been really kept indoors "far longer" than normal, I don't know anyone, including people with kids, who have been kept indoors. TBH, I spent more time 'trapped' inside during the bushfires than now.
I have friends who went down for a swim on Friday at Gordons Bay, they text our group chat straight away basically saying that the beaches will close because people are taking the piss ... not just having a 'splash'. There were lots, like them, doing it responsibly, but enough acted like idiots to make it an issue.
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I, for one, am glad I have teenagers who don't need me to keep them mentally stimulated for hours on end like little bastards.
I would like to see something like QLD has in terms of winding back restrictions. I could chance just going for a drive, but would feel like a bit of a fluffybunny doing it when so many others are patient enough to ride it out.
The boy also has a swag now, so we're ready for some father/son camping hijinx